Labor/Employment
Jun. 6, 2000
HIGH STAKES
Bottom Line: By Richard S. Rosenberg Routine personnel matters have the potential to become high-stakes personal-injury litigation with disastrous financial consequences for the firm and its owners. Indeed, hardly a week goes by without a report of a substantial settlement or jury award involving claims of workplace discrimination, sex harassment or wrongful termination. Law firms certainly have had their share of these cases. How is it that a firm's greatest asset (its people) is also the source of its greatest exposure? What can be done to minimize this risk?
By Richard S. Rosenberg
Routine personnel matters have the potential to become high-stakes personal-injury litigation with disastrous financial consequences for the firm and its owners. Indeed, hardly a week goes by without a report of a substantial settlement or jury award involving claims of workplace dis...
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