If law firms are to succeed in the new paradigm, careful consideration should be given to incorporating basic management skills training into each new lawyer's career planning process.
- November 23, 2011Mark J. Neuberger
The IRS has modified its position on the tax treatment of cell phone services that employers provide to employees primarily for noncompensatory business reasons.
November 23, 2011Christa Bierma and Debera SalamMerck & Co., Inc. became the latest healthcare company to strike a major settlement with the Justice Department on Nov. 22, agreeing to pay $950 million to resolve criminal and civil charges stemming from its marketing of the painkiller Vioxx.
November 23, 2011Nate RaymondThis article reviews the principles every in-house attorney needs to consider when applying project management principles to e-discovery.
November 22, 2011Joseph AakreIncreasingly popular, Cloud computing nevertheless raises new and challenging legal issues for both cloud computing users and vendors.
November 22, 2011Andrew L. GoldsteinFour months after the Supreme Court decertified the nationwide class of more than a million female employees who attempted to sue Wal-Mart for gender discrimination, the plaintiffs have attempted an end run around the decision by filing new federal complaints in California and Texas.
November 22, 2011Windy Rosebush Catino and Elizabeth A. PetersThis is the first in a series of articles that will help you understand your business better by discussing how accounting information is prepared, how to determine the assumptions and biases underlying the numbers, how to determine what the numbers in front of you mean, and what to do with them once you have them.
November 22, 2011Michael GoldmanOn Sept. 6, the SEC gave up the ghost on Rule 14a-11, the Commission rule that required companies to include shareholders' director nominees in company proxy materials in certain circumstances. A look at the Business Roundtable case.
November 22, 2011James ChingCozen O'Connor's landlord says its building is completely up to par, despite complaints from the law firm that the elevators are dangerous and do not work; the roof leaks; and the plants look shabby.
November 22, 2011Gina PassarellaEven with major discounts, leasing commercial real estate can still be risky. The recovery of distressed built assets is not imminent, and corporate real estate (CRE) managers should beware.
November 22, 2011M. Gordon Brown

