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Reentering the Workforce After Divorce
For matrimonial clients, making their way through the emotional, logistical, financial and practical obstacles in divorce is obviously challenging. One of the most empowering and intimidating of these challenges for some spouses is beginning new employment, especially after years of absence from the job market. Whether it's an employment gap of 18 months or 18 years, it is scary ' and sometimes paralyzing ' to return to the workplace. And to make it even more stressful, the non-working spouse usually needs to find employment and income very quickly.
As we all well know, the greatest difficulty in this regard is experienced by women who have put careers on hold while caring for children, aging parents, or both. These women are not alone. According to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 40% of all women in the workforce are mothers with children under 18 years of age. The Center for Work Life Policy says that 60% of working women will step back in their careers or leave the workforce completely. The majority will eventually want to reenter, often doing so in lesser positions or at lower earnings.
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.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
CLE Shouldn't Be the Only Mandatory Training for Attorneys
Each stage of an attorney's career offers opportunities for a curriculum that addresses both the individual's and the firm's need to drive success.
Discovery of Claim Construction and Infringement Analysis May be Compelled Prior to a Markman Hearing
A defendant in a patent infringement suit may, during discovery and prior to a <i>Markman</i> hearing, compel the plaintiff to produce claim charts, claim constructions, and element-by-element infringement analyses.