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A Haven For Straight Talk: <b>Invite The Audience Into The Tent</b>
May 27, 2005
What is a client service team and why do you need one?
'Information Security 101'
May 25, 2005
Recent headlines have reported a startling number of security breaches and information thefts. A major university notified 120,000 of its alumni after a computer containing fundraising information including addresses and Social Security numbers was hacked by an unknown intruder; a subsidiary of the Lexis Nexis group announced that the records of 32,000 individuals may have fallen into the hands of thieves using the passwords of legitimate subscribers; Bank of America reported the loss of backup tapes containing the financial records of up to 1.2 million federal employees; payroll outsourcer PayMaxx faced allegations that it had exposed 25,000 customer records, including W-2 information, online; and cell phone provider T-Mobile released information about a hacker who was able to exploit a security weakness in a commercial software package to access customer records, sensitive government documents, private e-mail and candid celebrity photos.
The Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege Survives
May 24, 2005
The dangers to the proper functioning of the corporate attorney-client privilege in the wake of recent federal and state law enforcement activities have been well-documented and widely discussed. The year is only half over and already two reports on the issue have been produced and a third major inquiry is underway. A survey by the Association of Corporation Counsel disclosed that 30% of the respondents' corporate clients had "personally experienced an erosion in protections offered by privilege/work product." A similar survey of outside counsel conducted by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers reported 47% of corporate clients had experienced such an erosion. Both organizations have taken up the difficult task of 'debunking the myth' that assertion of the privilege is inappropriate or a sign of guilt.
Bit Parts
April 29, 2005
Recent developments in entertainment law.
Come 'Hell or High Water' NorVergence Causing a Stir over Documentation
April 01, 2005
So-called "hell or high water," "waiver of defense" and lessor favorable "submission to jurisdiction" clauses have long been cornerstones of equipment finance documentation. But, the unfolding debacle over the last year involving a company called NorVergence has cast an unfavorable light on these important provisions and, in doing so, entangled most of the top players in the leasing industry.
Has Anything Been Learned About Crisis Media?
March 30, 2005
One would think, after all this time has passed, that everyone in the world would know how to better handle a media crisis.
Blogging and the Bottom Line
February 24, 2005
Pick an area of law ' trademark, employment, appellate, whatever ' tack "lawyer" onto it, and search the phrase on Google. Odds are, a legal blog will be among the top-ranking results ' often at the top of the list. <br>At a time when talk of online marketing invariably turns to the pseudo-science of search-engine optimization, many law firms are missing an often more sure-fire route to the top of the search-engine heap ' blogging.
High Court Ethereality
February 24, 2005
I first started covering the U.S. Supreme Court just over 5 years ago. As measured in High Court years, that's barely a nanosecond-everything there moves…
Executive Compensation: Are You In Compliance?
February 24, 2005
What does the in-house lawyer need to be doing today to be prepared for the upcoming Proxy Statement season and to ensure that his client's deferred compensation plans and agreements are in compliance with (or exempt, <i>ie</i>, grandfathered, from) IRC '409A?
Media & Communications Corner: <b>Mastering 'Reporter Speak'</b>
January 28, 2005
"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." (Blanche Dubois in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire) It may have worked for Blanche…

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