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Corporate Counsel

Krispy Kreme CLO Negotiates Exit Package, Will Leave in June

Catharine Tang took the legal reins of the doughnut purveyor in 2020 after climbing the legal rungs at Yum Brands for nearly two decades.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Estée Lauder GC Exits as Battered Cosmetics Giant Preps for Makeover

Executive Chairman William Lauder said departing General Counsel Deirdre Stanley is "a highly sought-after mentor, collaborative colleague, and respected adviser, and has elevated our work around the world."
2 minute read

Law.com

Massachusetts High Court Helps Clears the Way for 'Tobacco Free Generation'

"The retailers contend that the birthdate cutoff of January 1, 2000, is arbitrary and thus not rationally related to the town's legitimate interest. We disagree. Line drawing—a legislative necessity—does not, without more, make a law unconstitutional," Associate Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt wrote.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

A Dozen Suits: Patent Company Files Slew of Litigation in Texas

Ontario, Canada-based Patent Armory Inc. added another five defendants this week to its list of dozens of U.S. companies it sued under various patent infringement claims.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

SEC Fines Skechers $1.25 Million, Alleges Undisclosed Payments to Execs and Their Families

The footwear company neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing, but it agreed to a cease-and-desist order.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'Perfection Is Highly Impractical': How Neiman Marcus' CLO Leads

"At the end of the day, no matter what the organizational goals are, no matter what my professional goals are, I have to live with myself. I have to look back on who I am as a person and be comfortable with that person," Neiman Marcus legal chief Tom Mattei said.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

$42M Rat-Infestation Fine Underscores Sanitation Risks Facing Warehouses

The Justice Department lowered the boom on Family Dollar after federal inspectors found 1,270 dead rodents at its Arkansas distribution center.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Rejects Claims That Worker Was Fired for Being Transgender

"The case is now streamlined into, basically, a smaller case, but from our perspective, at least her claim survived—the hostile work environment under federal and state law," plaintiffs attorney David Koller said.
6 minute read

Law.com

Inside Track: FTC Exasperating Merger Partners With Never-Ending Probes

"The regulatory delays can seem completely arbitrary and byzantine at times," Yale School of Management's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian said in a recent commentary.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Walgreens Goes Outside Retailing to Hire New Legal Chief

Lanesha Minnix's appointment completes the executive committee for CEO Tim Wentworth, who came out of retirement in October to take the post.
3 minute read

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