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Top IT/IP Considerations For Corporate Counsel
Few areas of law have evolved as rapidly as the legal interfaces between intellectual property and information technology. The lack of reliable precedent and the sheer number of cases of first impression have necessitated the grafting on of legal principles to both analogous and seemingly non-...
Read MorePhiladelphia - Bar Associations The Philadelphia Bar Association: An Organization With Energy And Heart
Editor: Mr. Chirls, would you tell us something about your background and experience? Chirls: I attended the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in architecture and environmental design.I then went to law school at the University of California, Berkeley. I have been a trial lawyer at WolfBlock...
Read MoreChanges In Store For Safety Act Application
The Department of Homeland Security recently announced that it will soon be issuing changes to the Safety Act application forms and process. This is good news for companies hoping to avail themselves of the Safety Act's important protections. Safety Act Background For those who are not familiar,...
Read MoreThe ADA's Internal Conflict Disorder
Introduction The ADA prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals with disabilities. Yet, the law also makes it more difficult for us to reach out and help employees with performance problems where we suspect that the performance problems may be due to a physical or emotional...
Read MoreSlaking The Appetite For Harassment Litigation
Introduction It is more than five years since the United States Supreme Court issued its decisions in Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 118 S.Ct. 2257 (1998) and Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth, 118 S.Ct. 2275 (1998). While these decisions made it easier for plaintiffs to prevail in sexual...
Read MoreThe Right To Abuse Your Employer And Other Section 7 Rights
Introduction I recently prepared a general release for a client who was offering severance to a sales employee.I included in the release "any claims arising under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)."The client reminded me that the employee was not in the union so that I should strike the...
Read MoreDiversity - Law Firms Martha Stewart: Just Desserts Or Gender Souffle
When Martha Stewart was indicted, she imperiously dismissed the "ridiculousness" of the government's case.The jury soundly disagreed, finding her guilty on four counts of criminal obstruction of justice and lying to government investigators. But I can't help but wonder whether the jury was judging...
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