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47 Prac. Law. 3 (2001)

handle is hein.ali/praclaw0047 and id is 1 raw text is: THE PRACTICAL Published by The American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education eight times a year Everyone Wants To Be a Millionaire: Valuing Damages in Employment Cases Rhonda Anderson Marks 11 The typical plaintiff in an employment discrimina- tion case is absolutely, unshakably certain of some- thing: that his or her case is worth a fortune in dam- ages. This, of course, is rarely the case. But how do you convince the overly sanguine client? The first step is to make sure that you really know what the case is worth and the second is to make sure that the client understands how you arrived at your num- bers. In this article, employment litigator Rhonda Anderson Marks explains how to calculate damages in employment discrimination cases, and how to keep the client's expectations down to earth. Conducting Internal Investigations and Preserving the Attorney-Client Privilege Herv6 Gouraige and Elisabeth Riedmueller 23 At some point, your business client will probably have to conduct an internal investigation. The inves- tigation may arise from a wrongful termination, a customer complaint, an audit, or a lawsuit. Or there may be a need for an internal investigation, and your client hasn't recognized it yet. Whatever the circum- stances, the client needs to know how to conduct the investigation when the need arises, and you need to know how to help the client to preserve the attorney- client and work product privileges. In this article, Herv6 Gouraige and Elisabeth Riedmueller explain how to do both. Conducting Telephonic Board of Directors Meetings (with Model Bylaw) J. Grant McGuire 33 Is a face-to-face board of directors meeting always necessary? Given modem communications technolo- gy, the answer is clearly no. But there is more to conducting the telephonic meeting than setting up a basic conference call. In this article, J. Grant McGuire discusses when a telephonic meeting is appropriate, how to conduct it, and supplies a model bylaw that specifically allows for telephonic board meetings. Antitrust Implications of B2Bs Ilene Knable Gotts 39 Business to business (B2B) electronic marketplaces create a cost-effective and efficient infrastructure for industry-specific buyers and sellers to transact busi- ness. But where there are information exchanges among industry-specific groups, there can be serious antitrust concerns. In this article, antitrust lawyer Ilene Knable Gotts explains how to make sure that the venture does not facilitate collusion, is not over- inclusive or under-inclusive in membership criteria, or have negative spillover effects on other markets. Fourteen Hot Legal Techno.Tips By Sheryn Bruehl 49 Let's face it: At this late date everybody but the most zealous legal Luddite has a computer. But that does- n't mean that everybody who's got one knows how to get the best out of it. In this article, Sheryn Bruehl offers 14 practice-tested tips for getting computers- and other information technology tools-to deliver greater flexibility utility and even quality of life. Grammatical Lawyer The Law of the Lawyer Web-Wise Lawyer 5 ALI-ABA and ABA CLE Calendars 7 Programs, Publications, and Playbacks JANUARY 2001 VOLUME 47/NUMBER 1

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