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Corporate Counsel
Mastering The Triple Play: Skills For Negotiators And Leaders
Editor: Please tell us about your background and practice. Newman: I lead the real estate practice at Sills Cummis. I practice as a transactional lawyer, a litigator and a counselor, and my education credentials include a law degree and an LLM in taxation, both from NYU. I worked on Wall...
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The Beauty Pageant
“It becomes about managing managers! Hire top quality managers. It’s about hiring ‘A’ players. ‘A’ players make all the difference! Effective leaders hire the ‘A.’ A’s are never too expensive … lesser-level hires are always too...
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Practical Discussion Of Issues And Effective Strategies For Internal Investigations
Editor: What is the impact of the FCPA, Whistleblowing, False Claims Act (including the qui tam provisions) and the UK and other antibribery laws on investigation procedures overall? Gouraige: The substantive legal rules don’t have a significant impact because internal investigation...
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POM Wonderful – Where Are We Now?
In January 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its much-anticipated ruling against POM Wonderful (POM), unanimously upholding Administrative Law Judge Michael Chappell’s May 2012 decision that POM lacked adequate substantiation for advertising claims that its products could...
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Knowledge Of Defense Process – Key To Competition For Defense Dollars
Editor: Please describe your background, including your work in defense and your role in the firm. Rothman: I started out practicing law in 1978 in Jersey City, where I litigated for a few years. I then opened my own law firm in Englewood in the general practice of law. While practicing law, I...
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The FTC And Social Media Advertising
In recent years, companies have been expanding their marketing practices to embrace blogging and other social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Generally speaking, the FTC treats social media the same as it does traditional media – the same three basic principles apply that...
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Social Media: From Computer To Courtroom
Introduction Social networks are more than tools to make “friends” and find “connections.” They provide business and government with an investigative source that is readily available and easily accessible. Indeed, both private industry and government alike are utilizing...
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