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Situation checklists - I’ve started an online reading notebook
July 23, 2008
Like most lawyers, I do a lot of legal reading. I often run across information that I think to myself, this would be good to keep in mind when X happens. The problem, of course, is that when X does happen, I might or might not remember to think about the information I read.
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Negotiating a customer’s code-of-conduct compliance request in a contract
July 9, 2008
I just posted to the Drafter’s Choice blog a short piece on “Negotiating a customer’s code-of-conduct compliance request in a contract.” It tells of a client negotiation I helped with last week.
Eight unconventional reference-check questions
July 8, 2008
The Business Pundit blog suggests eight questions, going beyond the usual ones, for hiring managers to ask when they check a candidate’s references.
On a related subject, here’s a list of legal and illegal interview questions by the University of Albany Office of Human Resources Management. I don’t know how current or accurate it is, but [...]
Outsourcing contracts: Six suggested clauses
July 5, 2008
In researching something, I happened upon an article in CIO Magazine from March 2007: "Outsourcing Contracts: Clause Control," by Stephanie Overby. The article talks about several clauses that outsourcing customers might want in their service contracts:
Benchmarking - the right to renegotiate pricing if a benchmark survey shows that the contract pricing is significantly above market
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Employee fired, charged with bringing former employer’s confidential information with him
July 2, 2008
An executive asks and is given for confidential sales information, marked as “confidential” and with a request not to distribute it. Not long afterwards, he quits and takes a similar position with a competitor of his former employer. Shortly after that, on his own initiative, he gives the confidential information to his new employer. [...]