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Last week, Legal Speak was live on location at Legalweek 2024 in New York City, where we interviewed professionals from across the legal industry about everything from the practical applications of generative AI to the benefits of sharing ideas and advice with both colleagues and competitors.        

The EEOC flipped to Democratic control in August, one of several developments leading employment lawyers to predict the agency will be filing more transgender-discrimination cases.        

“When he issued the racial slur, he was in the middle of performing his job duties. There’s no timeout where he acts in the interest of the employer one second, and then doesn’t another second—and that’s what the defense is going to say,” plaintiff’s counsel, James Clifford, a partner of Clifford & Clifford in Portland, […]

The high court has “‘consistently rebuffed’ every request—12 of them now—to find implied causes of action against federal officials for money damages under the Constitution,” and has made it clear that “expanding the Bivens remedy to a new context is an extraordinary act, that will be unavailable in most every case,” wrote U.S. District Judge […]

The firm’s joint head of corporate discusses plucking up courage to approach senior partners, her mentors, and developing juniors.