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Odeko Inc. General Counsel Stephen Mar and Mark Roellig, senior client advisor for Perkins Coie LLC, outline 8 value-adds that law firms should consider providing to their clients — free of charge. #ACCDocket #inhouse

Beginning in 2015, BASF implemented a digital IP workflow system. Suzanne Flaton-Origenes, Lisa Schroeder, and Lynn Linkowski outline how their global IP department reinvented itself. #ACCDocket #IPmanagement

Ultimately, the key to navigating the future of legal work, achieving efficiencies, and delivering high-quality legal services is to find a balance between the use of technology and the importance of people and their skills. #ACCDocket #inhousecounsel #remotework

Positively Legal columnist Caterina Cavallaro, along with other in-house counsel and mindfulness experts, discuss meditation’s many health benefits and the hype around it. #ACCDocket #inhouse #wellness

Sooner or later, a crisis will hit your company. Docket columnist Olga V. Mack outlines actions GCs can take before, during, and after a crisis. #ACCDocket #SVB #Finance #Crisis

You can be happy simply by thinking you are, and your happiness will spread into work. Career Path author James Bellerjeau tells you how in The ABCs of Work series. #ACCDocket #Stoic #Stoicism

Even the most boring tasks require motivation, which will bring you closer to your ultimate goals. Career Path columnist James Bellerjeau tells you how to stay motivated in The ABCs of Work series. #ACC #ACCDocket

Explore the impact of recent developments on Caremark oversight duties, examining the implications for corporations, directors, officers, and company counsel. #ChanceryCourt #DelawareChancery #ACC #ACCDocket

It’s a good idea to obey all law-abiding business decisions even when you disagree; you are an advisor, not a decision-maker. Career Path author James Bellerjeau explains in The ABCs of Work series. #ACCDocket

Positively Legal columnist Caterina Cavallaro discusses living abroad for work with Krystle Garnder, senior legal counsel and data protection officer at Capgemini Australia. #ACCDocket #inhouse

Who do you call when disaster strikes? If you are Lori Middlehurst, the Asia Pacific employment law director for VMware, you call your local contacts first to get the on-the-ground scoop.

Try some of these 10 practical steps before, during, and after your next calamity in order to take your team and organization to the next level.

Discover how in-house counsel can navigate the complexities of office strategies post-COVID, with insights into market conditions, workspace needs, and cost reduction. #COVIDRealEstate #HybridWork #RemoteWork #ACC #ACCDocket

Discover how companies like Zendesk and CrowdStrike have successfully implemented shared services models in their legal departments, boosting efficiency, reducing costs, and overcoming challenges. #ACC #ACCDocket #CostReduction #Legalnnovation

For healthcare companies, the use of blockchain has the potential to revolutionize data storage practices, at a fraction of the price of traditional processes. This article provides a summary of blockchain, identifies legal issues, and discusses some of the exciting possibilities and challenges to execution in the healthcare sector.

Policies that promote social and environmental justice should be integrated with the traditional production and consumption economy. Financial institutions play an important role in that economic model. Learn how credit-granting policies can work alongside the Brazilian government to achieve social and environmental sustainability.

As in-house counsel, you know you need to excel at negotiating with the other side. But to be a great lawyer, you must also excel in your interactions with your own side — your internal clients.

As in-house counsel, if you develop a reputation as a skilled negotiator, business people will seek your input on their issues. It is worth the effort to enhance your negotiation style and ensure mastery of the basic techniques.

Most in-house counsel managing litigation understand discovery obligations and the basics of how to protect attorney-client and work product privileges from disclosure in the United States. Even so, counsel should be aware of the effect of globalization on litigation and the impact cross-border discovery has on privilege.

By considering external support, companies have an opportunity to tap into a broader community of innovators. But collaboration is often not as straightforward as it seems.

Companies are more frequently turning to third-party subject matter experts to outsource their most pressing business needs. Although these relationships present opportunities for companies to improve product and service quality and leverage economies of scale to better compete within their respective markets, they also pose the risks of exposing potential data and confidential information and mismanagement of technology and other IP assets.

As GC for MetLife, Stephen Gauster has focused his energy on building up the company’s greatest assets: its people.

In this article, we outline five tips for companies preparing for a private equity investment and five tips for managing a new private equity relationship post-transaction.

Two high-profile patent cases were decided in quick succession by the US Supreme Court and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that affect the patent rights of every company. For every in-house lawyer with patent applications considered or pending, these new cases highlight some of the important strategies you need to protect your intellectual property.

Sparked by the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, protests for racial equality continue globally. Many companies have taken a stand, publicly denouncing police brutality and reassessing their policies to root out racial bias in their organizations. But how are the employees responding?

To take their career to the next level, mid-level lawyers need to focus on demonstrating value in the workplace and building social capital. This article offers advice on practical and proactive steps individuals can take to advance their careers and build important skills at this stage — about seven or eight years after being admitted to the bar.

In an era in which information is disseminated globally at unprecedented speed, how does company counsel discharge his or her ethical duties; serve the client; and comply with multiple — and sometimes conflicting — practice regimes?

Today’s corporate legal departments often have four generations of lawyers working together, and while differences abound, this generational diversity is actually beneficial to companies.

The ACC Docket asked Dr. Pol to outline the results of his research, which offers fresh insights into an area directly or indirectly affecting the way in-house counsel operate worldwide, including ACC members.

Despite the potential overhead that comes with risk monitoring inside the company, corporate legal teams have a duty to continuously track and mitigate known risks and detect and remediate potential ones before they become liabilities.