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It’s Compensation Time AgainWhatever compensation system a firm selects, it will work in the long run only if it has the confidence of all of the firm’s partners. Based upon the author's experience, that confidence can best be won by providing a role in the process for all partners.
Client Speak: A Three-Way StreetLawyers who find ways to provide clients with incentives to hire the firm ought to be rewarded accordingly. The principle seems sound enough but, as usual, the devil is in the proverbial details.
The Trouble with Anonymous Bloggerscyberspace enables anyone willing to spring for a domain name and pay an Internet service provider $15 a month to become a "publisher." And even better for these latter-day Horace Greeleys, they can corral a limitless number of "reporters" without paying one red cent. Small wonder that blogging has become a force of mainstream media. Indeed, blog owners basically need only to grant anonymity to those who post to their Web sites.
No Rehire and No Comment Clauses in Severance AgreementsProffering a severance agreement to employees being let go in a reduction in force (RIF), or for other reasons not involving willful misconduct, is now a common practice in corporate America. Recent decisions indicate that courts are willing to hold both employees and employers to all of the terms of their agreements. Here's how to craft the right ones.
Separation Agreements and General ReleasesIn order to get what they pay for, businesses need to ensure that their separation agreements protect the company’s interest to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
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