Norfolk Southern Corp. on Wednesday night said that its board has fired Chief Legal Officer Nabanita Nag and CEO Alan Shaw over an inappropriate consensual relationship that violated […]
Chief of SDNY Civil Rights Unit Heads to Lit Boutique
Ellen Blain, who spent the last 15 years at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York, has left to join New York-based commercial litigation […]
Foley & Lardner Litigator Joins Brewers Roster as Legal Chief
The Milwaukee Brewers’ chief operating officer, Marti Wronski, announced this week that Foley & Lardner partner Elizabeth Haas will replace her as general counsel. Haas—who’s worked at the Am […]
Chief Bankruptcy Judge Finds Ex-Judge David Jones Acted in Bad Faith in Connection With Informal Interview
A chief bankruptcy judge in Texas has found that embattled former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones of Houston acted in bad faith for participating in a recent interview […]
Veteran Legal Chief Who Quit 2 Years Ago—Declaring ‘I Need a Break’—Returns to In-House Game
After a year at Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, Brett Pletcher is going back in-house, this time as chief legal officer at late-stage biopharma Cytokinetics. Pletcher […]
Nikola Founder Abandons $1B Suit Against Legal Chief, Other Execs
The founder of electric truck maker Nikola, convicted last year of defrauding investors about his company’s technology, has quietly dropped his $1 billion lawsuit against his legal chief […]
Judge Tosses Most of Landmark SEC Suit Alleging SolarWinds and Its Security Chief Hid Cyber Vulnerabilities
A federal judge on Thursday gutted much of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s landmark lawsuit against information technology software company SolarWinds stemming from a devastating 2020 hack of […]
Star CLO Who Joined Great Resignation Returning to Silicon Valley as Roku Legal Chief
Star CLO Who Joined Great Resignation Returning to Silicon Valley as Roku Legal Chief | Law.com Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/2024/07/12/star-clo-who-joined-great-resignation-to-return-to-silicon-valley-as-roku-legal-chief/ Louise Pentland, incoming general counsel of San Jose, […]
EPA Chief Defends Agency Regs Amid GOP Questions Regarding Statutory Authority, Financial Impact
The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday defended its regulations of power plants and other suspected pollutants amid Republican lawmakers’ charges that the EPA has […]
In $1B Suit, Nikola Founder Says Legal Chief, Other Execs Fed DOJ False Narrative to Save Themselves
The founder of electric truck maker Nikola, convicted last year of defrauding investors about his company’s technology, now is suing his legal chief and other insiders, saying they praised him for […]