In-house counsel can play a vital role in their company’s blockchain pilot program. And as a cross-functional advocate working with senior leadership, you will be responsible for ensuring smoother digital operations.
Good contract management starts with an effective process, and the best process includes having a solid contract management system in place. This session will cover the common challenges encountered in developing a contract management process, contract management techniques that will enable your organization to maintain the desired outcomes from their contracts and foster good relationships with all the parties involved, both internal and external. The panelists will also discuss best practices for both competitive selection and non-competitive (single or sole source) proposals, and negotiation and management of contracts through their expiration or termination.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
China is at a turning point. Propelled to be the world’s second largest economy by thirty years of exponential GDP growth, China now faces a slowdown and significant macro-economic questions. Compounding this is the constant, and dramatic, evolution of the global economic landscape. China’s response will determine its own role on the world stage for at least the next thirty years and significantly impact the rest of the world.
Read this 2009 Communicator Award-winning column!<br/>The Streisand Effect encapsulates a phenomenon that derives from a case that involved Barbra herself; by attempting to squelch information you can inadvertently make it wildly popular. In-house attorneys have been dealing with the Streisand Effect for years, and the introduction of the internet changed the venue.
This Commission Report offers several suggestions for the major participants in the mobile ecosystem as they work to improve mobile privacy disclosures.
Panelists will review common pitfalls when transacting with foreign governments, including governing law/dispute resolution, tax issues and intellectual property, and will discuss strategies for avoiding those pitfalls.
This is a legal and regulatory playbook of some of the most important themes that will play out in 2023 in India.
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.
This presenter speaks about trends in Brazilian contaminated site liability.
Learn about risks in China for app operators when implementing third-party services and products.
This article reviews principal corporate, commercial and regulatory (compliance) considerations when forming exempt from ICA registration Private Funds.
The author discusses new innovations in software-generated text and how current and future attorneys can remain relevant to their clients.
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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.
Learn about key ESG regulatory trends in the United Kingdom, relevant in particular for investment banks and their listed clients.
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