ABA Section of Business Law
May/June 2001 (Volume 10, Number 5)
Features:
What will happen to your law firm?
Choose one: a) castaway, or b) survivor
By Michael A. Bedke
Law firm merger mania seems to taking over the profession. Are
the only choices for a firm to grow or die? And yes, size does matter
in a law firm. The author looks at conflict-of-interest concerns
when you consider whether you will acquire or be acquired. After
all, it's getting harder and harder to be an island in a sea of
law-firm mergers.
Get a grip!
Regulating cyberspace won't be easy
By John C. Beck
The Internet just keeps on spreading. E-commerce is inundating
us all. But will it ever be regulated? What if one nation handles
it one way and another does it differently? We have to face the
fact that eventually there will be regulation.
Paying a lawyer with stock
Tales of the SEC and Form S-8
By Gregory C. Yadley and Julio C. Esquivel
So the company's a little short on cash. It wants to settle up with its lawyer in the company's stock. OK? What about that Form S-8? A tale of consultants, advisors and possible insider trading. Here's what to keep in mind.
Is the one in the hand really worth
two in the office?
That pocket-sized device could be a nightmare
By Spencer G. Feldman
We're talking about hand-held computers. Since a person now can
have access to the Net and to e-mail in hand (literally), what does
that say about security? Extortionists can get access. Competitors
can get access. What if you lose it or it's stolen? And then there
are cell-phone problems. A look at the security concerns.
Is it always better to share?
Careful what you do with that customer information
By Cynthia A. Glassman
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 discussed, among other things, consumer concerns. Should customer information be shared with other companies? A bank, for instance, must tell customers what they do with their private information. This data, this information sharing, now must be handled differently than it was before the legislation.
Third World for us, new world for
them
U.S. lawyers take their expertise abroad
By Garrett Ordower
This piece details assorted programs that are available to U.S.
lawyers who would like to take a little breather from their pressure-cooker
life at the firm over here and take on a different type of pressure
over there. And not just anywhere over there - over there in the
Third World. What's involved?
Those Delaware LLCs - another
look
How they could work for you
By Fredric J. Bendremer
Business Law Today has looked at some of the characteristics of the LLC Act in Delaware before. We're back, looking at more aspects and how this flexible form of business organization can work for business lawyers.
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