This report comes at a time when many employers are unclear about their obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In particular, companies struggle to understand when a leave of absence is a necessary and reasonable accommodation vs. when other actions can or should be taken.
This short article explains the variations on the translation of French words into the English language, most notably the word "Avocat".
ACC DOL Persuader Rule Comments 08.08.17
A humorous analysis of the likelihood of George Clooney’s mileage conquest in the film “Up in the Air.”
This is a list of ten don'ts and do's to avoid employment misclassification.
A complaint alleging that a rule requiring pesticide registrants to report information concerning "unreasonable adverse effects" of their products to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exceeds EPA's statutory authority and impermissibly impinges the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine.
This article discusses what employers need to consider before allowing employees to work remotely from abroad. It also provide best practices for developing a remote-from-abroad policy.
In-house counsel are trained lawyers with an extensive legal vocabulary at their fingertips. Sometimes, that legal speak can get lost in translation to non-legal personnel. In this article, learn how to leverage your expertise to communicate with internal and external shareholders more efficiently.
A trade secret’s existence and value are challenged by increased outsourcing, subcontracting, and employee mobility. This panel will discuss tips and tactics for establishing and protecting trade secrets in the context of a remote and mobile workforce, including hiring and firing concerns and risks and strategies associated with telecommuters, bring-your-own-device policies, and secure data access and management.
As keepers of the corporate conscience, in-house counsel are responsible for more than just advising clients on legal matters. They must also direct clients towards what is right and honorable. Read on for the author’s personal take on the responsibilities of corporate counsel.
This article discusses the Supreme Court's decision in Groff v. DeJoy which requires employers to show a higher degree of hardship to deny employee requests for religious accommodation.
This article reviews several health care merger and acquisition (M&A) from 2022 and Q1 2023. Many of last year’s deals were underscored by significant ties to artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, a trend likely to become more prevalent going forward.
This sample deals with employment authorization verification.
This is an energy project contracting fundamentals checklist.
Short-term financial metrics provide vital information regarding a business performance. But, many have observed that an over-reliance on such metrics, to the exclusion of others, can be harmful to long-term corporate health. This article suggests how to take a more balance approach to assessing an organization’s performance.
This checklist highlights mistakes to avoid when faced with enforcement actions for environmental crimes.
Textron II ACC Amicus Brief filed in the First Circuit United States Court of Appeals. This brief argues: the work product doctrine historically protects analysis of litigation risks, as opposed to the facts underlying litigation; dual purpose documents inherently reflecting the anticipation of litigation are protected under Maine and established law; the exception for documents created in the ordinary course of business does not apply to the workpapers; the IRS is wrong to suggest that the substance of the workpapers is irrelevant to an analysis of the work product doctrine; the IRS's desire to simplify its investigations does not trump the work product doctrine. Additionally, an argument is made Textron did not waive work product protection.
A spotlight on the widening of the UK Bribery Act and the potential impact on Indian companies.
A Third Circuit opinion concerning the proper operation of a corporate family's centralized in-house legal department, and delving into a variety of concepts related to the co-client (or joint-client) privilege, its exceptions, its scope, and a lawyer's ethical obligation. The Court explores the co-client (or joint-client) privilege, which applies when multiple clients hire the same counsel to represent them on a matter of common interest, and the community-of-interest (or common-interest) privilege, which comes into play when clients with separate attorneys share otherwise privileged information in order to coordinate their legal activities, as well as the adverse-litigation exception.
This article, developed by Womble Bond Dickinson, continues the 11- month countdown to develop business compliance strategies for three new omnibus privacy laws coming in 2023: January 1: the California Consumer Privacy Rights Act (which amends the existing CCPA) and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act; July1: the Colorado Privacy Act and few others. With 7 months to go, this alert focuses on how state privacy laws will be enforced.
If you're interested in becoming an ethical leader or developing those skills in others, you need to understand "the good."
This sample is an instruction sheet to business teams regarding the legal department's contract review process.
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