• The women of Wall Street got a boost Friday with a judge’s ruling allowing a group of as many as 2,300 female employees of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to pursue claims they didn’t get paid or promoted like their male counterparts. ( Bloomberg )
• Foley & Lardner and Gardere Wynne Sewell agreed to merge, effective April 1, creating an 1,100 lawyer firm with 24 offices in the U.S., Mexico, Asia and Europe. ( Texas Lawyer )
• Anyone ruminating over the elevated role of in-house lawyers might consider the case of Facebook. Its top two lawyers, Colin Stretch and ...