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May 22, 2013

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EEOC Gets Tough With Companies on Genetic Privacy

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has started filing suits against employers for violating the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Companies need to get up to speed on GINA, ASAP.

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Retailers Facing Employment Law Vulnerabilities

Increased government regulation has been on the minds of most employers for the past several years, and certain features peculiar to the retail industry give rise to vulnerabilities on some fronts.

J. Eric Sumner

Patent Post-Grant Review, Due Diligence, and Valuation

The new post-grant procedures created by the America Invents Act could, and likely will, have a direct effect on patent valuation and how firms conduct due diligence.

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Collaboration is Key to Defending Cyberattacks

Collaboration appeared to be the best defense to cyberattacks on private enterprises at the Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Legal Officer Summit.

DOJ Official Testifies on Banks as 'Too Big to Jail'

Banks and other large financial institutions are not immune from federal prosecution because of the potential collateral consequences to the economy, a top U.S. Department of Justice official testified on Capitol Hill.

Linda Hollinshead

Leave-of-Absence Issues Managers Need to Know

In many organizations, the human resources function is handled by specialists who guide managers' decision-making to ensure consistency with myriad employment laws.

The GC and the Compensation Committee

There is nothing about the board's executive compensation committee that justifies excluding the one person who should absolutely be part of the process: the company's general counsel.

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Taking the Reins of Legal Department Operations

The recently established Institute for Law Department Excellence is on a mission to enable in-house attorneys to practice law, and to help those in key operations roles to learn from each other.

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Managing Relationships With Legal Project Management

Effective legal project management is very much on the minds of law departments, outside counsel, and the business units that partner with both sets of lawyers.

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Best Legal Departments 2013

The 2013 winners of our annual Best Legal Departments competition all have one trait in common: they are really, really passionate about the work they do.

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