January 2016

* Managing director, Johann van Rooyen is likely to resign his appointment later in the year, probably in March 2016 Source: http://bit.ly/20q3OJ8 Further company coverage: Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/8G01dgOS5MM/idAFFWN15902B

In-house counsels are the new gatekeepers. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/40NBia8akxU/story01.htm

* Is there a strategy for dealing with the dreaded performance review? [Modern Mom] * Particularly pertinent advice on the Monday after a blizzard: how to interview (and what to wear) in a snowstorm. [Corporette] * Uber is facing a staggering number of lawsuits… and they have 27 job openings for attorneys worldwide. Get those […]

This morning the Court released orders and four opinions. Among them was a holding that Miller v. Alabama, the Court’s 2012 decision prohibiting mandatory sentences of life without parole for juvenile offenders, applies retroactively to cases on state collateral review, a holding that the Federal Power Act provides FERC with the authority to regulate wholesale […]

It is commonly said that you can never be sure how a case will come down based on what the Justices say at the argument. But that doesn’t mean you can never get any reliable information from the argument. Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin v. United States is a case in which the opinion was just […]

This morning’s order list included something of a surprise: a summary reversal in a civil case that involved neither arbitration nor qualified immunity. Amgen v. Harris is a case under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), involving claims by beneficiaries against an ERISA-covered employee stock ownership plan (an ESOP) – a retirement […]

Do the firm’s bonuses reflect how well it’s doing? Opinions differ…. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/ehTigmyfGaY/story01.htm

This is the kind of violence the Founders could support. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/R21F6OHtOnY/story01.htm

Ruth Vader Ginsburg finds your lack of contraceptive coverage for women disturbing. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/fhas6gpA1xA/story01.htm

LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Angola’s March exports were selling faster than expected, traders said on Monday, with just over half the programme already matched with buyers. Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/pl-dsQxAEQU/idAFL8N1593KH