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Who Should Be Partner in a Post-Recession Profession?

James D. Cotterman

This article examines the characteristics necessary to be a fully contributing partner for a post-recession profession.

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Asset Forfeiture Image

Asset Forfeiture

Jonathan B. New & Christy Nixon

Last month, the authors began discussion of the(DOJ's increased use of asset forfeiture and pursuit of higher-value forfeitures when it is prosecuting economic crimes. The discussion concludes herein.

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Italy Adopts New Anti-Corruption Law

Sean Hecker, Gregory P. Copeland, & Michael A. Janson

On Nov. 8, 2012, Italy enacted new anti-corruption legislation, joining other countries, including China, Russia and the United Kingdom, that have recently implemented strong anti-corruption measures.

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Reducing Adverse Legal Consequences Through FCPA Remediation

Jonny Frank & Rex Homme

In last month's issue, the authors observed that the DOJ and SEC have placed what they term a "high premium" on remediation efforts made by companies that discover or are accused of violations of the FCPA. The discussion concludes herein.

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CRMs: The Link Between Lawyer and Client

David Maurer

One-third of the global in-house legal departments surveyed by market research firm Acritas dropped at least one of their law firms in the past year. What can be done?

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April issue in PDF format

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Disaster Planning May Reduce Workplace Violence Liability Image

Disaster Planning May Reduce Workplace Violence Liability

Terri Howard

Workplace violence is increasing. What can you do to protect your company from not only a tragic incident, but liability as well?

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Employer Liability for Employee Wrongs

Jeffrey Pittman

Employer knowledge of employee activities opens employers to responsibility for employee misdeeds. Here's why.

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The Fallacy of Merger Math

Timothy B. Corcoran

If we were to analyze law firm mergers by plotting client satisfaction on one axis and partner satisfaction on the other, the resulting scatter diagram would reflect a surprising few combinations that were deemed satisfactory after the fact to all parties.

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Recent Notable Employment Law Developments

J. Ian Downes, Linda Dwoskin, Kate Ericsson, Melissa B. Squire & Jane E. Patullo

Developments in the labor and employment area continue at a rapid pace. Here's a roundup of the latest.

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