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The American Lawyer

Sigrid McCawley Is Boies Schiller's Latest Breakout Star

She defies the stereotype of the brash, hard-knuckled litigator. She comes off as friendly and relatable—someone who could be your old pal from college.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Checks and Balances: Former AG Holder, Zynga GC Phillips Talk Collaboration in Diversity

"It's not just a question of what a company is doing [or] what a law firm is doing, [but] what the legal profession is going to look like," Covington & Burling partner Eric Holder says.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

'I Just Couldn't': Lawyer Speaks Out About Attempted Suicide, Battling Bipolar

Attorney Kathy Flaherty speaks about surviving mental illness and helping others do the same.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Hearst Chief Legal Officer Eve Burton Named Executive Vice President

Burton joined the New York-based media conglomerate in 2002 and is the sole woman among Hearst's corporate leaders.
3 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: Cravath's Lauren Kennedy

"At the end of the day, you need to be fulfilled and happy in all aspects of your life—whatever that means to you as an individual—because happy people do the best work."
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

General Counsel for Swiss Pharma Giant Roche Is Stepping Down

Gottlieb Keller will retire in March after serving as GC for more than a decade. His successor, Claudia Böckstiegel, is being promoted from her post as legal head of Roche's diagnostics division.
3 minute read

International Edition

Linklaters Latest Firm To Update Parental Leave Policy

The firm follows others that are making efforts to "normalise" shared childcare.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Drew Eckl's First All-Women Partner Class Is Nontraditional in More Ways Than One

Jennifer Parrott, an amateur race-car driver turned trucking litigator, made equity partner after a long detour from the partnership track to the mom track.
7 minute read

International Edition

A&O Seeks to Limit Gendered Language in Barrister Reviews

The Magic Circle firm is considering launching a project that will monitor how its lawyers use gendered language to describe barristers in quotes provided to legal directories.
2 minute read

Global Leaders in Law

Video: Deputy GC of Visa Europe, Prini Pithouse, Discusses A Role With A View

Prini Pithouse is Deputy General Counsel at Visa Europe, a global payments technology company.  As part of 'The GC {Re}Defined' joint study…
2 minute read

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