What tools can be used by an executive committee to take a fresh look at its firm, sustain a successful culture and make strategic decisions? Remember: No decision is a decision! Let's ask some questions about your executive committee.
Is it time for your firm to evaluate the often-indistinct lines between assets, liabilities, risks, and the changes that can limit or delineate those boundaries?
The answer is: nobody.
When a partner leaves a law firm, the parties have to allocate various partnership rights, assets and other interests. They may allocate most of these interests in any way that they choose. They may not, however, allocate clients - perhaps the most valuable of partnership "assets." The client alone decides whether to remain a client of the firm, to leave with the departing partner or to choose another attorney. Law firms and departing partners have an ethical obligation to handle these situations in a way that is consistent with the principle of client choice.
Recent developments in e-commerce law and in the e-commerce industry.
Retail e-commerce was up 23.1% in the second quarter over the same period last year, the U.S. Census Bureau reported last month.
Recent cases in e-commerce law and in the e-commerce industry.
Buying wine over the Internet is legal, but selling wine on the Net has its problems and, as a result, there are few resounding cheers in the United States regarding e-sales of wine.
Here's how cork flecks get in the vintage: state authorities ' saying that they're protecting consumers ' exploit state regulations to thwart Internet sales of various goods and services, and wine is no exception.
For good reason, cybersecurity has become a vital risk-management concern, and legal-based strategies, procedures and controls are essential parts of today's all-encompassing cybersecurity risk-management programs.
It seems a given.
Unfortunately, although many companies have written preparedness and cyberattack-defense plans, many have overlooked crafting the shielding armor of a well constructed legal layer.
And that's a big mistake waiting to happen ' again and again.
With the instability in the corporate world today, employees ' both managerial and not ' are changing jobs or being laid off routinely. The employee who spends his entire career with one company is clearly now the exception, not the rule. Gone too is the concept of "loyalty up ' loyalty down." Corporations today can no longer afford to show their appreciation to long-term employees, as was the case a generation ago. In return, corporate employees do not reciprocate the same loyalty as they did in years past. This article discusses some strategies for dealing with the possibility of a hostile former employee sabotaging your otherwise valid claim or defense.
Many corporate executives and in-house attorneys have complained about acts done "anonymously" over the Internet and the lack of accountability for Internet users. Each has seemingly been harmed by various online conduct, such as defamation, trade libel, trade secret leakage and other acts that occur because of Internet use and abuse. Many Internet users do not realize that an experienced lawyer can actually find their identity, location, and the situs of the damaging action(s).
