The Republican primary for Nevada attorney general pits one Las Vegas attorney who challenged COVID-19 restrictions against another prominent in cannabis and business law. Defense attorney Sigal Chattah said “unconstitutional mandates that the attorney general failed to protect Nevadans from” prompted her to enter the race. Chattah filed half a […]
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Romania tweaks tax law to spur offshore Black Sea gas investments
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Pressure gauges are seen at a Romanian gas distribution station near Bucharest January 6, 2009. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Industry says law ensures stability, fiscal framework First gas to come out of Black Sea in June Possibility for temporary price and sales limits […]
Graduating Student Tiffany Mickel ’22 Blazes Trail as First Black Virginia Law Review Editor-in-Chief
Before starting her studies at the University of Virginia School of Law, Tiffany Mickel founded The Heiritage game company and developed a set of playing cards celebrating prominent African American women, from Zora Neale Hurston to Michelle Obama. Continuing on her current trajectory, she might have to make room for […]
Black women lawyers, judges applaud Jackson’s confirmation
Markeishia Smith set herself a New Year’s resolution of disconnecting from media. Smith, a Haines City lawyer, had stuck to that pledge all the way into late March. That’s when her husband, Vernel Smith Jr., suggested that she make an exception to watch the televised Senate confirmation hearings of Judge […]
Tired of Waiting on Big Law, Black Lawyers Build Own ‘Pipeline’
Brianna Cummings was one of only two Black lawyers in her practice group at a major Wall Street firm, so she looked elsewhere for advice about how to navigate day-to-day life in Big Law as a junior attorney fresh out of school. “A lot of the firms are big but […]
Black Women’s Business Network Helps Smash Trademark Hurdles
Shanae Jones ran her hip-hop-inspired herbal tea business, Ivy’s Tea Co., for four years before she filed for a trademark registration. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to, she said. She just couldn’t afford it. The registration helped Jones later win a trademark infringement lawsuit, protecting her brand and her […]
Republicans Weigh How Forcefully to Fight a Black Female Court Nominee
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s pledge to name a Black woman to fill a coming Supreme Court vacancy has thrust Republicans into a tricky political calculation, forcing them to confront how aggressive to be in opposing the nominee and how to do so without appearing to be racist and sexist. While […]
Davis Polk Says Black Lawyer Was Fired for Poor Work, Not Race
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP says evidence taken in a Black former associate’s race discrimination and retaliation shows he was terminated for consistently poor work, which failed to improve despite help, and his federal lawsuit should be dismissed without a trial. Senior lawyers in three of the firm’s independent practice […]