In this multi-jurisdictional guide, explore an overview of key legal issues, rules and developments regarding renewable energy across a range of jurisdictions.
What legislation is applicable to insolvencies and reorganisations? What criteria are applied in your country to determine if a debtor is insolvent?
The advent of new technology, staffing models, and legal operations strategy is driving profound change and disruption in the way in-house teams are delivering legal services for their organisations. Just as the global in-house sector is rapidly evolving, the Japanese in-house sector too is experiencing immense change.
In this Quick Overview, learn more about how Japanese Chief Legal Officers (CLOs) and their companies are dealing with these changes.
This brief resource (Top Ten) provides some tips on figuring out what story you should tell about your legal department, and ways to go about telling it.
This article discusses patent transactions in the life sciences in Switzerland.
Can a woman, or man, be a great attorney, promoted to the top of their legal department—and a great parent, promoted to the head of the PTA? This is not a new debate for professionals who have only 24 hours a day to do both. Being a parent should not stop that climb up the ladder, and no one should have to choose one or the other. However, are rewards in the workplace given to those who put career first?
Armed with new tools to police environmental regulation, officials from around the world are beginning to exercise new strategies to ensure company compliance with climate risk disclosure. How can in-house counsel combat this trend and avoid the possibility of becoming a target?
Discusses the basics of an American lawsuit against a European company and examines traditional notions of comity, the Hague Evidence Conventions and the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Aerospatiale.
News, Notes, & Datebook Information for October 2007
Discusses practical, important steps to creating the legal function within your office as in-house counsel, making your transition into the company as easy as possible.
Eighth edition of the Getting the Deal Through Anti-Corruption Regulation Guide, a volume that provides international analysis for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.
There is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to implementing a workable information governance framework and policies program in your corporate organization. This checklist is a generic guide that will need front-end thought and tailoring to fit each firm’s unique circumstances.
This article addresses the issue of whether in-house attorneys who serve as a member of the business team and help craft the business plan should sign some form of written restrictive covenant similar to agreements senior business leaders or sales management typically execute.
Have you read Roberta Katz’s new book Justice Matters: Rescuing the Legal System for the Twenty-first Century yet? Here’s a preview based on her well-received address to participants of the 1998 Legal Leadership Summit.
All attorneys understand the misfortune of dealing with difficult opposing counsel at some point in their career. We call these lawyers “Rambo” litigators. By understanding how Rambo litigators operate, in-house counsel can learn to watch out for certain tactics, and how best to react to them. This article outlines the steps needed to disarm this difficult adversary without losing Voices your composure or professionalism.
Over the last 50 years, the word sex has been defined in strict biological terms, to sex stereotyping, and now to sexual orientation. It is doubtful that Judge Smith, as the senator was known, had any idea that sex discrimination would over time encompass discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees.
In-house counsel, whether at a
small, large or mid-size company, should be aware of export licensing issues as they impact almost any company, including those that do not engage in direct exports. If you don’t think implementing an export compliance program at your company is necessary, you might change your mind after reading this article.
In the war over value in litigation between law firms and legal departments, a truce has been called. Recently, the ACC and the ABA came together to engage in a meaningful discussion about value. Learn which findings were expected, surprising and feared, and what the future holds for litigation management.
With wage and hour class actions outnumbering all other discrimination class actions combined, it’s easy to see the value that a diligent and well-organized payroll system has to offer. Understand why wage and hour violations are so common and what an employer can do to avoid paying more than just overtime.
John K. Villa discusses the far-reaching implications of the AKZO decision for in-house legal departments with operations in the European Union.
Discusses impairments covered under the ADA and ADA compliance after Supreme Court cases.
What legislation is applicable to insolvencies and reorganisations? What criteria are applied in your country to determine if a debtor is insolvent?
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.
More than ever, 'budget' is the word among in-house counsel, particularly during litigation. Document review can be a pricey part of the process, but it's also a necessary component of the legal puzzle. This article provides cost-cutting suggestions to minimize review spending and offers real-world solutions for controlling costs.
When corruption or other potential wrongdoing comes to light, in-house counsel are typically called upon to manage and direct their company's response. In this session, contestants" selected from the audience will play a version of the game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.” Contestants will be asked multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty related to the principal stages and elements of a company's response to the discovery of potential wrongdoing. The audience will be encouraged to participate to assist contestants. A panel of experienced outside and in-house counsel will comment on and discuss each of the answers given by contestants and the audience, identifying best practices and pitfalls to avoid.
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