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The substantial increase in international trade disputes, constraints on US courts, and the limited reach of US court judgments create a demand for an innovative way to handle international technology disputes.

Overview of HP's in-house counsel training program.

705 Mergers! Acquisitions! Integrating the Law Departments after It Happens. A discussion on the merger process, integrating legal departments, and post merger culture.

This article outlines the issues that are likely to define the 2016 proxy season based on trends from the 2015 proxy season.

This is a sample hotel group sales and event agreement.

Camana Bay in the Cayman Islands is a meticulously groomed town, where native vegetation flanks walkways and bike trails that lead to office buildings, courtyards, restaurants and school grounds. The aesthetics are both beautiful and functional. Because every destination that spans this development is walkable, Camana Bay promotes social interaction and a low environmental impact. Dart Enterprises, where Ward Sykes is vice president of corporate and legal, is the parent company of Dart Realty, the developer of Camana Bay and the company responsible for the beautifully engineered community.

The overall costs and burdens of ediscovery for any company can be hefty to say the least. When companies "de-duplicate" only within the records of individual custodians, they often end up paying lawyers twice to review the same document from multiple custodians. This adds significant cost for the company and frequently raises serious ethical issues.

EU data privacy laws make the collection of Electronically stored information (ESI) and its transfer out of Europe challenging. The session will begin with a brief update of U.S. case law focusing on cross-border discovery generally, and then turn to a discussion of Privacy by Design ("PbD"), which has become the gold standard for privacy protection in the 21st Century. This discussion will cover examples of how PbD has been operationalized and used to address the challenges presented by EU data privacy laws. The session will then cover Europe's acknowledgement of Canada's stringent privacy laws which make it a unique base for e-discovery collection, analysis and review. By collecting ESI from European employees into Canada, and then culling down/reviewing ESI in Canada to identify responsive email and documents, organization can minimize the amount of ESI for which they must obtain consent from employees for transfer to the U.S.

This is a sample contract policy.

This is a sample computer, email and internet usage policy.

This article provides a brief overview of the key issues related to privacy and ten steps in-house counsel should take to prepare their organization for the evolving privacy landscape in the United States.

Read Todd Silberman's insights on the balance between work and life. Do we live to work or work to live?

This article contains five tips for freshening up your legal resume right now.

This article examines industry changes resulting from an automated workforce and identifies future trends.

Despite the CLO’s best efforts, Legal is almost always viewed as a cost center within the corporation. What are the most effective ways that you as a CLO can continuously prove your value to the company, what metrics do you use to do it, and how do you get the company to see the cost savings that result from early and regular consultation with Legal?

This is a sample personnel policy concerning corporate credit card use.

Career Path Columnist Bjarne P. Tellmann discusses the various types of diversity that a company needs in order to succeed.

In his final Career Path column, Bjarne P. Tellmann shares how to embrace change — no matter how daunting.

Work-life balance is not about having equal energy for all parts of our life. Instead, it's about taking care of yourself and identifying your priorities.

"To sharpen the saw," sometimes it's important to learn, play, and rest before tackling your to-do list.

Though most businesses avoid using this particular word, Business Ethics Columnist James A. Nortz argues that it should be synonymous with "ethics."

Honest performance reviews are the only way your employees can make reasoned decisions about their future lives and careers.

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.

This article includes a six-step action plan to help you become more productive on both the individual and team levels by making better use of three important resources time, technology and human resources.

Overview of issues related to social media's use in corporate communication. Includes guidance on creating a social media policy.

This sample is an executive summary of a contract policy.