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A day in the life of Thomas Cluderay, general counsel at Yellowstone Forever in Bozeman and Gardiner, MT.

Like modern aircraft, businesses have a level of complexity that exceed any one person’s ability to manage without well-designed procedures to check the status and performance of critical systems. This is especially true for multinational corporations that must find a way, every day, to navigate a hazardous and byzantine legal landscape.

Include these terms and conditions if your company is thinking about contracting with a social media influencer.

While the world changes all around us, some things stay constant — like the need to keep entities in good standing and your entity compliance data readily accessible.

A day in the life of Edo Bar-Gil, General Counsel at Appsflyer in Herzliya, Israel.

A day in the life of Roger O'Sullivan, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Chief Privacy Officer at Cogstate in New York City, New York.

In-house counsel can integrate an enhanced client intake process into a broader risk management program, while making minimal changes to procedures likely already occurring in the firm. In fact, not doing so amounts to a missed opportunity for legal departments to notch an easy win. Whatever the state of the client intake process, firms will benefit from identifying any gaps in controls as early as possible — and thereby help address risks and avoid crises.

For the vast majority of Georgia Albert’s professional life, she has been a lawyer. One day in Düsseldorf, Germany, she got a chance to see what it was like to do something else.

A day in the life of Felipe Ziegler Zugno, General Counsel at Stihl Ferramentas Motorizadas Ltda in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

A day in the life of David Felicissimo, general counsel at Valnet Inc. in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

A day in the life of Eliud Ogutu Head of Legal at Stanbic Bank Kenya Limited in Nairobi, Kenya.

Interview with Justin Martin from the ACC Legal Department Management Network.

At Johnson & Johnson, Eric Wu hopes to play a role in bringing Asia to the forefront in the healthcare industry as a center of innovation, and assist the company’s vision of someday eliminating disease as we currently know it.

A day in the life of Raj Barot, Managing Director & General Counsel at Agile Counsel in Bangkok, Thailand.

This article suggests an alternate process that replaces the annual performance review form with a two-step process of regular discussions between managers and their subordinates and a separate, confidential written staff assessment memo addressed to higher management.

In an interview with ACC, the women-led NASCAR legal team discusses succeeding in a male-dominated industry and working for a company striving for diversity and inclusion.

The Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC) thoroughly amended its arbitration rules and published the Beijing Arbitration Commission Arbitration Rules (2015) (the revised BAC arbitration rules). The revised BAC arbitration rules came into effect on April 1, 2015.

A day in the life of Mike Madden, General Counsel at FTR Group Pty Ltd and The Record Limited in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

The Association of South East Asian Nations is attempting to build a single market without binding dispute-settlement mechanisms or a single regulatory apparatus.

A day in the life of Justin Coss, Group legal counsel and company secretary at
 AUB Group Ltd. in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Oliver Jaberg was driving to FIFA’s headquarters when high-ranking football officials were arrested by Swiss authorities in 2015. Ever since, he has worked to help rebuild trust in FIFA and the organization’s credibility, as well as building out a best-in-class compliance program.

I’m looking to staff up the legal department at my organization but I’ve never had to interview a candidate before. Everyone seems good on paper and I am not sure what the right interview questions are to tease out the ideal candidate. Do you have a list of questions you generally ask?

It’s hard to imagine someone better prepared for a generalist role in Asia than Deborah Vaughn. But she never set out with a formal plan to become Whirlpool’s chief legal officer of Asia Pacific. She says she simply moved from each position in “a natural progression.”

Considering that women currently fill only a third of open board positions — even with an increasing awareness of the value of diversity on boards — Stewart’s numbers reflect great success in this area.

A day in the life of Janet Wright, Vice President – Corporate, Securities & Finance Counsel And Assistant Secretary at Dell in Austin, Texas.

If you’ve been following this series on blockchain, you now know about blockchain’s capabilities beyond Bitcoin and how to keep up with the disruption.

Eve Chaurand, former general counsel and head of business development of Ask.com, is currently general counsel of Change.org.

Mary Quazzo is a governance guru. She is the vice president, principal counsel, and secretary for Bechtel Group, Inc., and has served in-house at Bechtel for the past 27 years.

As executive vice president, general counsel, and secretary of SolarCity, Seth Weissman has been a dedicated advocate for and champion of his team.

Monica Zent, the dynamic founder of Foxwordy Inc., Zentlaw, and other ventures, knows that collaboration is key.