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- Six Steps to an Ethical Business Culture
- A recent white paper from Allegiance, a company which provides what they call Enterprise Feedback Management, attempts to outline a plan for creating an ethical business culture in six steps: Establish an enforceable code of conduct. Initial and ongoing training. Regular communications. Anonymous reporting...
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- Poll: Enron CEO's "Honest Services" Defense
- Today's poll deals with whether the concept of "honest services" can cover dishonorable acts. Jeffrey K. Skilling, the former Enron chief executive who is serving a 24-year prison sentence after he was convicted on 19 counts of fraud, conspiracy, insider trading, and lying to auditors,...
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- CEOs as Criminal Fall-Guys?
- Today's poll: Should CEOs be held criminally accountable when their company breaks the law? This November, Colorado voters will decide on a ballot measure that would hold business executives criminally responsible if their companies run afoul of the law. According to the New York Times, the proposal...
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
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- Silica - A litigation Sandstorm
- There were two major developments in silica litigation in recent months. Though each is limited in scope, they do permit some cautious optimism that silica perhaps is not following the asbestos litigation path. This article covers emerging developments including: information on U.S. legal trends, commentary on assessing the ultimate cost...
- White papers 2005-02-01
- Revisiting The Monster: New Myths And Realities Of Class Action And Other Large Scale litigation
- This article explains synthetic analysis of the nature of class action and other large-scale litigation in the United States at the beginning of the new millennium, drawing on these and other data, and informed by the theoretical scholarship of colleagues in the legal academy. It also discusses varieties of large-scale...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Settling Conflict Without Drawing Blood - Use Mediation
- Litigation represents one avenue of dispute resolution - the last line of defense, if one wills. In dealing with conflict, there is a force continuum that people should follow: effective communication, direct negotiation, mediation, and finally litigation. Too often, people decide to skip steps and go directly for the lethal...
- White papers 2005-10-17
- Use the Court of Public Opinion for litigation Support
- Winning or losing in the court of public opinion can be just as important as what happens in the halls of justice. Lawyers and their clients need to develop litigation media relations strategies as part of their overall litigation support weapons. This is especially true when lawyers are involved in...
- White papers 2006-06-28
- Asbestos litigation Costs and Compensation: An Interim Report
- This study is a comprehensive look at the dimensions of asbestos litigation today: How many claims have been filed? By whom? Against whom? For what kinds of conditions? At what cost? With what economic effects? If current trends continue, what will be the future costs of the litigation? The analysis...
- White papers 2002-09-26
- Managing litigation Costs By Considering Your Jury
- A serious concern for every claim adjuster should be the rising cost of litigation. Managing the litigation process involves everything from determining a litigation budget to evaluating the strength of the case, evaluating the value of the case and assessing the marginal benefit of each cost related to litigation, from...
- White papers 2002-12-01
- Expanding the Scope of the Authority of a litigation Trustee
- Article discusses about the claims of the debtor or estate, assignment of creditors' claims to the litigation trustee, limitations on the litigation trustee's pursuit of the transferred or assigned claims and litigation trustee under § 1123(b)(3) equal to a true trust. Article also concludes that the attempts by debtors and...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Update: A Trump-Style Pitch
- Update: A Trump-Style PitchThe Long Run "Trumps" the Short RunI agree with William Baker on this issue. If there is a point of naivety, it is that only the client's ethics will be under scrutiny. It is easier to lose this client and maintain your company's ethical health...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- Gary Baker: Early Trend Identification
- Gary Baker, founder and President of ClipBlast!, has 20 years of experience in television and interactive media. Founded in 2004, ClipBlast! is a web video search and navigation platform with a focus on user-friendliness and versatility. Baker's interview focuses on the originality of his business structure, including its integrated...
- Videos 2008-03-08
- Negotiating The Lower Levels Of Dante's Inferno: The litigation Process
- One of the least understood aspects of the litigation process is the litigation process. On the one hand, clients who ask that suit be filed against a defendant, believe that the case is inexorably and irrevocably going to end up at a trial at some point in the future. It...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Poll: Reporting Fudged Credentials?
- Today's poll deals with something most everyone will face at some point in their career: whether to report a colleague after you come across some damaging information about their history. Your Dilemma: You have long wondered how one of your colleagues, whom you view as being less...
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Poll: Firing Someone Who Doesn't Deserve It?
- Today's poll deals with a scenario a friend of mine recently found himself in. The problem is simple and all-too-common, but its potential solutions are complex. Your Dilemma: Your boss demands that you fire a subordinate, and you know this is because the two just don't seem...
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- Managing litigation Costs
- Article sums up that just as a trial lawyer will develop both a theory and corresponding trial strategy, so should the risk manager develop both a theory and strategy to control litigation costs. It suggests that by assessing a case from a cost/exposure perspective, establishing a realistic litigation budget, soliciting...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Where the Chatter is on BNET
- Former CEO Magazine editor, William Holstein, has shaken things up with his post on H1-B visas, with people coming down vehemently on all sides of the issue. What do you think? Are H1-B visas good for America? Do they help keep jobs from going overseas? Or do they solely serve...
- Blog posts 2008-03-17
- Get On With It!
- When the threat of litigation stymies strategic plans, companies quietly purchase insurance and leave legal concerns behind them. When plans for a big merger go bust, litigation from a rejected partner and/or angry shareholders is almost sure to follow. The article discusses how three companies together disposed of looming litigation...
- White papers 2001-07-01
- Ethics Commission Gets Serious About Ethics
- If the above headline sounds like something you might read in The Onion, that's because this story, out of Nashville, sounds like an Onion plotline. Two years ago, in the wake of a corruption scandal that sent five lawmakers to jail, Tennessee created a state ethics commission...
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Poll: The Right Thing for the Wrong Reason?
- The last two days have drawn some spirited comments and emails about the issue of whether buying a Toyota Prius as a status-symbol, rather than an eco-friendly mode of transport, is right or wrong. You can read about it here and here. I agree with the people...
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
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