“I was overwhelmed by how welcomed I was,” Gerken told Law.com in a recent interview. “I would walk down the halls and have older male alumni reach out and say, ‘It’s about time!’”        

West would have forfeited the award—handed out in 2018 after he gave up the GC post at PepsiCo to join the ride-hailing company—if Uber had not reached the valuation milestone by March 2028.        

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Legal experts point to a gray area about whether the defense met their burden to appropriately obtain and use Fani Willis’ phone records.        

Randi Singer’s move is the latest chapter in the talent battle between Sidley and Weil. Sidley has lured at least four other Weil partners in the last year.        

Williams & Connolly partner John Williams, who represents Halkbank, argued that the common law favors his client and that the indictment in a sanctions-busting case should be dismissed.        

Bill sponsors say the measure is aimed at preventing forum-shopping and to designate those courts as experts in redistricting matters.        

The Jockey Club of New York rejected the racing registration for “Malpractice Meuser,” pointing to a rule forbidding horse names “designed to harass, humiliate, or disparage a specific individual.” The club believed the horse was named after a lawyer who specializes in equine law.        

The tech giant’s shareholders defeated a proposal from the conservative National Center for Public Policy seeking a prohibition against discrimination based on “ideology” or “viewpoint.”        

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