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In-House Counsel Special Section – March 2012

BY: admin
POSTED: March 12, 2012

Read the March 2012 edition of our quarterly In-House Counsel special section.


Problems arise in Dodd-Frank implementation

BY: Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: March 12, 2012

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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
POSTED: March 12, 2012

Clock and  calendar

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
POSTED: March 12, 2012

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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
POSTED: March 12, 2012

Global business

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
POSTED: March 12, 2012

credit check

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
POSTED: March 12, 2012

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
POSTED: February 29, 2012

Read our Attorneys of the Year 2011 special section.


Attorneys of the Year: Richard Slowes (access required)

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: February 29, 2012

Richard Slowes

Minnesota Supreme Court commissioner, retired


Attorneys of the Year: Thomas Mengler (access required)

BY: Tony Anderson
POSTED: February 29, 2012

Thomas Mengler

University of St. Thomas


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