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Given the strategic importance of diversity to sustainable corporate success, corporate directors may want to know how to help their companies make meaningful progress with respect to their external legal resources. We offer our perspective and a few practical suggestions.

It’s a common myth that litigation is only good for fee-based litigators. But those resourceful in-house counsel who care to create better processes and awareness can hunt, find and mine written materials created by others’ prior lawsuits to accelerate achieving their, and their clients’, objectives.

Knowing that your witness can make or break a case and, depending on the type of case, cost your company millions of dollars, you need to ensure that you have a pool of knowledgable and competent witnesses at your fingertips. You need to do what you can to avoid that bad deposition that will haunt your company for years to come and bind the company to that testimony.

To illustrate how the use of settlement counsel functions and adds value, the following is a case narrative, based on our experiences with several clients. In this first installment, we will explore the general counsel’s perspective of settlement counsel and the benefits of adding another arrow to your quiver.

This article recommends some approaches and tools including the best way to gain the confidence of business colleagues. It also provides methods for getting the most out of a legal department and working with business counterparts effectively.

This article covers several major considerations for when you respond to data requests and how to ensure that data privacy violations do not occur.

We discuss below the changes to the Canadian Trademarks Act that will have the most significant effect on trademark owners and their branding strategy.

A recent Court of Appeal for Ontario decision considers if the courts’ traditional limitation on sitting outside their province of jurisdiction should yield to the practicalities of an increasingly interconnected world.

With a Supplemental Unemployment Benefits Plan (SUB Plan), in-house counsel can help create a clearer path to recovery.

The pool of talent exists. In order to attract a diverse group of talent a wide net needs to be cast. Your fiscal health could depend on it — research shows that diverse corporations perform better — as well as your success in litigation. At this point, chief legal officers/general counsel, as corporate leaders, must look internally at our own initiatives before we expect sustainable results from outside counsel.

Knowing where the risks exist and crafting practical processes to both comply with US obligations and meet international privacy standards are some of the largest challenges facing the multinational corporation today. As with almost any legal risk, it is important to be prepared.

Investing in Guatemala is a risky endeavor. But thanks to the initiatives in the private, public and non-governmental sectors, this Central American nation could, in the next 20 years, become a global economic and industrial leader.

When Niti Nadarajah moved in-house, she was excited to no longer have to woo potential clients, but she still could not be sure as she spent day-in-day out with her new clients that they were getting to know Niti the person or Niti the lawyer.

Identify and avoid these risky moves if your company becomes a creditor in a bankruptcy proceeding.

There are a few things that are bedrock to in-house lawyers, whether you’re new to in-house or need a refresher on the fundamentals.

As in NCAA basketball, where the three-point shot has been deemed the great equalizer by which mid-major teams can slay a potential Goliath, modern-day cloud computing has played a similar role for startups.

For companies to generate lasting change, they must work with law firms to increase opportunity. Toyota’s Counsel in Motion program gives law firms’ senior associates a chance to be in the driver’s seat of their careers. #ACCDocket #DEI #DiversityEquityInclusion

Positively Legal columnist Caterina Cavallaro provides several techniques that in-house counsel can use to cultivate creativity and positivity through communication while ensuring Al does not supersede human efforts. #ACCDocket #WellnessWednesday

VISCHER AG summarize efficiency gains for Swiss group companies under a new Swiss corporate law. Here are some practical tips for in-house counsel to make use of the new options. #CorporateLaw #InHouseCounsel #ACC #Docket

Woke-washing may start from the best intentions. Without careful attention, however, those good intentions can create significant ESG risk. Learn what to avoid. #ACCDocket #ESG #woke-washing

For 2023’s first edition, Positively Legal columnist Caterina Cavallaro asks 7 GCs about their favorite positive practices. #ACCDocket #wellnesswednesdays #inhousecounsel

Expedia’s Head of Global Legal Operations Mike Russell talks to columnist Steve Harmon about specialized expertise, strategic thinking, and communicating a vision. #ACCDocket #inhousecounsel #legalops

Positively Legal columnist Caterina Cavallaro emphasizes the importance of setting and prioritizing attainable goals and incorporating meaningful positive habits into your day. #ACCDocket #inhousecounsel

Three experienced privacy professionals, Maureen Dry-Wasson, VP, group general counsel and privacy officer at Allegis Group, Melissa Abramowitz, VP, legal and compliance officer at CAA Club Group, and Sara Azargive, director, privacy compliance and privacy counsel at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, offer their guidance. #ACCDocket

Throw out the old advice-only model and learn customer service to become a valuable GC and partner in your company’s business.
#ACCDocket #Leadership #ACC

Columnist Steve Harmon and Twilio’s Head of Legal Operations Andy Krebs discuss the importance of metrics in legal departments. #ACCDocket #inhouse #legalops

DEI, Esq. columnists describe steps organizations can take to create effective and successful inclusive leaders. #ACCDocket #inhouse #DEI

How do you develop an AI compliance program for long-term risk mitigation? Legal Tech columnist Olga Mack offers 4 helpful tips #AI #ChatGPT #Risk #ACC #ACCDocket

Join the world's top CLOs in tackling global issues and making cross-border connections in a private, intimate setting designed for general counsel, by general counsel. #ACC #education #ACCDocket

Columnist Steve Harmon and Aarash Darroodi of Fender discuss the value of good in-house lawyers and how their expertise can serve the buisness as law department leaders. #ACCDocket #legalops