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Shout-Out: Sullivan and Cromwell—and Bob Giuffra—Strike Again

Facing firepower from a top securities class action firm, Sullivan and Cromwell partners Robert Giuffra Jr. and Matthew Schwartz on Thursday racked up a win on behalf of department store Kohl's Corp. and two of its executives in Wisconsin federal court.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Velcro Companies Hires New General Counsel

Anne Taubes Warner has stepped in to fill the GC role at the Boston-based company.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Blauser, PICS Case No. 17-1108 (Pa. Super. June 28, 2017) Elliott, J. (12 pages).

Where the trial court barred defendant from offering evidence that could have demonstrated he had a legitimate reason for lingering in a store where he allegedly committed defiant trespass, defendant's appeal from the conviction was not wholly frivolous. The court denied counsel's petition to withdraw.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Burberry Workers' 30 Minutes Off the Clock Adds Up to $2.54M Settlement

A new wage-and-hour settlement between Burberry and a group of its workers contains some lessons for in-house attorneys.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Burlington GC Janet Dhillon, Trump's Pick for EEOC, Discloses Ethics Pledge, Salary

Burlington Stores Inc. general counsel Janet Dhillon will leave behind her in-house role and a $1.5 million salary, if she's confirmed for an open…
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Burlington GC Janet Dhillon, Trump's Pick for EEOC, Discloses Ethics Pledge, Salary

Burlington Stores Inc. general counsel Janet Dhillon will leave behind her in-house role and a $1.5 million salary, if she's confirmed for an open seat on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Her financial disclosure and ethics agreement were posted Thursday by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Big Firms Bag Roles on Designer Jeans, Wedding Dress Bankruptcies

Struggling retail chains shopping for law lawyers in what might well become the year of the retail bankruptcy saw several of their ailing brethren dip into the Big Law ranks this month for a trio of Chapter 11 cases.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Major Corporations Teamed Up to Spend $226M in 2016 on Women, Minority-Owned Firms

The Inclusion Initiative involves big players such as Prudential Financial, Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Firms Bag Roles on Designer Jeans, Wedding Dress Bankruptcies

Struggling retail chains shopping for law lawyers in what might well become the year of the retail bankruptcy saw several of their ailing brethren dip into the Big Law ranks this month for a trio Chapter 11 cases. And Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, a firm not down for advising debtors, appears to have a role in one case.
13 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Under Armour, Uptake Want Pitches That Stand Out From the Crowd

In-house counsel from Under Armour and Uptake don't just want the typical old pitch from prospective outside counsel.
4 minute read

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