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This article provides a fresh perspective on how to navigate a legal career. From head of the Marketing and Intellectual Property group at McDonald’s to strategy officer of the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana, Kathryn Mlsna reflects on her journey.

Women and minorities are not frequently appointed in ADR and the lack of diversity is palpable. While diversity mandates in hiring outside law firms are commonplace, corporations often leave the choice and selection of neutrals to outside counsel without considering or imposing diversity requirements. This article makes a case for why it is time to focus on this oversight and correct it.

Marilyn Heffley, assistant general counsel and chief litigation counsel at Sunoco, Inc., discusses the legal issues facing the Petroleum industry, including toxic tort cases and ediscovery protocols.

This is a sample company code of conduct policy.

Learn more about the distinction of being a tenured residential and retail tenant and one without an agreement.

ACC's International Practice Almanac (IPA) is a unique and incredibly valuable tool, providing you with guidance on the crucial questions you need to answer before engaging in or retaining legal services in countries around the globe. Search the rules of practice, professional responsibility, bar regulation and privilege protection by country. IPA covers the regulation of the practice of law in these countries, including the US states and territories, the provinces of Canada, the member states of the EU, and a number of Asian/Pacific Rim jurisdictions.

This guide is the 2013 edition from Austria-based law firm Wolf Theiss. This guide is meant as a practical guide to renewable energy legislation throughout Europe.

This article describes very basic legal concepts that are very straightforward knowledge for Brazilian lawyers and transactional personnel.

A Preparation Workbook: a typical checklist to help condition stakeholders to the change while managing expectations and making change happen (and stick!).

These guidelines are designed to communicate with investee companies regarding the objectives of engagement activities and to facilitate a better understanding of preferred terms of engagement.

Following the United States Supreme Court's recent opinion in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., recognize that certain closely-held, for-profit stock corporations can hold religious beliefs.

This statement is intended to alert financial institutions of specific risk mitigation related to cyber attacks compromising credentials.

In the world of employment law, there are a number of privilege and professional responsibility issues facing in-house counsel. In order to prevent charges of misconduct, counsel should be familiar with the privilege and work product standards, as well as the Rules of Professional Conduct. Find out how knowing these standards not only avoids misconduct charges, but also allows in-house counsel to monitor the performance of outside attorneys.

This ACC Guide (Formerly known as InfoPAKs) provides corporate counsel with a comprehensive overview of Canadian labour and employment laws. The ACC Guide addresses the minimum statutory rights and standards regarding the hiring, employment, and termination of employees. It also delves into union organizing and labour relations, providing a thorough list of Labor Relations web sites for additional guidance.

Non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements are ubiquitous and used daily in a variety of contexts, from mergers and acquisitions to more ordinary course commercial transactions. Faculty will cover recent case law regarding confidentiality agreements in the acquisition context and describe some broader implications. We will provide a walk-through of common confidentiality provisions, and tips and perspectives for both the disclosing and recipient parties. Although most in-house counsel have experience with confidentiality agreements, this presentation will drill down on some of the pitfalls and important provisions that get missed. We will provide a confidentiality agreement form, marked to show different provisions and negotiating positions to serve as a useful guide.

Learn practical suggestions for making smart hires for your legal department.

A social media policy is highly desirable for setting clear standards in the workplace, but employer regulation of employees' out of work activities must be reasonable. Read this article to learn how you can use a social media policy for your employees.

This article will show you how to determine whether ebilling is a good move for you, and if so, how to select a system that is a good fit for both your law department and your outside law firms.

The increasingly globalized practice of law remains riddled with local idiosyncrasies. This Toolkit offers practical pointers to help you successfully cross the Pond.

This 4th annual LegalSEC study provides key insights into the InfoSec programs and practices specific to legal firms.

The US Federal Communications Commission recently adopted modified “open Internet” rules intended to protect the ability of consumers and content producers to send and receive legal information on the Internet, a concept also known as “network neutrality.” In order to strengthen its authority to adopt the rules, the FCC reclassified fixed broadband Internet access services under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. This article explains which sections of Title II will and will not apply to broadband Internet access services.

This is a sample employee handbook with state specific appendices.

This case law is Federal Trade Commission v. Toysmart.com, LLC.

This article discuses the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized amendments to the Negative Option Rule, now retitled the “Rule Concerning Recurring Subscriptions and Other Negative Option Program.“

The rule represents a significant overhaul of the regulatory framework governing how companies handle subscription services and automatic renewals.