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This material discusses attorney-client privilege rules from around the world and how they apply in the compliance context. It also includes the pros and cons of non-lawyers assuming compliance roles.

The rules of civil procedure are once again being amended, this time to update them for document production in the digital age. Judge Shira A. Scheindlin talks about what the proposed changes will mean for in-house counsel. She also gives advice and her top ten tips on conducting e-discovery in the current murky shadow of Rule 26, to avoid garnering sanctions for inadvertently violating a discovery order, or worse yet charges of spoliation of evidence.

An informative primer on accessing foreign tax information networks under the OECD Model Convention.

This report presents results on a subset of respondents from the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Chief Legal Officer (CLO) 2013 Survey, published in January 2013. A total of 1,104 individuals from 36 countries participated in this survey to provide a global outlook of CLOs worldwide. This report provides results and analysis of respondents from Canada (n=50) as well as demographic information, such as staffing, budget changes, revenue and more, while also exploring intangibles such as CCLOs’ top legal and business concerns for the past 12 months and their anticipations for the future.

This article aims to explain the landscape across Europe’s main markets, and to highlight the key differences in each of those markets.

The author discusses how the role of in-house counsel is essentially a service-based profession, and how the right attitude can make all the difference.

This sample alleges various types of employment discrimination, including gender discrimination and retaliation for an employee's efforts at filing a workers compensation complaint.

Cybersecurity threats may create significant operational and legal problems that can compromise the arbitral process, including loss or unauthorized disclosure of sensitive data, breaches of attorney-client confidentiality, adverse media coverage and reputational damage, costs associated with breach notification or data recovery, and legal liability.

Properly executing a legal hold need not be an overly complicated or intimidating process. What it does require, however, is thoughtful planning and preparation in order to protect the business. This article contains ten best practices for creating a systematic process for executing legal holds.

A selection of resources on US sanctions and export controls against Russia in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

In the wake of the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued new guidance to address patient privacy under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for those seeking reproductive health care services. This article discusses the guidance, which states that HIPAA allows providers to disclose certain protected health information (PHI), which includes information relating to one’s abortion or other reproductive care, without patient authorization only in specific circumstances that are “narrowly tailored to
protect the individual’s privacy and support their access to health services.”

Ins & Outs — Legal Leaders Use the Matrix to Expand Time. Research shows time pressure and workload are significant pressures facing legal teams. Use of the Legal Matrix can help a legal team's effectiveness in all areas.

You don't have to have the newest gadget to be tech savvy, but you should avoid becoming a dinosaur. Here's how.

Law departments should seek to partner young or new in-house lawyers with experienced in-house counsel.

Many law departments now have preferred provider programs (PPPs) in place and many are working to establish them, but how can they take these PPPs to the next level? This session will discuss best practices in establishing and upgrading PPPs, including practical guidelines for changing the dynamic of your PPP from consolidation to practice area-driven needs. The panel’s discussion will cover PPPs for both outside counsel and vendors such as e-discovery providers.

Summarizes how to meet the deadline, study the response, get authorization to respond, and understand the ethical and regulatory rules regarding audit response letters.

Here are five guidelines to get you started on achieving your dream.

In his first article as the Career Path columnist, Mark Roellig relates the importance of not only learning from life's lessons, but also writing them down and tracking your progress throughout the years.

In her final ACC Docket column, Whitnie Wiley reflects on her years as the Lead the Way columnist.

What lessons can be learned from rocket scientists on formulating an effective ethics and compliance program? Read this column to find out.

Elisa Garcia, executive vice president and general counsel of Office Depot, Inc., shares her daily routine.

This article offers tips on what to do if you are a new in-house counsel working for a company that has never had an in-house attorney.

Is leadership relevant to a legal department, particularly a small one? According to this article it is, read on to find out why.

Discusses whether internet tools, meant to make information more accessible, have affected and altered our cognitive abilities.

The general counsel, vice president and chief compliance officer of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists shares her daily routine, including her penchant for music.

Janine Greenwood, chief legal officer, vice president and secretary of National Student Clearinghouse, describes her daily routine. She shares the success of her efforts to make uniform her organization’s compliance policies and procedures and how she makes use of ACC resources. <br />

The author discusses the difference between studying leadership and studying mathematics. She observes: We are actually required to immerse ourselves in the material — something I never did with differential equations.

The key to good leadership in a membership organization is truly understanding the people who look to you for answers, as well as engaging them on a meaningful level. This takes some individual attention, as people join organizations for a number of reasons.

Gone are the days where being a great legal adviser was enough. Career Path Columnist Bjarne P. Tellmann presents the advantages that in-house counsel can gain in post-graduate education in business.