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Author Archives: Joe Ahmad
First Rule of Succession Planning – Have a Plan
I had a chance to talk with Hart Energy’s Joe Markman recently about one of the touchiest – and most important – jobs in the c-suite and the board room: succession planning. The just-published article is an interesting read and … Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Corporate culture, Corporate successsion, Executive Compensation, Executive contracts
Tagged CEOs, corporate succession, executives, Joe Ahmad, succession planning
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CEO Leadership in the Eye of the Storm
Hurricane Ian was bearing down on southwest Florida when Postcard Mania CEO Joy Gendusa hopped on a video call with her employees from her SUV as she was headed out of town. The storm would be “a nothing burger,” … Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Complaints Against Executives, Corporate culture, Executive Management Style
Tagged CEOs, complaints against executives, Employee safety, Executive management style
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Can CEO’s learn something from Dolphins owner Stephen Ross’s problems with the NFL?
Earlier this week, multibillionaire and longtime Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross was found to have violated the league’s tampering rules in a scheme described as “unprecedented in scope and severity” by commissioner Roger Goodell. It’s hard for someone like me … Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Complaints Against Executives, Corporate culture, Fraud, Non-Competes, Sports contracts
Tagged cheating, executive, executives, fraud, NFL, Roger Goodell
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Despite Two Closely Watched Trial Losses, DOJ Pressing on with Controversial Criminal No-Poaching, Price-Fixing Antitrust Enforcement
Is the DOJ going too far by aggressively pursuing criminal no-poach and price-fixing charges as per se violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act? In two recent trials testing these enforcement theories for the first time, jurors thought the government’s cases … Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Complaints Against Executives, Criminal Prosecutions, Non-Competes
Tagged competition regulation, Criminal Prosecutions, DOJ, no-poach agreements, price fixing, Sherman Antitrust Act
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Covid-19’s Latest Side Effect: A Stampede of Whistleblowers at the SEC
It seems every day we find new ways the pandemic has upended the way we live and work. Just ask anyone in HR, data security and compliance. It’s no secret that housebound and hybrid workers have been keeping them awake … Continue reading
Posted in Business Continuity, Corporate culture, Uncategorized, Whistleblowers
Tagged corporate culture, CoVid, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, whistleblowers
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Panel of Global Employment Lawyers Agrees on One Thing: U.S. Noncompete Laws Create Unique Challenges
The state-by-state patchwork of noncompete laws is difficult enough for U.S.-based businesses, let alone employers with a cross-border presence. I had the pleasure of exploring this topic with a panel of U.S. and UK-based employment lawyers as part to the … Continue reading
Posted in Covenants Not to Compete, Executive contracts, Litigation, Non-Competes, Trade Secrets
Tagged covenant not to compete, covenants not to compete, non-compete, non-compete agreements, non-compete clauses, noncompetes
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Unjust Accusations Against Doctor Highlight a Pervasive Prejudice
I’m proud to be able to help Dr. Hasan Gokal start down the road toward justice and begin putting his life back together. The damage he suffered to his reputation and the injustice he experienced shine a light on the … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate culture, Criminal Prosecutions, Discrimination
Tagged corporate culture, Discrimination, Dr. Hasan Gokal, Joe Ahmad
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There’s More to Learn from Jeopardy! than Trivia
Q: This household-name company allowed an insider to lead a high-profile executive search only to end up hiring himself for the job. It then failed to perform basic vetting that might have uncovered the new guy’s embarrassing history of insensitive … Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Complaints Against Executives, Corporate successsion, Executive contracts, Executive Management Style
Tagged Alex Trebek, corporate succession, Executive Search, Internal candidates, Jeopardy!, Mike Richards, succession planning
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When it Comes to Lawyers and Allegiances, Execs Should Look Out for No. 1
Embattled former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes learned an inconvenient truth when it comes to allegiances between outside law firms, their corporate clients and individuals on the executive team. In pretrial wrangling before the August 31 start of her federal criminal … Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Complaints Against Executives, Confidential Information, Executive contracts
Tagged attorney-client privilege, CEOs, complaints against executives, confidentiality agreements, Elizabeth Holmes
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Former MLB Pitcher Claims Astros Stole More than Hand Signals in Runup to 2017 World Series
Former MLB pitcher Mike Bolsinger has come up with a novel legal strategy as he (literally) relitigates his shoddy third-of-an-inning performance against the Astros in their runup to the 2017 World Series. The journeyman pitcher gave up four runs and … Continue reading
Posted in Defend Trade Secrets Act, Litigation, Trade Secrets, Uncategorized, Uniform Trade Secrets Act
Tagged baseball, trade secrets, Uniform Trade Secrets Act
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