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The Word
(FORTUNE Magazine) – As buck-wild party towns go, Davos is hardly Cannes. But this year at least a few Economic Forum luminaries got their groove on when the Soul Solution band played the main Saturday night Belvedere Hotel bash (above). Our spy spotted Steve Forbes, NBA commissioner David Stern, and TV's Charlie Rose in the mix. Nelly's "It's Getting Hot in Herre" had the crowd throwing their hands in the air and mis-singing the lyrics en masse. "They were doing the white-man shuffle," reports our observer. Bill Clinton, who was invited to join the band on stage, didn't show (the band kept a saxophone nearby, just in case).... Ever since Jane Welch and Jan Bobrow spilled GE and Ernst & Young corporate secrets in divorce court, everyone's trying to cover his assets. Top-dollar divorce lawyer Robert Cohen (who repped Ivana Trump, Henry Kravitz, and Hizzoner Michael Bloomberg in their divorces) has a team of matrimonial and corporate lawyers in his New York law office, Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein, drafting language for confidentiality contracts. These would enable client companies to fire employees--including top executives--if corporate books get called into court. There's more: Under the provisions, the spouses of job seekers would have to sign the nondisclosure agreement too, or their loved one could lose the job offer. Cohen's team is even inserting confidentiality clauses into prenups. Just how focused is this guy? In April he's hosting a 500-person seminar on the topic for general counsels and top executives. "It's the new issue out there," Cohen says, "and it's going to get worse, not better." ...We devoted a 50-minute hour to the American Psychoanalytic Association's recent conference at the Waldorf-Astoria. We were particularly drawn to a session on "Integrity and Self-Deception in Corporate America." Dr. Kenneth Eisold (psychologist and psychoanalyst) blames all that malfeasance on insecure executives wanting to belong while they work out self-esteem and identity issues. Isn't that what high school is for? |
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