NAMWOLF Friends -
The latest edition of the NAMWOLF Newsletter is attached for your reading pleasure. Please remember to circulate this email to all the members of your firm. There is only one recipient for your firm and you are it. This newsletter is being published in a new e-mail friendly format. Click on each of the headlines below for the full text of the article. The deadline for submissions for the next newsletter is April 15th.
I want to thank our Newsletter team, Crystal Vanderputten (The Livingston Law Firm, Walnut Creek, CA), Marquettes Robinson (Thacker Martinsek, Cleveland, OH), Jane Kalata (NAMWOLF) and continuing help from Past Editor, (Justi Miller, Berens Miller, Minneapolis, MN).
Please feel free to share your comments and suggestions.
Sonjui L. Kumar
Kumar, Prabhu, Patel & Banerjee, LLC - Atlanta, GA
skumar@kppblaw.com
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MINORITY & WOMEN OWNED LAW FIRMS NAMES JOEL STERN NEW CEO
LOOKING TO INCREASE ITS CLOUT WITH CORPORATE LEGAL DEPARTMENTS COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED LAW FIRMS, INC. (NAMWOLF) HAS NAMED A FORMER LONGTIME IN-HOUSE COUNSEL WITH SENIOR-LEVEL BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AS ITS NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
Joel Stern, who spent 14 years as deputy general counsel of Accenture and has advised numerous Fortune 500 companies and law firms, becomes CEO of NAMWOLF.
He is the organization's third top executive since its founding in 2001.
NAMWOLF is the country's leading professional association for law firms owned by minorities and women - a community that is growing nationally. Its principal mission is to serve as a trusted networking resource connecting corporate law departments with qualified minority and women owned law firms. The organization is frequently called on by companies in their due diligence and vetting of outside counsel. Today, its members include 119 law firms in 34 states. A full list of current members can be found by clicking here.
Collectively, NAMWOLF member firms represent a cross-section of corporate America, as well as preeminent public institutions, universities, municipalities and other clients. Among well-known companies that have been sponsors and partners of NAMWOLF programs are Accenture, American Airlines, Comcast, Freddie Mac, Morgan Stanley, Nationwide Mutual Insurance, NBCUniversal, Prudential Financial, Visa and Walmart. (Click to read the rest of the article)
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Thank you to your Miami area Law Firm Member Sponsors, as well as RVM, Inc.; NightOwl; Ricoh; Discovery Services LLC! The 2014 Business Meeting in Miami proved to be one of NAMWOLF's best ever. Besides the warm and inviting temperatures of South Florida, attendees socialized with their NAMWOLF law firm and in-house colleagues, and increased their engagement and visibility within the organization. (Click to read the rest of the article)
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Luncheon Featuring Malcolm Medley, Sponsored by the Labor & Employment Practice Area Group
Malcolm Medley, the District Director for the Miami District Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, was the keynote speaker at a February 11th luncheon sponsored by the Labor and Employment Practice Area Committee ("L&E PAC") of the National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF). (Click to read the rest of the article)
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Corporate Counsel Spotlight: Paul Chadha
Paul Chadha, in-house counsel at Accenture LLP, a Chicago-based multibillion- dollar consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company, has been a long-time supporter and member of NAMWOLF. At Accenture's Legal Group, Paul focuses on corporate law and structuring transactions. Paul assists clients with a wide assortment of legal matters, ranging from confidentiality agreements to more complex issues related to consulting and outsourcing agreements, as well as data privacy and export compliance. (Click to read the rest of the article)
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Law Firm Member Spotlight: Rahman LLC
By Guy M. Miller, Rahman LLC
Experience. Dedication. Solutions. These are the driving principles of the intellectual property (IP) law firm of Rahman LLC located in Columbia, Maryland in the Baltimore-Washington corridor. The firm started in 2008 at the onset of the financial crisis. However, the firm saw this as an opportunity to become a niche law firm while other firms in the market were contracting or dissolving all together. The firm offers targeted services related to patent, trademark, and copyright prosecution, litigation, and related services. (Click to read the rest of the article)
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Confidentiality In All Internal Investigations
By Hillary J. Massey, Schwartz Hannum, PC, Andover, MA
The National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") recently released an Advice Memorandum reiterating that an employer may not instruct employees to keep all workplace investigations confidential. Rather, an employer may issue a confidentiality instruction only if it can show that the particular circumstances justify it. (Click to read the rest of the article)
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By Carrie Zochert, Berens & Miller, P.A., Minneapolis, MN
Over 675,000 persons are released from prisons in the U.S. each year. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, as of 2011, nearly one in 50 adults was on probation or parole, or approximately 4,814,200 people. Not surprisingly, it is common practice for employers to conduct background screening of job applicants. Employers do so for a number of legitimate reasons, such as reducing theft, embezzlement and fraud, avoiding risks related to workplace violence, and verifying the accuracy of information on an application and/or resume. ( Click here to read the rest of the article) |
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