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This article examines industry changes resulting from an automated workforce and identifies future trends.

This brief resource presents top ways you and your legal department can integrate with your company and act more like a business unit.

Being a procrastinator is not part of our true identity; it is only a habit we have when it comes to delaying work. But are you willing to break this routine, no matter how familiar it is?

Chinese people can be very indirect in expressing what they want. When you offer your Chinese guests tea, it is not unusual that they say no in the first instance and agree to have some when you ask them the second time.

Lead the Way Columnist Whitnie Wiley stresses the importance of being self-aware and intentional about the pursuit of your goals.

The key is to give yourself sufficient time between receiving the stimulus and choosing the response.

An extensive network of professional contacts is one of the greatest career assets a corporate attorney can have. Most lawyers work hard to establish contacts, particularly in the early stages of their careers, but over time, many misuse their networks or forget about them altogether. To prevent this from happening, in-house lawyers need to be sure to avoid the most common mistakes even seasoned attorneys can make when it comes to the care and feeding of their networks.

The rules of civil procedure are once again being amended, this time to update them for document production in the digital age. Judge Shira A. Scheindlin talks about what the proposed changes will mean for in-house counsel. She also gives advice and her top ten tips on conducting e-discovery in the current murky shadow of Rule 26, to avoid garnering sanctions for inadvertently violating a discovery order, or worse yet charges of spoliation of evidence.

This checklist will help you examined all the non-benefits considerations for the workplace in a Post-Roe world.

Learn about the importance of liquidators in Hong Kong and recent increased scrutiny of them in their courts.

Learn about Nigeria's legal treatment of employees who resign in anticipation of disciplinary proceedings.

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This article profiles Michael Hartman, senior vice president and general counsel of DIRECTV Latin America, and his international legal team. Hartman strives to maintain a bird’s-eye view of the pan-regional operations and allows every subsidiary the leeway to function independently as specialized circumstances dictate. The legal department prides itself on being nimble and non-bureaucratic, something it accomplishes by keeping lines of communication open.

The business of transporting hazardous materials is extremely regulated in the United States, as well as internationally. Familiarity with the regulations set by the Department of Transportation (DOT) concerning this activity is of great concern to Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and compliance attorneys; however, all attorneys, especially those in-house, should have some basic knowledge of the DOT regulatory structure. Here, the author provides a summary of DOT and hazmat rules, the scope of materials covered and key issues for the compliance and enforcement of these rules.

In 2012, China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange promulgated the Circular on Further Improving and Adjusting Foreign Exchange Administrative Policies on Foreign Direct Investment (Circular No. 59). It replaces more than 30 approval requirements with simpler registration procedures, streamlines many administrative procedures for foreign exchange transactions and relaxes some restrictions on funds used for foreign direct investment (FDI). The changes resulting from it are reviewed in this article. <br />

Learn about Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and related copyright issues.

Learn how to walk the line between your obligation to respond to document requests and your responsibility to protect company interests.

"To sharpen the saw," sometimes it's important to learn, play, and rest before tackling your to-do list.

Discuss the involvement of non-lawyers (e.g., paralegals) in contract review; Explore what contract approval processes your peers have in place; Discuss what systems your peers have in place to manage contracts’ life cycles from conclusion to termination; and Share and learn from your colleagues best practices on how a legal department can become a better facilitator in the contracting process within your organization.

The scope of information to be held confidential is remarkably similar for all lawyers, no matter the country you practice in. The real differences are manifested in the exceptions to the duty of confidentiality and the applicability of the duty to in-house lawyers. The exceptions to confidentiality are generally (though not universally) broader in the United States. Do not always assume that US ethics law is the most protective. When it comes to confidential information relating to business crimes or fraud, for example, it often may not be. It is imperative to fully understand and properly analyze confidentiality and choice of law issues where foreign ethics law is involved.

Instead of pitting the generations against each other, Columnist Whitnie Wiley suggests that millennials, Gen-Xers, and baby boomers should try to understand one another.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide to joint ventures, including practice notes and standard documents for cross-border deals with detailed drafting notes highlighting the main legal, commercial and negotiating issues in Hong Kong.

This is a sample mergers & acquisitions (M&A) due diligence checklist – data protection

This is a sample contract review and approval policy.

Learn about Conditional Fee Agreements (CFAs) and their introduction in Singapore's Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill.

Learn about privacy rights and information protection provided by South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act 4.

Learn about the Mauritian Data Protection Act 2017 provisions on data transfer and portability as compared with GDPR.

Learn about the how environmental, social, and governance considerations affect four stages of M&A transactions.

Learn tips and pitfalls regarding advertising in connection with the 2022 Football World Cup in Qatar.