Navigation “There were pay equity statutes before there were pay transparency requirements which I think are sleeping giants,” Christopher T. Wall of Stoel Rives, said. “There is a ton of exposure that, I think, people both on the plaintiff side and on the employer side, are not totally tuned in to. It is good to take […]
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Crowell Builds in Chicago, Luring Neal Gerber Corporate and Securities Leaders
The firm is now adding a large corporate practice in Chicago after its 2021 merger with an IP boutique in the city.
Paraquat Judge Tosses Key Plaintiffs' Expert Over 'Methodological Contortions'
U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, who is overseeing the paraquat multidistrict litigation, found that Dr. Martin Wells, a biostatistician and epidemiologist at Cornell University, used unreliable methodologies in concluding that exposure to the pesticide increased the risks of getting Parkinson’s disease.
Treated as an 'Idiot' at First Deanship, Nell Jessup Newton Reflects on Industry Progress for Women in Leadership
After she left the University of Denver Law, “this small group actually sent flowers and candy to the chair of the dean search committee and sent cards to many other faculty members saying, ‘Thank you for taking our incompetent dean off our hands,’” she shared, saying that a lot of what happened was very gendered […]
Lawmakers Seek National Privacy Statute and Protections for Children's Data
In the absence of a federal statute, many states have implemented their own data privacy laws, prompting Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Arizona, to cite concerns that a federal law would need strong preemption language.