This research report discusses ways companies can optimize contract lifecycle management technology.

This InfoPAKSM provides a roadmap for developing a cost-savings strategy that delivers both immediate and sustainable results. It has three main sections: (1) Identification of Cost Savings Opportunities; (2) Implementing the Strategy; and (3) Sustaining Results.

Organization’s records retention schedules need to be synchronized with assurance current and emerging privacy laws . Records retention laws and regulations may require companies to retain records for a certain number of years, driven by literally thousands of record retention regulations. These requirements may override consumer deletion requests of their personal information.

This is a sample leave of absence policy.

This article addresses case law Daimler AG v. Bauman and the Supreme Court's Curtailment of general personal jurisdiction over foreign parent corporations.

With or without a compliance and ethics program, many organizations find themselves sweating under the scrutiny of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (USSG). Whom do you trust to conduct an effective internal investigation? Keeping it in-house can sometimes do more harm than good. Understand how the USSG scores different offenses and what steps to take to avoid serious repercussions.

US-recognized attorney-client privilege<br />may not be respected in all jurisdictions, especially during the chaos of a dawn raid. Protect your privileged documents with this checklist.

By learning how to effectively manage third party subpoenas, in-house counsel can avoid the undue burden of fighting someone else’s legal battle.

By implementing a thorough internal review process, in-house counsel can ensure that a company’s hiring policies recruit qualified and trustworthy employees.

To succeed, multinational employers entering into and doing business in China must sharpen their employment-related business strategies to leverage opportunities and mitigate risk. We examine six common labor and employment traps and how to avoid them.

Much like in Shakespearean plays, a government-driven investigation into company compliance can end as either a comedy or as a tragedy. To ensure the former, in-house counsel should work collaboratively with outside counsel to plan, establish, and execute an effective response plan. In doing so, the company can guarantee a positive relationship with federal regulators and avoid meeting a tragic Shakespearean demise.

The role of in-house counsel in India is evolving rapidly, and the influence of legal over other departments is also growing. Indian corporate counsel must prepare themselves for compliance in multiple jurisdictions and be aware of the legal and ethical environs of the countries in which they are doing business.

Some employers struggle with getting employees to take their time off, especially in states that prohibit “use it or lose it” vacation policies. Other employers struggle with employees who abuse their time off benefits by taking off so much time that there is an impact on productivity and performance. This panel will explore different time-off options along with their benefits and pitfalls to provide in-house counsel with practical solutions to offer their companies, taking into consideration new federal, state, and local sick leave laws.

When it comes to proactively managing careers, in-house counsel, like everyone else, tend to avoid addressing change unless absolutely forced to. You may not be sure what to expect from your position or how your position differs from other in-house counsel positions. The criteria here will help you determine whether it is time to move on to a new in-house counsel position.

During this economic slow down, many companies are, and will be forced to, reduce their headcount, often in large numbers, to cut costs. A well-conceived and well-executed reduction in force (RIF) can help management meet its cost reduction goals, greatly limit the risk of litigation, and focus the company's remaining employees on the critical challenges that lie ahead. This presentation will discuss the critical role in-house counsel can play in advising management and the Board on the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern a RIF, in helping managers develop and document lawful rationales for selecting employees who will be included in the RIF and in designing a severance and communication program that exits employees in as dignified and productive a manner as possible.

In our capacity as in-house counsel, and regardless of our industry sector, we will be dealing with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Find out some helpful tips on how to integrate AI into your practice.

This guide covers injunctions, cross-border issues, disclosure and privilege, costs and funding, settlement and mediation, and arbitration in 29 jurisdictions.

Sample general release agreement between an employee and the company, detailing termination, severance, general release and other terms.

Re: Statement in Support of Grant of Review of Sun v. Superior Court (Young), Case No. S239018

O Advogado Digital: Navegando pela Integração de IA em Departamentos Jurídicos (Parte 2)

This article is an introduction to the dispute resolution framework in Switzerland.

In this article key questions are answered by leading practitioners regarding Cartel regulation in the United Kingdom.

This Guide provides an overview of law important to companies doing business in Wisconsin, USA, including law related to corporate organization, taxation, investment, labor and employment, dispute resolution, etc.

807 - Environmental Risk Management 101

This Quick Counsel discusses the concept behind regulatory takings related to permit conditions, summarizes two key prior cases on regulatory takings and permit conditions, and discusses how they were expanded by the recent Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District.

Courts are increasingly recognizing the manageability issues inherent in class-wide treatment of alleged misclassification claims, which may curtail class certification of unwieldy misclassification cases. However, independent contractor lawsuits are on the rise as employers attempt to rely on non-employee workers to fall outside US Fair Labor Standards ACt ("FLSA") regulations.