Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell's Business & Law Review

January 2006

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FINANCIAL SERVICES
The FDIC's Relationship Manager Program — designed to strengthen FDIC and bank management relationships and the efficiency of the supervisory process — can also improve efficiency for banks if they work closely and proactively to co-manage the relationship.
EMPLOYMENT LAW
Tattoos and facial and body piercings are creating increasing concern for employers who try to balance professional image and employee rights. Be sure that your managers and supervisors who enforce appearance policies know your company policies, are properly trained in the enforcement procedure and understand the risk for employment discrimination claims.

GREATEST HITS OF 2005
Top 5 articles on gcglaw.com written in 2005

1. Seller Beware. Cashier's Checks Not Always As Good As Cash

2. New Deferred Compensation Rules Require Immediate Action

3. Understanding ERISA: Does Your Participant-directed Retirement Plan Put You at Risk for Fiduciary Liability?

4. Bank-owned Life Insurance: Regulators Issue New Guidelines

5. Fed Rule on Trust-Preferred Securities Good News for Community Banks

Top 5 articles on gcglaw.com of all-time

1. Tattoos & Body Piercing: Avoiding Employment Discrimination Claims

2. Evaluating Your Most Important Asset: The Employee Performance Appraisal Process

3. Final Pay Check: What The Law Says

4. Restricted Stock or Options? Rethinking Equity Incentive Plans

5. New Hampshire Laws Target Salaried Workers' Final Pay and Withholding Rules

 

COMMENTARY
In his NHBR column, Don writes that our quest for political correctness may get in the way of a simple desire — to wish one another well.

Best wishes for a happy, healthy and successful 2006!

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