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Introduces approaches, as well as practical tools, to improve organization, productivity and workflow management skills as in-house counsel. Provides four sections: self assessment, time management and team building, matter management, and effective communications.

Improve your work-life balance, and foster well-being in your team and organization with this ACC toolkit. Find practical strategies and information on work-life balance, time management, seeking help, helping others seek help, overcoming adversity, crises, and failure, and supporting your team's well-being.

October's Lead the Way comes from Whitnie Wiley, who discusses our own personal labels.

Learn about the UAE's law on personal data processing, the Federal Decree Law No. 45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data (the DPL).

As an employer, when it comes to termination entitlements and claims, which jurisdiction in Asia is most favorable? This article provides an in-depth comparison of three countries: Singapore, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Indonesia. Generally, Singapore provides limited regulation of employment. By contrast, Indonesia heavily regulates employment contracts, while PRC sits somewhere in-between.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of merger control, regulatory framework and regulatory authorities in the United States.

Learn about legal issues that frequently arise in social media advertising, at an era where negative posts can be extremely damaging and hard to effectively control after their release. This short article discusses commercial social media posts, giveaways, contests, sweepstakes and similar promotions, confidential information, copyright and trademark infringement, rights of publicity and privacy, user generated content, endorsements, direct messages, privacy and data security, records retention and spoliation.

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Members from 4 legal departments (Yazaki, Brother, Micron and Chubb) will show how their systems work in an open forum.

This InfoPAK is designed for use by both large and small corporate law departments in evaluating and discerning what technologies are available and best-suited to their company’s needs. As more technological resources become available to in-house counsel, counsel’s use of technology becomes more and more critical to running successful law departments. The InfoPAK begins by introducing counsel to basic technology and tools available. It then highlights some of the newer technologies that are becoming increasingly common within corporate legal departments, such as eDiscovery and Information Governance solutions, as well as advanced and emerging technology and trends within corporate legal departments. It then explores technology administration and best practices for managing technology, and concludes with key trends in the industry, including social media governance and cross-border eDiscovery.

Learn about the continued increased enforcement activity combatting economic crime in Ireland.

This guide provides a legal overview for companies doing business in Massachusetts (United States).

This is a final paid sick leave checklist overview.

Read this 2009 Apex Award-winning article!<br/>One in-house attorney shares his company’s litigation strategy based on what should be a cornerstone of legal practice and law department leadership––integrity.

This is a state by state medical testing background checklist.

In this multi-country guide, learn about class actions in a wide range of jurisdictions in Europe.

Discusses how to maintain a company's financial integrity in a time of crisis by developing a strong FCPA compliance system, and analyzes the case of Monsanto Company that demonstrates how a company can use its financial predicament to ultimately build a best practices compliance program centered around meeting, and at times even exceeding, their legal obligations.

Data breaches and cyberattacks threaten every company's brand, and bottom line, both in the United States and around the world. This brief article offers key tips on what the technology means and how to ensure your company is taking the proper actions to protect your company. This list also includes a glossary of essential technology terms with basic definitions for non-experts.

Brand licensing is an excellent way for companies to generate revenue, while expanding into new business channels and product categories. Competent legal advice, however, could be the difference between becoming what is on people’s minds and being what they wish they could forget. Take the necessary steps to make sure the process runs without a hitch, from drawing up the licensing agreement to protecting your reputation after its terminated.

Read for Gregory's tips about employment and HR issues for in-house counsel.

Collaborative and joint development arrangements can provide valuable economic and strategic opportunities to both parties. With careful intellectual property planning, collaborative development activities can be used to gain access to IP at a lower cost than developing or purchasing these assets while providing an opportunity to generate income from and open new markets for existing IP assets. The panel will review different types of collaborative agreements and discuss the related business and legal issues. Faculty will discuss strategies and best practices for developing and implementing a program and practical guidance for drafting and negotiating agreements to maximize IP value and achieve win-win outcomes.

In the world of employment law, there are a number of privilege and professional responsibility issues facing in-house counsel. In order to prevent charges of misconduct, counsel should be familiar with the privilege and work product standards, as well as the Rules of Professional Conduct. Find out how knowing these standards not only avoids misconduct charges, but also allows in-house counsel to monitor the performance of outside attorneys.

“Risk management” has just been added to your job description. Surprised? In today’s corporate environment, understanding how to identify, analyze and mitigate risk is essential for any in-house counsel. Learn the basics and check out the example using compliance with the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA").

A presentation covering types of brand abuse, what you should do when you identify brand abuse, and possible remedies for brand abuse.

Due diligence, choice of accounting and advisory firms, and banking and finance arrangements pose special challenges for in-house practitioners managing international mergers and acquisitions transactions. We will address how cross-cultural communication, ability to manage foreign outside counsel, knowledge of one’s company and understanding of M&A principles allows us to work across borders to achieve business objectives.