Wake Up Call: Ex-Mayer Brown Partner Lori Lightfoot Elected Chicago Mayor

April 3, 2019, 11:36 AM UTC
  • Chicago’s new African-American mayor-elect, Lori Lightfoot, is a former federal prosecutor and ex-Mayer Brown partner. She’s the city’s first black woman mayor, and the first openly gay person to have that job. Among other things, she has proposed a tax on Big Law firms to close the city’s big budget hole. (BN) (New York Times) (Chicago Sun Times)

  • The University of Southern California’s general counsel, Carol Mauch Amir, is among top officials leaving the university in the wake of its response to scandals that include the current federal investigation into college admissions. (L.A. ...

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