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A Litigation Risk In Hiring Laterals

Law firms that bring in lateral hires from a firm on the brink of dissolution may risk a future lawsuit, […]

Supreme Court: Voters’ Initiative To End Affirmative Action Is Constitutional

Justice Kennedy wrote for the Court that restricting Michigan voters from making their own decision on affirmative action would be “an unprecedented restriction on a fundamental right held not just by one person but by all in common.”

President Seeks Additional Funding For DOL To Clear Case Backlog

President Obama is trying to ease fiscal restraints at DOL that have kept the Office from Administrative Law Judges from hiring personnel and led to massive backups, which ALJ Chief Judge Stephen Purcell said ” we will not likely recover for years to come.”

The Heartbleed Lesson for All Companies? Manage the Risk…

Having a plan in place, and purchasing a cyber liability policy, are crucial steps that will aid a company in addressing a cyber security breach.

Can Lawyers Use Macs?

PCs have long been the standard for businesses, including the business of law, but many old obstacles to switching to […]

Top CEOs Make 331 Times More Than Average Worker

Standard& & Poor’s 500 companies pay their chief executives 331 times that of the average production and nonsupervisory worker, according […]

Would Banning Non-Competes Turn Route 128 Into Another Silicon Valley?

The Governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, has proposed legislation that would almost entirely ban non-compete agreements. Massachusetts would join two […]

FINRA’S Reminder About Rollovers: News To Many

Broker-dealers should use the information detailed by FINRA in a recent Regulatory Notice to develop procedures and documents specific to the broker-dealer’s business model.

Will Heartbleed Affect Data Breach Insurance Coverage?

Whether or not a CGL policy covers data breaches allowed by Heartbleed is likely to turn, simply, on whether the policy covers data breach at all.

Clear Writing Through Purposeful Sentences

Clear writing makes winning more likely. Why, and practical steps to improved writing.

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