ABA Section of Business Law
Business Law Today
Volume 10, Number 2 November/December 2000
The employer as monitor
By SINDY J. POLICY
Let’s say a company you’re advising is wary of being sued by one of its employees because another employee might use the e-mail system to sexually harass her. The company should try this: Let employees know that their e-mail use as well as Internet use is subject to being monitored by the company. That should greatly reduce questionable activities. But what about invasion of privacy? The author covers the issues.on
A sample company policy on e-mail and Internet usage
Show me the money! Or else.
By STEVEN B. TREU
Does your client company have trouble collecting debts? The author recounts an amazing collection of tales of credit and collection. The resulting court cases that may serve as some sort of warning -- however twisted.
Such a deal!
By GARRETT ORDOWER
This is all about making a deal, seeing to it that a merger and acquisition happens. Lawyers who’ve done their share draw some lessons from deals they’ve helped work out. The article includes a handy checklist at the end.
Some lessons learned
What’s the big deal?
By JOHN J. JENKINS
So what are the elements here? A board of directors, a stockholders’ meeting, a threatened lawsuit. With recent court decisions in mind, lawyers are a little less comfortable as they advise on doing the deal. The "no talk" provision has been ruled invalid. There is increasing concern about how board-approved deal protections affect stockholder voting rights. Lawyers seek enforceable deal protections in merger agreements. What’s going on? It’s a mixed bag.
Delaware buzzwords
What about other jurisdictions?
Seeing the big picture
By JAGDISH SHETH and ANDREW SOBEL
Expertise is being reduced to a commodity – even the expertise of lawyers. Clients try to get their answers on the Net, not in your office. What’s a lawyer to do? They need to look at the big picture. Overcome the "expert mindset" and see commonalties rather than differences. The article is a guide to building enduring client relationships in a new age.
That firm approach
By David Bender and Lawrence Levin
The Web provides new opportunities for illegitimate business ventures. Computer crime is generally directed against a single company. The problem is greater because no central authority regulates the Internet.
From the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
DEPARTMENTS
The employer as monitor By SINDY J. POLICY
Let’s say a company you’re advising is wary of being sued by one of its employees because another employee might use the e-mail system to sexually harass her. The company should try this: Let employees know that their e-mail use as well as Internet use is subject to being monitored by the company. That should greatly reduce questionable activities. But what about invasion of privacy? The author covers the issues.on
A sample company policy on e-mail and Internet usageShow me the money! Or else.
By STEVEN B. TREU
Does your client company have trouble collecting debts? The author recounts an amazing collection of tales of credit and collection. The resulting court cases that may serve as some sort of warning -- however twisted.
Such a deal!
By GARRETT ORDOWER
This is all about making a deal, seeing to it that a merger and acquisition happens. Lawyers who’ve done their share draw some lessons from deals they’ve helped work out. The article includes a handy checklist at the end.
Some lessons learned
What’s the big deal?
By JOHN J. JENKINS
So what are the elements here? A board of directors, a stockholders’ meeting, a threatened lawsuit. With recent court decisions in mind, lawyers are a little less comfortable as they advise on doing the deal. The "no talk" provision has been ruled invalid. There is increasing concern about how board-approved deal protections affect stockholder voting rights. Lawyers seek enforceable deal protections in merger agreements. What’s going on? It’s a mixed bag.
Delaware buzzwords
What about other jurisdictions?
Seeing the big picture
By JAGDISH SHETH and ANDREW SOBEL
Expertise is being reduced to a commodity – even the expertise of lawyers. Clients try to get their answers on the Net, not in your office. What’s a lawyer to do? They need to look at the big picture. Overcome the "expert mindset" and see commonalties rather than differences. The article is a guide to building enduring client relationships in a new age.
That firm approach
By David Bender and Lawrence Levin
The Web provides new opportunities for illegitimate business ventures. Computer crime is generally directed against a single company. The problem is greater because no central authority regulates the Internet.
From the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
DEPARTMENTS
