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In his final Career Path column, Mark Rolleig shares his leadership lessons and rules for career success he’s learned over the years.

In this column, the author makes three suggestions for adding value to your small law department.

Known colloquially as “slurp,” a Strategic Long Range Plan (SLRP) helps employees take the enterprise’s major objectives and develop strategies to advance each one.

We can compound our suffering by allowing daily stresses to cause excessive anxiety or, instead, we can strive to learn to respond to corporate life calmly and with level-headed composure.

Technology and collaboration tools are always changing. In-house counsel need to make it as easy as possible for business people to understand what it means to comply.

In an effort to protect personal data, Turkey has instituted sanctions that set out general principles to protect data and punish those who violate the law.

This article provides insight into amendments made to the Work Health & Safety Act 2011 (Qld), which was amended previously to provide for the offense of industrial manslaughter. It was later amended in 2020 to cover the resources sector including coal. The piece also provides analysis and key issues for the 2020 amendment of the law.

Fantasy Sports has been in the headlines lately as states and the federal government grapple with the legality of this $2 billion industry. This panel will examine the legal framework around this industry that boasts approximately 60 million participants in the US and Canada alone.

Too often we overlook provisions in contracts that we consider customary or “boilerplate” and non-negotiable. This program examines standard contract provisions and challenges the audience to look at them more critically from a litigator’s perspective. The interactive program dissects contract provisions that have hidden traps and provides tips on better risk management with an in-depth look at non-assignment clauses, liability limitations, merger clauses, choice of law clauses and other similar provisions.

This resource presents a series of visuals on the state of legal operations and perspective of individuals currently in a legal operations role based on ACC surveys published throughout 2023.

Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in our series of annual reports, which provide international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.

This primer examines the minimum benefits that must be included in order for a health insurance policy to comply with the US Affordable Care Act (ACA).

In recent years, organized labor has employed aggressive campaign strategies and innovative techniques designed to catch unwary employers off guard. The National Labor Relations Board also has launched new initiatives that impact all employers. The information provided in this InfoPAKSM can assist in-house counsel seeking to improve a company’s ability to avoid or survive a corporate campaign, make necessary changes to comply with the National Labor Relations Act, and enhance an organization’s overall human resource posture.

Discusses practical issues that relate to the relationship between litigation and arbitration to enable you to select the proper dispute resolution mechanism.

The purpose of this Guidebook is to help the law departments of life sciences and medical devices industry, their affiliates and business associates, clinical researchers (CROs), and third-party vendors focus on the cybersecurity and IP asset protection issues in an accessible and practical way.

ACC's annual survey of global chief legal officers and general counsel

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board recently issued its long-anticipated rules on auditor independence issues and the relationship with the company's independent auditor. The authors give tips on how you can keep your audit committee up-to-date and on the straight and narrow.

Wage-hour lawsuits are growing, and lawyers are jumping on claims that can result in multi-million dollar judgments and settlements. It is important for employers to understand the federal and state regulations and laws to avoid facing lawsuits. This article is a guide on some of these laws and regulations, shedding light on the need for employers to fully grasp them.

What legislation is applicable to insolvencies and re-organisations? What criteria are applied in your country to determine if a debtor is insolvent in the European Union?

This article deals with the case Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital: Discovery and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

An agreement in which the contractor, a leading developer and supplier of occupant restraint systems, has obtained an order from a customer in which contractor desires to sub-contract the assembly of the product to the sub-contractor. Sub-contractor is a leading supplier of seat belts and seat belt components. Agreement is governed by the laws of Sweden, and all disputes arising between the parties in relation to the agreement, must be settled by arbitration.

Inclusion allows for superior decision-making by bringing balance and equilibrium to any team or group and to the environment in which the team operates. And a diverse group will develop different strategies, approaches, solutions, and ideas.

The more you share your knowledge and experience, the more you learn. In this article, in-house counsel can learn about the benefits of mentoring and how their expertise is elevated by connecting with newer members of the legal community.

Take a few lessons learned on the golf course and use them to promote a strong ethical corporate culture.

Social media has continued to grow in its use and accessibility at tremendous speeds. It's important that in-house counsel and their legal department understand social media and implement policies that protect the companies and employees from any issues.

This article highlights the implications of the new mandatory reporting legislation, to be introduced in 2018. In-house counsel should be aware of cybersecurity standards for their company and how it impacts their work.

This article takes a look at how herd mentality can influence ethical decisions, and how to leverage the power of the group to make effective decisions.

Finding a new job is always important — but so is your exit from your current role.

Tips on how formal training for in-house counsel will benefit the company in the long run.

This checklist provides an overview of the U.S. E-Sign Act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) and lists practice points for using electronic records and signatures.