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A new analysis of trends in general counsel hiring by Fairport-based consultants BarkerGilmore shows the majority of new GCs were women and minorities. Every year, about 10% of Fortune 500 companies appoint new top legal executives, according to the report. ...

Leveraging one’s network and identifying the right type of investment should be among the top considerations when beginning to invest in commercial real estate. That’s according to panelists during Minnesota Commercial Real Estate Women’s virtual forum Wednesday. They were speaking ...

BOSTON, MA — For some time, Tracy A. Miner and Megan Siddall had been kicking around the idea of an all-female firm focused on white-collar crimes and regulatory infractions. Then an opportunity presented itself and they decided to seize it. ...

RICHMOND, VA — Comedian and actor Kevin Hart will avoid liability in a suit by business partners who claimed their video game launch was torpedoed by Hart’s admission of an extramarital affair, following a decision from the 4th U.S. Circuit ...

The end of the year is the time for all kinds of lists. And, as is our custom, the following are the top 10 intellectual property cases of the year. 1.Tampa Brady. Brady is once again seeking to acquire more ...

Given the haste with which it was rolled out in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a few Paycheck Protection Program recipients profiting from the cannabis industry, at least indirectly, no doubt slipped through the cracks. Those businesses may face some ...

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The pandemic-led recession is disproportionately hurting women in the workforce and is more likely to threaten their housing security. A new Zillow analysis finds women are more likely than men to be unemployed, renters and caregivers during the coronavirus pandemic, ...

RICHMOND, VA — The Virginia statute that blocks tort recovery against a fellow employee for on-the-job injuries doesn’t apply when those injuries were covered by Maryland, not Virginia, workers’ comp law, a circuit judge has ruled. The Nov. 13 decision ...

RICHMOND, VA — A Richmond attorney and former Nottoway County prosecutor has been disbarred after admitting he had sex with two clients he was defending in criminal matters. The revocation of B. Thomas Bledsoe comes as a Virginia State Bar ...

Utz Brands is adding yet another company to its pantheon of snack food brands. The publicly traded, Hanover, Pennsylvania-based company announced on Thursday that its subsidiaries, Utz Quality Foods and Heron Holding Corp., entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ...