A recent survey suggests that pay for corporate General Counsel will be flat at best this year, and that GCs are working harder because they have lost internal resources.
The silver lining is that for some in-house lawyers deferred compensation is higher. As companies’ bottom lines increase, deferred comp should grown. As one consultant described it: “What you [...]
In-house lawyers are working harder for less pay
Who owns the rights to e-books?
Authors and publishers are arguingover who owns the rights to publish electronic versions of backlist book titles. In the old days, before digital books were ever thought possible, the standard contract between author and publisher gave publishers the right to all works “in book form.” The question now is whether e-books are “in book form.”
In [...]
The Year in Ideas: Employment Law Edition
This week’s New York Times Magazine contains its annual Year in Ideas, which always makes for fascinating reading.
Two of the articles touched on employment law topics. The first, called “The Myth of the Deficient Older Worker”, describes a study by three economists who pitted “seniors” (those over 50) against “juniors” (those under 30) in three decision-making [...]
Florida to Judges: You can’t have friends (at least on Facebook)
Attention lawyers and Judges in Florida: You can no longer be Facebook friends. As reported in the NYT, the state’s Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee decided that when judges “friend” lawyers who may appear before them, it creates the appearance of a conflict of interest since “it reasonably conveys to others the impression that these lawyer ‘friends’ [...]
Upcoming CLE on Advanced Employment Issues
Minnesota CLE is planning a really impressive-looking CLE for the experienced employment law practitioner on January 29, 2010 in Minneapolis. It includes sessions on the intersection between employment law and
executive compensation
employee benefits
OSHA
bankruptcy
taxation of settlements and awards, and
intellectual property.
It will also include insights from corporate attorneys on contract negotiation, data privacy, and handling government enforcement.
(It is true [...]
Employers: Take care with background checks
The EEOC has sued a nationwide convention company alleging a pattern or practice of unlawful discrimination because the company has rejected job applicants based on their credit history, or if they have had one or more of various types of criminal charges or convictions. The EEOC alleges that this practice has had an unlawful discriminatory [...]
“I’m from the government and I’m here to help”
The U.S. Department of Labor has updated its Employment Law Guide, an online publication that describes the major employment laws administered by the department. The Guide is designed to help employers understand many of the laws affecting the workplace, including wage, benefit, safety and health, and nondiscrimination policies.
The Employment Law Guide is a [...]
GINA is coming this Saturday (no, not Geena Davis)
The new federal Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) takes effect for employers with over 15 employees this Saturday, November 21, 2009. Some are calling this the “most important new anti-discrimination law in two decades.”
The new law prohibits employers from requesting or considering genetic testing or genetic background information in hiring, firing or promotions. More specifically, [...]
