By Matthew Prinn Buying Legal Counsel (Buying Legal) is the international trade organization for legal procurement best practices for buying legal services and technology. In its recently released 2021 Marketing Intelligence Report, it takes a deep dive into the minds of buyers of legal services: legal procurement professionals. These professionals […]
Month: June 2022
The greenwashing case against KLM is thought to be the first corporate lawsuit about airlines and net zero — and one of the first cases about carbon offsets. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Environmental groups on Tuesday launched legal action against KLM, saying the Dutch aviation giant is misleading […]
Maryland Launches First-in-the-Nation Initiative to Recruit Experienced, Non-Degree Candidates ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today announced the launch of a multi-pronged, first-in-the-nation workforce development initiative to formally eliminate the four-year college degree requirement from thousands of state jobs. Spearheaded by the Maryland Department of Labor and the Maryland Department […]
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New York CNN Business — The next hearing by the House’s Jan. 6 committee will not be in prime time, but it will be widely televised and streamed. The hearing begins Monday at 10 a.m. Eastern time. In addition to thorough coverage on cable, the big three broadcast networks – […]
Rekha Basu When Afghanistan’s government fell to the Taliban on Aug. 15, 2021, Laila Naseri knew her life was going to be upended. Most Afghans’ lives were in different ways, but the threats to her were immediate. As a single woman in her early 20s, she’d be compelled to submit […]
PROF. V. S. MALLAR MEMORIAL LEGAL AID COMPETITION, 2022 under the aegis of Pan India Legal Literacy and Legal Awareness Programme A joint initiative by the Centre for Environmental Law, Education, Research and Advocacy, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru and Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, […]
University of Virginia School of Law professor Quinn Curtis’ paper examining whether mutual funds focused on environmental, social and corporate governance goals live up to their label has been named one of the top 10 corporate and securities articles of 2021. A poll of academics conducted for Corporate Practice Commentator […]
Peggy Honoré paid her insurance premiums on-time, every month for more than a decade, but in the months after Hurricane Ida tore the roof off her Destrehan home, she’s struggled to get her insurer to call her back, answer her questions or respond to her claims. Twelve weeks out from […]
Bank Recruitment 2022: Are you looking for a job? Here’s a golden opportunity for you. Here’s a list of government jobs, with an ongoing registration process. From SBI’s vacancies for Retired Officer positions to the IDBI Bank’s recruitment for Executives posts, and many more — here’s a list of government jobs […]
This week, the U.S. Senate passed the “Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act” (Honoring our PACT Act) to change how the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) handles the cases of veterans exposed to burn pits. The bill contains proposals from members of the Florida delegation. The Senate […]
Scan through the Am Law 100 rankings and you won’t be surprised to find that most firms at the top have large and well-established corporate practices. Deals and transactions are the lifeblood of many major firms. They provide consistent work, command high rates and often generate work in other practice areas, including tax, antitrust, […]
NEW YORK, June 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ: OKTA) between March 5, 2021 and March 22, 2022, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”), of the important July 19, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline. SO […]
When Afghanistan’s government fell to the Taliban on Aug. 15, 2021, Laila Naseri knew her life was going to be upended. Most Afghans’ lives were in different ways, but the threats to her were immediate. As a single woman in her early 20s, she’d be compelled to submit to the strictures of the brutally misogynistic Taliban regime, […]
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On June 8, 2022, new campaign contribution restrictions took effect in the city of Los Angeles. Enacted as part of Ordinance No. 186477, city law now prohibits property owners and developers with […]
Two global law firms made significant litigation partner hires in Miami this week with the stated purpose of capturing Latin American work. On Tuesday, Reed Smith announced the hiring of international arbitration and litigation partners Francisco Rodriguez and Sandra Millor as well as foreign legal consultant Gilberto Guerrero-Rocca. The former Akerman […]
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Franklin Carter, the William A. Donan Clinical Professor of Marketing in the Penn State Smeal College of Business, received two awards recently at the 2022 American Marketing Association International Collegiate Conference. Carter was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as third place in the Hugh […]
A New Jersey man admitted in federal court on Thursday to illegally selling $2.7 million worth of pesticides that he falsely claimed had been registered with the Environmental Protection Agency as effective safeguards against the coronavirus. The man, Paul Andrecola, 63, of Maple Shade, N.J., sold the pesticide to several […]
From July 4, Jobactive — the Australian government’s main employment services program — will be replaced by a new service called Workforce Australia Employment Services Provider. If you’ve been on Jobactive while receiving the JobSeeker Payment, you’ll soon be moved to the new program. Workforce Australia has begun contacting participants about how they’ll be […]
NEW YORK, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The American Bar Association (ABA) announced that Stroock will receive the 2022 ABA Pro Bono Publico Award, which recognizes the firm’s outstanding commitment to volunteer legal services for the underserved and disadvantaged. This is the highest honor given by the ABA Standing Committee […]