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Positively Legal columnist Caterina Cavallaro speaks with Rachel Launders, Nine Entertainment’s general counsel and company secretary, to discuss the importance and benefits of cultivating a diverse legal team. #ACCDocket #inhouse #DEI #positivelylegal

Every four years we celebrate the world’s best athletes competing against each other, and, more importantly, their own expectations. The Olympics can teach us a lot about winning, but the Paris Games can also teach us lessons we can use in our careers and lives explains Positively Legal columnist Caterina Cavallaro. #ACCDocket #PositivelyLegal #ParisOlympics

Insurance lawyer Stevi Siber-Sanderowitz, senior counsel and VP, at SterlingRisk, provides a step-by-step guide for in-house counsel to use data analytics to predict and manage legal risks. #ACCDocket #inhouse #risks

Legal leaders are well-positioned to take a greater leadership role in the transition from traditional human resources (HR) to human capital (HC) — a shift that can help the company leverage its talent as both the most critical and expensive asset, write Kyverna Therapeutics’s Minh Hoang Merchant, Elastic’s Carolyn Herzog, and ACC Docket columnist Olga V. Mack. #ACCDocket #inhouse #HumanResources #HumanCapital

DEI, ESQ columnists discuss how to effectively implement compliance risk training programs for in-house counsel due to ever-changing trends that impact the workforce. #ACCDocket #inhouse #DEIESQ #compliance

The inclusion of “no-poaching” or “hands-off” provisions in executive search firm agreements is commonplace, but the practice could also be limiting career opportunities for in-house counsel — and creating a regulatory risk. ACC spoke with CLOs and recruiters about these provisions and how they may impact corporate lawyers’ careers and organizations.

After what we’ve all been through, it’s time to devote some energy to finding more fun in life and at work.

A day in the life of Larissa Meli, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Alenia Aermacchi North America Inc., US.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts are too often reduced to signing symbolic statements of commitment. Loop Capital’s Managing Director and General Counsel Adrienne Pitts says it is now time to move past symbols and act. She describes how in-house counsel can be more assertive in demanding change.

Whether you are in a company that is considering a convergence project for the first time, a company working on a new round of convergence, or in a law firm preparing for convergence, here are 10 points for you to consider — from the perspective of both in-house and outside counsel.

In this article, we will explain the various regulatory regimes that impose successor liability for trade-related violations, provide specific examples of these types of violations and the government enforcement actions and penalties they generated, and create a checklist to help structure the export/import aspect of your M&A due diligence review.

In-house counsel are surrounded by data issues. This article provides practical perspectives on how in-house counsel can help their organization get data under control.

In this article, we draw from hundreds of due diligence processes in intellectual property that have been undertaken in both multi-hundred-million dollar transactions and day-today operations. Through this experience, it is easy to conclude that, while intellectual property is a specialized subject matter giving rise to unique issues, it is essentially the same as any other asset being examined for acquisition.

Villa’s career is far from over. He expects to stay at Versar for many more years where he wants to continue to mentor younger lawyers, and keep an eye out for openings for people in his network.

Like many organizations, the Fieldfisher privacy and information team is monitoring the progress of the legislative changes, and we are cautious of recommending any significant preparatory steps until the exact make-up of the final rules are better understood (hopefully in early 2016).

These decisions have significant implications for labour relations in Canada and will inevitably have far-reaching effects for Canadian employers.

In its first ruling on the Competition Act’s merger-review provisions in more than 20 years, the SCC allowed Tervita’s appeal and overturned the earlier decisions.

In-house counsel serving as litigators may see mediators as unnecessary for achieving a settlement, but professional neutral Mike Lampert offers advice on how to reach an agreement using a mediator.

Cherie Blair was gracious enough to speak with ACC about her career, the current state of the legal profession and the women working within it and in the business arena as whole — and offered advice for those entering the field.

With earnings announcement season upon us, entities will need to be wary of their compliance with the continuous disclosure obligations, as the penalties that result from a contravention can be far reaching, both in respect of financial impact and reputational damage.

Spending time in nature can restore our ability to focus and concentrate.

As hope and vaccine distribution grow, questions about the pandemic’s impact on teams, leadership, and the transition to a hybrid work environment abound. In this series of articles, top in-house leaders share their views of leading during the pandemic, return to work, and top tips for success.

In this interview, Uber Health Legal Director of Product Lamis Hossain discusses leading during the pandemic, return to work, and top tips for success.

The legal department can make the sports industry safer for athletes, says Workplace Options GC Andrea Carska-Sheppard in this exclusive Q&A.

Timing is everything when it comes to retiring.

Well-designed UI/UX can go a long way toward helping legal professionals get more done working more efficiently while also enjoying themselves more.

Connecting with others can be more important for your health than exercise and nutrition.

Small players must build an artificial intelligence (AI) trained model that can withstand robust levels of scrutiny and explain system outputs if they are to secure the IP protection necessary to take on the big names in data.

I recently celebrated my 10th year as NetApp’s general counsel. Of all the things I could have imagined when I started at NetApp in 2010, leading an organization during a global pandemic certainly was not one of them. As we navigate this massive dislocation, I wonder: What advice would I give to my 2010 fresh-faced, eager self?

Considering systemic racism and what can be done to create change may feel overwhelming. What can we do to contribute to change? What can we do to eliminate unintentional bias? This column focuses on diversity and inclusion efforts that corporate legal departments can take to become catalysts of change.