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In-house counsels are under increasing pressure (especially from procurement colleagues) to run formal RFPs (Requests for Proposals), or tenders, in order to compare offers from law firms and select on an "objective" basis. In this session our speakers will lead a discussion on the pointers and pitfalls in running an RFP when selecting a law firm.

Discusses how to realize some of the many benefits, including reducing legal costs, improving quality in legal services, producing better legal outcomes and restructuring relationships, that flow from strategic management ideas to legal functions.

This InfoPAK is designed to provide corporate counsel with a general overview of intellectual property and to suggest useful practices for the handling of intellectual property in the corporate setting.

You finally made it. No longer the lawyer, now the client. As head of regulatory affairs, you ask lawyers for advice (even though you know how to find the answers and often do). Life is less complicated, not having to worry about those pesky ethical rules. But are you really free of them? No one quite knows, although one can envision sanctions being imposed on a person who maintains her law degree in conduct that would clearly be violative of ethical norms. And the sanctions could adversely impact the client as well.

Ellen Pekilis is general counsel of CSA Group, an internationally- accredited standards development, and testing and certification organization headquartered in Toronto, Canada. In this article, she shares her experience working for an independent, not-for-profit member-based association dedicated to advancing safety, sustainability and social good.

This is a sample company volume license agreement.

Learn about the UK Pensions Regulator's guidance on new climate change governance and reporting requirements.

This set of three papers is derived from the training session on the Private enforcement organized by the Concurrences Review that has held on 5th July 2012 in Brussels.

Working on a nonprofit board can a valuable and rewarding experience. But when the members of the board fail to ask the right questions about how their organization is being managed, the results often end up making the front pages.

Focuses on the ACCA/NACD joint survey on governance issues and what it means to you in terms of corporate responsibility.

This guide briefly outlines the steps to register a private company in the Republic of South Africa (“RSA”) and some important considerations when doing so.

In this presentation the panel discusses threats and opportunities arising from the new trademark law in China, as well as how to use trade laws as a defensive mechanism.

In a market where job seekers continue to outnumber available positions, legal professionals know it can take more than solid credentials to get hired. Here are tips on what 'more' means.

This article contains four tips to help ensure that you don’t trade career advancement opportunities for flexibility when telecommuting.

Here are five tips for discovering your personal brand and learning how to make it work for you.

Learn about enforcement action taken by the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2022 against hospitals, to enforce CMS's Hospital Price Transparency Rule that took effect on January 1, 2021.

Learn about the FCA consultant paper rules and effects on LTAF availability in the United Kingdom.

Learn about the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022 in Ireland as compared with the UK Senior Managers and Certification Regime.

This article makes a convincing case as to why contract law might be the best kind of law to practice. For those interested in learning more about contract law, discover a useful overview of the practice. And for those experienced contract lawyers, check out the refresher tips on how to make a good job even better.

This article discusses various ways that you can help your company protect itself from the threat of a terrorist attack.

This article examines an Ohio court case decision dealing with obligations, exclusive rights, and the parol evidence rule.

Taking cues from The Newlywed Game, columnist Phil Strauss discusses the relationships we develop with our jobs and offers advice as to how to most enjoy our jobs.

Members respond to question of how to deal with an RFP requesting contract exceptions, particularly when dealing with a large corporation.

Learn about the findings and lessons in the second annual report on Foreign Direct Investment ("FDI") in the EU.

This checklist contains a sample list of questions that can be used as a starting point for conducting due diligence from a privacy and security standpoint.

Due to the nature of the state-by-state regulation and ongoing developments in state and federal regulations following the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, there is much uncertainty regarding many of these issues. This article provides a brief summary of: (1) some potential options to structure these employee benefits, including certain key issues and risks, and (2) the employment law issues that may arise.

Three Party Master Beneficiary Escrow Service Agreement for Canada