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Professional Development:: Present with Impact: Get Results

Brent Baer

Great presentation success comes from mastering the details of delivery and crafting your content. Here's how.

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Change As a Marketing Tool

Bruce W. Marcus

Even with firm cuts and layoffs, no firm can afford to give up a community-related giving practice. It can, though, and should be, controlled.

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Movers & Shakers

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Reducing Damages Exposure

Bill Wortel

This article discusses the underutilized litigation strategy of extending an unconditional offer of reinstatement to a former employee-plaintiff who has filed (or has threatened to file) suit challenging his or her termination from employment.

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Finders/Keepers

Shirley Lerner & Reagan Oden

Assume that your client has been sued by a former employee, and that a post-termination electronic search of the employee's laptop uncovers e-mails to legal counsel. Now what?

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EEOC Sues Kelley Drye for Age Bias over Compensation System

Nate Raymond

In late January, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Kelley Drye & Warren for its use of a compensation system that the agency claims discriminates against attorneys based on their age.

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What to Expect When Your Employee Is Expecting

Emily J. Glendinning & Gil A. Abramson

Pregnancy discrimination complaints are steadily on the rise, necessitating a renewed focus by employers on ensuring compliance with pregnancy discrimination laws.

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How Companies Are Addressing Social Media Risk

Melissa Krasnow

For companies, social media presents both opportunities and risks. These risks include reputational, brand, legal, regulatory and security concerns. This article outlines some approaches that companies are taking to manage these risks.

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Blogging and Your Business

Barbara E. Hoey

As in-house counsel, if your employees post a blog comment, or an entry on Facebook or Twitter about your company or its products, a number of questions are raised. Is the company responsible?

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