Keith Ecker

December 31, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

As if Celine Dion's voice wasn't bad enough, one of her albums poses a major security threat to computer users. When inserted in a PC, the CD installs an insidious piece of software known as a rootkit--an application that hackers typically use to implant viruses and trojans on victims' computers....

By Keith Ecker

5 minute read

December 31, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

United Airlines didn't intend to raise ire of nearly 20,000 flight attendants. But to successfully reorganize and pull itself out of the red, something had to give. And that something was their employees' pension plans, which the airline decided to cut. But cutting pension plans, especially plans under contract with...

By Keith Ecker

5 minute read

December 31, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

Wireless devices pose costly security risks for corporations and their legal departments.

By Keith Ecker

6 minute read

November 30, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

Labor Group Holds Wal-Mart To Code Of Conduct

By Keith Ecker

7 minute read

November 30, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

Infamous Patent Troll Finally Defeated In Federal Court

By Keith Ecker

7 minute read

November 30, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

Employees Take RAC To Court Over Psychological Testing

By Keith Ecker

7 minute read

October 31, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

Texas MDL Paves Way For Mass Tort Reform

By Keith Ecker

17 minute read

October 31, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

Religious Disputes Heat Up In The Workplace

By Keith Ecker

6 minute read

October 31, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

Plaintiffs Try To Use RICO To Curb Illegal Immigration

By Keith Ecker

6 minute read

September 30, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the Teamsters officially seceded from the AFL-CIO in late July with the United Food and Commercial Workers and UNITE HERE poised to follow. These organizations are part of a new labor coalition known as the Coalition To Win. Labor experts believe this split...

By Keith Ecker

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