Subject Index

The following are links to every article, listed by subject category, that have appeared in The Independent Counsel newsletter since its first publication in 1994.

Contracts / Government Contracts

• Know Your Foreign Export Broker! — Winter 2006
• HIPAA Compliance-by the Non-Health Care Business! — Winter 2005
• Seller Beware — Spring 2004
• Design Liability, a Cautionary Tale — Spring 1999
• Federal Bid Protests — Winter 1998
• Teaming Agreements — Spring/Summer 1996
• Letters of Intent — Winter 1996
• COTS Contracting — Spring/Summer 1994

Commercial Transactions

• Don't Fall a Needless Casualty in the "Battle of the Forms" — Spring/Summer 1995

Compliance

• The Attorney - Client Privilege — Winter 1996
• Dealing with Command and Control Regulations — Spring/Summer 1995
• Health, Safety and Environmental Standards ("HSE") — Fall 1994
• Avoid or Mitigate Penalties Through a Compliance Program — Spring/Summer 1994

Corporate / Corporate Finance

• A Guide To Incorporating a United States Subsidiary (Part I)— Winter 2006
• Veil Piercing: Some Practical Guidelines — Winter 2005
• Chapter 156D — Massachusetts' New Business Corporation Act — Spring 2004
• Conducting a Stock Offering Over the Internet — Winter 1998
• Thinking of Going Public? (Part II) — Fall 1994
• Exercise of Stock Options — Fall 1994
• Consider a Shareholders' Buy/Sell Agreement — Fall 1994
• Qualified vs. Nonqualified Stock Options — Spring/Summer 1994
• Thinking of Going Public? (Part I) — Spring/Summer 1994

Employment

• Risks to the Employer of Deferring Wages — Spring 2004
• Conduct Periodic Human Resource Audits — Spring 1999
• Employees vs. Independent Contractors — Spring/Summer 1996
• A Company Policy on Internet Sex — Spring/Summer 1995
• Outsourcing - A Legal Perspective — Spring/Summer 1995
• Overtime - Do it Right — Fall 1994
• Taming COBRA — Spring/Summer 1994
• How to Terminate Effectively — Spring/Summer 1994
• Mass. "Tin Parachute" Law Voided — Winter 1994
• 401(k) Plan Distributions Prove Tricky

Intellectual Property / Software Licensing

• Trade Secrets: When and How to Disclose — Winter 2005
• Protecting Your Company's Confidential Information — Winter 1998
• The Shrinking Protection of the Shrink-Wrap License — Spring/Summer 1996
• When is a Hard Bargain Duress? — Winter 1994

International Sales

• The International Joint Venture (Part III): Planning Your End Game — Spring/Summer 1996
• The International Joint Venture (Part II): How to Negotiate a Joint Venture Agreement — Spring/Summer 1995
• The International Joint Venture (Part I): How to Choose a Joint Venture Partner - Fall 1994
• Overseas Reps--Sales Agents or Independent Resellers? — Spring/Summer 1994

Internet Law

• Domain Names: Practical & Legal Concerns (Part I) — Winter 2006
• California's Online Privacy Protection Act — Winter 2005
• The Web Linking Agreement — Spring 1999
• Jurisdiction Over Web Sites, or "Where Will I be Sued Next?" — Spring 1999
• A New Arena for Legal Conflict — Winter 1996
• A Company Policy on Internet Sex — Spring/Summer 1995

Real Estate / Facilities

• The Fair and Reasonable Real Estate Lease — Winter 1996
• Reduce Your Maintenance Charges — Winter 1994

THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL, William F. Swiggart, Editor, is published periodically by The Association of Independent General Counsel ("AIGC").

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