The Global Legal Post timeline: ESG and the law
30 March 2021
How law firms and their clients are responding to the environmental, social and governance movement
Shutterstock; John Gomez Wall Street M&A powerhouse Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz is not known for making senior lateral hires. Last April, however, it made an important exception, bringing on board as a consultant Leo Strine, the former Delaware chief justice and a leading proponent of governance reform. “As a judge, he said, “I thought the importance of corporations in our society could not be measured by their stock price, and that it was critical to our nation’s well-being that powerful businesses treat their workers and consumers well, support the communities in which they operate, and focus on environmentally responsible, sustainable wealth creation.”
Black History Month: Gerald Talbot, Maine’s first Black lawmaker
During his three House terms, Talbot championed migrant worker rights, Indian tribal sovereignty, fair housing and creating a holiday to honor King.
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In August 1963, Gerald Talbot stands at left on Market Street with other Mainers who took part in the March on Washington. Left to right: Gerald Talbot, Alfred Burris, Lawrence Graham, Reverend Valton V. Morse, Elizabeth Aldrich, Mrs. Joseph Robey, Reverend John C. Bruce Press Herald photo courtesy Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives
Newspaper compositor and civil rights advocate Gerald Talbot, a Democrat from Portland, was elected to Maine House of Representatives on Nov. 7, 1972, making him the first Black member of the Maine Legislature.
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