Chris O'Malley

The lawsuit against convenience store chain Sheetz may shape the way employers approach criminal background checks and internal policies, Dentons shareholder Jennifer Sun Park said.

Defendants wanted to devalue ACT to the point they could obtain control of all or substantially all of ACT's shares at a fraction of their true value, Advanced Combustion Technologies' complaint alleges.

Jeffrey Taylor was once seen as the likely successor for Fox Corp.'s former legal chief Viet Dinh

Serial entrepreneur Brad Jacobs has hired Christopher Signorello as chief legal officer of QXO, which aims to become a $50 billion player in the building-products-distribution field.

Any resolution of the case that fails to reflect that Boeing killed 346 people dishonors the crime victims' memory, said Paul Cassell, a lawyer representing families of 737 Max crash victims

Recent attacks on the Brentwood, Tennessee-based retailer underscore the risks faced by companies that seek to cast themselves as champions of diversity, equity and inclusion.

The plea deal is a complete slap in the face to the victim families, said Peter Reilly, a Texas A&M law professor.

Terms of the 48-page settlement serve as a cautionary tale for other perennial violators of Department of Labor health and safety rules.

The cost is small compared with the $12 million deal the retailer struck recently to resolve allegations of safety violations at its stores.

It is to be hoped that corporations that enacted illegal and polarizing DEI policies during the last few years will end those policies before they are sued, said Ed Blum of the American Alliance for Equal Rights.