The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is the world's largest organization serving the professional and business interests of attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations, nonprofits and other private-sector organizations around the globe.
Originally presented at ACC’s Northeast Ohio Chapter on January 17, 2002, by Candace M. Jones and Michael P. Shuster, Hahn Loeser and Park, LLP. Includes sample forms, articles: "Chapter 11 Reorganization" & "Acquiring Financially Troubled Businesses" etc. Copyright 2002.
Corporate counsel face continuing pressure to control the rising costs of litigation, regulatory compliance and advisory legal opinions. In addition, the onerous costs of noncompliance are an ongoing threat. Legal research can be crucial to avoiding these potential costs. Yet counsel must also control and minimize the cost of legal research to respond to the pressures on the law department budget.
This paper explores the legal issues raised by the employee who is out on leave for a workers' compensation injury and either requests an indefinite leave or stays out on leave indefinitely. In many such cases, the employer is plunged into doubt and confusion as to how to handle such a situation, fearing a claim of retaliatory discharge under ADA, FMLA and state workers? compensation laws. The purpose of this article is to set out a basic structure for approaching this quandary.