Many have taken the challenge and implemented new management practices from value-based fee structures to project, process and knowledge management and learned much along the way. This material contains discussions of the lessons learned along the way.
As technology advances and changes some aspects of the way law is practiced, timeless qualities of legal departments persist. The value of diversity is still as ageless as quality wine. And the best law departments capitalize on the experiential and global diversity of its lawyers.
Your career journey is a series of inter-related activities that need to be practiced and exercised every day. Make sure that you love and learn the business, but live the law.
Providing law-related training for non-legal clients (i.e., for managers and, to a lesser degree, non-managerial personnel) is an important function of every in-house legal department.
Getting the Deal Through is delighted to<br />publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a<br />volume in our series of annual reports,<br />which provide international analysis in<br />key areas of law and policy for corporate<br />counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and<br />business people.
On August 3, 2022, a new bipartisan US Senate crypto/digital assets bill titled the "Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022" ("DCA") was introduced by Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), John Boozman (R-AR), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and John Thune (R-SD). This article compares and contrast the Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act and the DCA. While neither bill is likely to become law in its current form, their common assumptions and elements, and that both are bipartisan efforts indicate the likely direction of U.S. regulation of crypto/digital assets.
This survey report provides key insights on the use of legal technology and its perceived effectiveness and limitations based on responses from 252 in-house counsel and legal operations professionals.
This article gives you an overview of EU data protection law, explains why U.S. in-house counsel should be concerned about EU data protection laws, shows you a roadmap to compliance, and gives you a workplan template for achieving and maintaining compliance.
This Commission Report offers several suggestions for the major participants in the mobile ecosystem as they work to improve mobile privacy disclosures.
This ACC Guide sponsored by Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP provides an overview of five specific aspects of brand protection and enhancement in the United States.
Securities Act Exemption Chart
Working within the television industry presents a unique set of challenges for the chief legal officer (CLO) overseeing the company's law department. Most CLOs have to balance the business interests with the legal interests, but TV One's Karen Wishart has one other thing thrown in on her balancing act - creative interests.
Learn about key developments and perspectives regarding class actions in Europe.
Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in our series of annual reports, which provide international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.
Learn about risks in China for app operators when implementing third-party services and products.
"the "Getting the Deal Through" reference guide for M&A professionals"
With extreme economic pressures and tightening budgets, everyone is being
asked to cut costs. Whether you have a small, medium or large legal
department, using the right strategies and resources can help you meet these
goals. This session will examine managing a law department budget, managing
IP, managing contracts and other topics relevant to your practice, all with
an eye towards controlling costs. With these suggestions, you can save
money and improve your efficiencies.
As companies grow increasingly reliant on their IT systems, they have turned to third party providers to alleviate some infrastructure concerns. Learn more about how to choose an outside contractor so that your company's information is safeguarded while still meeting your budget forecasts.
Includes over 350 tips on contracts, employment, intellectual property, Sarbanes-Oxley, litigation, and corporate dynamics, to help guide you through that thrilling-but difficult-first year in the chief legal officer's chair.
Read this article and learn a practical step-by-step approach for transforming your company's well-intentioned workplace policies and procedures into a system that delivers.
This article reviews principal corporate, commercial and regulatory (compliance) considerations when forming exempt from ICA registration Private Funds.
This ACC guide provides a Q&A that gives a high level overview of board composition, the comply or explain approach, management rules and authority, directors' duties and liabilities, transactions with directors and conflicts, company meetings, internal controls, accounts and audit, institutional investors and reform proposals in Hong Kong.
This article discusses China's new regulation on generative artificial intelligence. The new regulations are coming into light in the midst of new generative AI tools being introduced by several major Chinese technology providers.
This also marks China as one of the first countries globally that has direct government oversight over this nascent area of technology.
Learn tips on selecting, evaluating, comparing and retaining the outside counsel that best suit the organizational needs of your company.
Learn about key ESG regulatory trends in the United Kingdom, relevant in particular for investment banks and their listed clients.
User-generated content and influencer marketing allow organisations to engage more closely with consumers. However, both carry legal and reputational risk. In-house legal teams are uniquely placed to add value to their organisations by recognising and responding to these risks.
Learn about the increasing regulatory pressure in the US, Europe, and Asia and the resulting compliance challenges regarding Environmental, Social, and Governance issues (ESG).
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of restraints of trade, monopolies and abuses of market power in India.
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