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A View from the Bench September 9, 2024
A View from the Bench – Episode 6 – What Can Win or Lose Your Case at Trial
Washington, D.C. partner George Hazel and Houston partner Gregg Costa draw on their experience as both trial lawyers and judges to share their perspectives on what can help to win — or lose — a case at trial.
ESG Digest July 8, 2024
The ESG Digest: Insights into the European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive – Key Challenges for Companies
In our two-episode podcast series "The ESG Digest: Insights into the European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive," Gibson Dunn lawyers and clients discuss the impact and implications of the new directive. In the second episode, Gibson Dunn partner Markus Rieder (Munich) and Juergen Gleichauf, chief compliance officer and chief human rights officer at Mercedes-Benz, discuss the challenges for companies in meeting the mandatory human rights and environmental obligations established by the CSDDD.
ESG Digest June 24, 2024
The ESG Digest: Insights into the European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive – Understanding the CSDDD
In our two-episode podcast series "The ESG Digest: Insights into the European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive," Gibson Dunn lawyers and clients discuss the impact and implications of the new directive. In the first episode, partner Robert Spano (London and Paris) and of counsel Selina Sagayam (London) discuss the rationale behind the CSDDD and review key points that led to its establishment. They explain which companies are in scope, the next steps in the directive’s implementation, measures that companies can adopt to ensure compliance, and the potential liabilities for breach of CSDDD’s obligations.
The Two Teds May 28, 2024
The Two Teds – Episode 8 – Media Relations
In this episode of "The Two Teds," Ted OIson and Ted Boutrous discuss the growing importance of media relations as a critical skill for lawyers and a potentially significant factor in controversial legal cases.
A View from the Bench April 16, 2024
A View from the Bench – Episode 5 – Evidentiary Rules with (Ret.) Judge Paul Grimm
Washington, D.C. partner George Hazel and Houston partner Gregg Costa, both former judges, are joined by the Hon. Paul Grimm, a former trial lawyer and judge in the U.S. District Court in Maryland who left the bench in 2022.
GDPR at 5 March 8, 2024
GDPR at 5 – Episode 4 – GDPR and AI
Co-Chair of our Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice Group, Ahmed Baladi (Paris), is joined by partners Robert Spano (London and Paris) and Vivek Mohan (Palo Alto), Co-Chairs of Gibson Dunn’s Artificial Intelligence Practice Group, for a discussion about the interplay between AI and the processing of personal data.
A View from the Bench February 28, 2024
A View from the Bench – Episode 4 – Sentencing with (Ret.) Judge Nancy Gertner
Washington, D.C. partner George Hazel and Houston partner Gregg Costa, both former judges, are joined by the Hon. Nancy Gertner, who in 1994 was appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, where she served until retiring in 2011 to teach at Harvard Law School.
A View from the Bench February 8, 2024
A View from the Bench – Episode 3 – The Future of Civil Jury Trials with (Ret.) Judge Mark Drummond
Washington, D.C. partner George Hazel and Houston partner Gregg Costa, both former judges, are joined by retired Judge Mark A. Drummond, a former trial lawyer who subsequently served as a judge for 20 years, to discuss the value of civil jury trials, and describe and debate several innovations that are being introduced to civil jury trials, such as jurors asking questions, lawyers providing daily summations, expert witnesses testifying back-to-back, jurors discussing evidence before deliberation, and judges limiting the length of trials.