LJN Newsletters

  • Corporate Investigations: Their Hidden Traps ' and How to Avoid Them

    This is the first in a two-part series on how to conduct corporate investigations for corporate counsel. Corporate counsel face a myriad of challenges when conducting or overseeing an internal workplace investigation. From ethical issues to potential third-party liability, the pitfalls are everywhere. New responsibilities and risks under Sarbanes-Oxley make the job even more daunting for counsel in publicly held firms. However, with advanced planning, there are ways to conduct a workplace investigation that may prevent it from coming back to haunt you.

    September 22, 2003Jeffrey I. Pasek

  • Developments of Note

    Recent developments in e-commerce law and in the e-commerce industry.

    September 19, 2003Julian S. Millstein, Edward A. Pisacreta and Jeffrey D. Neuburger

  • e-Commerce Docket Sheet

    Recent court rulings in e-commerce.

    September 19, 2003Julian S. Millstein, Edward A. Pisacreta and Jeffrey D. Neuburger

  • Dragnet On the Internet

    This article sheds some light on how investigators in one large U.S. city are using technology to fight e-commerce crime.

    September 19, 2003Danielle N. Rodier

  • Taxing The Sale Of Digital Goods In Europe

    On July 1, new legislation concerning the application of value-added tax (VAT) to sales of digital goods within the European Union became effective. While the legislation is European, it will have important implications for companies based outside of the EU to the extent that such companies sell digital goods to consumers based in one of the EU countries.

    September 19, 2003William C. Hwang and Jacqueline Klosek

  • The Importance Of Encryption ' and Planning

    The impact of California's new security breach disclosure law ' which requires state agencies and businesses that conduct commerce in California to notify California residents that certain circumstances ' is being carefully monitored by boards of directors, legislators, regulators and other concerned parties nationwide.

    September 19, 2003D. Reed Freeman Jr.

  • The Horn Decision: Significant Victory for Employers

    New York's Court of Appeals recently issued an important decision in which it declined to expand the narrow exception to the 'at-will' employment doctrine enunciated in Wieder v. Skala for attorneys to physicians employed by non-medical employers. The court's decision in Horn, however, arguably is limited to that particular class of physicians whose duties are not limited to providing medical treatment, but include non-medical-related management responsibilities as well. Consequently, the court will likely be faced with future attempts by professionals, including physicians employed by medical employers, to expand the Wieder doctrine to them.

    September 19, 2003Robert P. Lewis and J. Carlos Real

  • Understanding the ADA's 'Reassignment' Obligation

    One of the most controversial questions since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) has been whether an employer must reassign an employee who can no longer perform his or her job because of a disability. After years of conflicting decisions and arguments, the answer is now easy ' yes.

    September 19, 2003David K. Fram