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Corporate Counsel

Is Your Website ADA Compliant and Should It Be?

When George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination in “any place of public accommodation,” the internet barely existed.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Money Talks: Using Severance Agreements to Seal the Deal

Severance agreements are a powerful bargaining tool for both sides, and it's critical for companies and candidates alike to understand how and when to deploy it.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How Tech Companies Can Prep for Possible Loss of H-1B Spouse Work Permits

A Trump policy discontinuing at least some H-4 visa work permits for the spouses of foreign-born workers has advanced another step through the rulemaking process.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Reducing the Legal Challenges of Employing Independent Contractors

Since businesses first classify workers and are then second-guessed by government agencies as to their accuracy, executives should consider adopting the most frequently used government system as their own basis for classification. This system is known as the ABC Test.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Corporate Dating Policies: Thoughts on Balancing Employee Bliss With Employer Interests

Corporate counsel, in conjunction with human resources management (HRM), should consider drafting and implementing a balanced dating policy that both respects the employee's personal lives yet protects the employer's interests in avoiding touchy personnel matters.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Taking Company Documents to Support Whistleblowing— When Is 'Self Help' Unlawful?

Even as federal protections for whistleblowers have expanded, employers can still take strategic actions to address employees taking confidential and proprietary business information to provide to a governmental agency or for use in a whistleblower action.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Money Isn't Everything for In-House Counsel, Report Says

Only 26 percent of attorneys surveyed by Evers Legal believed that compensation was the most rewarding aspect of their work.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

High Court Approval of Class Action Waivers in Landmark Case Seen as Victory for Companies

“It's a significant victory for employers in that those that have arbitration agreements that contain class and collective action waivers are now able to enforce them without any question,” said one of the attorneys who argued for Epic Systems before the U.S. Supreme Court.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Who Has Been Hired to Lead Legal at Fortune 500 Companies in 2018?

New data from consultancy Russell Reynolds Associates shows significant turnover in the first quarter of this year. It also indicates that more women than usual have been hired to lead legal departments in the early months of 2018
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Amazon's the Latest Tech Company to Adopt the Rooney Rule: Here Are Some Others

Amazon is putting the so-called "Rooney Rule" in place to diversify its board of directors. But it's far from the first to try this tactic in the technology business.
3 minute read

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