In-House Counsel Special Section – March 2012
BY: admin Read the March 2012 edition of our quarterly In-House Counsel special section. |
Problems arise in Dodd-Frank implementation
BY: Dolan Media Newswires
The huge scope of the Dodd-Frank Act poses an enormous problem for the Securities and Exchange Commission: How, in the midst of everything else, can the SEC perform the various functions assigned to it by Congress? |
Recent developments in FLSA litigation
BY: William E. Hannum III
On the somewhat arcane topic of paying nonexempt employees under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s “fluctuating workweek” method, there have been some significant developments in 2011. |
1st Circuit rules benefit denial not warranted by video
BY: David Frank
A plan administrator could not terminate an employee’s long-term disability benefits despite covert surveillance video showing the employee driving, walking, jogging, bending over, flying a kite and lifting her 3-year-old child, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. |
How global is the attorney-client privilege?
BY: Richard J. Rosensweig and Brian P. Thurber
It is no secret that in-house counsel are bringing more work in-house while also handling more international legal work. At the intersection of that trend dwells the risk that in-house counsel will rely on the attorney-client privilege in communicating with the company’s foreign operations, only to find that the privilege offers no protection. |
Old statute put to new use in challenging screening practices
BY: Dolan Media Newswires
There has been an uptick in class actions over employment screening practices that use consumer reports as grounds for making decisions about job applicants or employees. |
By the numbers: client feedback and legal hiring
BY: Minnesota Lawyer Staff LexisNexis and Martindale-Hubbell recently conducted a survey of 415 senior personnel (managing partners, lawyers, marketing directors and other director positions) at law firms worldwide to see if the firms sought out client feedback. |
Special section: Attorneys of the Year 2011
BY: admin Read our Attorneys of the Year 2011 special section. |
Attorneys of the Year: Richard Slowes
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Attorneys of the Year: Thomas Mengler
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