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In-House Counsel
Conducting Employee Background Checks: Navigating Current Rules
Thursday, January 3, 2008
In recent years, an ever-increasing number of employers are conducting some form of background checks on job applicants and employees. In fact, in a 2004 study, the Society for Human Resource Management reported that 96 percent of human resource professionals indicated that their companies conduct some form of reference checks on prospective hires. That number nearly doubled from 51 percent less than a decade ago.
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Why Did SEC Deny Proxy Access to Shareholders on Election Procedures?
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
On Nov. 28, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted an amendment to Rule 14a-8(i)(8) that effectively denies shareholders access to the director-nomination process. This amendment allows a company to omit from its proxy material any proposal that relates to a nomination or an election for membership on a company's board of directors or a procedure for such nominations or elections.
Fight the Ripple Effects From the Associate Salaries Spike
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
The appalling increase in starting salaries for first-year associates at major big-city firms - now up to $160,000 - makes in-house general counsel want to shout out the window like the frustrated anchorman in the movie Network: "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!"
Former Outside Counsel Goes In-House to Build Legal Department
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
As a partner at Reed Smith, Bob Gallo managed multiple deals, each worth tens of millions of dollars, while at the same time juggling numerous clients, conference calls and deal closings, and directing the many associates under his management.
Business as Usual: Hourly Billing Stays as Standard Fee Arrangement
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
The legal profession has been talking about the use of alternative fee arrangements (AFA) for decades.
DuPont's Thomas L. Sager: Diversity Is a Business Imperative
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Fifteen years ago, when Thomas L. Sager, vice president, assistant general counsel and chief litigation counsel for DuPont, sought to create a system that offered instructive principles aimed at improving how DuPont's corporate law department represented its client, he had no idea that the result - the DuPont Legal Model - would revolutionize the way corporate law departments across the United States conduct business.
Silverman Living His Dream
As General Counsel for Pirates
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
More than four out of five U.S. workers are not working at their dream jobs, according to a survey released earlier this year by CareerBuilder.com.
NRG Energy GC Makes Move from Private
Practice to Corporate World
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Drew Murphy was perfectly happy with his 15-year legal career with New York-based Hunton & Williams, where he was head of the firm's energy practice.
LEGO GC Peter Arakas Demonstrates
His Commitment to Children
Thursday, May 31, 2007
It’s not every day you come across a corporate lawyer who devotes two business days a week entirely to pro bono work — all pertaining to the representation of children or indigent parents — for three different legal aid organizations.
The Judge Group's GC on Education,
Mediation and Talk Radio
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Amy Feldman has a very simple take on the law: What you don't know could get you sued. Feldman translates this philosophy into action in her work as general counsel at the Judge Group, a placement firm headquartered in Conshohocken, where she helps to provide employees with the skills and training they need to understand the legal aspects of their work.
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