Diversity

Lack Of Diversity Among Supreme Court Bar [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 5/20/2013

May 20 (Bloomberg) -- While the Supreme Court has three female justices, a Hispanic and an African-American, the lawyers appearing before it are almost all white males. According to the Associated Press, during the...more

Diversity at Law Firms in the Post-Recession Era

by Thomas Forestier | Winstead PC on 5/6/2013

Law firms’ efforts to achieve diversity in their ranks, especially at the partner level, began as long ago as the early 1990s. They ramped up in the early 2000s as many firms invested heavily in programs designed to recruit...more

Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - April 5, 2013

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/8/2013

In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - MISCELLANY - FIRM NEWS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - PAYMENTS - Excerpt from Payments: CFPB...more

The Case For Increasing Boardroom Diversity

by Michael Volkov on 3/14/2013

With all the focus on improving diversity in the ranks of senior corporate management, the glaring corporate governance problem is the lack of diversity in corporate boardrooms....more

SEC Commissioner Gives Speech On Proxy Disclosure

by Jill Radloff | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Dodd-Frank and... on 3/1/2013

SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar recently gave a speech setting forth his views on proxy disclosure. Some of the more interesting points were...more

Diversity: How Does the Legal Profession Measure Up?

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/27/2013

Can the legal profession compete with other professions in the United States when it comes to diversity? According to the Current Population Survey (CPS), a survey of American households sponsored jointly by the U.S....more

Cabinet Re-Shuffle - A Game of Musical Chairs by George C. Crawford

by King & Spalding on 1/31/2013

The announcement that Hilda Solis would be departing as Secretary of Labor added to the list of vacancies of high-level positions in the Administration. Such turnover is nothing new for presidents who have been elected to a...more

Faulkner v. ADT and the Landscape for CIPA Class Actions

by Michael Bracken, Thomas Gilbertsen, Daniel Silverman | Venable LLP on 1/25/2013

Last week the Ninth Circuit ruled on the issue of whether a business can be held liable under the California Invasion of Privacy Act, Cal. Penal Code § 632 (“CIPA”) for monitoring or recording its own customer service...more

Five Steps To Improve Corporate Governance

by Michael Volkov on 1/24/2013

It has been ten years since Sarbanes-Oxley was enacted. No one can argue that Sarbanes-Oxley eliminated the problem of corporate malfeasance....more

Gender Balancing: It's Good Business

by Mary-Anne Anderson, M. Tamara Box, Lynne Freeman, Richard Swinburn | Reed Smith on 1/17/2013

As the word “diversity” has evolved in our culture to become a code word for the inclusion of racial, gender, and ethnic minorities, we sometimes lose sight of the key element of diversity that makes it significant in our...more

Even Diversity and Inclusion Professionals Need Professional Development!

by Michelle P. Wimes | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/17/2013

With just days into the new year, are you embracing the new year as an opportunity for your own personal and professional growth and development? Or, are you already dreading what the new year will bring and counting the days...more

Sparta to Memphis: Bruce McMullen Shares His Path to Success

by Bruce Anthony McMullen | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 1/7/2013

Bruce McMullen is a shareholder in Baker Donelson's Memphis office and focuses his practice in health care law and commercial litigation. Over the years, Bruce has built a successful career, earning an AV® Preeminent™ Peer...more

Global HR Hot Topic - January 2013: Cross-Border Diversity Initiatives for Recruiting and Retention

by Donald C. Dowling, Jr. | White & Case LLP on 1/5/2013

Challenge: Diversity initiatives that promote recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce are increasingly important outside the US. But transplanting a US diversity initiative for overseas workers risks confusion,...more

Product Liability Advisory - December 2012: Indirect Warnings May Be Sufficient as a Matter of Law

by Bradley A. Monk | Sedgwick LLP on 12/24/2012

Because of the numerous advantages of litigating personal injury cases in federal court, many out-of-state defendants seek to remove their cases from state court to federal court. To remove, the moving party must show that...more

Rating the Performance of Diverse Juries: A Scientific Perspective

by Adriana Gardella | Carlton Fields on 12/5/2012

The subject of diversity often elicits strong, entrenched ideological opinions. But Sam Sommers, an associate professor of psychology at Tufts University, is more intrigued by the facts—what can be noted, objectively, about...more

Diversity and Inclusion: Homing In

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/9/2012

I’ve re-read our diversity blog and have been struck by the thread that has woven its way into the postings: the doing of diversity, the doing of inclusion. In other words, what actions does the legal profession need to take...more

Reminder: Diversity Visa (“Green Card”) Lottery Deadline

by Justin S. Coffey, Andrew W. Merrills, Rebecca L. Sigmund, Stephen H. Smalley | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/1/2012

The application period for the Department of State’s (DOS) Diversity Visa (DV) (“green card”) lottery for Fiscal Year 2014 began on October 2, 2012. Interested persons have until 12:00 noon Eastern Daylight Time on November...more

Permanent Injunctions and The Erie Problem

by Kenneth Vanko | Clingen Callow & McLean, LLC on 10/26/2012

God help us all! I am discussing the Erie v. Tompkins case from 1938. This was like the fourth most annoying case from law school, and I thought I left it once and for all in Champaign, Illinois in 1997....more

Diversity Fatigue—Is the Alphabet Soup of Legal Diversity Organizations Helping or Hurting?

by Michelle P. Wimes | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/15/2012

I pride myself on being an upbeat, optimistic, get-it-done kind of person who more often than not can find the bright spot in any situation no matter how dire. Even practicing law for 13 years failed to instill in me the...more

Top Performance: The Bridge to a Successful Professional Development and Inclusion Initiative

by Michelle P. Wimes | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/18/2012

How is it that some law firms have what it takes to hire the best and brightest diverse candidates only to see them leave three to five years later? Why does this happen in spite of the law firm’s “commitment” to diversity,...more

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Lack Of Diversity Among Supreme Court Bar [Video]

Diversity at Law Firms in the Post-Recession Era

Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - April 5, 2013

The Case For Increasing Boardroom Diversity

SEC Commissioner Gives Speech On Proxy Disclosure

Diversity: How Does the Legal Profession Measure Up?

Cabinet Re-Shuffle - A Game of Musical Chairs by George C. Crawford

Faulkner v. ADT and the Landscape for CIPA Class Actions

Five Steps To Improve Corporate Governance

Gender Balancing: It's Good Business

Even Diversity and Inclusion Professionals Need Professional Development!

Sparta to Memphis: Bruce McMullen Shares His Path to Success

Global HR Hot Topic - January 2013: Cross-Border Diversity Initiatives for Recruiting and Retention

Product Liability Advisory - December 2012: Indirect Warnings May Be Sufficient as a Matter of Law

Rating the Performance of Diverse Juries: A Scientific Perspective

Diversity and Inclusion: Homing In

Reminder: Diversity Visa (“Green Card”) Lottery Deadline

Permanent Injunctions and The Erie Problem

Diversity Fatigue—Is the Alphabet Soup of Legal Diversity Organizations Helping or Hurting?

Top Performance: The Bridge to a Successful Professional Development and Inclusion Initiative

Lack Of Diversity Among Supreme Court Bar [Video]

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