Opinion

• Labor: The new face of discrimination

  By Jeremy Hawpe  |  May 21, 2012

  Employers have seen increasing government intervention into the employment relationship.

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  Labor: EEOC issues final rule on reasonable factors other than age under the ADEA

  By Wendy Voss, Lindsay Clizbe  |  May 21, 2012

  On March 30the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published its final rule, meant to clarify the “reasonable factors other than age” (RFOA) defense available under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)

• Discovery complexity grows exponentially when more people are involved

  By Paul Carr  |  May 18, 2012

  Most general counsel don’t know it, but the guy who’s killing them is Robert Metcalfe, the founder of 3Com.

• Technology: Liability dangers raised by social media

  By Terence Connor  |  May 18, 2012

  Employers, imagine that your employees’ use of Facebook and Twitter is akin to being at the controls of a forklift.

• Technology: How will new cybersecurity legislation affect you and your company?

  By Todd Hinnen, Michael Sussmann  |  May 18, 2012

  While no one is optimistic about seeing progress from Congress on immigration reform, deficit reduction and most other big-ticket policy issues, the smart money may be on Congress actually passing some cybersecurity legislation within the next year, perhaps even before the November election.

• Litigation: First criminal charges filed in the BP oil spill disaster

  By Matthew Walsh  |  May 17, 2012

  On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon disaster claimed the lives of 11 people and led to a devastating environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. After an extensive 3-year investigation following the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history, one would have expected the first criminal charges to relate to...

• Litigation: Handling corporate depositions with care

  By Paul M. Honigberg  |  May 17, 2012

  Outside counsel sends you a notice of deposition served by your adversary that commands your company to appear for a deposition pursuant to Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

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  It’s (still) good to be inside

  By Mike Evers  |  May 17, 2012

  A corporate career or private practice? During my 18 years in the search business, this choice always seemed clear to me.

• Regulatory: CFTC prohibits certain trilateral agreements in clearing documentation rule

  By Peter Malyshev, Jonathan Ammons  |  May 16, 2012

  On March 20, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) adopted a final rule regarding customer clearing documentation for swaps.

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  Regulatory: The Forest Service crosses swords with ski area operators over water rights

  By Barbara Lichman  |  May 16, 2012

  The U.S. Forest Service and the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA), an organization representing ski areas throughout the U.S. are going head to head over a clause recently inserted in permits that allows NSAA members to operate on national forest system lands.