From The Wall Street Journal authored by Te-Ping Chen: “Ashlyn Burgett usually likes getting text messages, but then she was added to a group text chain with co-workers last fall, … Read More
Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
From The New York Times authored by Jennifer Valentino-DeVries: “When detectives in a Phoenix suburb arrested a warehouse worker in a murder investigation last December, they credited a new technique … Read More
Will I Get a Better Job If I Pretend I’m a Bad Assistant?’
From The Cut authored by Alison Green: “Dear Boss, My partner offered me some surprising career advice the other day and it’s been weighing on my mind since. I had … Read More
Inside One Woman’s Fight to Rewrite the Law on Marital Rape
From The New York Times authored by Karen Zraick: “Jenny Teeson was in the middle of a divorce when she found a video of her husband sexually assaulting her in … Read More
What Do Women Want? Law Firms Are Clueless.
From The American Lawyer authored by Viva Chen: “Memo to all you well-meaning law firms out there trying your darnedest to retain and promote women: You are doing it all … Read More
A record number of congresswomen are mothers. Here’s a glimpse inside their first-ever caucus.
From The Washington Post authored by Caitlin Gibson: “How are your kids doing? It isn’t the question itself that bothers Katie Porter. The freshman Democratic congresswoman from California, a single … Read More
Women Describe Their Experience Working in Big Law, And It’s Not Pretty
From Law.com authored by Eric Hichman: “Earlier this month it was revealed that six women are in the process of suing Jones Day over accusations of alleged gender discrimination (to … Read More
For Women and Minorities to Get Ahead, Managers Must Assign Work Fairly
From Harvard Business Review authored by Joan C. Williams and Marina Multhaup: “Organizations have been trying to improve diversity in the workplace for decades — with little success. The most … Read More
The FDA Wants to Change Mammogram Regulations for the First Time in Two Decades
From TIME authored by Jamie Ducharme: “The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to require mammogram providers to tell women if they have a common risk factor for breast cancer. … Read More
Giant boob balloons encourage Londoners to embrace breastfeeding in public
From Women in the World authored by WITW Staff: “Gigantic breast-shaped balloons are appearing all over London as part of a campaign highlighting the stigma that mothers breastfeeding in public … Read More
