On Thursday, December 2nd, 2010, I will be part of panel discussing some of the effects of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on real estate investment management firms. The session is open to the public, but not free. Panelists John Schneider, Principal, KPMG LLP Paul D. Schwartz, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP … Read more »
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Salute a Veteran
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed … Read more »
Legal Enterprise 2.0 Success Story
Penny Edwards of Headshift shares a Legal Enterprise 2.0 Success Story. Matthew Arnold & Baldwin LLP, a regional firm in the United Kingdom, put the firm’s intranet, “The Cube”, up for the Law Society’s Excellence in Innovation Awards. The firm came away with a Shortlisted Award. The Cube is Matthew Arnold & Baldwin LLP’s adoption … Read more »
Jim Cramer’s Sound Board
From CNBC’s Mad Money: We’ve Recreated Cramer’s Official Soundboard! Fun for any Mad Money fan, you can enjoy all the great sounds on Cramer’s board. Boo-Yah! Yes, the buttons make sounds. Read more »
The LexisNexis Top 25 Business Law Blogs of 2010
In a clear case of voting error, LexisNexis decided to include Compliance Building in the LexisNexis Top 25 Business Law Blogs of 2010. I’m regular reader of most of those 25 blogs and think they’re wonderful. I’m happy to be included with such great content sites. For some reason, LexisNexis is not satisfied with just … Read more »
Enjoy Columbus Day
I’m enjoying Columbus Day. School is closed and the office is closed. The Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the New World in 1492. The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria Come to the World’s Columbian Exposition During the fair, replicas of the Nina, the Pinta, … Read more »
Organized Labor and Social Media Policies
While preparing for my presentation today on social media policies, I came a cross this great article by Seth Borden: Labor Disputes Arising out of Social Media. Having organized labor in your workforce will complicate the creation and enforcement of a social media policy. Potential unionizing activities offer similar problems. Employers must consider traditional labor … Read more »
Virtual Corporate Counsel Forum: Social Media Policies
The folks at ALM are producing an online version of their Corporate Counsel’s annual General Counsel Conferences. I’m stepping in to fill a lat minute vacancy for one session: Social Media Policies: Crafting a Uniform Policy Across your Organization and Enforcing It. I’ll be joining Valerie L. Boccadoro, Director and Senior Intellectual Property Counsel at … Read more »
100 Best Legal Blogs
The ABA Journal is compiling its annual list of 100 best legal blogs (They use “blawgs.” I hate that term.) They would like your advice on which legal blogs you think they should include. Use the Blawg 100 Amici form to tell the ABA Journal about a legal blog that you read regularly and think … Read more »
Social Networking Malware as Affinity Fraud
Panda Security released its first annual Social Media Risk Index for small- and medium-sized businesses. They surveyed 315 US SMBs with up to 1,000 employees during the month of July. 33 percent of these companies had experienced a malware or virus infection from social networks 23 percent citing employee privacy violations resulting in the loss … Read more »