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These guidelines speak to the respect and privacy rights components of the social media policy.

Realizing that you may not enjoy your current career path can be devastating. Find out what kind of options you have and learn about other corporate counsel's experiences as they made the transistion.

If you want a diverse legal department, you must start at the source. Learn how to reach out to the children of your community, and give them a dream they can use to help themselves and strengthen society.

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These days, it seems that everything from meat to movies gets a letter grade. So, what about law firms? CSX Corporation decided to use the system to its advantage. By implementing a variety of practices, including “scorecard” evaluations, CSX was able to redefine its relationship with outside counsel. After all, who doesn’t want an A+?

One CLO's declaration of continued commitment to achieving diversity in the legal profession as proscribed in "Diversity in the Workplace - A Statement of Principle," which encourages other members of the profession to make their best effort to recommit themselves to the goal as well.

This article summarises the legislative framework for the protection of personally<br />identifiable information (PII).

Anti-corruption is an important issue to address with your company. In this Leading Practice Profile, six companies explain how they implement and monitor their successful anti-corruption programs. It will also trace the evolution of anti-corruption laws.

Despite the steady transition from paper to electronic-based media over the past two decades, many company records programs are still largely paper-centric. With new compliance challenges on the horizon, these programs require an upgrade.

The barrier to the boardroom can be surmounted. After all, active participation in strategic business conversations is what general counsel enjoy most about their work. This article introduces key capabilities the general counsel must cultivate in order to add value to the company and counter the perception that she is “VP of No.”

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.

A survey of global employers and the challenges they face, such as legal trends related to hiring and firing, harassment policies, anti-corruption compliance, and whistleblowers.

Gain a more fluent knowledge of global privacy issues and data sharing challenges through an experiential learning session. Learn more about where technology is leading the law on privacy issues. Understand how in-house counsel can better anticipate and plan for shifts and developments in the area of data privacy. Learn by participation and peer interaction. Participants will represent the many countries involved in the operations of a hypothetical global company that wants to gather and share employee data internally. As company representatives within their jurisdiction, they will negotiate with the regulators (faculty) on proposed cross-border solutions for data sharing.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from questions and responses posted on the Corporate & Securities eGroup, addresses the Legal Requirements For a Valid Employee Stock Option Agreement at a Private Company in the United States.

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

From the Senior Generation to Gen Y— this program will provide tools that not only assess personality characteristics, but also give you the resources that will enable you to work with the other generations more cohesively. What are the traits of the different generations — how do you have to change your management or legal style to better deal with these traits? How do you best communicate with a Baby Boomer versus someone from Gen Y— Facebook, Twitter or on the phone? What are the best ways to retain employees from the different generations?

This resource includes two sample bylaws (Sample A - Bylaws of Association and Sample B - Bylaws of Organization). It also includes a brief overview of some of common elements included in bylaws.

This guide provides comprehensive insight into banking regulation in 19 jurisdictions around the world.

This guide covers key topics including regulatory architecture, bank capital requirements, bank governance/internal controls, Fintech, and rules governing banks’ relationships with their customers and other third parties.

508 How Far Will You Go to Do Business with the Government? A Primer on Government Contracting

Working in-house is different. You have three hats now: legal counselor, business partner and guardian of the corporation. They didn’t teach you about this in the law firm or in law school. Among other things, you will have to learn all about the business, adapt to a different culture, become cost effective, develop good working relationships with your clients, think about non-legal topics like risk management and somehow balance it all and conserve your most precious resource –– you!