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A diverse workforce is critical for companies to thrive. To retain and groom that talent, leadership must be ready to mentor.

ACC Docket's Small Law columnist Maryrose Delahunty relates her unexpected experience at a personal development course.

Stuck in a rut? Small Law Columnist Maryrose Delahunty how to overcome the doldrums of office life.

Board directors must empower chief compliance officers (CCO) to ensure that they are effectively managing all of the company’s ethical and legal issues.

Regardless of whether your company has expressly adopted one or more of the Core Moral Values, it is vital that you and your leaders strive to create a work environment that is fair, respectful, compassionate, honest, and responsible.

Learn about the implications of the sanctions against Russia, regarding contract performance international arbitration.

A link to the US Securities Exchange Commission's EDGAR database, which includes filings of agreements and plans of mergers.

A recent article published by Corporate Counsel Insight discussing the inherent risk in expanding business abroad with contracts governed by U.S. law.

In-house counsel is under increasing pressure to perform at the highest level in the least amount of time. And, save the company money. An effective management method?- Six Sigma-"offers attorneys a way to do their job more effectively.

An overview of contract review and negotiation policies as well as a sample contract review policy and procedure. Includes provisions regarding the contract review policy, considerations of prior contractual relationships, standard contracts, non-standard contracts and RFP's, and specific issues requiring review and approval.

General Counsel Letter to Congress on LSC FY2019 Funding

This memorandum provides an overview of the legal and strategic issues that should be considered by a Company before it engages in an open market common stock repurchase program.

Discusses how in-house attorneys control litigation with outside counsel and avoid falling victim to surprise expenses while managing legal spending.

This article focuses on the three stages of crisis management: the immediate stage, when you manage short-term effects; the intermediate stage, when you manage litigation and other collateral consequences and the final stage, when you evaluate long-term effects and put the crisis behind you.

This presentation includes an overview of process improvement methodologies (including Six Sigma and Lean). Outlines framework for a process improvement project and showcases key tools to create a project charter, assess client requirements, and map a process. From ACC Value Challenge workshop, Legal Service Management, July 2010: www.acc.com/legalservicemanagement

This resource contains helpful tips on getting the most out of your insurance company and appointed defense counsel (in the United States).

In this interview with Michelle H. Gluck, EVP and CLO at LandAmerica, learn how she and her company took advantage of the housing crisis to better their business processes and practices.

The mobility of the workforce can be a downright menace for companies whose competitive edge depends on proprietary information, and whose doesn’t these days? If you think an employee agreement is sufficient protection against your client’s trade secrets walking out the door with departing employees, you may be wrong. David A. Schwab, of Medshares Management Group shares his secrets for preventing proprietary information from decamping to competitors.

In a Post-Roe world health care provider entities must consider the impact of the decision on their ability to provide pregnancy and abortion-related services. Use this checklist to review the impact of the restrictions.

Learn about the January 2023 draft guidance by Canada's Competition Bureau on wage-fixing and no-poaching agreements and how it would affect enforcements as criminal offenses beginning June 23, 2023.

Key things you need to know about public inquiries that businesses and other organizations can face in the United Kingdom.

The UK's Employment Appeal Tribunal held that dismissing an employee, who refused to attend work over COVID-19 risks to his children, is not automatically unfair. Read the details in this article.

Learn about the Digital Markets Act Regulation, EU legislation to regulate gatekeeper firms, and questions about the effects of its new approaches compared to ordinary competition law.

Learn about the National Labor Relations Board's proposed rulemaking for replacement of 2020 rules for assessing joint employer status and how employers will need to manage temporary workers and contracts.

An overview of the information security risks inherent in cloud computing and their treatment in the European Union.

This material discusses how to be an effective manager, managing the legal department workload, and managing the individual workload.

With the California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) going into effect in 2020, here’s what US in-house counsel should consider when creating data policies.