Academics contesting the New York University Law Review's practice of considering race and gender when selecting student editors faced a skeptical 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Friday, after the case fell flat before a lower court judge last year.
It's been another big week for financial sector lawyers, with at least three companies shuffling their legal ranks.
Coca-Cola Co general counsel Bradley Gayton pulled in more than $4.7 million in total 2020 compensation from the beverage giant after joining last fall, a regulatory filing shows.
Debevoise & Plimpton has shuttered its Tokyo office "after a careful business review," the firm said in a statement Thursday, becoming the latest U.S.-based law firm to shrink its physical presence in Asia in the last year.
Sullivan & Cromwell announced Wednesday that Karen Patton Seymour, general counsel of its longtime client Goldman Sachs Group Inc, will rejoin the firm as partner.
New York-based Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is growing its London presence, adding lawyers in the global financial hub this week from rival law firm Kirkland & Ellis and private equity giant Blackstone Group Inc.
Not surprisingly, law firms leased less space in 2020 than in 2019, as the pandemic sparked shutdowns and the industry turned to remote work.
Sidley Austin is expanding its global capital markets practice, bringing on a Cravath, Swaine & Moore partner who helped Palantir Technologies Inc go public, along with the former chief corporate governance counsel of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Amazon.com Inc senior in-house lawyer Andrew DeVore has resigned from the board of the American Constitution Society, a progressive legal organization that faced criticism for his involvement as his retail giant employer battles unionization efforts.
Ryan Shores, who oversaw the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust probe that resulted in its landmark lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google, has rejoined Shearman & Sterling, the law firm said Monday. He'll be an antitrust and litigation partner based in Washington, D.C.
Police in Myanmar on Friday opened fire on protesters against last month's military coup, killing one man, as international condemnation rained down on the junta and the U.N. special envoy on Myanmar urged the Security Council to act.