Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Abbott Martin | February 5, 2018
Changes in corporate technology, regulation and consumer preferences are interacting to reshape markets at increasing speed. For legal and compliance executives, this means managing new-to-world risks at an accelerated pace and with heightened business client expectations.
By Mike Evers | February 2, 2018
Compensation matters. But while everyone knows that a select group of general counsel are paid handsomely, the fact remains that “BigLaw” law firm attorneys make more versus most of their experience-level counterparts in-house.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Apalla Chopra, Rachel Cronin and Marni Barta | February 1, 2018
The political and cultural climate surrounding workplace sexual harassment is evolving faster than many companies can address or adapt to on their own. Internal and external stakeholders (management, employees, customers, clients and business partners) have new and heightened expectations about what companies should be doing to prevent and respond to harassment—whether reported or not.
By Cedric Chao and Teale Toweill | January 30, 2018
Take a look at seven considerations for technology companies when deciding between litigation and arbitration.
By Vicki Haskett | January 29, 2018
Here are some key tips that may help you prove your claim and win your medical malpractice lawsuit.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Rasha Gerges Shields | January 24, 2018
In the era of telecommuting and daily cyberbreaches, companies face an ever-increasing challenge protecting their data from improper disclosures. Although many companies have invested in technology that protects them (to a certain extent) from outside intruders, these technological advancements do very little to stop the insider threat—disloyal and disgruntled employees.
Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Marvin A. Kirsner | January 23, 2018
The new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act adds a provision to the tax code which disallows a deduction for amounts paid to settle a sexual harassment or abuse claim if that settlement includes a nondisclosure agreement. Section 162(q) to the Internal Revenue Code now disallows a deduction for any payment “related to sexual harassment or abuse if such settlement or payment is subject to a nondisclosure agreement.”
By Dan Panitz | January 19, 2018
Tax law changes notwithstanding, corporate counsel waiting for a corporate blank check on spend may be holding their breath for some time.
By Matt Bell and Mike Casey | January 19, 2018
In the first part of this article, we examined the counterintuitive nature of self-reporting sanctions violations, the penalties that sanctions violators face in the United Kingdom and the United States, and the U.K.'s self-disclosure framework. In part two, we analyze how the self-reporting regime functions in the United States.
By Ryan McConnell and Stephanie Bustamante | January 19, 2018
This week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) served a hundred 7-Eleven stores nationwide with notices of inspection and detained twenty-one undocumented workers. ICE will require the 7-Eleven stores to produce documents showing 7-Eleven required work authorizations from their employees.
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