The CEO of a major food retailer recently unleashed a firestorm when it was revealed that for years he had blogged under a pseudonym about his company and competitors. He contends that he was merely expressing personal opinions; the SEC ...
Read More »Americans owe a duty to the rest of the world
How we make decisions determines who we are and what we will become. If our decisions are based solely on self interests, we will reap corruption. However, if our decisions, especially as a nation, are based on a higher moral ...
Read More »Vinson: Write for your reader, not for yourself
Good writing can have a positive impact on your reader in a short amount of time if you guide the reader throughout the document, controlling the flow of information in each section, paragraph and sentence. Legal readers read in haste, ...
Read More »Write for your reader, not for yourself
Good writing can have a positive impact on your reader in a short amount of time if you guide the reader throughout the document, controlling the flow of information in each section, paragraph and sentence. Legal readers read in haste, ...
Read More »Napier: Path to shrinking begins with one step — at 6 a.m.
Fat is as fat does. Or maybe it’s stupid is as stupid does. Big news flash, some of us lawyers are fat. I speak from experience. I cast no stones. The scary thing is though, when I started down this ...
Read More »Hamby: The legalities of docking salaries
Today I will address permissible and impermissible salary deductions. Initially, I would remind the reader that I am addressing deductions for salaried rather than hourly employees. Although people sometimes refer generically to their “salary,” they may just be referring to ...
Read More »The legalities of docking salaries
Today I will address permissible and impermissible salary deductions. Initially, I would remind the reader that I am addressing deductions for salaried rather than hourly employees. Although people sometimes refer generically to their “salary,” they may just be referring to ...
Read More »Rove’s $900-an-hour book-deal broker preps Hillary for debate
When Alan Greenspan, Tony Blair and Karl Rove decided it was time to write a memoir, each turned to the same broker: Robert Barnett, one of the most powerful players in book publishing, though he operates well outside the New ...
Read More »Atkins: You’ve got mail — and legal problems
It’s fast, easy, and for some, completely irresistible. In fact, you’ve probably done it several times today already, as has nearly everyone you work with. But as convenient and efficient as e-mail is, for employers it can also be a ...
Read More »SEC’s ComplianceAlert guides investment advisers
As part of its compliance outreach program, the Securities and Exchange Commission has decided to publicize some of the deficiencies and weaknesses that it has uncovered during its examinations of financial services firms. Unveiled for the first time in June, ...
Read More »The sky’s the limit on billable rates now!
The word came in last month from that Rupert Murdoch rag — the Wall Street Journal — a handful of our brothers and sisters in the bar in New York City are now charging fees of $1,000 an hour or ...
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