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My @WSJ colleague Evan Gershkovich recently appeared in a Russian court for the start of a sham trial, his head shaved on order of prison authorities. I’ve shaved mine in solidarity and plan to keep it his way until he's out. Evan is a journalist and journalism is not a crime. #IStandwithEvan #FreeEvan

Few people are quitting. Few are getting promoted. So how do you not feel stuck? With the labor market cooling, pay increases slowing and turnover down sharply, many workers say they feel trapped in their roles. Bosses are beginning to notice, and some companies are trying new ideas to create additional movement within companies -- even if that doesn't mean an entirely new job. Here's my story:

The mission of the elite Davos conference is to improve the world by convening world leaders, CEOs and billionaires. But how the World Economic Forum treats its own employees is a different story. Shalini Ramachandran and Khadeeja Safdar interviewed dozens of Forum employees and reviewed internal documents to get inside the organization and understand its workplace culture. They talked to women and Black employees who filed numerous complaints of harassment or discrimination over the years. Some spoke out on-the-record for the first time about their experiences. The Forum disputed our reporting and said it mischaracterized its culture and founder, Klaus Schwab. Read the exclusive The Wall Street Journal investigation for yourself: https://lnkd.in/efCAvwpM

This morning in The Wall Street Journal... An unsigned, one-page bombshell of a letter made the rounds at Kirkland & Ellis, the top U.S. bankruptcy-law firm. It alleged that Judge David R. Jones, chief of the bankruptcy court in Houston, was in a romantic relationship with Elizabeth Freeman, a Texas attorney who as Kirkland’s co-counsel helped the firm shepherd multibillion-dollar cases through Jones’s courtroom. By then, certain lawyers at Kirkland had already heard that Jones and Freeman were lovers, according to people familiar with the conversations. If the anonymous letter was true—and became public—Kirkland risked losing its favorite bankruptcy judge. The letter was excluded as evidence in court and sealed from public view in 2021. But it didn't stay that way. The relationship became public in October, leading to Jones' resignation from the bench. Our story goes deep into the fallout, including the questions now facing Kirkland and its co-counsel Jackson Walker about how the romantic relationship went undisclosed for so long. https://lnkd.in/gQPMGZRU