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“Each of our clients is getting more inbound phone calls from firms looking to work with them than they did three or four years ago,” noted Ben Beerle, a corporate partner with Cooley who handles mergers and acquisitions.        

The settlement resolved a lawsuit James’ office filed in state Supreme Court of Manhattan in October, and establishes a victims’ fund for Genesis’ creditors, with the firm neither admitting or denying the allegations.        

Richard Rothberg joined the company in 1999 and has been its legal chief since 2013.        

“Missourians of faith deserve to know why Kansas City officials decided to attack Mr. Butker for his deeply held religious beliefs. My office will not tolerate religious discrimination from City officials,” Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a statement.        

Snapchat is accused of strict liability and negligence in a wrongful-death suit where a 13-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide after he was a victim of a “sextortion scheme,” according to the federal lawsuit filed in South Carolina.        

“If you are going to lead, you need to be present to get to know your team personally and get a feel for the office and firm dynamics. Also, learn early on to take on responsibility for the firm’s non-billable issues, such as participating in marketing efforts and recruiting.”        

As the job market no longer produces the same volume of direct hire fully remote opportunities, job seekers in privacy are more readily considering working contract and contract-to-hire to maintain fully remote employment.        

Pratter, who died May 17—a day after she issued two opinions in cases she was handling—was a 20-year veteran of the federal bench.        

Succeeding as general counsel now requires a much broader range of skills, “making the step up for internal candidates from deputy to GC a much bigger gap to bridge,” a report from the executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates says.        

Hit-and-run accidents are an unfortunate reality on California roads. In 2021, there were 433 fatal and injury hit-and-runs in Sacramento County, with another 21 in Alameda County and 134 in Fresno County. In Los Angeles County, there were 3,097 hit-and-run accidents in 2021. To help combat this issue, California passed the Yellow Alert law in […]