Wake Up Call: Taylor Swift Taps Venable Lawyer for Corporate Job

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of legal industry moves and other news.

• Taylor Swift hired Venable partner Douglas Baldridge for the top legal role at 13 Management, the music star’s “closely guarded Nashville-based company.” Baldridge, a DC litigator who represented Swift in a high profile sexual harassment suit, is set to replace retiring general counsel Jay Schaudies in September. (The Wall Street Journal)
• More than 20 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan litigators and staff reportedly are leaving for Steptoe & Johnson. The group is joining two prominent Stroock lawyers who already jumped to ...