If you haven’t listened to this morning’s NYT The Daily podcast, please do: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/podcasts/the-daily/skadden-lawyer-resigned-trump-thomas-sipp.html. Thomas Sipp explains why he’s resigned from his law firm, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Sipp is the son of a white American father and a Japanese mother. At age 10 he moved with his family from Japan…
Selecting the right initial project(s), determining outcomes and measures, and preparing the business case are important groundwork for your Information Governance initiative, as discussed in Part 1. But to secure resilient management support for an ongoing initiative, you’ll also want to tie the individual projects to strategic objectives for Information Governance at your organization.…
This blog’s premise was that I could learn more about diversity, equity, and inclusion by somehow cajoling folks different than me to open up about their lived experiences with professional belonging as lawyers. From the get-go this was hard to pull off, but in today’s climate, it’s nearly impossible.
With the subtlety of a Selma…
It’s right there, on page 40 of Van Halen’s concert contract, under Food Requirements: “M & M’s (WARNING: ABSOLUTELY NO BROWN ONES).” Why did these rock prima donnas ban backstage brown M&Ms? In his 1997 biography, David Lee Roth claimed it was a way to see if the performance venue had actually read…
Management support is crucial for success with Information Governance initiatives. This is not merely a question of initial project and budget approvals. Most Information Governance initiatives involve behavioral changes in how data is handled, and in many instances, aspects of organizational culture may be impacted. No matter the ultimate benefits, any initiative involving behavioral change…
Last time we considered an intriguing study led by Dr. Arin Reeves, testing whether and how law firm partners were influenced by race when reviewing associates’ work. A diverse group of law firm partners reviewed an identical research memorandum, with half of them told that the “author,” 3rd year associate Thomas Meyer, was Black, and…
Apparently, today is Global information Governance Day. I frankly wasn’t paying attention, because every day is information governance day here. But no snark is meant by this – it’s good to turn such “occasions” into a nudge to revisit our perspectives and refocus on our priorities.
Our firm’s elephant icon is a nod to The Blind…
Great news! A January 21, 2025 Executive Order has declared that we’re going to be a meritocracy! The President’s E.O., titled Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity, blames governmental and private sector DEI programs for “undermin[ing] our national unity, as they deny, discredit, and undermine the traditional American values of hard work, excellence, and…
This blog is about professional Belonging in law firms. Yet Belonging at work doesn’t operate in a vacuum. And it’s hard to ignore the vigorous demolition project now underway all around us, as our new President rapidly seeks to transform what belonging means for America.
First is our understanding of what belongs to America. Greenland?…
Before a prospective applicant can submit their application to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) for any type of TABC permit, the applicant must get the comptroller to sign the TABC’s L-Cert form. By signing a TABC application, the comptroller certifies that the applicant has complied with the following provisions of the Texas Alcoholic…
