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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 Shannon Liss-Riordan of Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C. in Boston. Ms. Liss-Riordan represents plaintiffs in Pius Awuah et al. v Coverall North America Inc., a lawsuit that has taken employment reclassification cases to a ... READ MORE

The top six social media tips to know before you leave the office. In 2009, one in every ten U.S. companies reported that employee social media activity had done damage to the corporate brand. With increasing engagement on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking sites enabling employees to share thoughts, photos, personal information, and even gripes, it’s clear that companies need ... READ MORE

During the 1984 presidential campaign, veteran broadcast reporter Leslie Stahl ran a piece on the CBS Evening News that attempted to highlight perceived contradictions between President Ronald Reagan’s rhetoric and actions. The five-minute segment showed President Reagan giving speeches at the Special Olympics and a nursing home, making note of the fact that he had cut funding for children with ... READ MORE

Bulletproof’s Weekly Web Wrap-Up offers a compilation of key discussions regarding social media’s increasing relevance to business. This week, the AP Stylebook – a mainstay of the traditional press – finally began to embrace the digital revolution when it incorporated 42 new writing guidelines specifically designed for social media. At the same time, new forms of business integration using social media ... READ MORE

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 Robert A. Bracken in the Pittsburgh office of Pribanic Pribanic + Archinaco. Mr. Bracken is representing four online gamers in a case against Linden Research, creator of Second Life, and its founder Philip ... READ MORE

As the U.S. House and Senate begin conference negotiations on a final financial regulatory reform bill that is expected to reach the President’s desk by the July Fourth recess, proponents of the legislation are aggressively articulating that “the most far-reaching financial regulatory reforms in generations” are, at their core, a victory for the people over the powerful. This is a ... READ MORE