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May/June 2009

Roundtable:
End of the Free Market?

Five attorneys with wide-ranging experience discuss the origins of the current financial meltdown, and the part that lack of regulation or “mis-regulation” may have played in precipitating the crisis.
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Governance

Executive Pay Limits Under the New Economic Bailout Laws

Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which includes new compensation restrictions for TARP recipients.
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Human Resources

Two Views of the Employee Free Choice Act

Two articles take opposing views on the Employee Free Choice Act, which would replace the secret-ballot union certification procedure with a public card signing process.
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E-Discovery

Five Steps That Overcome Common Legal Hold Mistakes

Implementing a litigation hold on potentially discoverable information can be a major challenge, especially in larger organizations.
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Intellectual Property

Strategies For Building Patent Portfolios

The initial business objective for a patent portfolio is to protect the company's core technology. The company must have a clear definition of that technology.
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Patenting in the Great White North

U.S. companies invest heavily in Canada and now represent approximately 70 percent of all foreign-controlled non-financial companies operating there.
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Don't Let a Jury Decide What Your Contract Means

In a 2008 decision, the California Supreme Court overturned a $200 million punitive damages award against Genentech Inc. for breach of fiduciary duty.
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Potential E-Discovery Liabilities in Mergers and Acquisitions

Little attention is paid to the complex electronic discovery issues that are part of mergers and acquisitions.
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Executive Benefits Plans: Benefit Security in a New World

A change of control such as a corporate takeover has implications for executive benefit plans.
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Global Emissions Reduction Will Require Local Sacrifice

There is a disparity of views between developed and developing nations regarding reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
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Bright Prospects for M&A in Brazil

Bargain hunters are searching for good deals in emerging countries, like Brazil, that became undervalued as a result of currency devaluation.
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