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National Law Journal

US Supreme Court to Look at Corporate Liability Over Mosquito Bites

Mosquitoes now are at the center of a liability question the U.S. Supreme Court could consider for the first time Thursday: Should the Union Pacific railroad company have protected employee William Nami and other workers from the mosquitoes? In a 5-1 ruling, the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the rail company. But courts are split on the issue.
6 minute read

International Edition

US employment law giant launches in the UK with London merger deal

Littler Mendelson follows moves into Germany and France with GQ Employment Law tie-up
6 minute read

International Edition

US employment law giant launches in the UK with London merger deal

Littler Mendelson follows moves into Germany and France with GQ Employment Law tie-up
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Could Fox News Woes Lead to Sky Deal Falling?

Fallout from the long-playing Fox News sexual harassment scandal continued to spread Friday, bringing increased scrutiny from U.S. investigators and threatening Chairman Rupert Murdoch's bid to complete 21st Century Fox's $14.8 billion acquisition of Sky News in the U.K.
6 minute read

International Edition

Dealmaker: King & Spalding's Jules Quinn on theatre dreams, bodily fluids and the dearth of female leaders

King & Spalding London employment head Jules Quinn recounts some memorable moments from her career
4 minute read

International Edition

Dealmaker: King & Spalding's Jules Quinn on theatre dreams, bodily fluids and the dearth of female leaders

King & Spalding London employment head Jules Quinn recounts some memorable moments from her career
4 minute read

The Recorder

UC Berkeley Dean's Accuser Gets $1.7M in Sexual Harassment Settlement

UC-Berkeley has agreed to pay $1.7 million to the woman who accused its former law school dean of sexual harassment.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

For-Profit University Pays $32M to Settle Whistleblower Suit

When Atlanta attorney Joseph Wargo and partner David Pernini first filed a federal whistleblower case against a private, for-profit university with campuses in Atlanta's northern suburbs, they had no idea the litigation would last more than eight years.
5 minute read

International Edition

Chadbourne to vote on expelling partner who brought $100m gender bias suit against firm

Female partner's lawyer hits back at "discriminatory and overtly retaliatory act" which "will not disappear with the firm's upcoming merger" with Norton Rose Fulbright
4 minute read

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