The Place to Network: Knocking on the Right Doors
Opportunity knocks when you least expect it ' but will it knock when the economy is in freefall and the legal profession is seeing some of its worst layoffs ever? The answer is ' maybe ' if you network!
The Road to Leadership for Women in Law
There's been a lot of talk about leadership, especially inside the ranks of women who aspire to hold powerful positions within law firms. This article is not aimed at those women, but how leadership outside the confines of one's practice can take center stage in attaining the personal satisfaction that often leads to a successful career.
Parting Friends?
Perhaps the most troubling decision for any partnership's management committee is the determination to force partners from the partnership. This article examines what law firms can do to assist their partners as they show them the door.
Prepare Now for Whistleblower Complaints
In a little publicized section of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 ("2008 Act"), employees in virtually every corner of the consumer products industry were given the right to file lawsuits claiming their employer retaliated against them for having raised consumer product safety concerns.
Q&A: Shareholder Activism and M&A Deals in the Current Market
Page Davidson is a member of the Transactional Corporate and Securities Practice of the Nashville-based firm Bass Berry & Sims PLC. In this interview, Mr. Davidson discusses the increased role that shareholder activists play in M&A deals, how corporate counsel can develop a productive working relationship with shareholder activists, and the current marketplace forces that have led to a chain of failed deals.
The Law Enforcement Response to the Financial Crisis
As the financial crisis has deepened, the pressure for prosecutions from politicians, the media and the public has grown. In turn, federal and state law enforcement and regulatory agencies have devoted vast resources to investigating the crisis.
The Myth of Certainty
In the constantly evolving world of e-commerce, legal contracts may be no more credible than tidbits found in the muck of online fact, fiction and plain nonsense that make sites such as Snopes.com so vital to separating Internet reality from Internet fraud. The truth is that no matter how well an attorney writes a contract, or Web site terms and conditions, another attorney can usually find a way to attack what the first one wrote.
e-Commerce Docket Sheet
QVC to Pay $7.5 Million to Settle Charges That It Aired Deceptive Claims <br>Credit Repair Companies Charged with Deceiving Consumers
