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Bringing Your Whole Self to Work, Unapologetically – Temperaments and the Role of a Leader
Publication Date: 07/01/2018
No company or leader wants to underuse their employees. But by discounting or ignoring the skills of the introverted population of their workforce, this may be precisely what is taking place. Each member of the legal department — introverts and extroverts, general counsel and supporting attorneys — have a role to play in rolling back this trend.
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Interest Area: Employment and Labor
Source: ACC Docket
… population of their workforce, this may be precisely what is taking place. Each member of the legal department — … bias. While personality bias may be unconscious, it is bad for business and reflects poor leadership. Introvert … Fear (But Great Leaders Always Do), Marcel Schwantes, Inc.com, March 31, 2018. … No company or leader wants to underuse …
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Straight to In-house Practice — Internships & First Year Programs
Publication Date: 07/01/2018
In this last part of the series, ACC talks to Independence Blue Cross LLC’s (Independence) Laura Grossi-Tyson, senior director, Benefits, Employee Relations and HR; and Joel Stern, CEO of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) to get their thoughts on hiring recent law school grads.
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Interest Area: Employment and Labor, Skills and Professional Development
Source: ACC Docket
… Docket Article Straight to In-house Practice — Internships & First Year Programs Tiffani … Professional Development Source: ACC Docket … While there is no one path to in-house practice, many may think that … lawyers do after they do the firm thing — an option for later in their legal careers. However, just like the …
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5 Years Later: Lessons Learned from the First Inter Partes Review
Publication Date: 05/01/2018
Based on the first five years, IPRs have proven to be an effective tool for accused infringers to challenge patent validity cheaply and effectively. IPRs have driven down the cost of defending against and the settlement value of many patent-infringement assertions. Those faced with patent assertions cannot afford to overlook IPR as a defense tool. And patent owners, too, must adapt their tactics to address the challenges of IPRs.
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Interest Area: Intellectual Property
Source: ACC Docket
… first five years, IPRs have proven to be an effective tool for accused infringers to challenge patent validity cheaply … IPRs, alleged infringers could assert invalidity defenses in district court. Those defenses often took years to be … processes. Approximately six months after an IPR petition is filed, a panel of patent experts issues an institution …
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GDPR and Privacy Shield: Different Tools for Different Goals
Publication Date: 09/01/2018
This article compares the Privacy Shield and GDPR, to highlight commonalities, but also gaps that organizations need to address to achieve compliance under both frameworks.
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Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics, Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Source: ACC Docket
… Docket Article GDPR and Privacy Shield: Different Tools for Different Goals Paola Zeni Francoise Gilbert Max Calehuff … … CHEAT SHEET Privacy Shield. The EU-US Privacy Shield is a cross-border data transfer mechanism, not a data … of geography. Even if a company does not do business in the European Union or the European Economic Area, it may …
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Workplace Investigations: the Role of the Office of the General Counsel
Publication Date: 05/01/2016
Getting to the bottom of the issues and understanding the facts is in the best interest of any organization. That is why workplace investigations are so critical.
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Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics
Source: ACC Docket
… to the bottom of the issues and understanding the facts is in the best interest of any organization. That is why … are so critical. There are many elements that must exist for a proper workplace investigation, but it all starts with …
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Ground Satellite Litigation: IP Indemnification Provisions Implicating Multiple Suppliers
Publication Date: 09/01/2016
There is no magic formula or one-size-fits-all approach for an indemnification clause addressing the multiple supplier scenario. Rather, a party should carefully consider what language has been proposed on the other side of the negotiating table, its own negotiation strategy and leverage, its risks, and the technology.
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Interest Area: Intellectual Property, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Source: ACC Docket
… Jeyshree Ramachandran Publication Date: 09/01/2016 There is no magic formula or one-size-fits-all approach for an indemnification clause addressing the multiple … through the indemnification process to ensure confidence in the seller’s compensation. This article discusses …
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Integrating the Cultures—and Employment Laws—of Your Multinational Workforce in the Global Economy
Publication Date: 04/01/2015
US companies going abroad should be aware of the intersection of foreign and domestic labor laws as they pertain to US citizens working abroad for branches or affiliates owned or controlled by US companies, and foreign citizens working for US companies in their own countries.
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Interest Area: Employment and Labor
Source: ACC Docket
… Employment Laws—of Your Multinational Workforce in the Global Economy Mitchell A. Mosvick Allegra J. … labor laws as they pertain to US citizens working abroad for branches or affiliates owned or controlled by US … in the corporate world are much longer and the commitment is more difficult to avoid because of the intersection of …
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Sharing Regulatory Risk in Global M&A
Publication Date: 12/01/2015
Because of the increasing uncertainties in closing large global transactions, brought on in part by increasing governmental regulations around the world, sellers, in particular, have made greater use of strategies to mitigate and rebalance regulatory — and in particular antitrust — risk.
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Interest Area: Corporate, Securities, and Governance
Source: ACC Docket
… Docket Article Sharing Regulatory Risk in Global M&A Mark Van De Voorde Barry A. Pupkin Stephen E. … like the United States, investigating mergers for antitrust can be lengthy; hence termination dates gain … laws being enacted and amended around the world, it is increasingly likely that some of these laws will be …
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Advanced Persistent Threats: Effective Response to Nation-State Attacks
Publication Date: 12/01/2015
This article will help you understand today’s most serious cybersecurity threat — the APT. This article also covers some of the key concepts you should understand about advanced cybersecurity threats and how you can properly prepare for these threats as a CLO.
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Interest Area: Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce, Corporate, Securities, and Governance
Source: ACC Docket
… cybersecurity threats and how you can properly prepare for these threats as a CLO. Resource Details Interest Area: … take you so far; inculcating a culture of preparedness is also required to lower your risk of a breach. … suffered an APT attack: Profits fell 46 percent in Q4 2013. Target reportedly spent US$ 61 million (€55 …
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Mind Your Ethics: Professional Conduct for the In-house Lawyer
Publication Date: 02/01/2015
Things can move very quickly in a business operation. It is important to periodically review the basics of professional responsibility to be able to adapt and apply them to your in-house practice.
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Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics
Source: ACC Docket
… Docket Article Mind Your Ethics: Professional Conduct for the In-house Lawyer Nicole B. Guerin John M. “Jack” Tanner … Things can move very quickly in a business operation. It is important to periodically review the basics of …
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Freedom to Operate Opinions: Worth the Cost?
Publication Date: 10/01/2015
“Can we do it?” “Should we do it?” “How can we justify budgeting for it?” and “Can we rely on it?” are questions that your product development or marketing team may ask you prior to launching a product or service.
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Interest Area: Intellectual Property
Source: ACC Docket
… do it?” “Should we do it?” “How can we justify budgeting for it?” and “Can we rely on it?” are questions that your … Property Source: ACC Docket … CHEAT SHEET What is a freedom to operate analysis? It is an assessment of the … infringement and if sued, the likelihood of prevailing in court. Assess third party rights. Determine whether third …
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Legal Tech: The Productization of the Legal Department
Publication Date: 06/15/2021
Productization allows you to deliver customer-focused legal services at scale and cost-effectively to make a more significant impact on your bottom line.
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Interest Area: Law Department Management, Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Source: ACC Docket
… vehicle. The invention led to a bevy of beneficial changes in manufacturing facilities across the globe. Legal services … not only expands the ways lawyers offer legal advice but is also a market evolution legal providers must embrace if … in the modern digital era. Your window of opportunity For some legal services, the window of opportunity to …
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Feeling Overwhelmed? Lawyer Assistance Programs Can Help
Publication Date: 08/09/2021
You’re not the only lawyer struggling with mental health issues. Here’s how to break the stigma to get your life back on track.
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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Source: ACC Docket
… Ignoring legal workplace stressors can suppress excellence in outcomes and intensify illness. Reducing stigma. The … so more attorneys to access these free services.  Hope for the future. With LAPs, we have the capacity to create a … A works in a toxic environment and feels as though she is swimming in a circle — slowly going under after a messy …
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Lessons from the Top: Fireside Chat with Vinod Mahboobani
Publication Date: 08/24/2021
In this chat hosted by ACC Singapore, the chief legal officer of KFC Global and Pizza Hut International shared his life lessons and experiences from trainee lawyer to globally successful general counsel.
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… Y. Chan Lijun Chui Publication Date: 08/24/2021 In this chat hosted by ACC Singapore, the chief legal officer … do your best at that task. Doesn’t matter what task it is, you don’t know what doors will open up.” Mahboobani later … to work alongside some of the most prominent counsels for the entire duration of a landmark trial. Hard work and …
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Blockchain Meets Healthcare: Understanding the Business Model and Implementing Initiatives
Publication Date: 09/01/2017
For healthcare companies, the use of blockchain has the potential to revolutionize data storage practices, at a fraction of the price of traditional processes. This article provides a summary of blockchain, identifies legal issues, and discusses some of the exciting possibilities and challenges to execution in the healthcare sector.
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Interest Area: Health Law, Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Source: ACC Docket
… Jason I. Epstein Roy Wyman Publication Date: 09/01/2017 For healthcare companies, the use of blockchain has the … of the exciting possibilities and challenges to execution in the healthcare sector. Resource Details Interest Area: … immutably record transactions and ensure integrity; 2) it is a distributed platform that keeps many copies of the …
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The Role of Financial Institutions in Protecting Delicate Brazilian Ecosystems
Publication Date: 02/01/2015
Policies that promote social and environmental justice should be integrated with the traditional production and consumption economy. Financial institutions play an important role in that economic model. Learn how credit-granting policies can work alongside the Brazilian government to achieve social and environmental sustainability.
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Interest Area: Environmental, Financial Services
Source: ACC Docket
… Docket Article The Role of Financial Institutions in Protecting Delicate Brazilian Ecosystems Antonio Carlos de … series . Recommended by the International Organization for Standardization, these best practices set out measures … resources have to be thoroughly examined. The target is balance among society, market and environment, creating a …
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Five Secrets to Successfully Negotiating with … Your Own Side
Publication Date: 10/01/2018
As in-house counsel, you know you need to excel at negotiating with the other side. But to be a great lawyer, you must also excel in your interactions with your own side — your internal clients.
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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts, Skills and Professional Development
Source: ACC Docket
… Danda Zhao Alan Fishel Publication Date: 10/01/2018 As in-house counsel, you know you need to excel at negotiating … in your interactions with the opposing party. All of that is true, but none of that is sufficient. To be a great … to find out a day or a week later that it can. Reasons for disconnects between attorneys and their clients There are …
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How to Hone Your Negotiation Skills
Publication Date: 12/17/2020
As in-house counsel, if you develop a reputation as a skilled negotiator, business people will seek your input on their issues. It is worth the effort to enhance your negotiation style and ensure mastery of the basic techniques.
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Interest Area: Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Source: ACC Docket
… Skills Noah Webster Publication Date: 12/17/2020 As in-house counsel, if you develop a reputation as a skilled … business people will seek your input on their issues. It is worth the effort to enhance your negotiation style and … targets. Smooth out a knotty vendor agreement problem for your product team. Settle an expensive case favorably for …
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5 Tips for Protecting Legal Privilege During Global Litigation
Publication Date: 12/18/2020
Most in-house counsel managing litigation understand discovery obligations and the basics of how to protect attorney-client and work product privileges from disclosure in the United States. Even so, counsel should be aware of the effect of globalization on litigation and the impact cross-border discovery has on privilege.
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Interest Area: Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Source: ACC Docket
… Docket Article 5 Tips for Protecting Legal Privilege During Global Litigation Laura … in the likely event that privileged information is produced during discovery. Privilege log .  Keeping a … for the Northern District of California.  elaporte@jamsadr.com Five practical tips to protect privilege in a globalized …
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Proactive Steps for Driving Successful Joint Development Relationships
Publication Date: 12/18/2020
By considering external support, companies have an opportunity to tap into a broader community of innovators. But collaboration is often not as straightforward as it seems.
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Interest Area: Intellectual Property, Skills and Professional Development
Source: ACC Docket
… Docket Article Proactive Steps for Driving Successful Joint Development Relationships Robert … into a broader community of innovators. But collaboration is often not as straightforward as it seems. Resource Details … a JD relationship, consider what issues may arise in the future and how both parties will deal with the end of …
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7 Strategies to Promote Workplace Gender Equality
Publication Date: 12/18/2020
This article explores the basic legal tenets of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and pay equity and offers practical solutions to make cultural and procedural changes that promote equality in both wages and opportunities for women and other minority groups in the workplace.
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Interest Area: Skills and Professional Development
Source: ACC Docket
… that promote equality in both wages and opportunities for women and other minority groups in the workplace. … While corporate America has made great strides, there is no doubt that 2020 will demand more in terms of promoting … Pay equity audit checklist Establish goals. Get buy-in from senior management. Put the right team in place. …
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IP Risks in Outsourcing: Traps for the Unwary
Publication Date: 12/21/2020
Companies are more frequently turning to third-party subject matter experts to outsource their most pressing business needs. Although these relationships present opportunities for companies to improve product and service quality and leverage economies of scale to better compete within their respective markets, they also pose the risks of exposing potential data and confidential information and mismanagement of technology and other IP assets.
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Interest Area: Intellectual Property, Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Source: ACC Docket
… Docket Article IP Risks in Outsourcing: Traps for the Unwary Sarah Beisheim William … and mismanagement of technology and other IP assets. This is because most outsourcing engagements require customers and …
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Building a Legal Department for the Future
Publication Date: 12/21/2020
As GC for MetLife, Stephen Gauster has focused his energy on building up the company’s greatest assets: its people.
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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Source: ACC Docket
… Docket Article Building a Legal Department for the Future Joshua H. Shields Publication Date: 12/21/2020 … and their individual risks. But the information he is most intrigued by are the answers to human-centered … questions, like how can MetLife source and retain talent in today’s marketplace? Improve work-life balance? Increase …
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7 Ways to Minimize The Risk of Losing Patent Rights Through Disclosure
Publication Date: 09/01/2019
Two high-profile patent cases were decided in quick succession by the US Supreme Court and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that affect the patent rights of every company. For every in-house lawyer with patent applications considered or pending, these new cases highlight some of the important strategies you need to protect your intellectual property.
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Interest Area: Intellectual Property
Source: ACC Docket
… 09/01/2019 Two high-profile patent cases were decided in quick succession by the US Supreme Court and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that affect the patent rights of … Recordkeeping can help in experimental testing, and it is recommended that documentation reflects the purpose of the …
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3 Ways Companies Can Achieve Inclusivity at All Levels
Publication Date: 07/10/2020
Sparked by the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, protests for racial equality continue globally. Many companies have taken a stand, publicly denouncing police brutality and reassessing their policies to root out racial bias in their organizations. But how are the employees responding?
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Interest Area: Employment and Labor
Source: ACC Docket
… by the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, protests for racial equality continue globally. Many companies have … and reassessing their policies to root out racial bias in their organizations. But how are the employees responding? … HR employees, respectively. While Alonso said that there is data to be evaluated from other races and groups, SHRM and …
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Best Practices: Hiring and Training In-house Counsel in India
Harish Suryavanshi
07/01/2015

The role of in-house counsel in India is evolving rapidly, and the influence of legal over other departments is also growing. Indian corporate counsel must prepare themselves for compliance in multiple jurisdictions and be aware of the legal and ethical environs of the countries in which they are doing business.

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Source: ACC Docket
Region: India
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… July 1, 2015 The role of in-house counsel in India is evolving rapidly, and the influence of legal over other … they look for stability and career progression within the com- pany every two to three years, and this brings the … ACC HAS MORE MATERIAL ON THIS SUBJECT ON OUR WEBSITE. VISIT WWW.ACC.COM, WHERE YOU CAN BROWSE OUR …
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Expanding Your Legal Team Overseas: Expert Insights
Erich Andersen, Miriam Longchamp, Alisa Tazioli, and Caroline Lim
11/01/2008

This article offers expert insights on finding, training, and managing in-house attorneys all over the globe.

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Interest Area: Employment and Labor, Compliance and Ethics, Corporate, Securities, and Governance, Commercial and Contracts
Source: ACC Docket
Region: United States
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… to make sure their interests are well represented. That is why attorneys are increasingly showing up on international … in Paris. he can be contacted at erichand@microsoft.com. cArolinE liM heads the in-house practice group in Asia … material. ACC has more material on this subject on our website. Visit www.acc.com where you can browse our resources …
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International Privacy Law
Paula Barrett - partner, Eversheds LLP; Eugene M. FitzMaurice - former counsel, Towers Perrin; and Giuseppe Sanna - ACC Europe Secretary of the Board, Head of Advocacy
04/20/2004

A presentation giving an international perspective on privacy law.

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts, Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Source: Meetings
Region: United States
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… MEETING THE NEW FACE OF IN-HOUSE COUNSEL This material is protected by copyright. Copyright © 2004 various authors … Merklinger at ACC: 202/293-4103, ext. 326; merklinger@acca.com 103:International Privacy Law Paula Barrett Partner … (HHS has established a civil rights office, and its website is www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa . A full listing of required …
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Three Steps to Bolster Your Contract Management Process
Publication Date: 12/01/2018
Risk assessment and mitigation begins internally, and it begins with planning, communication, and training. To know what that “wrong” scenario might look like, your internal teams (e.g., sales, marketing, executive, etc.) need to be trained on what red flags to look for. Before you can train your team, however, you need to get organized.
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Interest Area: Corporate, Securities, and Governance
Source: ACC Docket
… etc.) need to be trained on what red flags to look for. Before you can train your team, however, you need to get … Define the process. The first step in contract management is defining your process: Who are the key personnel? What are … 1985. 2 Romrell, Jason M, General Counsel, LeadsMarket.com LLC. 3 Stross, Charlie. 4 Shakespeare, William, Romeo & …
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Save Smart: Records Management in the Digital Age
Publication Date: 09/01/2018
Implementing an effective, company-wide records management policy is challenging and resource intensive. However, the benefits that an organization derives by expending the necessary effort in launching such an initiative are well worth the investment.
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Interest Area: Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Source: ACC Docket
… an effective, company-wide records management policy is challenging and resource intensive. However, the benefits … of sound governance and organizational risk management. For organizations operating on a global basis, records … 2014 www.aiim.org / Iron Mountain 2014, www.ironmountain.com . 5, 6, 7 Big Data Overload: Why Most Companies Can’t …
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