Merger integration: the ultimate change-management challengeBy Timothy Galpin & Mark HerndonJune 2000After a long string of twelve- to fifteen-hour days, at the depths of a merger integration process, the executive leading the project confided in us: "This is quite possibly the most complex 'simple' process I've ever seen."
Report from the chairSeptember 2000The planning for the CLD's January, 2001 Corporate Compliance CLE has been completed and the advertising has started (http://www.isba.org/Sections/Corplaw/cld.html).
Subject index to substantive articles in Volumes 36 and 37 of The Corporate LawyerJuly 2000
Benefits
Meeting the challenge of cash balance pension transactions
By Eric Lofgren and Kyle Brown, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Dec. 1999)
Supreme Court rules in COBRA case involving dual coverage
By Kathleen S. Rosenow, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Oct. 1998)
Civil procedure and evidence
Seventh Circuit holds that an employee can be liable for a corporation's discovery abuse
By Michael Todd Scott, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Dec. 1999)
Supreme Court of California rules that corporation can recover fees for in-house counselBy Michael Todd ScottJune 2000
On May 8, 2000 the Supreme Court of California held that a corporation that is represented by in-house counsel may recover attorney fees under Civil Code § 1717. The case is PLCM v. Drexler, and can be found on the Web at: http://caselaw.findlaw.com/data2/californiastatecases/S080201.PDF.
Ten tips for e-businessesBy Diana J.P. McKenzieFebruary 2000As Internet startups have demonstrated to brick-and-mortar businesses, there is money to be made in e-commerce.
UCITA is coming! UCITA is coming! (One if by land, two if by C)By Eugene F. FriedmanNovember 2000The Illinois General Assembly has recently witnessed the introduction of the Uniform Computer Information Transfer Act ("UCITA"), 1999 Illinois Senate Bill 1309.
U.S. Supreme Court upholds Miranda warningsJuly 2000In 1966 the Supreme Court published the landmark decision of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, which required law enforcement officers to give certain warnings before a suspect's statement made during custodial interrogation could be admitted in evidence.
Workplace violence—practical and legal issues and answersBy Seyfarth ShawSeptember 2000You are the Human Resources vice president for your company. A division manager reports that an employee on the first shift has been acting very strangely and recently threatened to "blow his supervisor away."