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Meritas Vice President of Global Marketing and Engagement Kim Heinrich provides 5 key tips sports federations should consider regarding regulations for transgender athletes. #ACCDocket #inhouse

Why is legal privilege important for in-house counsel? Veronica Pastor, ACC's deputy general counsel and Amy Chai, ACC's director of advocacy, sit down to discuss how in-house counsel can balance the private interests of clients with the public interest in the rule of law. #ACC #ACCDocket #Inhouse

George Siedel, University of Michigan Thurnau Professor Emeritus of Business Law, believes in-house lawyers educate business leaders on legal issues — and can become better teachers by knowing how the best professors teach. #ACCDocket #inhouse

Solaris Foundation General Counsel Andrew Bennett provides valuable tips for in-house counsel who need to build out an effective email retention policy. #ACCDocket #inhouse

What do you mean your work gets boring? Look at it fresh. Change what you can. Ideas c/o Career Path columnist James Bellerjeau in The ABCs of Work series.

Median total legal spend is up, according to the fourth edition of the comprehensive survey. #ACCDocket #ACCBenchmarking #legaloperations #privacy #compliance

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

Truth Initiative’s Chief Legal and Regulatory Affairs Officer Robert Falk, with coauthors Joseph Lazaarotti and Michelle Phillips of Jackson Lewis, provide an overview of the categories of wellness programs, common legal issues, and some strategies for dealing with them in this Docket article.

In today’s interconnected, tech-dependent economy, sharing data with third parties is unavoidable. To protect that data, in-house counsel routinely turn to contracts, often in the form of data processing agreements and information security addenda. Here are the crucial ways contracts can — and can’t — help secure companies’ data.

Marketecture — a blend of marketing and architecture — frames technical complexities in terms of value, often using visual aids and a compelling narrative. Columnist Olga V. Mack explores how legal leaders can leverage marketecture principles to enhance their executive presence, foster engagement, and align their insights with organizational objectives.

The Dutch Supreme Court has confirmed the right of foreign in-house lawyers to benefit from legal professional privilege, but only if (i) they are members of an EEA or Swiss bar or are otherwise entitled to work as a lawyer with legal professional privilege in their home country, and (ii) they have an agreement with their employer guaranteeing their independence and freedom to comply with rules of professional conduct. . #attorneyclientprivilege #inhousecounsel #professionalprivilege #ACCadvocacy

Religious beliefs and how they are practiced in the workplace can potentially become an issue for employers after a recent US Supreme Court ruling. #ACCDocket #inhousecounsel

Read how improv comedy benefited a skeptical in-house counsel. Assistant General Counsel J.B. Perrine of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares how improv sharpened his in-house counsel skills. #ACCDocket #inhousecounsel

Most lawyers say they are now a constant part of the C-suite. Learn more and participate in the ACC 2023 Chief Legal Officers Survey.
ACCDocket #legaloperations #inhousecounsel #generalcounsel #ESG #EnvironmentalSocialGovernance #compliance #humanresources #HR

In workplaces where DEI is not taken seriously, consider these under-the-radar strategies to move the needle.
#ACCDocket #DiversityEquityInclusion #DEI

American Health Information Management Association GC David Gilmartin and Kerry Childe, senior consultant for Contoural, outline how to develop a plan for retaining personal information that the entire company can follow. #ACCDocket #GDPR #CPRA #IG #PrivacyLaw

Amendments to Indian competition law double down on anti-competitive agreements #CompetitionLaw #AntiTrust #ACC #ACCDocket

Combining the human and technological parts of your team effectively might be challenging, but the results are worth it. Here are a few ways you can invest in technology that benefits your people and your business.

The ILAN has been a tremendous resource for meeting new colleagues and being able to learn from them about different approaches to handling matters as in-house counsel; often these newfound friends provide useful insights and a fresh way to look at things.

Dreaming, as opposed to goal-setting, is not about being smart, measureable, achievable, realistic, or time bound. Dreaming is the exact opposite of that. It simply allows you to explore all that can be.

A day in the life of Cheryl Yuan, Deputy General Counsel – M&A and Partnerships at Veon in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

A day in the life of Cynthia Bar, Managing Counsel — Argentina, Uruguay & Paraguay at Coca-Cola in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

A day in the life of Varsha Gupta, Regional Legal & Compliance Counsel, Middle East and Iran, Health at RB in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

It is important to remember that you are under no obligation to respond to such provocation. You can still achieve your objectives with civility, poise, and professionalism. Herein, we will identify the Rambo litigator’s most common dirty tactics and provide you with the proper tools to disarm and defeat this difficult adversary.

In the wake of the Equifax security breach, it’s hard to find any in-house counsel who isn’t reviewing their respective company’s data security breach management response plan.

I think that keeping up with the pace of regulatory change in the asset management space is tough. Particularly because so many solutions rely on different technologies that do not always integrate as much as I would like.

I’ve held business and legal positions throughout my career, but in-house always seemed more interesting and active because we are involved in the success of the business.