From CNN authored by Elissa Strauss: “In June, Whitney Tomlinson felt nauseated at work. She was pregnant at the time and was experiencing the condition commonly, and misleadingly, known as morning sickness. Hormone-induced nausea doesn’t know what time of day it is. Tomlinson, a 30-year-old single mother and packer at a Walmart Distribution Center in […]
Monthly Archives: February 2018
Moms are punished in the workplace, even when we own the business
From The Washington Post authored by Amy Nelson: “It is 11 p.m. My phone battery is dying. I am sitting at Gate A10 at San Francisco International Airport holding my 9-week-old baby, surrounded by a laptop and a breast pump. A voice overhead announces that my flight will take off two hours and 10 minutes […]
What the Data on Women Laterals Can Teach About Retention
From TheAmerican Lawyer authored by Hugh A. Simmons and Paola Cecchi-Dimegilo: “It’s perplexing. Women comprise 45 percent of Big Law associates but only 22 percent of partners. Why are they leaving in such numbers? Are they underperforming and thus being outplaced? Are they ineffective at the profession’s upper echelons? A comparison of how female and male […]
Shine Theory: Why Powerful Women Make the Greatest Friends
From The Cut authored by Ann Friedman: “Kelly Rowland has done okay for herself since her days with Destiny’s Child. More than okay, really. She’s had a handful of solo hits, is embarking on a short tour this summer, and has just signed on to be a judge on The X Factor. But all of this only looks good until […]
Opinion: Larry Nassar’s attorney was criticized — but here’s why I support her
From Detroit Free Press authored by Mary Chartier: “I believe in the Constitution, which is why I support Shannon Smith, the attorney who was criticized for doing her job in the Larry Nassar case. It is unpopular to be a criminal defense attorney, especially one who represents people accused of serious and often heinous crimes. […]
Manhattan couple sues lawyer for allegedly neglecting to protect them from hackers who stole $1.9M
From New York Daily News authored by John Marzulli: “A Manhattan investment banker and his wife are suing their lawyer, whose email account was hacked, causing the couple to wire a $1.9 million down payment to an account controlled by cyber crooks. Robert and Bethany Millard learned of the scam before their lawyer did, and […]
A Year Ago, They Marched. Now a Record Number of Women Are Running for Office
From Time authored by Charlotte Alter: “Erin Zwiener returned to Texas to settle down. At 32, she had published a children’s book, won Jeopardy! three times and ridden roughly 1,400 miles from the Mexico border up the Continental Divide on a mule. In 2016, she moved with her husband to a small house in a rural […]
How a gymnast-turned-lawyer helped bring Larry Nassar to justice
From ABA Journal authored by Debra Cassens Weiss: “Rachael Denhollander was a lawyer and stay-at-home mom living in Kentucky when she contacted the Indianapolis Star in August 2016 and told the newspaper that Dr. Larry Nassar had sexually assaulted her in 2000 when she was a 15-year-old gymnast seeking treatment for back pain. Denhollander was […]
