This Quick Counsel outlines how to hire, train, develop objectives for, and supervise a records management & information governance team.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of restraints of trade, monopolies and abuses of market power in Switzerland.
Part of risk management is managing the enterprise’s insurance coverage, submitting claims and getting claims paid. Insurance companies often avoid paying claims. You will learn: what the insurance companies’ obligations are with respect to claims adjusting; how to manage the process and maximize your recovery; insurer duties and the insured’s obligations; what to do when you get denials or reservation of rights letters; how the tri-party relationship of insurer, defense counsel and insured works; whether you can get in-house attorneys’ fees paid; and some creative ways to settle claims with insurers.
This social media policy concerns the ethical rules that must be followed by all company personnel participating in social media to keep the company from violating these rules.
Corporate Governance One Year Later. Keep yourself up to date on NYSE/Nasdaq Corporate Governance rules and SEC disclosure.
This articles discusses the ongoing legal, ethical, and social debate regarding the role, if any, to afford personal privacy in a globalized and electronic public health surveillance system during a pandemic response.
This 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.
It isn't hard to collect data in this day and age. What is hard is figuring out what to do with it. Learn how to tame that data and turn it into useful information with value by using data analytics for budgeting, training, alternative fee arrangements, resourcing, investing in new technologies and more.
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.
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This article discusses how corruption is one of the critical challenges multinationals face when doing business in China, and how pharmaceutical companies and the healthcare industry have been hit hard by the Chinese anti-corruption campaign.
No one can anticipate every bump in the road. If you take each crisis in stride, however, you can use the experience to prepare for the future. For instance, a career resilience plan can shorten recovery time and aid in transferring skill sets from one career path to another. Learn seven key components of any career resilience plan.
This is a sample application for approval of Binding Corporate Rules for Processors.
The legal departments of Levi Strauss & Co. and Pfizer Inc. have respectively implemented innovative programs with outside counsel to provide better value and results: Levi’s “global partnerships” and Pfizer’s “legal alliance.” Find the key elements and success stories of each department’s program.
This course is intended to increase your awareness and understanding of internal controls — what they are, why we have them, and how they affect your day-to-day job responsibilities.
This course will help you understand (1) the significance of our records; (2) how to create accurate records that won't be easily misconstrued; and (3) when records are to be retained and when they are to be disposed of or recycled.
How do you determine what needs to be done to improve value and efficiency, by whom and how? And how can you ensure that new initiatives stay on track and deliver results? Change management tactics -how to get from analysis to action, unleash the potential within the organization to see and act on ways to do things differently, and build momentum.
The pressure is on to run legal departments more like businesses - applying analytics to sharpen focus, deploying technology to automate processes, thoughtfully cultivating talent to meet department needs, unbundling legal services, applying disciplined approaches to managing external resources and consciously continuing improvement.
A brief checklist of the more common topics covered in confidentiality agreements, followed by an analysis of the variations, considerations, and typical seller and buyer positions. Also includes sample language for use in drafting confidentiality agreements.
While working with outside counsel, the Fannie Mae legal team considered ending its relationship with them, as they were frustrated by their subpar performance and communication. However, by implementing simple quality-control practices, the in-house counsel preserved the client/firm relationship, without compromising efficiency in the process.
Around the globe, corporations are overwhelmingly looking to close the diversity gap. However, a disparity remains between the growth of gender and racial diversity — with gender diversity growing at a faster pace. By decoding this phenomenon, in-house counsel can better understand the impact of this shift, and adapt processes to reap the benefits of having a truly diverse work force.
Statement of The American Chemistry Council, The Association of Corporate Counsel, and The National Association of Manufacturers
Before the United States Sentencing Commission, November 15, 2005,
Washington, DC. Regarding the Need to Amend the Commentary to Section 8C2.5, Regarding Waiver of the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine
Your operation has made the transition to a paperless legal file environment. Now you wonder how to gain efficiencies and savings to truly become a modern law office. This session, applicable to any size legal operation, will explore practical options available to your department. Hear speakers’ firsthand experiences with document management systems and software such as SharePoint and Adobe Pro, and the challenges encountered during the transition to a paperless environment. Panelists from corporate and litigation practices will describe how they make use of technology and digital information to improve trial practice and corporate practice results; and explore the<br />ethical considerations that may arise relating to cross-jurisdictional practice, electronic file sharing and storage, document retention and destruction.
The policy of promoting free and frank discussions in negotiations that can lead to settlement prior to trial is embodied in Federal Rule 408 of the US Federal Rules of Evidence. But before you start a full and open discussion, understand that the protections extended by this rule are not clear-cut. This article reviews what Rule 408 does and does not do.
This Information Security training course will explain an Information Security Policy and will help you (1) recognize what information should be protected, (2) handle that information appropriately, and (3) recognize security breaches and know how to report them. (Licensed for use in classroom settings only and not for distribution in any form.)
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