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Peerless In Technology: Winston & Strawn LLP
Editor: Please give our readers the story of your background, both as an attorney and a technology specialist. Hambourger: After law school I spent four and a half years teaching in a legal clinic connected with Loyola University in Chicago as well as practicing in poverty law areas, such as...
Read MorePro Bono - Law Firms Winston & Strawn LLP In Partnership With The Innocence Project To Create An Analytical Model For DNA Exonerations
Winston & Strawn LLP has joined forces with the Innocence Project of New York and the Merrill Corporation to create a comprehensive database of the 148 known DNA exonerations nationwide. The Innocence Project is a nationally-recognized advocacy organization that seeks to exonerate the...
Read MoreCompliance, Risk Management And Internal Controls: A Checklist For Corporate Counsel - Part II
Part I appeared in the July 2004 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. Part II covers questions to be considered by corporate counsel with respect to the checklist included in Part I. It also covers the codes of ethics requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley, NYSE and NASDAQ and questions pertaining...
Read MoreCompliance, Risk Management And Internal Controls: A Checklist For Corporate Counsel - Part I
Part II, which will appear in the August 2004 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel will include questions to be considered by corporate counsel with respect to the checklist included in Part I and will discuss other recent developments highighting the importance of risk management. It will...
Read MoreExecutive Compensation: At The Crossroads?
Editor: Mr. Melbinger, would you give our readers something about your background in the employee benefits and compensation area? Melbinger: I am a partner at Winston & Strawn and global head of the firm's employee benefits and executive compensation department. I have practiced in this area...
Read MoreWinston & Strawn LLP: Interdisciplinary Teams For A Growing Real Estate Practice
Editor: Mr. Berkman, please tell us about your experience as a real estate lawyer. Berkman: I have been a real estate lawyer for 12 years. I studied real estate and finance at the University of California as an undergraduate and went to UCLA Law School, where I focused my course work on real estate...
Read MoreHigh Court Rules Employers Can Discriminate Against Younger Workers
Summary Most people assume that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act protects older workers from discrimination in favor of younger workers.But it was just a matter of time before younger workers went to the United States Supreme Court complaining of "reverse" age discrimination because...
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