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Stress-free productivity is a concern for all legal departments, regardless of size. Nowhere does it hit closer to home, however, than in a small law department. This article talks about basic steps to improving department productivity utilizing principles from Getting Things Done (GTD) and enhanced ACC research with the GettingLegalDone button found on QuickCounsel and Top Ten articles.

Flip the coin for a change: what are your employment rights as in-house counsel? May in-house counsel sue the employer?

This guide presents jurisdictional overviews on public procurement contracts in jurisdictions around the globe.

“It takes a different mentality to be a successful in-house lawyer than to be a private practice lawyer,” says Adam Walters, assistant general counsel, Asia Pacific for First Solar Inc. It also means being on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “The idea that you go in-house to get a cushy job with great work-life balance is not something I have experienced.”

This guide provides a detailed summary about the different pre-merger notification procedures in each jurisdiction.

In this ACC Guide, an overview of recent developments in post-grant proceedings before the United States Patent Trial and Appeal Board are explained. With relatively new administrative proceedings developed for challenging competitor grants, in-house counsel will need to familiarize themselves with this knowledge to prepare for hearings.

This article lays out the steps you need to develop, maintain, and enforce a records management program and helps get your corporate house in order.

The Covid-19 pandemic is not only a major public health crisis, but the kick-start of an irreversible change in the global economic order. In this article, learn how other in-house counsel, executives, and business people rethink responsible investment and implement consistent policies for good environmental, social, and corporate governance practices (known by the acronym ESG - Environmental, Social, and Governance) have been showing great competitive advantage over others.

"the "Getting the Deal Through" reference guide for M&A professionals"

Contracting with the US government is subject to a complex set of laws and regulations. This session will address rules and regulations governing intellectual property rights in federal government contracting. A panel of experts will discuss the laws and regulations applicable to funding, licensing, and commercial transactions with the US government. The panel will review myths and misconceptions and provide practical guidance for addressing ownership and control of IP rights under government contractual arrangements.

From board discussions to business decisions, see what’s keeping CLOs awake at night.

STATEMENT OF AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT KAREN J. MATHIS
FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2007
Re: INTRODUCTION IN U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OF ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE PROTECTION ACT OF 2007

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As more and more companies expand their multinational presence, issues concerning how to effectively manage the workforce also expand. This article offers step-by-step instructions on how to proactively address this problem, as well as how multi-jurisdictional employers should audit employment practices, and who should be doing the auditing.

The Private Security Officer (PSO) Selection and Training Guideline has been written for both proprietary and contract security but is not intended to cover all aspects of selection
and training criteria for private security officers. It is intended to set forth minimum criteria that regulating bodies and companies in the United States can use to assist in recommending legislation and policies for the selection and training of private security officers.

Seller has registered the Internet domain name DOMAIN.com and the Buyer desires that Seller sell to Buyer and transfer all rights in the
Domain Name to Buyer.

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The US Supreme Court’s recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has presented many issues for sponsors of group health plans to contemplate as they decide whether and how to proceed with the offering and administration of abortion services. While each group health plan sponsor will need to consider its own objectives, plan populations and tolerance for risk,
this article provides a list which identifies factors that sponsors should address before taking any definitive action.

In October 2022, President Biden issued the “Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards For United States Signals Intelligence Activities” (“EO”), directing steps the US will take to implement commitments agreed to under the European Union-US Data Privacy Framework in March 2022. The EO details key steps to strengthen privacy and civil liberties safeguards for US signals intelligence activities and creates mechanisms for individuals to seek redress for the collection of personal information through intelligence activities in violation of applicable US law.

This report spotlights top legal and business concerns weighing on CLOs in Canadian legal departments. CLOs from the region identified emerging trends, business priorities, budget, staffing changes, and more. Nonmembers have the exclusive opportunity to receive the report for free by joining ACC today.

This article discusses business formation, employment, taxation, and other issues to consider when doing business in Nigeria.