Trust the Leaders

Issue 2 / Winter 2002

• Special Needs Trusts Planning for the disabled population is an emerging legal specialty bringing new hope to the physically and mentally challenged.
• Large Scale Developments Large-scale developments likely to have effects outside the area in which they are located are often referred to as “Developments of Regional Impact” (DRIs). In many jurisdictions, DRI review is intended to guard against increased pollution, school overcrowding, traffic and other problems associated with large developments.
• The Post-Enron CEO: It’s Lonely at the Top Revelations of widespread accounting shenanigans designed to deceive investors and regulators have created a crisis of confidence in corporate America that played a significant role in a breathtaking decline and then prolonged malaise in the U.S. stock market.
• Move Over AIA: There’s a New Standard Form Construction Contract for Owners and Developers The Associated Owners and Developers (AOD) is a new standard form construction contract that promises to change dramatically the way the construction industry uses, negotiates and views standard form agreements. Known as the AOD 2002 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor for a Lump Sum (AOD Agreement), the AOD Agreement incorporates lessons learned from the past with a view towards the future.
• European Data Privacy: Beware of the Pitfalls Until fairly recently, concern over data privacy has been a relatively low-profile issue among businesses that have come to rely increasingly on new forms of electronic communications and methods of conducting business and storing data via electronic means. This article provides an overview of the EU’s Privacy Directive and alternatives to compliance, including the Safe Harbor adopted by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
• Meet ASCAP: Protecting the Music For more than 50 years, Smith, Gambrell & Russell has represented the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in all music copyright infringement cases brought in the state of Georgia.