Health Care Reform
June 18, 2010
Compliance with the new health care reform bill should include not only reviewing thoroughly your company's existing health-care benefits plans and consulting your benefits experts and employment counsel, but also remaining up-to-date on the changes to and evolution of the health care reform laws, which are far from complete. This article provides a brief description of the changes of which employers should be aware.
Quarterly State Compliance Review
June 18, 2010
This edition of the Quarterly State Compliance Review looks at some legislation of interest to corporate lawyers that went into effect from May 1 through July 1, 2010. It also looks at recent decisions of interest from the courts of Delaware, New York and California.
Risk Retention: Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater
June 18, 2010
There is significant, ongoing debate in Congress, as well as among the industry's regulators, as to the direction and scope of financial reform measures designed to address the problems that were perceived to be the cause of the current economic crisis. But the public outcry driving financial reform may unwittingly create risk retention levels in securitization transactions that will ultimately affect Main Street's credit costs, and severely limit access to credit.
Managing Data And Anticipating Litigation
June 18, 2010
Approximately 40% of all e-discovery cases in 2009 involved claims for sanctions against parties that allegedly failed to comply with discovery obligations. Of the sanctions cases, 67% addressed an alleged failure to properly preserve ESI.
Applying the ACC Value Index to e-Discovery Providers
May 25, 2010
Understanding how providers address the rating categories of the ACC Value Index as part of their everyday services and practices will make it much easier to assess the value received ' and should result in a much more predictable, cost-effective approach for managing the process.
Policing Workplace e-Mail Use
May 25, 2010
A company's decision on where to draw the line on personal use of workplace computers poses a great challenge to employers, and recent court rulings do not make the decision and its enforcement any easier.
Best Practices in Transaction Management
May 25, 2010
In this article the authors explore some key factors for best practices in transaction management from the perspective of external counsel working alongside you and your in-house team.
Five Steps for Managing the Risks Associated with Sensitive Data
May 25, 2010
The trend toward cloud computing, use of third-party application service providers, and outsourcing functions that can include payroll, benefits, marketing and more, multiply the potential vulnerabilities, and up the ante when it comes to managing data-related risk.
EDS Loses to BSkyB in Major Technology Case
April 28, 2010
In a major decision of London's Technology and Construction Court that will have global repercussions, technology vendor Electronic Data Systems has been found liable for a deceitful misrepresentation that induced broadcaster BSkyB to enter into a contract with it.
