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Look, Your Family Member Is Sick, YOU'RE Not: Employers Score Win
Employers are savoring a legal victory in California, with management-side lawyers hoping it's a sign of better days ahead for their clients. The state Supreme Court ruled on Feb. 20 that employers who provide paid sick leave are not automatically obligated to allow employees to use that leave to care for family members.Ex-GC Based Discrimination Suit on Confidential Data, Employer Says
A former in-house counsel who claims he was fired because his supervisor had "a discriminatory animus toward Jewish people" must respond to allegations in a counterclaim from his former employer that he improperly disclosed confidential information in his court complaint, a New York appellate court ruled Tuesday. In a unanimous opinion, the panel concluded that the lawyer's obligation to the Loews Corp. was not overridden by the fact that he was an "at will" employee.Non-L.A. Firms Breaking Into Entertainment Law
When Summit Entertainment LLC needed an attorney to help promote its new vampire movie, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," General Counsel David Friedman turned to someone he knew well: an old colleague from his former job at Paramount Pictures.Stengart v. Loving Care Agency Inc.
An employee may reasonably expect that e-mail communications with her lawyer through her personal, password-protected, Web-based e-mail account would remain private, and that sending and receiving them using a company laptop did not eliminate the attorney-client privilege.Court`s ADA Rulings Aren`t Winning Kudos for Clarity
Whether or not the current spate of ADA cases is due to congressional imprecision in drafting, the Court`s own decisions are not producing bright-line rules either, leaving both sides discontented and uncertain about what to do next.Food, Glorius Food: General Counsel for Organic Grocer Keeps It Natural
Roberta Lang is vice president of legal affairs and general counsel for Austin-based Whole Foods Market Inc.Financial reform keeps law firm banking and securities practices busy
Regulations for the recently enacted financial reform law are months away, but law firms with strong financial services practices are rolling out the welcome mat for client conferences and filling their calendars with client meetings.Second-Rung New Jersey Firms Are Thriving and Growing
The next tier of New Jersey's large firms employed almost 1,200 lawyers in 2006, posted total revenues of more than half a billion dollars and showed net profits of more than $173 million, making them essential to analyze as bellwethers of law-firm financial activity.Corporate Transparency Act Resource Kit
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Revenue, Profit, Cash: Managing Law Firms for Success
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