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Discusses three broad categories of compliance and ethics program performance metrics that should be considered to provide the balanced score card needed to make rational judgments about how well your program is working.

Leadership roles and career progression do not just happen. Successful businesses make succession planning a best practice for all managers. Learn how talent is assessed, the role of future needs, and how these items link to the overall business strategy in the planning process. Walk away with information that will help you become part of the succession plan.

This article discusses the Supreme Court's decision in Groff v. DeJoy which requires employers to show a higher degree of hardship to deny employee requests for religious accommodation.

Increasing cybersecurity attacks and fast-evolving data privacy and security law mean there's so much more data for in-house legal departments to track. Learn how to gauge a "reasonable" data security request and integrate that into your work.

Despite improvements in cybersecurity-related disclosures, the SEC observed inconsistency in reporting practices. The objective of the new rules is to achieve uniform, comparable, and decision-useful disclosures that empower investors to make well-informed evaluations of a company’s cybersecurity posture. This resource from Womble Bond Dickinson delves into the final rules that enhance cybersecurity disclosure.

This is an extensive sample right of first refusal regarding transfer of facilities.

This resource contains information and recommendations on the socially responsible view of 'green lease clauses'.

This article discusses patent transactions in the life sciences in Switzerland.

For most corporate law departments, 2020 will be remembered as a year where everything was turned on its head. Law department leaders had previously helped guide their departments through recessions, sales shortfalls, and restructurings, but never a global pandemic. However, the after-effects of 2020 will likely contain as many positives as negatives; and, if department leaders are smart, it should act as a catalyst for accelerating the change agenda in 2021 and beyond.

Lawyers hate strategic planning, but the author argues that such plans allow you and your department to learn how, and with whom, to interact for peach performance. Peter Drucker is a demigod in corporate circles. Learn how to apply his management principles to your law department.

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.

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.

This resource from Womble Bond Dickinson provides an update on the recent Silicon bank failure. In addition, this resource examines the actions being taken by the federal government to strengthen confidence in the U.S. banking system.

A brief arguing that the advancement of legal fees is a legitimate and routine business practice.

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.

The government is in your lobby requesting privileged documents. Know your options and how to prepare for a situation like this in an era of increasing regulatory and prosecutorial scrutiny.

CA In-house Rules Letter 12.01.17

Learn how human review and advanced technology can be harnessed to increase the efficiency and accuracy of document review; how the marriage of people and processes can reduce the total cost of discovery; and how the combination of all of these components—human reviewers, advanced analytical technology, and robust review processes and protocols—can strengthen rather than sacrifice defensibility.

In his best-selling book, A Brief History of Time, physicist Stephen Hawkings has a chapter entitled “The Arrow of Time” in which he posits answers to the following two questions: “Where does the difference between the past and the future come from?” and “Why do we remember the past and not the future?” Read on to find out what impression this made on the author.

Smart companies plan, measure results and demonstrate success. The legal department within those companies needs to follow suit. Demonstrating to your client that you add value is critical. This program will teach the in’s and out’s of strategic planning and effective metrics development that will help you demonstrate your department’s successes and show your boss how you add value to the company’s bottom line.