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October 2007 - Volume 7, Number 2 |
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COVER
STORY |
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LEAGUE OF JUSTICE
The
California CEO
inaugural League of
Justice includes four special
features covering today's
legal environment and
informs readers of
important issues in the
legal field and profiles
several amazing
attorneys. |
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ECHOES OF CHANGE
Ensconced as one of Los Angeles’ top attorneys,
L. Rachel Helyar has come as close as possible
to one of the Middle
East’s most
unpredictable
battlegrounds –
Turkmenistan – where she
helped resolve a
seemingly impenetrable
conflict between a
heavy-handed dictator
and a Western oil
company.
Read
Full Article
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A
KNACK FOR WINNING
Almost 20 years
ago, a shooting occurred at government
contractor ESL Inc. that still reverberates
throughout Silicon Valley. A former employee,
Richard Wade Farley, returned to the ESL campus
in Sunnyvale. He killed seven people, injured
four others and held off a police SWAT team in a
five-hour siege.
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Full Article |
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DIVIDED NOT CONQUERED
Imagine you are a top-tier lawyer. You deal
daily with things major and minor, from oil
disputes in former Russian territories to
financial problems of garage-level startups. The
great equalizer, however, is that you’re also a
parent - of a teenage son no less. As every
parent knows, a teenager on the loose in the
summer can challenge your nerves.
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LAWYERING AMONG THE STARS
Anna Nicole Smith likely despised Bruce Jeffer.
His firm, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP,
(JMBM) represents one of Smith’s many courtroom
enemies – in this case, the son of her oil
tycoon husband.
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Full Article |
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HEALTHCARE |
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WHAT CEO'S CAN DO ABOUT HEALTHCARE COSTS
For
many California companies, the largest
expenditure after payroll remains employee
health insurance.
In reality,
health insurance cost increases are more
dramatic than the Kaiser survey noted, since
many employers are increasing monthly premium
contributions and/or increasing the
out-of-pocket exposure for employees. Without
these shifts, inflation in premiums would have
been much higher.
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Full Article |
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A
STRATEGY THAT SOMETIMES BECOMES A
NECESSITY FOR TODAY'S MODERN
CORPORATION |
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LEGAL |
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NAVIGATING THE CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING PROCESS
Corporate
restructuring has evolved from stigma to
strategy over the last twenty years.
Historically, corporate executives had fewer
resources at their disposal to navigate troubled
waters. Today, American businesses leverage
corporate restructuring as a strategic vehicle
to lead the way to stakeholder profitability and
enduring market value. Such use has resulted in
many companies emerging from Chapter 11
protection leaner, more competitive and better
positioned for long-term growth.
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Full Article |
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by California CEO Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
The California CEO logomark is a trademark of California CEO Inc. |
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CALIFORNIA INC
Short
Takes On State Business |
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ON THE ROAD AGAIN |
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Truckers have a lot of time to think. It
must have been during one of those long-haul
trips that some trucker came up with a new idea
for cutting down on those ugly black clouds
pouring out of his smokestack. |
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BAD MEDICINE |
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Mistakes in prescriptions and use of
over-the-counter drugs or kill 150,000
Californians and costs the state $17.7 billion,
according to a state Medication Errors Panel. |
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Best
Company Nominations |
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Is
Your Company a Best Company to Work For? |
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California CEO is
now accepting nominations for
'Best Company to Work For'.
Take this opportunity to
nominate a company you respect,
including your own! Please
go to our
online nomination form
and nominate your favorite
company today. |
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