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Creating an outline or script before an important discussion can increase the effectiveness of the verbal communication. Here's how.

Columnist James Wong discusses the benefits to becoming an adjunct professor.

If you feel stuck at work, recall your initial excitement and determine what you need to do to reignite that spark.

One expert estimates total downloads of mobile apps will exceed 268 billion by 2017. As apps proliferate, how do you find the high-tech gems in all the clutter and noise? Join our panel for a discussion of the best apps for in-house lawyers, and hear their nominations for the best in-house app of the year: the Best App Standing.

One year after a plan to reform European data protection laws was unveiled, the debate is still intense. While individuals and companies are still feuding over cases of profiling, cloud computing companies are struggling to understand when and how governments can access users’ data. Interestingly, the Commission’s proposal is also contemplating “a right to be forgotten” whereby a person would be able to ask that their data be deleted.

Pro Bono, as we know, refers to work undertaken voluntarily and without
payment, as a public service. As in-house lawyers, we are ideally suited to leverage our skills to provide services to those who are unable to afford them; to have a direct impact on those in need.

This article is a big data in employment case study for discussion.

A graphic to promote the value of and generate interest in a department’s Knowledge Management program.

This resource contains sections focused on the purpose of a social media policy, what type of social media it covers, guidelines to consider, reporting violations, and amendments.

This article addresses the reality that whether you outsource mostly in-house activities or activities that are going to move from a law firm to a different kind of provider, eventually what gets unbundled has to be re-integrated.

This brief article presents the top ten reasons to update your corporate Intellectual Property and information strategy, especially if you practice within the United States, the European Union or in the United Kingdom.

Hydrogen power is likely to play a significant role in international commitments to achieving carbon emissions and net zero goals by 2050. This is why governments all over the world, as well as the private sector, are investing heavily in this technology. The growth and success of the hydrogen economy will largely be driven by advancements and innovations in both the core and applications technologies. It is therefore important for investors in, and developers of, new hydrogen power technologies to implement a dedicated procedure and IP strategy to allow innovations to be properly captured, protected and exploited. This article considers some of the key IP considerations that are relevant.

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.

This is a sample letter of agreement between a hotel and company.

This document seeks to bring together the previous work done by the Working Party of EU Data Protection Commissioners established under Article 29 of the Data Protection Directive1 into a more comprehensive set of views covering all the central questions raised by flows of personal data to third countries in the context of the application of EU data protection directive (95/46/EC). It is organised according to the system provided for international transfers of personal data set out in Articles 25 and 26 of the directive. (The text of these articles is attached as Annex 2).

This resource from Womble Bond Dickinson provides frequently asked questions concerning the ongoing situation with the Silicon Valley Bank in California.

One thing that strikes me about ACC is that it is so much more than an organization that provides in-house counsel with industry information. Instead, I find ACC to be a community that connects me to the people and resources that help me professionally
and enrich me personally.

This program material analyzes the evolving role of non-lawyers in legal departments.

This article will focus on those features of the EU merger control regime that are most important for corporate counsel who are responsible for managing different aspects of the deal and for serving as a liaison between management and outside counsel.

This note contains a brief commentary on some of the main legal terms in international debt issues of or guaranteed by Ukraine. The objective is to analyse the degree to which these bonds are consistent with practice in the international capital markets and to weigh up the balance between the sovereign debtor and the bondholder creditors in terms of the rights and protections granted by the terms of the bonds. The main conclusion is that the bond issue legal terms seek to enhance stability for both Ukraine and the bondholders if there is a crisis.

Being an effective leader isn't about posters, slogans, memos, PowerPoints, or speeches. Your actions must be consistent with what you believe.