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User ID: enronccw PW: bnaweb22 -----Original Message----- From: "BNA Highlights" <bhighlig@bna.com<@ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES-+22BNA+20Highlights+22+20+3Cbhighlig+40bna+2Ecom+3E+40ENRON@ENRON.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 11:18 PM To: BNA Highlights Subject: June 6 -- BNA's Corporate Counsel Weekly ______________________________ BNA'S CORPORATE COUNSEL WEEKLY Highlights & Table of Contents June 6, 2001 ______________________________ ISSN 1522-5305 Registered Web subscribers can access the full text of these articles by using the URL link supplied. Information about becoming a subscriber or signing up for a FREE Web trial is available at http://web.bna.com or call BNA Customer Relations at 1-800-372-1033, Mon. - Fri. 8:30 am - 7:00 pm (ET). __________ HIGHLIGHTS __________ Disclosure: SEC-inspired task force says companies should voluntarily disclose more forward-looking financial data . . . Page 169 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4f8m6t1_ Shareholder Proposals: Request that options be rescinded, reauthorized may be excluded . . . Page 170 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4f7v4r7_ Securities Fraud: Intent not to honor stock option sold pursuant to oral contract violates '34 act . . . Page 170 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g0y7q7_ Disclosure: Companies continue to manipulate financial statements to offer "idealized" view of earnings . . . Page 171 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4f9q2q5_ Attorney-Client Privilege: Ad agency must produce draft ads containing lawyer's handwritten notes . . . Page 172 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4f2q3z5_ Corporate Counsel: Litigation would result in improper disclosure of defendant's confidences . . . Page 172 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g3c0g1_ Age Discrimination: Fired manager can't show bias even though employer destroyed documents used to plan RIF . . . Page 174 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g0f4b9_ _____ Focus _____ Disclosure: SEC staff developing rules that would require corporate insiders to file stock transaction reports electronically . . . Page 176 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g0y6m2_ _________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS _________________ Topical Summary Age Discrimination Not every RIF document must be retained by company . . . Page 174 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g0f4b9_ Attorney-Client Privilege Company must produce drafts with notes of target's counsel . . . Page 172 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4f2q3z5_ Privilege, work-product rule protect talks, PR firm's data . . . Page 172 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4f8m1k5_ Attorneys Court warns lawyers about citing unpublished opinions . . . Page 174 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g2k1z9_ Corporate Counsel In-house counsel disbarred for filing false reports, lying to SEC . . . Page 174 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g2k2a2_ Lawyer's duty of confidentiality derails wrongful discharge suit against employer . . . Page 172 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g3c0g1_ Disclosure E-filing of Section 16 reports could be required within a year . . . Page 176 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g0y6m2_ SEC's Hunt cites problem of revenue manipulation . . . Page 171 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4f9q2q5_ Task force recommends that companies disclose more forward-looking information . . . Page 169 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4f8m6t1_ FMLA High court lets stand decision finding FMLA notice rule invalid . . . Page 174 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g2k2a8_ Mergers and Acquisitions White & Case survey shows need to harmonize worldwide maze of inconsistent merger control laws . . . Page 171 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/A0A4G2K6Y8_ National Labor Relations Act NLRB revises language for settlements after temporary injunctions . . . Page 174 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g2k2a5_ Securities Overhaul of '33, '34 acts may be result of NMS review . . . Page 174 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g2k1z6_ Securities Fraud Oral promise to sell option intending to dishonor is fraud . . . Page 170 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g0y7q7_ Sexual Harassment No adverse job action if complaints not reported . . . Page 173 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4f9q2m5_ Shareholder Proposals Company may exclude request on reauthorization of options . . . Page 170 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4f7v4r7_ ______________ Table of Cases ______________ Application of the Federal Trade Commission for an Order Compelling Avrett Free & Ginsberg to Comply With a Subpoena for Documentary Material, In re (S.D.N.Y.) . . . Page 172 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4f2q3z5_ Brungart v. BellSouth Telecommunications Inc. (U.S.) . . . Page 174 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g2k2a8_ Copper Market Antitrust Litigation (Viacom Inc. v. Sumitomo Corp., In re (S.D.N.Y.) . . . Page 172 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4f8m1k5_ Florida Bar v. Wolis (Fla. (per curiam)) . . . Page 174 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g2k2a2_ Murray v. Chicago Transit Authority (7th Cir.) . . . Page 173 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4f9q2m5_ Rummery v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co. (7th Cir.) . . . Page 174 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g0f4b9_ Sorchini v. Covina, Cal. (9th Cir.) . . . Page 174 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g2k1z9_ Wharf (Holdings) Ltd. v. United International Holdings Inc. (U.S.) . . . Page 170 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g0y7q7_ Wise v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. (N.Y. Sup. Ct. App. Div. 1st Dept.) . . . Page 172 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ccw.nsf/id/a0a4g3c0g1_ __________ BNA's Corporate Counsel Weekly (ISSN 1522-5305) Highlights are published weekly by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1231 25th St., NW, Washington, DC 20037. For account information and changes, contact 1-800-372-1033 (M-F, 8:30 am-7:00 pm ET) To request retransmission or to order a copy of the summarized article, contact 1-800-452-7773 or e-mail bnaplus@bna.com. For copyright guidelines, go to http://www.bna.com/corp/copyright. Copyright © 2001 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. Washington, D.C. 20037
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