Wake Up Call: Uber Lays Off Legal Staff as Virus Batters Business

In today’s column, Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline poached the top lawyer at education publisher Pearson; electric car company Lucid Motors snagged a top lawyer from its big rival, Tesla; most of President Trump’s re-election campaign spending in April went to a boutique known for libel actions against media; the College of William & Mary’s law school hired an African-American dean, the university’s first; Burford Capital released a new survey report on gender diversity in the legal profession; the suspended chief legal officer of the U.S. Soccer Federation has resigned; Wake Up Call is taking a break Monday for Memorial Day and ...