Archive for May, 2005

Shamelessly hustling your votes

Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

The 2005 TechnoLawyer @ Awards began on May 16. Voting ends on June 10 at midnight.A category of particular interest to us is “Favorite Practice Area Blog.”So far the voting is very light. We’ve been encouraged to try to whip up enthusiasm among our loyal readers.So please vote for us! (You have to [...]

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I’m Back: Let’s Chat About E-Mail Newsletters for Talent Recruitment

Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

If you noticed I had not posted for awhile, it is because I was in Switzerland (Zurich, to be precise), and then Belgium. Zurich is beautiful, clean, safe…and expensive!Anyhow, there is a new emphasis on e-mail newsletters for talent recruitment. According to this Workforce.com article, companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, Microsoft and Siemens are [...]

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This one smells

Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

Is an employer required by the ADA to reasonably accomodate an employee who claims a coworker’s perfume makes her sick?Possibly. Fragrance sensitivity appears to be a recognized form of allergy. Whether it meets the stringent ADA definition of “disability” is certainly open to challenge. If it does, there may be a duty to reasonably accomodate, [...]

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George’s big three hot topics

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

Someone asked my thoughts on “the most pressing issues facing corporate compliance officers and their companies . . . ” The request was for “two or three hot topics, and a brief paragraph describing why you believe each is relevant.” (photo by renegade via flickr)I only know what I know (duh!), so there are surely [...]

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Insiders with axe to grind wreak cyber-havoc

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

Need another reason to maintain good employee relations with IT professionals? To keep HR and IT talking? To improve IT security? Read on. (photo by one for the road via flickr) An investigation of insider attacks on computer systems in critical infrastructure sectors found that in most cases the primary motivation for the [...]

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