Legal News

• Jones Day's 'Endemic Culture' of Inappropriateness, Ramping Up SCOTUS Security, 'Nuclear' Verdicts Giving GCs Pause: The Morning Minute October 17, 2019
  Here's the news you need to start your day.         
• Inside Track: Boutique Firms Help Foster Diversity. Plus, A Guide For Internal Investigations. October 16, 2019
  With more lawyers on the diversity spectrum leaving Big Law for smaller competitors, in-house counsel may meet their outside counsel diversity goals by hiring boutique firms. Also, a lawyer has created a decision-making tool for in-house counsel when it comes to internal investigations.         
• Pending Bill Would Beef Up Security for Supreme Court Justices October 16, 2019
  The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to take up a bill Thursday that would expand the jurisdiction of the marshal of the Supreme Court and the court's police force to protect justices "in any location."         
• Legal Departments Need to Adapt to Increasingly Complex, Drawn-Out M&A Deals October 16, 2019
  Today's M&A deal now drags on for an average of 38 days before closing—31% longer than the average in 2010, according to global research and advisory firm Gartner Inc.