Wake Up Call: Walmart’s Longtime Top Lawyer Announces Exit

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• Walmart Inc. executive vice president and general counsel Karen Roberts said in a LinkedIn post that she’s leaving the retail giant after 27 years. She started at the company as a real estate manager straight out of the University of Arkansas Law school in 1995. She said she’s still mulling what to do next but her priorities include family, travel, and hobbies. (LinkedIn)
• Transatlantic firm Womble Bond Dickinson and London-based BDB Pitmans have reportedly abandoned their merger ...