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Fandango Top Lawyer Deals With Cutting-Edge Issues
Stacey Olliff is senior vice president for legal and business affairs at Fandango, the Los Angeles company that sells movie tickets online and offers movie trailers and other entertainment news on its Web site. Prior to joining Fandango, Olliff was general counsel at Shopzilla, an online comparison shopping site. Olliff says the Internet is an incredibly exciting area for a lawyer because new law is being made practically every week. He regularly deals with cutting-edge legal issues.Firm Leaders Drawn to Forum on Future of Profession
Text Messaging and Trials: A Volatile Mix
Wireless technology has raised a new concern: Is text messaging being used to tamper with trials? That fear surfaced during a recent Michigan murder trial, when a judge heard that someone in the courtroom had used a cell phone to send a text message to a sequestered witness out in a hallway about testimony. "This is only the tip of the iceberg," said the prosecutor in the case, "and the sanctity of the courtroom could be tarnished as technological advances improve."San Francisco Lawyer Practices the Art of Recovery
For some law firms wrestling with nonpaying clients, San Francisco lawyer Joel Adler is the final stop. Adler, whose current clients include the dissolved Heller Ehrman and Thelen firms, has specialized in law firm fee disputes for 22 years. He's one of a small number of lawyers working alongside non-attorney collectors in the field. Adler says that, while as a litigator he is able to "escalate the conversation," persuasion is part and parcel of the job, too.Demise of Dewey eclipses deaths of smaller firms
As the largest law firm failure in U.S. history, the death of Dewey & LeBoeuf has naturally commanded much of the industry's attention this year.Contrite Companies Can Win Forgiveness in Bribery Cases
More companies are beginning to realize that cooperation and compliance with FCPA regulations could lead to reduced fines and spare them criminal actions. The government, meanwhile, avoids the substantial effort entailed in investigating and bringing cases to trial.New Web Hiring Rules Cause Corporate Consternation
Lawyers say corporate America is having a panic attack over an upcoming rule that will require federal contractors to keep better track of whom they hire over the Internet. On Feb. 6, all federal contractors must have in place new protocols that will tell the government exactly what Internet resumes they reviewed, and the race and gender of qualified applicants. Employment attorneys argue that the new requirements create a record-keeping nightmare for companies.Trending Stories
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