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In this regular feature, Bulletproof interviews top plaintiffs’ counsel for their perspective on the crises likely to affect businesses in the near future. Today, we speak to Donald Haviland of Haviland Hughes, LLC in Philadelphia. Mr. Haviland has filed a lawsuit in a Philadelphia federal court on behalf of three claimants, and is seeking class status, to force Johnson & ... READ MORE

The top six social media tips to know before you leave the office. Since its launch two years ago, Apple’s App Store has served up more than 3 billion downloads from its library of more than 140,000 apps. Combined with the growing popularity of the Android phone and the availability of new Blackberry apps, this deluge of smartphone activity has presented ... READ MORE

As companies seek to enhance anti-corruption controls in the face of increased regulator and media scrutiny, it should be noted that there are a number of benchmarks against which any effective compliance program can be measured. There are U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines; Transparency International's Business Principles for Countering Bribery; the World Economic Forum’s Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (WEF PACI); the ... READ MORE

As part of a continuing series of Bulletproof Blog™ video interviews with thought leaders across multiple disciplines and industries, I recently sat down with Nick Allard of Patton Boggs LLP to discuss the state of lobbying at a time of significant reputational focus for the industry. With politicians and others (from late night comedians to think tanks) rarely missing an opportunity ... READ MORE

Bulletproof’s Weekly Web Wrap-Up offers a compilation of key discussions regarding social media’s increasing relevance to business. If you’re a regular Bulletproof reader, you probably understand the full scope of social media’s impact on communications and marketing today. But if your bosses or the decision-makers at your company haven’t yet fully grasped social media’s importance, it can be difficult to muster ... READ MORE

As labor and employment issues shed light on the recovering job market, Bulletproof Blog™ presents the next in a series of video interviews with leading legal and reputational strategists on the topic of diversity in 2010 and beyond. In today’s installment, Charles Volkert, Esq., Executive Director of Robert Half Legal, a leading staffing firm specializing in the placement of attorneys, paralegals, ... READ MORE