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Why Bank Execs Avoided Jail Time In Wake Of Great Recession

May 1, 2014

In a lengthy piece, the New York Times magazine examines why, in the wake of the largest man-made economic catastrophe […]

Cautious Endorsement of Legal Project Management

April 30, 2014

A Today’s General Counsel survey finds that legal project management is slowly catching on, especially among smaller legal departments.

Fewer CEOs Fired In 2013

April 28, 2014

Last year the percentage of companies that fired their CEOs was the lowest since 2010. Only 23.8 percent of all […]

A Litigation Risk In Hiring Laterals

April 25, 2014

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

April 25, 2014

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

April 25, 2014

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…

April 25, 2014

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?

April 24, 2014

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

April 21, 2014

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?

April 21, 2014

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

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