Workforce Compliance: Outside Counsel vs. Outside SOLUTION
Counsel to Counsel magazine ran an interesting article in its October 2007 issue entitled "Choosing the Right Outside Counsel" The article is a helpful analysis of what GCs should look for when reaching outside of their own corporate resources for the solution of a legal matter.The a...
Jose E. Latour Nov 01, 2007
2007 in Enforcement: Business in the Bullseye
Back on August 9th, ICE -- U.S. Customs and Immigration and Customs Enforcement -- released a five page memo euphamistacally entitled "Protecting National Security and Upholding Public Safety". The memo, signed off by Asst. Secretary of Homeland Security Julie L. Myers, attempts to s...
Jose E. Latour Oct 22, 2007
Why, oh why, am I always right? Like some latter day Nosferatu infused with the wisdom of the immigration elders, I've been calling this whole "Attack on U.S. Employers" deal for about four years...and once again my voice calling in the regulatory wilderness proves prophetic.The call came ...
Jose E. Latour Oct 17, 2007
Simplifying Workforce Compliance for Inside Counsel
Political tides shift, and the historical benevolence extended to corporate America by Republican administrations has given way to an enforcement-driven policy designed to salvage conservative voter discontent. The losers, of course, are not just the corporations suddenly facing a barrage of p...
Jose E. Latour Oct 16, 2007
“Astronomical” Bonuses, Marble Lobbies and Other Legal Fictions
The headline with the biggest font on the front page of this morning's WSJ is captioned: "A Stingier Job Market Awaits New Attorneys." The piece is pretty significant and well researched, attributing the glut in lawyers to a variety of factors. The critical component is demand: more ...
Jose E. Latour Sep 24, 2007
“Astronomical” Bonuses, Marble Lobbies and Other Legal Fictions
The headline with the biggest font on the front page of this morning's WSJ is captioned: "A Stingier Job Market Awaits New Attorneys." The piece is pretty significant and well researched, attributing the glut in lawyers to a variety of factors. The critical component is demand: more ...
Jose E. Latour Sep 24, 2007
How much is TOO much? Attorneys fees are out of control
From the August 22, 2007 Wall Street Journal:"The hourly rates of the country's top lawyers are increasingly coming with something new -- a comma"Quietly and without much fanfare, leading law firms have been steadily increasing their hour billing rates and the WSJ's timely article broke th...
Jose E. Latour Sep 01, 2007
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