Due to the recession and a growth in electronic data, corporations are investing in key legal professionals who develop corporate-wide ediscovery strategies. Records management programs and data mapping analyses cut costs and ensure defensibility. Read this article and rediscover ediscovery.
This 2015 guide is part of the Lex Mundi Guides to Doing Business series which provides general information about legal and business infrastructures in jurisdictions around the world.
Who is the lead risk manager at your company? Should it be you? Companies today are demanding that senior staff develop and implement strategic risk management methodology that identifies and addresses risks, while ensuring that everyone is working together to protect against it.
This is a sample of what board of director meeting minutes should contain.
This is a sample layout for minutes of a board of directors meeting.
This sample three-party escrow agreement where the company provides flexible, comprehensive escrow services that generate the type of agreement that gives our customers the right level of protection in each unique situation.
This report presents results on a subset of respondents from the Association of Corporate Counsel Chief Legal Officer (CLO) 2014 Survey, published in January 2014. More than 1,200 individuals in 41 countries who serve as the organization's chief legal officer or general counsel (referred to as CLO in this report) participated in this survey to provide a global outlook of CLOs worldwide. This report provides results and analysis of respondents from Canada, as well as demographic information, such as staffing, budget changes and revenue, while also exploring intangibles, such as CLOs' top legal and business concerns for the past 12 months and their anticipations for the future.
Last year, the Internal Revenue Service published Ordinance 1,793/2013, which lays out new criteria for monitoring high-value corporate taxpayers. The goal is to increase tax compliance and tax revenue. This article views which taxes are covered by the corporate tax monitoring programme.
Bullying doesn't only happen on the playground - it can happen around the water cooler in your office. Learn how to address this behavior and prevent the legal and financial problems that can result from one employee being a little too mean to another.
What are the jurisdictional risks associated with global business? Is a parent company at risk of being sued based on the activities of a subsidiary company? Read this article to find answers to these pressing questions, among others.
Law students face an increasingly competitive entry-level job market. To bridge the gap between the study and practice of law, the University of San Diego School of Law developed a Corporate Counsel Internship program. Enrolled students will experience the multitude of challenges that face corporations and develop essential legal skills, thus benefiting themselves and their future employers.
Law department leadership in this century involves maintaining a global perspective. Leaders must comprehend the market, work environment and needs of the client, all while anticipating change. Effective leaders promote creativity and innovation within their departments by placing employees in positions that enable them to use their knowledge and build relationships. Learn more about how to become a strategic leader and meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Intellectual property has always been an important issue; however, recent court cases may affect patent rights. Here are several ways of reducing the risk.
The ACC & Laurence Simons EMEA Legal Department Survey 2013 builds on previous research, confirming established trends and revealing new ones. As the economic downturn continues to bite across Europe and company executives, including general counsel and heads of legal, look to respond accordingly. This is having a clear impact on the way legal departments are managing their workloads, budgets and are being staffed. In particular, company executives, are on the whole looking to respond to increasing pressures of cost containment — to continue to do more with less.
Many in-house legal departments don’t have lawyers who can act as full-time managers of company litigation. You may have to do your regular job and manage litigation on a part-time basis. If your company isn’t regularly engaged in litigation, it can inadvertently fall into a number of traps when litigation does arise. Learn how to anticipate and avoid them.
If you’re drawn to a flexible schedule and a variety of assignments, consulting could be a natural fit. Read on for answers to common questions that you may have when considering an independent legal career.
This briefing summarises the key developments from 1 July 2022.
Learn about stricter terms entering into SMEs in the Netherlands.
A template social media policy that covers general guidelines, testimonials and endorsements, protection of trade secrets, and reporting requirements.
This code is designed to encourage continued high standards so that California wine advertising may increasingly be viewed as a positive contribution to society.
This is a smart and focused list of points you need to keep in mind as you act as counsel and business person in a merger deal for United States based mergers and acquisitions.
For in-house counsel, advancements in Google Translate have transformed the act of trademarking — streamlining global processes and guaranteeing that the language barrier does not inadvertently lead to infringement.
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