Today's General Counsel

Today's General Counsel

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Should Background Checks Be On Your New Employee Checklist?

March 10, 2014

Recent EEOC rulings against prescriptive background check policies mean companies may not have blanket policies on criminal checks into applicants or employees – but they shouldn’t get rid of checks altogether.

Proposed Tax Reform Bill Includes Momentous Changes to Executive Compensation Laws

March 10, 2014

A tax reform proposal introduced late last month has little chance of becoming law, but the dramatic IRS reforms – including changes to executive compensation provisions – may serve as the blueprint for future efforts.

Charles Ammann Named GC of Semtech

March 10, 2014

Semtech, a supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, has appointed Charles Ammann as general counsel and corporate secretary. He succeeds […]

Frontier Communications Names Mark Nielsen GC

March 10, 2014

Frontier Communications has appointed Mark Nielsen as general counsel and secretary. Nielsen joins Frontier Communications from industrial gas company Praxair, […]

Ed Nusbaum Gets Second Term as Grant Thornton CEO

March 10, 2014

Ed Nusbaum has been appointed for a second term as global CEO of Grant Thornton after the Board of Governors […]

Former FEC GC, Skadden Lawyer Joins Election Watchdog Group

March 10, 2014

Former Federal Election Commission general counsel Larry Noble has joined the Campaign Legal Center, a national advocacy organization to focus […]

Confusion Over Europe’s New Unified Patent Court May Deter Defendants, Group Says

March 10, 2014

The confusing structure of the Unified Patent Court being developed among 25 European nations could confuse potential defendants and deter […]

Expert Witness Problem Undermining SEC Enforcement Efforts

March 10, 2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s trial win rate is at just 58 percent since the start of its current fiscal […]

Privacy On The Agenda At Gathering Of High-Tech Elite

March 10, 2014

South by Southwest, an annual conference in Austin, Texas, that began as a music festival, has evolved to include a […]

Book-Cooking Lawyers Violated Cardinal Tenet: Don’t Email Fraud Plans

March 7, 2014

In e-mails spanning nearly four years, former leaders of Dewey & LeBoeuf discussed “fake income,” “accounting tricks,” and their “clueless […]

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