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Freshfields appoints Sarah K. Solum as US Regional Managing Partner

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP has appointed Sarah K. Solum as its new regional managing partner for the United States. She succeeds Matthew Herman in the role. Freshfields’ Senior Partner Georgia Dawson commented, “I am delighted that Sarah will be leading our US practice. Sarah’s appointment is a powerful affirmation of our commitment to ensuring the firm is driven by a […]

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The #MeToo Movement & Sexual Harassment May Not Have Changed in the Justice System

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Trouble at Factory: More Issues At Russell McVeagh

The #MeToo movement has been a pre-Covid issue that continues today with continued focus upon sexual harassment issues, including in the Justice System. The recent issues surrounding Prince Andrew and Andrew Cuomo have further highlighted sexual harassment, but there is a firm suggestion in many quarters that the US Justice System (and perhaps others, too)

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Civil Fraud Lawsuit Against Clothing Companies Over Custom Duty Avoidance Settled

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Defendants to Pay $6 Million and Admit to Engaging in Fraudulent Schemes Involving Use of False and Inaccurate Invoices Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Peter C. Fitzhugh, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), and Marty Raybon, Acting Director,

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Call For More Diversity In Federal Courts

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“. . the judiciary remains disproportionately White and male . . ” says House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler. Read the press release – Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing on “The Importance

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Elon Musk’s Humor and Court Theatrics See Crossed Swords in Delaware Court

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Elon Musk’s theatrical approach to business and some of his legal challenges have seen him cross swords in a staod Delaware Court befpre a judge, not a judge and jury, with a lawyers he said was “not a good human”, among other barbs exchanged during the case brought by a group of shareholders who allege

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$16 Million Loans to Paul Manafort Lead to Bank CEO Convicted of Corruptly Soliciting Presidential Position

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Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that STEPHEN M. CALK was convicted of financial institution bribery and conspiracy to commit financial institution bribery, for corruptly using his position as the head of a federally-insured bank to issue millions of dollars in high-risk loans to Paul Manafort in exchange

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Why Aren’t Twitter, Google & Facebook’s Lawyers Worried About Trump’s Lawsuit?

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Donald Trump has started a class action lawsuit against Twitter, Google and Facebook, announced in a press conference on Wednesday and as a result of the tech companies banning or blocking him from posting on their networks.   “We’re asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to order an immediate halt

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Racial Injustice – AFCRE Partners With Howard’s Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center To Address Racial Injustice

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The Arent Fox Center for Racial Equality is pleased to announce a partnership with Howard University School of Law’s Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center to produce policy recommendations and research papers addressing institutionalized racism in the United States. “We are immensely proud to be partnering with Arent Fox. Through this initiative, we will be able

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Deloitte Global report: Pandemic takes heavy toll on working women; majority are significantly less optimistic about their career prospects today

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Seventy-seven percent of respondents say their workload increased since the COVID-19 crisis broke Over half of women surveyed have experienced harassment or non-inclusive behavior at work in the past year A majority of respondents are planning to leave their current employer within two years; nearly a quarter may leave the workforce for good A small

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