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The paperless office is a mirage. We’ve had the technology to go mostly paperless since the early ‘90s. But our paper usage has grown right along with our data volumes, consuming 15 percent of our physical office space. For over a decade, the legal framework and our technological infrastructure have made digital signatures a far superior alternative to ink. This article advocates executing documents digitally.

This sample form confirms the vendor is complying with the New York State Labor Law, Section 201-G (Prevention of Sexual Harassment) including having a corporate policy and annual training.

Learn steps your organization should take following the Federal Trade Commission's issuance of a final rule banning most noncompete agreements. This article from Cozen O'Connor discusses the FTC rule and how employers should respond if they have employees with noncompetes or are considering whether to implement them.

ACC homepage poll results for the week of 11/21/2011 - 11/27/2011.

In this article, the DOJ released new policy guidance regarding its intent to incentivize changes in corporate culture by investigating and/or prosecuting culpable individuals.

This profile explores how ten law departments have used electronic billing to increase awareness of outside legal spend and transform the ways in which they manage outside counsel.

Process standardization is a strategic initiative aimed at achieving consistency and uniformity across all organizational processes, but more specifically, the legal department being the focus here. By standardizing our internal processes and procedures, we can ensure a high level of service delivery, create efficiencies, optimize costs, and maximize benefits to our internal and external stakeholders. Click here to read more.

Having practiced in wide-ranging areas of the law, from construction litigation to Medicare compliance, the author decided to move in-house. In addition to the most visible changes — an open office space, a khakis-and-shirt uniform, etc. — the author discusses less salient ones, like navigating a new cultural landscape and managing day-to-day tasks for a singular client.

Managing outsourcing relationships and negotiating technology solutions can prove to be difficult for in-house counsel, especially if they are brought into the process too late to be effective. This article discusses the benefits of adding counsel to the acquisition team early on in order to immediately influence the direction of the negotiations and ensure a more effective outcome for the client.

In this article regarding US employment laws, learn about the at-will presumption and exceptions to the rule.

This template can be used to plan out the onboarding, tracking, and achievement of a new hire over a 30, 60, and 90 day period.

Learn about top 2021 developments and 2022 predictions in the Life Sciences & Healthcare sector in China.

RFP- your first step in moving towards a new project. But is your RFP a toxic tool? Read Ron Pol's column and see if you agree with his tips.

This is a sample company employee handbook.

Companies are investing in renewable energy because it enables them to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and demonstrate leadership on broader corporate sustainability and climate commitments.

Large corporations such as Google, Walmart and Ikea are increasingly turning to renewable energy to power their operations. Companies are investing in renewable energy because it enables them to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and demonstrate leadership on broader corporate sustainability and climate commitments.

The threat of antitrust litigation, both through government action and civil suits, is very real. Can your employees recognize an antitrust red flag when they see one? How do you train an employee about a complex legal topic that has real-world implications to the company as well as him or her personally? This session will review the increasing enforcement trends regarding antitrust compliance both in the United States and abroad, provide real tools for you to incorporate into an antitrust compliance program in your company, and touch on international antitrust developments. This program will emphasize what employees need to know (certainly not statutory code numbers!) and how to communicate antitrust principles to your employees in a meaningful manner. The session will include an abbreviated real employee training: Can you answer the antitrust scenarios put to your employees?

We have all heard about big data breaches: millions of customer records at risk, credit monitoring for an extended period of time, etc. What about the smaller run-of-the-mill security or privacy breaches? Can we prevent them? Do we have to report them? How do you set up incident response reporting? How do you do a security risk assessment to mitigate your risks?

For US-based companies that hire foreign nationals or send US citizens to work abroad, there are laws, regulating bodies and cultural ideologies to pay attention to in order to avoid costly litigation. Businesses that are new to foreign employment should examine their practices to ensure compliance at home and abroad.

At the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Advanced Compliance Education Summit (ACES) in New Orleans, in-house attorneys participated in a dynamic and interactive tabletop exercise designed to foster collaboration and innovative problem solving.

Caught between the pressures of social and environmental responsibility and financial performance? The benefit corporation model offers a solution to balance out these demands.

Discusses how a CCO's task of implementing a new compliance and ethics program is like a cabinetmaker in that the program must fit seamlessly into the constantly shifting gaps in the corporate framework that they are supposed to fill.

Rapid advancements in technology and globalization have led to an unprecedented rise in data collection. While this information provides a unique insight into global human behavior, it can also promote unethical business practices that violate international privacy standards. As we enter into a new era of data analytics, in-house counsel must strike an important balance between driving revenue and ensuring the continued integrity of company practices under the law.