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The Deal podcast network brings The Deal’s award winning coverage in M&A, activist investing, private equity and restructuring to your airwaves. With a suite of offerings, including Activist Investing Today (hosted by Senior Editor Ronald Orol), Drinks With The Deal (hosted by Senior Writer David Marcus), Behind The Buyouts (hosted by Senior Reporter Steve Gelsi) and Fresh Start (hosted by Senior Reporter Stephanie Gleason), The Deal’s podcast network is your go-to source for timely financia ...
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The podcast where every episode is a new possibility.
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As a mentally ill hot girl who has struggled with unrealistic beauty standards since the womb and could use a (theoretical but maybe literal) lobotomy, therapist and author Alegra Kastens intertwines her clinical wisdom and lived experience to gab about books of all genres. Not a bookworm? Have no fear (or do because #anxiety): she has done the reading for you. All you have to do is tune in, Lobotomommies!
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A musical dive into the cultural identities behind the plate. Hosted by Peter J. Kim, Counterjam is an auditory feast of songs and interviews with musicians, chefs, and celebrities.
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United Bodies is a podcast about the lived experience of health. Join health and disability writer, producer, and activist Kendall Ciesemier and her guests as they explore how different components of our health – mental, physical, social, and spiritual – interplay with one another and intersect with the whole of our identity. When we understand these forces in our lives, we can meet both ourselves and others with more empathy and maybe even realize our fights for equity, justice, freedom, an ...
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Resmaa Menakem, healer, author, master coach, and trauma specialist, is hosting a new podcast series that mixes humor with serious trending topics. It is a series of thought-provoking discussions with thought leaders in race and culture, artists, athletes, comedians on how our history has played a role in the current state of our world. Guerrilla Muse’s goal is to uncover, rediscover, and heal by helping listeners develop grit and thick skin. Listeners will learn to apply critical thinking t ...
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Stephanie Foo, author of the New York Times bestseller What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma, brought CPTSD to the forefront of mental health care. She joins us to talk about her healing journey, what CPTSD recovery means to her, emotional flashbacks, the painstaking search for a therapist, “the dread”, and more.This podcast i…
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Drinks With The Deal: Gores Group's Mark Stone Talks Twinkies De-SPAC
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Gores Group's Senior Managing Director Mark Stone discusses the private equity firm's approach to the SPAC market and his perspective on recent developments in the sector as well as Gores' very successful de-SPAC of Twinkies maker Hostess Brands.By The Deal
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Activist Investing Today: Freedman Talks Gildan Red Flags, Darden Similarities
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Olshan Frome shareholder activism practice chair Andrew Freedman offers a postmortem of sorts on why 17 directors in two waves resigned ahead of a Browning West director contest at Canadian clothing company Gildan.By The Deal
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OCD Is An Earthquake In The Brain with Stephen Smith
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Stephen Smith, co-founder of the teletherapy platform NOCD, joins us to share his lived experience with OCD (sexual obsessions, relationship obsessions, and more) that fueled him to create a a virtual therapy platform specializing in the treatment of OCD. Like many, Stephen did months of general talk therapy with a therapist who didn’t understand O…
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Drinks With The Deal: Linklaters’ George Casey Talks Cross-Border M&A
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In the most recent episode of Drinks With The Deal, Linklaters global chairman of corporate George Casey discusses a 30-year career centered on cross-border M&A.By The Deal
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Activist Investing Today: Gadson Talks ESG, MEI, Post-Election Activism
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Vinson & Elkins activism defense adviser Patrick Gadson explains why economic activists aren't leaning into ESG as much and talks about the upcoming federal election's effect on both M&A and operational activism.By The Deal
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Drinks With The Deal: Ropes Chair Jones on Relationship, Firm Management
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Julie Jones explains why the Sungard buyout was critical for her career, how she approaches firm management and what she's learned from colleagues and business leaders along the way.By The Deal
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Activist Investing Today: Donahue Talks Vote-No Amid Activism
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Paul Hastings activist defense adviser Sean Donahue discusses nontraditional activist campaigns seeking to oust directors in uncontested elections, at special meetings and via written consent solicitations.By The Deal
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Brain on Fire with Susannah Cahalan
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Susannah Cahalan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Brain on Fire, joins the Lobotomommies today! She talks the doctor who saved her life, the importance of holistic mental health care, physiological causes of mental health conditions, and more. As the 217th person to be diagnosed with anti-NDMA receptor autoimmune encephalitis, naturally esc…
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Drinks With The Deal: Willkie's Paran Talks Insurance M&A, Changing Cities and Firms
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Willkie's PK Paran discusses moving to New York from London in 2019, changing law firms two years later and insurance industry M&A.By The Deal
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Surviving Suicide with Chrissie Hodges
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In part two of this discussion, Chrissie opens up about her suicide attempt that led to her hospitalization and OCD diagnosis. She also shares her OCD treatment experience utilizing Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and recovery journey.This podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, affordable, and convenient OCD therapy. Schedu…
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Sexual Orientation OCD with Chrissie Hodges
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Peer support specialist and OCD advocate Chrissie Hodges joins Books, Looks, and Lobotomies to talk about her memoir Pure OCD: The Invisible Side of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. In part one of this discussion, Chrissie shares her journey with emetophobia and sexual orientation OCD that nearly ended her life. This podcast is made possible by NOCD.…
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Drinks With The Deal: Kirkland’s Lee Talks About Webtoon IPO, Changes in Legal Industry
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Kirkland partner Ed Lee discusses his pride in helping take the media and technology company Webtoon public and how the legal industry has evolved over his career.By The Deal
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On this week’s episode of Books, Looks, and Lobotomies, licensed therapist and OCD specialist Alegra Kastens talks Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and mental compulsions. She provides information about specific mental compulsions, how Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) works with mental compulsions, stopping mental compulsions, and whether or…
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Activist Investing Today: Foo Talks Vetting Directors for All Shareholders
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Forward Risk co-founder Brendan Foo dismisses assertions that business intelligence advisers to activists are knocking on doors in an aggressive way.By The Deal
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Amanda Montell's "The Age of Magical Overthinking"
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Welcome back, Lobotomommies! This week, Alegra chats with Amanda Montell (Wordslut, Cultish, Sounds Like A Cult Podcast) about her latest book, The Age of Magical Overthinking. While discussing the cognitive biases that run wild through our brains, Alegra and Amanda also get deep about past relationships and "overpacking" their lives. This podcast …
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Drinks With The Deal: Alisa Levin on Legal Recruiting and What Makes for Successful Lateral Hiring
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In this week’s Drinks With The Deal podcast, Greene-Levin-Snyder's Alisa Levin discusses her career as a legal recruiter and how lawyers and law firms should think about the market for lateral talent.By The Deal
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In the first episode of her new podcast, Alegra reads "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath; a semi-autobiographical novel that covers all of this podcast's talking points: books, gender issues and feminism, and mental health. Alegra dissects the book, pausing to give personal anecdotes from her life, while also breaking down some of the backstory of the …
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Drinks With The Deal: Latham’s Bekheit on Lessons Learned From In-House Stint
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On the most recent Drinks With The Deal podcast, Mark Bekheit, the global vice chair of M&A at Latham & Watkins, discusses how his brief time as an in-house lawyer at Sandisk was pivotal both for client development and perspective on his career.By The Deal
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Activist Investing Today: Nardello Digs Up Dirt on Boards, Activists
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Dan Nardello, the founder of business intelligence firm Nardello & Co., talks about resume inconsistencies, credit card and corporate jet abuse, and vetting directors in the MeToo era amid activist campaigns.By The Deal
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Behind the Buyouts: Stride's Berg on Backing Passion Brands
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Stride Consumer's partner Steve Berg discusses the firm's investment strategy and the state of consumer M&A in 2024.By The Deal
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Drinks With The Deal: Covington’s Freling On Government Contracts, M&A
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In the most recent Drinks With The Deal podcast, Scott Freling, the vice chair of government contracts at Covington & Burling, talks about the practice and its intersection with M&A and PE.By The Deal
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Behind the Buyouts: Vestar's Bhat on Continuation Funds, Bilateral Recaps
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Vestar's co-head of investments Nikhil Bhat discusses the firm's $1.2 billion continuation vehicle for Circana, its use of bilateral recaps and interest in route-based facility services.By The Deal
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Activist Investing Today: Gottfried Talks Dissident Vetting Bylaws, M&A Panels
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Keith Gottfried of Gottfried Shareholder Advisory, an adviser to companies targeted by activists, discusses advance dissident nominee interviews, 13D rule changes, corralling retail votes and M&A committee settlements.By The Deal
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Drinks With The Deal: V&E’s Gill on Evolution of Houston Legal Market
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Vinson & Elkins co-head of M&A and capital markets Steve Gill talks about how the rise of energy PE has changed the Houston legal market and what he learned from advising Huntsman on its troubled deal with Apollo.By The Deal
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Drinks With The Deal: Simpson’s Michael Chao on Intellectual Appeal of M&A
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In the most recent Drinks With The Deal podcast, Simpson Thacher M&A partner Michael Chao says that exposure to new businesses and legal issues makes the practice appealing to him and helps him be a better lawyer.By The Deal
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Behind the Buyouts: Churchill's Philpott on Private Credit Boom
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Churchill managing director Anne Philpott discusses the firm's direct lending and PE strategies and expectations for M&A in 2024.By The Deal
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Drinks With The Deal: Skadden’s Kim On Working as a Translator, Managing Up and Making Partner in the Pandemic
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In the most recent Drinks With The Deal podcast, Skadden M&A partner Do Kim discusses working as a translator between college and law school, how she approaches managing associates and making partner at the start of the pandemic.By The Deal
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Activist Investing Today: Goldman’s Codo-Lotti Talks SpinCo, Buybacks, M&A
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Top activism defense banker Pam Codo-Lotti, Global Chief Operating Officer of Activism and Shareholder Advisory at Goldman Sachs, discusses activism, divestitures, capital returns and other M&A topics.By The Deal
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Drinks With The Deal: Sullivan & Cromwell’s Wu on Navigating to Partnership
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Mimi Wu talks about signing up two big deals in her last months as an associate, her affinity for distressed M&A and how getting an M.B.A. along with a J.D. has helped her as a lawyer.By The Deal
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Drinks With The Deal: Sidley's DuClos on SPACs
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Sidley Austin's Josh DuClos offers his thoughts on the new SEC regulations for SPACs, the larger economy and market as well as the historic role that private equity firms have played in the SPAC sector.By The Deal
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What Makes an Enjoyable Life With Andrea Gibson
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As the first season of United Bodies comes to a close, here’s a conversation that will buoy us all by proving what’s possible. We’ve been talking about building the world we need -- be that through destigmatizing the hard stuff in our life through humor, liberating ourselves through movement, choosing to write a new story for our lives, finding bod…
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Activist Investing Today: Levin Talks Tesla, Musk, Delaware, Votes
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Activist investor and adviser Michael Levin explains how he's seeking to strengthen a Delaware settlement to require a binding pay vote at the electric car maker, and he talks Tesla reincorporation and more.By The Deal
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Drinks With the Deal: Wachtell’s Kling Talks Career Progression, Parenthood
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In the latest episode of Drinks With The Deal, Wachtell’s Jake Kling talks about milestone deals for him, what he learned from his clerkship and how becoming a parent changed his view of being a lawyer.By The Deal
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Pleasure Is For All of Us with adrienne maree brown
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Today we’re talking about pleasure. I can already tell that some of you are wincing. Pleasure is experienced in our bodies and keeps us full of aliveness—whether that’s the pleasure that comes from feeling sun on our backs, tasting our favorite treat, or from a steamy sexcapade. We’re talking about it all today with the person who wrote a whole boo…
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Reclaiming Spirituality After It Was Weaponized Against Us with Phillip Picardi
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For many of us, spiritual health is a facet of our health that we consider less, perhaps even give less weight to or spend less time cultivating. There are many reasons for this. Spirituality can feel elusive, confusing, scary, and unknown. It can bring up religious baggage, ostracization, and pain. Religion is one of the most notable constructs of…
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Behind the Buyouts: Lincolnshire's Nacier on Business Services
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Lincolnshire principal Matt Nacier discusses the firm's interest and investments in business services, including facility services, an increase in M&A opportunities in 2024 and more.By The Deal
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Drinks With The Deal: Cadence's Stone on Marine Corps Lessons
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On this week’s episode of Drinks With The Deal, Ryan Stone, a corporate development professional at Cadence Design Systems, discusses how an early stint in the Marine Corps helped shape his career.By The Deal
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The Liberating Power of Movement With Morgan Dixon and Aj Williams
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Moving your body, in any way you can, can be a liberating experience—to feel your power, your strength, your security and resiliency through a step forward, a dance, a roll or stroll through nature. Studies support this—movement has a profound impact on our brains: reducing stress, anxiety, and depression, encouraging creativity and ingenuity. Thin…
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Activist Investing Today Podcast: Wachtell’s Tetelbaum Talks NDAs
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Elina Tetelbaum, a Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz activist defense partner, takes AIT behind the scenes to explain how companies and activists negotiate confidentiality agreements, as well as the trading and campaigning restrictions they typically include.By The Deal
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Content warning: child abuse Trauma is everywhere we look. Most prominently, trauma is marked by a sense of powerlessness and loss of control. This is one of most overwhelming parts of experiencing trauma. It’s terrifying to lose control over our bodies and our lives. Recovery is then about regaining control over all that was taken from us. One too…
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Drinks With The Deal Podcast: Cohen on Working for Cuomos, Perelman, Napster
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In this week’s Drinks With The Deal, Steve Cohen talks about his varied legal career, in which he’s been the GC at Ron Perelman’s MacAndrews & Forbes and worked for New York governors Mario and Andrew Cuomo.By The Deal
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Laughter is the Best Medicine with Samantha Irby
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Welcome to the second half of United Bodies, where we’re focused on building the world we need. A huge part of building a better world is about imbuing our world with joy and there’s nothing that makes me feel more joy than laughter. I love to laugh and I particularly love to laugh about my own problems. This is what I think they call… coping. Laug…
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The Power and Potential of Grief With Wanda Irving
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We are living in a time of collective mourning. Millions of people are mourning loved ones lost to COVID, others are mourning those lost to rampant gun violence or police brutality, and still others are mourning the smaller or slower losses: the loss of progressive illness, relationships, jobs. It can feel like everywhere we turn, there’s new loss.…
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Drinks With The Deal: Weil’s Machera on Lessons From Early Career
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On this week’s Drinks With The Deal podcast, Chris Machera, the co-head of PE at Weil, discusses how early jobs in restaurants and as a paralegal were great training for life as a lawyer.By The Deal
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Behind the Buyouts: Macquarie Capital's Amster on PE Outlook for 2024
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Macquarie Capital's global head of financial sponsors Tom Amster discusses private equity's dealmaking prospects in 2024 amid mounting pressure to return capital to LPs.By The Deal
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The Criminalization of Mental Illness With Krista Cezair and Brittany Packnett Cunningham
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Content Warnings: This episode includes discussions of suicidality, psychosis, violence, and police brutality. Over the last number of years, we’ve made significant progress in destigmatizing mental health care -- many of us openly talk about going to therapy, follow therapists on social media, and even trade tips on dealing with side effects of ta…
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Activist Investing Today: Freshfields' Klingsberg, Bieber Eye Consultants as Wedges
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Freshfields activist defense attorneys Ethan Klingsberg and Elizabeth Bieber discuss insider-controlled company activism, subcommittee formation in settlements, governance and more.By The Deal
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If Our Pain Were Believed With Samantha Reid
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There is a huge gender gap in those that experience pain and how pain is treated. More than 51 million people in the United States – more than 20 percent of adults – live with chronic pain, but 70 percent of pain sufferers are women. To make matters worse, women and nonbinary people, particularly women and nonbinary people of color, are treated poo…
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Drinks With The Deal: DLA’s Ruhland on Working In-House, Managing
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Kathy Ruhland discusses leading deal teams and being co-head of the corporate practice group at DLA Piper as well as her time in-house at General Mills.By The Deal
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