The latest chapter of the Hewlett-Packard spygate saga has HP Chairman Patricia Dunn resigning and lawyering up with James Brosnahan of Morrison & Foerster.  In defense of his client, Brosnahan is quoted in the Recorder as saying “She’s neither a lawyer nor is she an investigator, and she’s not the kind of person, frankly, who would advise people to do something illegal.”

Unfortunately, in today’s legally complex business environment you don’t need to be a “bad” person to trigger a liability exposure.  To protect your career and your company it pays to have legal literacy you don’t need to be a lawyer, you just need to recognize a potential legal issue before it escalates into front page news.    

You need legal literacy.

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