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New EEOC Guidance - Cancer In The Workplace
Concurrent with the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") recently has issued guidance concerning the workplace rights of applicants and employees with cancer. Although the EEOC's guidance is not...
Read MoreEmployee References - Employers Beware
On July 19, 2005, in a case of first impression, the New Jersey Appellate Division decided that under certain circumstances, an employer may be held liable for "negligent misrepresentation" in providing employment references to a current or former employee's prospective employer. Background In...
Read MoreCompliance Readiness Dealing With Your Company's Employees In Connection With An External Investigation : Effective Strategies For Maximizing Success And Cooperation-Part II
Corporations can act only through people; as corporate counsel, you know only too well how true this familiar axiom is and how it can play out in the life of your company. Your company relies every day on people to be its public face and its public voice, and by far the largest segment of the...
Read MorePro Bono - Law Firms Partnering In the Pro Bono Arena: Matching Up Different Strengths
Editor: Would each of you tell our readers something about your professional experience? Wood: I am a staff attorney at The Legal Action Center in New York City. I graduated from Rutgers Law School in Newark in 1999. After law school, I clerked for Judge Steven Skillman of the Appellate Division...
Read MoreProject: Corporate Counsel Part II (Unintended Consequences) - Law Firms When The SEC Comes Knocking: What Corporate Counsel Needs To Know About Initiating An Internal Investigation In Response To An Inquiry By The Securities And Exchange Commission
Day after day we read: "Company X To Settle SEC Charges." Simply substitute "Company X" for the company of the day, or perhaps a few of the company's officers or directors, and you have tomorrow's headline. Despite their similarities, each of these headlines has its own story which began with an...
Read More"You May Still Rely On This Advice" - What The New Circular 230 Tax Disclaimer Means For You
You may already have seen them - disclaimers on letters and emails that contain tax advice - disclaimers that say that the recipient of the advice cannot rely on the advice for the purpose of avoiding penalties. These ominous-looking disclaimers are the result of new Treasury Regulations that...
Read MoreProject: Corporate Counsel Part I (Unintended Consequences) - Law Firms Meeting The Unexpected With A Plan
Editor: Would you share with us your general reaction to the hypothetical on page 3? Thompson: Three things come to mind. The first is that general counsel should not permit himself to be driven by someone else's last minute deadline. The sense of urgency that the reporter injects into the...
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