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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.

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?

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?

Employer Liability for Employee Wrongs

Jeffrey Pittman

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

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.

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.

Strategies for Responding to FRCP 30(b)(1)

John C. Eustice

Upon receiving a notice of deposition for an officer, director, or managing agent pursuant to Rule 30(b)(1), an institutional party need not reflexively agree to produce the named individual. Here's why.

Features

When the Tenant Files for Bankruptcy

Susan Jaffe Roberts

The timing of the filing of a shopping center tenant's bankruptcy filing may be affected by many factors, including, among others, the tenant's liquidity, down turns in sales and secured creditor issues. What happens to the landlord?

Features

Modernizing Lease Forms

Daniel W. Finley

This article discusses certain simple methods of improving the visual layout and organization of lease forms to produce a stronger template for future leases.

In the Spotlight: Bankruptcy Stays and Guarantors

Adam Leitman Bailey & Dov Treiman

New York's intermediate appellate court in Brooklyn decided a case bringing to New York law the principle that unless guarantors file for their own independent bankruptcy protection, the protections that bankruptcy brings to a primary debtor do not automatically protect the guarantors. '

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