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An in-house counsel’s guide to the Employee Polygraph Protection Act By Michael Todd Scott In-House Law Departments, October 2002 You are General Counsel of a company and you receive a call from your Auditing Department.
Letter from the co-editors In-House Law Departments, October 2002 Welcome to the October, 2002 edition of The Corporate Lawyer. We have three articles in this edition we hope you find interesting and helpful to your practice.
Trademark and trade dress may be covered By Stanley C. Nardoni In-House Law Departments, October 2002 A series of Illinois Appellate Court decisions place trademark and trade dress infringement among the offenses typically covered by the advertising injury provisions of general liability policies
Illinois considers petition for mandatory CLE In-House Law Departments, September 2002 Does your company have a significant number of in-house counsel that are licensed in Illinois?
Price discrimination may be covered By Stanley C. Nardoni In-House Law Departments, September 2002 My article in last month's issue of The Corporate Lawyer mentioned that the personal injury provisions of umbrella liability policies often cover "discrimination."
Selling your business: Ten tactics to close By Martin Kupferman In-House Law Departments, September 2002 You knew when it was time to sell your business. And now that you are, your selling strategy is on target and you're moving forward nicely
Corporate document retention / destruction programs: just a lawyer’s problem? a document management checklist By Frank W. Blue & William R. Pakalka In-House Law Departments, July 2002 Not so many years ago, corporate consultants maligned the existence of "quality control" departments.
Forum selection clauses: their enforceability and drafting By A. Ryan Puplis In-House Law Departments, July 2002 Forum Selection clauses are common in Agreements. They state where suits can (or must) be filed and under what circumstances.
Letter from the co-editors In-House Law Departments, June 2002 At the end of this issue you will find a four-year index to substantive articles that have appeared in The Corporate Lawyer. The index covers volumes 36, 37, 38 & 39. Our goal with The Corporate Lawyer is to provide you, our members, with articles and information that are helpful in your practice.
Recent trends in M&A activity—an increasingly hostile environment By Joseph H. Kye & Dana S. Aramagno In-House Law Departments, June 2002 After a significant decline in hostile activity in 2000, attempted hostile acquisitions in 2001 increased 135 percent over 2000.
Closing the deal: streamlining processes and being an effective member of the team By Mary Jones In-House Law Departments, May 2002 As corporate attorneys, many of you likely have had the opportunity to work with businesspeople to bring significant transactions to a close.
Electronic contracts—some of the basics By Larry M. Zanger In-House Law Departments, May 2002 The ability to create and enforce contracts is essential to a commercial society. And as business activities move to the electronic or online medium, the contracting process must follow.
Letter from the Co-editors In-House Law Departments, May 2002 We are looking for readers who would like to contribute articles for publication.
Letter from the co-editors In-House Law Departments, April 2002 We are looking for readers who would like to contribute articles for publication.
Securities broker-dealers and money laundering: the obligations of broker-dealers under money laundering laws By Sarah B. Estes In-House Law Departments, April 2002 Money laundering has been a "hot issue" for securities regulators for some time, and after September 11, it got even hotter.
ISBA financial responsibility (mandatory insurance) proposal puts moonlighting by law department lawyers in jeopardy By J.J. McGrath In-House Law Departments, March 2002 I am writing today to tell you that I can no longer act as your attorney. I need to write a similar letter to Michelle and Melissa, my lovely wife and daughter respectively, and all my friends and relatives who I have really enjoyed serving over the years, as their friend and attorney.
The corporate executive’s guide to the role of the general counsel By C. Evan Stewart In-House Law Departments, February 2002 In some companies, the general counsel is variously viewed as "overhead," "Dr. No," and "internal cop," someone whose job it is to "keep us out of trouble" and, when things go bad, someone to "get us out of trouble."
Letter from the co-editors In-House Law Departments, February 2002 We are looking for readers who would like to contribute articles for publication.
Call in the cavalry: IP issues in business transactions By Joseph R. Dreitler & Brian J. Downey In-House Law Departments, January 2002 Will you have all of the intellectual property you expect to own after a merger, acquisition, or refinancing?
Changes in the law have been enacted regarding unclaimed property By Marvin B. Schaar, Donald R. Blast, & Ann M. Donahue In-House Law Departments, December 2001 Recently, states have increased their focus on a long existing but rarely enforced source of revenue known as unclaimed property.
IRS issues new guidance on compensating employees with LLC and partnership interests By Michael T. Donovan & Joseph E. Bender In-House Law Departments, December 2001 Partnerships and limited liability companies that compensate their employees with interests in their business have long relied on an Internal Revenue Service ruling that an employee (or other service provider) who received a "profits interest" in a partnership or LLC as compensation for services rendered generally is not taxed upon receipt
Uniformity in sales tax compliance By Bruce H. Davis In-House Law Departments, December 2001 As electronic business grows, companies are forced to deal with the complexities of multistate tax compliance.
“Business associates”: why you should care about HIPAA even if you are not a health plan or an insurance company By Amy Gordon & Anamaria E. Cashman In-House Law Departments, November 2001 If you think the recent Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 regulations ("HIPAA") only apply to health care providers, health plans and insurance companies ("covered entities")--keep reading.
European incentives—don’t take them for granted Part II of II By Elias S. van Herwaarden In-House Law Departments, November 2001 Unlike the U.S., the European Union (EU) sets strict regulations on what type, how much and where incentives can be offered.
European incentives—seek and you shall find them Part I of II By Elias S. van Herwaarden In-House Law Departments, November 2001 Today's combination of Europe's relatively weak currency and strong economic performance has put the "Old World" on the agenda for many U.S. corporations.
Letter from the editors In-House Law Departments, November 2001 In these less-than-certain economic times, most companies are being forced to aggressively employ strategies designed to increase cash flow, net income and shareholder value.
Public-private partnerships in the new economy By Jeffrey S. Kahn In-House Law Departments, November 2001 With the emergence of the New Economy comes a rise in borderless commerce, an emergence of digital commerce, an explosion of real-time transactions and a revolution of new business models, all of which are exerting pressure on traditional systems.
Can your company store its documents electronically? By Michael Todd Scott In-House Law Departments, October 2001 In today's business environment more and more records are being converted to electronic records or are originally being created as electronic records.
Cybersquatters: the legal assistant’s role in recovering corporate assets By Debra J. Monke In-House Law Departments, October 2001 Last month I outlined the basics of being a "cybersleuth" in order to research alleged cybersquatters. Now it is time to put the investigative results to work.
Letter from the co-editors In-House Law Departments, October 2001 We are looking for readers who would like to contribute articles for publication.

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