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Employee Handbooks
Employee handbooks can be an essential tool for communicating company policies and procedures to employees of any type of enterprise.
A handbook does three important things. It:
- Communicates to employees the answers to questions that arise every day;
- Helps the company ensure that all employees are treated consistently; and
- Provides the company with legal protection.
A readily available written policy on company matters offers managers and employees a better opportunity to avoid misunderstandings that can lead to contentious and then litigious situations than not having access to such material. When everybody knows exactly what the rules are, and sees them followed every day, disputes are much less likely to occur.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.