Class-action lawsuits pitting privacy advocates against an industry built on buying and selling state motor vehicle records have resulted in contradictory rulings in federal courts across the country over the last few years. But a Woburn, Mass., law firm is involved in a case that could finally end the confusion.
Read More »Securities lawyers and the duty to monitor for risk
Now that we have experienced the financial crisis of 2008, attention has turned from conduct that is illegal to concerns going beyond legal risk.
Read More »Document protection is vital to a company’s success
Electronic discovery has rapidly evolved over the past decade, catapulting from a rare occurrence few worried about to a full-fledged, burdensome reality for corporations and legal practitioners.
Read More »By the Numbers: Regulatory actions
Roughly 93 percent of the respondents to a Fulbright & Jaworksi litigation trends study predict legal disputes will increase next or stay the same next year.
Read More »Electronic privacy concerns in the workplace
The employer has an obvious interest in monitoring employee e-mails sent and received on company computers to prevent such objectionable uses. However, monitoring employee e-mails raises issues involving expectations of confidentiality and privacy and, in some instances, thorny ethical issues.
Read More »New genetic information rules advise employers, but questions remain
The statute amended federal civil rights and employment laws to prohibit employers from firing, refusing to hire or otherwise discriminating against employees based on genetic information.
Read More »NLRB: employers need to tweak their blogging policies
If your clients are employers, chances are good that they're grappling with the antisocial side of social media, and a recent complaint by the National Labor Relations Board isn't making the task any easier.
Read More »Health care reform: what it means
The purpose of this article is to give you some sense of the direction of the bill, and what is to come. Here is my view of some of the major themes arising from the legislation.
Read More »New initiative to help companies trim costs is catching on
Much like a marriage, the relationship between inhouse and outside counsel becomes strained when communication breaks down and there are no shared goals.
Read More »Conducting Defensible Investigations: Notes from the Field
As an expert employment investigator, I am also occasionally called upon to judge the work of others. Both plaintiff's and management attorneys contact me to review their client's or opponent's investigation requesting that I render an opinion as to whether the investigation was adequate or sufficient.
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