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Creating a Non-Discriminatory Workplace for Transgender Employees
Likely influenced by the changing legal climate for transgender persons, some corporations have taken steps to provide a more inclusive environment for transgender employees. Attorneys John D. Shyer and Toshi Kameoka discuss some of the issues involved in seeking to ensure a non-discriminatory workplace for transgender employees. For example, in implementing a policy for use of bathrooms or changing rooms, companies can run into objections from both transgender and non-transgender employees.INADMISSIBLE: Familiar Faces at Jackson Sentencing
As former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. prepared to receive his sentence last week, he had a familiar face at his side. Steptoe & Johnson litigation partner Reid Weingarten represented Jackson when he was a witness in the 2011 retrial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Plus more in this week's column.Deal Watch: Private equity resort deal boosts Atlanta firm
PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS are getting interested again in resort real estate properties, according to Weinstock Scavo partner James J. Scavo.Scavo and Anthony T. Polvino, also a partner in the firm, and associate Thomas A. Bartolozzi recently served as regulatory counsel to a New York private equity firm on its acquisition of one of the largest operators of North American resorts.Covington Repping Top Tech Companies Amid NSA Data Push
Covington & Burling is advising AOL and Microsoft in response to the National Security Agency's secret surveillance data requests, as the ex–government contractor who leaked details about the government's top secret spying program earlier this month to a former Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz associate seeks asylum in Ecuador with the aid of lawyers from WikiLeaks.In re �Agent Orange� Product Liability Litigation
Agent Orange Claims by Vietnam War Veterans Barred By Military Contractor Defense; Dismissal UpheldU.S. Law Firms Woo German Lawyers
As American firms follow their investment banks and private equity clients to Germany, top lawyers in Frankfurt, Cologne and D|sseldorf report a rash of cold calls from headhunters. The question on everyone's mind is whether U.S. legal powerhouses such as New York's Sullivan & Cromwell and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, to name only two, can pry big-name lawyers from local firms.Creating a Culture of Compliance
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