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French Parliament advances draft law that would introduce legal professional privilege for in-house counsel.

Top ten tips on the best way to enter a new environment as the company's first in-house counsel.

This Top Ten provides 10 steps you can take to operationalise the GDPR in your organisation.

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) is often caught in cross-functional turf wars. Consequently, many find that the system in place is not the hoped-for “silver bullet,” especially as unmet requirements surface across the organization. Moreover, the benefits documented in the CLM business case may always seem just beyond reach, especially as phased roll-outs stall amidst frustration and disappointment that what was pitched by the vendor turned out to be more difficult to actualize than it seemed.

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.

These top ten considerations will help you build a "right-sized" metrics program for your small and lean legal department.

This Top Ten addresses rulemaking on important issues, such as uncleared swaps margin, automated trading, cybersecurity, reducing the de minimis swap dealer threshold, and data reporting.

IP practitioners do not view themselves as typically in the crosshairs of political and national security issues. But the Russian invasion of Ukraine offers many lessons learned from the perspective of how to prepare for any future sanctions or political pressure, and what to do if such actions are taken.

This brief resource outlines the top ten steps to operationalise the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

This short article presents significant changes in the regulation of Russian legal entities as part of the reform of Russia's Civil Code.

This Top Ten article discusses government enforcement-related updates impacting the health care industry in the United States.

This article brings the top ten tips to consider while engaging outsourcing services in Central America.

This Top Ten lists specific considerations employers should keep in mind in evaluating worksite conditions, along with proactive measures suggested by Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA").

This Top Ten relates to questions the leadership of organizations should ask when beginning nonprofit merger discussions.

Hints on how to have clear legal sight if you, as an executive officer, might face liability, and how to prepare yourself to avoid or handle the different liability issues an executive officer might face.

Learn ten tips for in-house counsel to help business teams use open source software while managing risks associated with the use of such code.

There are many actions that the other party may take during a negotiation that, whether inadvertent or intentional, can help delay or derail the process if you don't respond properly. Here is a second set of ten such scenarios, followed by some brief summary comments regarding how you may wish to respond in each instance.

The purpose of this top ten is to serve as a checklist of issues you may want to bring up to management and other employees, to fresh up their understanding of the antitrust regulations and avoid costly mistakes in Colombia.

This article with its sample delegation of authority (DOA) form will assist in-house counsel who are struggling with issues related to signing authority, staff approval limits, and information passing.

Generative AI (GAI) stands to be a transformative force in the business world, promising to revolutionize everything from product development to data analysis.

This article explores 10 questions every company should consider when embarking on their GAI journey.

This is a sample non-compete agreement between a company and its employee.

Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is just the most recent in a long line of technologies that creates questions of responsible use.

As GAI use among lawyers increases, attorneys should be prepared to understand the ethical implications when using GAI.

Certain information must be investigated in conjunction with Human Resources for determining whether to pursue potential legal action against an employee who is leaving to work with a competitor.

This checklist features 15 items in-house counsel should consider when drafting restrictive covenants.

Gain a baseline understanding of cybersecurity strategies. Learn tips on strengthening your organization's cybersecurity practices, training employees, preparing for data breaches, evaluating insurance policies, responding to cyber incidents, and addressing cybersecurity in contracts.

How to make a strong positive impact when starting a new job as general counsel? Find practical tips and strategies shared by experienced in-house counsel and condensed by ACC in this toolkit. Nine checklists that distill insight from general counsel, from acing your first 90 days to developing your leadership and business skills and retaining talent on your team.

The Indian data protection legal regime is proposed to undergo a major overhaul with the enforcement of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act.

This article discusses In-house counsel internal strategies for compliance, including training of key stakeholders and conducting gap assessments.

This is a sample group sales agreement where the Hotel agrees that it will provide, and the Organization agrees that it will be responsible for utilizing a specified number of room nights.

This is a sample group sales agreement between an organization and a hotel where the organization will be permitted to divide its overall room block reserved under the Room Night Commitment into sub-blocks for attendees, faculty, Board members, staff, sponsors, and others groups as the organization might require, for the purposes of segmenting bookings, staggering room night release dates, and other purposes to which the parties reasonably agree.