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June 22, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Canady lauds court funding

Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Canady is grateful for a legislative fix on court funding but worries about a shortfall for court clerks.
3 minute read
February 22, 2006 | Law.com

Outsourced Employees Triggering More Suits

Corporate America's growing use of outsourcing to cut labor costs -- without adequate background checks -- has put it at substantially greater risk of litigation, employment lawyers are warning. Employees with troubled or criminal pasts are sneaking into the labor force, upping the liability stakes for companies. At issue is a critical question that has already surfaced in courts: Who is responsible for the background check -- the employer or the staffing agency?
8 minute read
March 16, 2001 | Law.com

Narrower Is Better

In the past, making partner at a top firm required big courtroom victories, booking new business and being a jack-of-all-trades. Those things still help, of course. But today, lawyers who never go to court, are not great rainmakers and are anything but versatile are breaking into the partner ranks. That's because they offer something just as valuable to law firms -- expertise.
5 minute read
October 30, 2000 | Law.com

Movers & Shakers

Follow lawyers' career moves and law firms' transformations each week with "Movers & Shakers." This week, J. Michael Booe joined Charlotte, N.C.'s Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman as a partner; Los Angeles' Fox Family Worldwide hired Laura Icken as an associate vice president for business and legal affairs; and Cincinnati's Frost & Jacobs merged with Louisville's Brown, Todd & Heyburn.
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June 26, 2006 | Law.com

How Should Employer Conduct Change After High Court Ruling?

The U.S. Supreme Court last week decided a case that significantly alters the way employers must make decisions about employees who have complained of discrimination. The Court adopted new standards for determining whether an employee who experiences negative conduct from his or her employer can assert a claim for unlawful retaliation. Attorney Eric K. Gabrielle writes that the ruling effectively widens the liability landscape for employers -- and offers some navigation tips.
4 minute read
December 21, 2004 | Law.com

Should Auld Acquaintance Forget Themselves at the Office Holiday Party

This year's holiday office festivities will soon be a fading memory -- unless they live on in the form of lawsuits over sexual harassment, post-event drunken driving or other unfortunate incidents. Mindful of the potential legal downside to such occasions, labor and employment attorneys often double as party planners, advising clients on how to have liability-free celebrations. A little foresight can keep that office daiquiri from turning into the stuff of depositions.
7 minute read
January 12, 2007 | Law.com

Stock Incentives for Rainmakers Cement $104M Merger

Law firms and investment banking firms share a common quandary, especially in mergers: Their most prized assets -- rainmakers -- are also their most mercurial. Creative structuring to keep talent on board proved to be what sealed the deal for St. Louis company Stifel Financial's $104 million acquisition of New Jersey's Ryan Beck & Co. While Stifel stock will make up the bulk of the purchase price, Stifel will also establish a $42 million stock-based retention program aimed at key Ryan Beck employees.
2 minute read
February 23, 2006 | Law.com

Outsourcing Poses a Bevy of Legal Risks

Companies are relying more and more on outsourcing to cut costs. But some employees aren't adequately screened for troubled or criminal pasts, which may mean more litigation, employment lawyers say.
6 minute read
May 07, 2002 | Law.com

Miami Lawyer Loses Enron Assignment to New York, Houston Firms

In a surprising turn of events, the firms Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman in New York and McClain & Siegel in Houston outmaneuvered Scott L. Baena, a partner with Bilzin Sumberg Dunn Baena Axelrod & Price in Miami, and jointly won the position as counsel to the Severed Enron Employee Coalition (SEEC). In January, Baena was retained by the SEEC to win a separate, employee-only committee.
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