Weekly News Update, 7.31.26
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- Digiday reported that Nike and Lululemon have been hit with lawsuits alleging deceptive “phantom discounts.”
- The Cut observed that while today’s biggest beauty brands are thriving in a world Glossier helped create, the company has struggled to keep up.
- Allure spoke to experts regarding an FDA advisory panel's recent decisions on peptides such as BPC-157 and Epitalon.
- Harvard Business Review presented reasons for hiring “job hoppers.”
- Fortune profiled Elevance Health CEO Gail Boudreaux, the highest‑ranking woman on the Global 500.
- The New York Times [gift link] reported that women who have their fallopian tubes removed (it's a five-minute surgery) reduce their chances of getting ovarian cancer by nearly 80%.
- The 19th reported that millions of women of childbearing age live in counties where there's no place to give birth — and it could get worse.
- The Wall Street Journal [gift link] gave tips on speaking to your parents about tough issues like aging, housing, and care.
- Your Laugh of the Week comes from The Hard Times, with “Heart Reveal They Were Challenged to Name Five of Their Own Songs Before Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction.”
Threadjacks of the Week
- nail polish removers for a salon pedicure
- what it's like to wear a CPAP
- tips on Disney when it's busy
- fun things to bring to a vacation rental
On CorporetteMoms Recently…
- We offered some clothes for working moms, including some maternity basics and washable workwear.
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Need help processing an organization announcement. I am 1 of 3 managing counsels for 3 distinct countries for the international business of the company, reporting directly to XY, Deputy GC. The company has announced XY as the next GC (current GC and CLO retiring). XY approached me to let me know that AB, one of other Managing counsels for the international assets, will take on a newly created role of International Lead to whom I will now be reporting (along with the other international MC). I am … not happy. AB is the most “politically savvy” of all of us, I’ll give him that. He is also the least practical, knowledgeable, and experienced of all of us and I am having a hard time digesting that I will have to ask directional guidance from someone that… as bad as that sound, I don’t respect as a lead (I don’t know much about him personally, have always maintained a healthy professional distance, don’t care to know him more than necessary but I am sure he is a fine human. I’ll venture to say that he would say the same about me). Has that happened to you and how did you manage that relationship?