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When asked by some reporter the secret of his success, Hall of Fame pitcher Lefty Gomez famously replied, “Clean living and a fast outfield.”
As executive employment lawyers, the foundation for our clients’ success, if somewhat less colorful than that of the... Read More
“The life of the law” wrote legendary Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in The Common Law (1881), “has not been logic, it has been experience.” More than half a century ago, in his book The Historical Foundations of the Common... Read More
As executive employment attorneys, in addition to our representation of executives in finance, industry and media, one of our concentrations is the negotiation of contracts for university and college presidents, provosts and senior deans in charge of major academic departments.
Some of... Read More
By contrast, when a college or university president’s contract is up for renewal, the situation is different and a different... Read More
As executive compensation attorneys, we represent college and university presidents in their contract negotiations. As I have written at length elsewhere, for a prospective president to “do it yourself” or to be represented... Read More
Here are the essential reasons why every executive client -- both before as well as after they have retained an executive employment attorney -- should not be speaking or writing or emailing or connecting on social media, even to friends much less... Read More
Earlier last year, in anticipation of favorable legislation under a Republican administration, the consulting firm Korn Ferry (in an on-line Commentary dated June 11, 2017), in response to criticism that the gap between the compensation paid to... Read More
What is the American executive who just has been terminated without Cause entitled to receive, if anything?
The detailed answer varies according to the executive’s particular situation, but the general answer is: whatever the executive is entitled to receive either Read More
Executive compensation and employment attorneys deal with C-suite executives who are smart, knowledgeable about their own businesses and areas of expertise, and generally quite sophisticated. As a result, it is easy to assume that these same executives have extensive experience with lawyers... Read More
Employment lawyers and executive compensation attorneys have long been aware that in terms of protecting employees from discrimination, the New York City Human Rights Law has a far broader reach than any single Federal statute or, indeed, any combination of Federal statutes.... Read More