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Ex-Parte Interviews of Former Employees

Alan D. Kaplan & Richard Y. Im

The issue of ex-parte interviews of a corporation's former employees can raise tensions on many different levels. This area of law has been dubbed "a veritable minefield" that must be approached with great trepidation.

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Child Pornography On Workplace Computers

Marjorie J. Peerce & Carolyn Barth Renzin

Possessing child pornography is such a potentially serious crime that institutions take pains to keep it off their premises. e-Commerce firms, whether they have significant physical premises or not, are no different.

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New York Internet Tax Law Does Not Violate Commerce Clause

Joel Stashenko

An appeals court ruled last month that a state law requiring most online retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases by New Yorkers is constitutional on its face, though the panel ordered the reinstatement of claims that the tax law may violate the Commerce and Due Process clauses as applied to Amazon.com and Overstock.com.

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Waiting for Courts To Help in Internet-Based Franchise Encroachment?

Jonathan Bick

Customarily, franchise agreements delineate an owner's exclusive right to sell to a particular locality. But, as is the case when the Internet is involved, the ubiquitous tool's communications capabilities have blurred franchise-location boundaries through novel low-cost marketing opportunities for commercial enterprises. While Internet-based franchise encroachment is rampant, courts are reluctant to interfere with the contracts that gave rise to the franchise relationship.

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Selling Your e-Commerce Company in 2011

Stanley P Jaskiewicz

Entrepreneurs once able to cash out on their own terms, to eager buyers unwilling to risk negotiating lest a competitor get the deal, now must accept markedly less favorable terms.

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Getting the Most Out of Conference Attendance

Sharon Meit Abrahams

Attending conferences has a dual benefit: learning or keeping updated in a substantive area or industry, and business development. Both are critical to a successful practice.

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Help Improve 401(k) Participants'Investment Experience

Bruce Jackson

This article focuses on the offering of investment options and what plan sponsors can do to better serve plan participants.

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401(k) Plan Sponsors Targeted for ERISA Lawsuits

Edward F. Harold

Law firms need to take a close look at who the fiduciaries are with respect to their 401(k)plan, and how the plan is being managed. This is particularly true in partnerships where one partner's conduct can result in liability for others.

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Initiating Client Succession in Your Law Firm

Eric Seeger

Macro trends have placed an increasing number of firms in a position where urgent transition issues are now staring them in the face. In some cases, key plans are put on hold until critical succession and transition decisions can be sorted out.

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Client Feedback ' The 12 Essential Steps

Donald E. Aronson

In the September issue, Part One of this article listed the 12 steps that are essential for a well planned and well executed Client Feedback program. Part One then went on to describe steps 1 through 4a. Steps 5 through 12 will be described herein.

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