Two of America’s most prestigious law firms—Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden—have agreed to cough up $2 million to fund ethics and professionalism instruction at Georgia law schools.
U.S. District Judge Marc T. Treadwell effectively called two of their partners liars, finding that Richard Bernardo and Geoffrey Wyatt made “false representations” in what he described as “a widespread, long-running cover-up.”
There’s delicious irony in who Treadwell is, who these lawyers are, and how he caught them.
Reports that General Motors has adopted a controversial employee-ranking system that Microsoft, Ford, Goodyear, and other companies abandoned years ago have triggered widespread criticism.
Meet Mary Barra’s Montana ranch hand overseeing GM’s HR practices.
Today’s “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” Wall Street Journal story: The guy who openly called AI-generated market analysis “garbage” just stepped in to buy the leveraged stock portfolio of Silicon Valley’s favorite AI oracle after margin calls forced a sale.
Bob Lutz’s ‘Car Guys vs. Bean Counters’ is the most inspiring book on leadership I’ve ever read.
Here’s why.
Veteran automotive journalist Phoebe Wall Howard recently uncovered the disheartening story of an experienced Ford factory electrician who was fired after being falsely accused of stealing a $1.95 cookie from the plant commissary. Howard’s reporting burst my bubble about Ford’s leadership and reaffirmed my dim view of the UAW.
Howard’s prodigious reporting deserves amplification.
You can’t make this stuff up! Ford CEO Jim Farley last October made headlines prognosticating that “artificial intelligence is going to replace literally half of all white-collar workers in the U.S.” He opined that “AI will leave a lot of white-collar people behind.” Given that Farley’s mistaken embrace of electric…
Rod Beer, a longtime reader of this blog and sometimes its fiercest critic, had gone silent on me these past few months. I missed hearing from him and feared that perhaps I had written one Mary Barra missive too many. Beer didn’t have an issue with my critical view of…
JPMorgan’s $4.25 million defeat over a $642.50 deli platter is understandably generating plenty of yuks on social media. Here’s why the award is no laughing matter and another indictment of Jamie Dimon’s leadership.
Why I hope Fidelity Investments is poised to clean Morgan Stanley’s clock.
Michael Schroeder was among the most decent people I encountered in journalism. He also changed my life.
A remembrance of the reporter and editor who gave me my career break at The Detroit News.