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August 17, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Asbestos Plaintiffs Firm Pins Hopes on an RV From eBay

Simona Farrise, a name partner at an asbestos plaintiffs firm, likes to go bargain-hunting on eBay and at garage sales. "Other people's junk makes for very good evidence," says Farrise, whose finds have included a 60-year-old occupational safety manual that she used as evidence that American auto companies long ago knew the dangers of asbestos exposure. Now Farrise may have scored her best piece of evidence yet -- a 1973 Dodge Fargo motor home with some original factory-installed parts, bought on eBay.
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September 12, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

EEOC Locks Down Employers' Use of Arrest and Conviction Information

In April 2012, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued an extensive guidance that expands the EEOC's review of employers' use of arrest/conviction information when charges are brought alleging that an employer's use of the information had a discriminatory effect.
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March 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Do It Yourself

Affymetrix wins big by relying on in-house lawyers for major litigation.
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June 07, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

E-Discovery Attorneys: Hot or Not?

There's a new tech boom, according to Major, Lindsey & Africa's Seth Davis, who's received numerous inquiries from law firms, technology companies and financial institutions seeking e-discovery attorneys. Davis offers some tips on how to gauge if you should hire an e-discovery attorney and how much to pay that person. But while this may be the year of the e-discovery attorney, Davis questions whether it will be a short-lived litigation title in the face of other lawyers' ever-expanding expertise.
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April 01, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

It's a Systemic World Out There

Don't let obsolete employment practices leave you open to newfangled EEOC charges.
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April 15, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

AT&T Tops '100 Best Corporate Citizens' List

AT&T Inc. was ranked No. 1 on CR Magazine's "100 Best Corporate Citizens" list, which looks at how companies focus on the environment, climate change, employee relations, human rights, governance, finance, and philanthropy.
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January 12, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Unanimous Supreme Court Finds for Church in EEOC Fight

A surprisingly unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday endorsed a "ministerial exception" to employment discrimination laws, asserting that under the First Amendment, government must keep its nose out of the hiring and firing of clergy.
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August 29, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Growers Can Sue Government Over Grape Patents

The U.S. government isn't immune from three grape growers' claims that a California trade group licensed invalid patents from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that the Administrative Procedure Act enables the plaintiffs "to pursue equitable relief against the USDA on its patent law claims."
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August 20, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

The Challenges of Balancing Compliance and Growth

In-house legal and compliance teams in multinational corporations know all too well that bribery is not only ethically wrong—it's bad for business.
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April 02, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Commentary: Corporate Wellness Programs May Be Bad Investments

Wellness programs are the latest experiment among companies in the ongoing battle to fight inflation in health care costs and increase productivity in the workplace. But before your client or business joins the gaggle of enamored converts, warn attorneys Todd Alan Ewan and Carolyn M. Plump, the long-term costs of such programs must be thoroughly analyzed. Ewan and Plump identify the potential pitfalls of wellness programs and explain why companies would be best served to let this trend pass.
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