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A brief discussion of the trend in the Netherlands of employers being held liable for employee's traffic accidents while on he job.

Weiwen Wang, general counsel, Asia for International Paper Company, talks about compliance rules for multinational companies operating in the People's Republic of China.

Learn about the different legal regimes and remedies available under Italian law to protect trade secrets.

Learn about Argentina's regulations with regard to ESG which aim to improve environmental and social practices in sustainable mining.

Learn about key issues of personal information compliance in employment and China's Personal Information Protection Law, enacted in late 2021.

Learn about recent cybersecurity and data protection legislation in China and related security assessments, certification or standard contracts, and restrictions.

Learn about approaches to cross-border transfer of Chinese personal information under the latest Chinese security measures and certification specifications.

This report is based on interviews with 100 finance directors, investment decision-makers and financial controllers in Europe’s largest life insurers. These firms represent 19% of the total European life insurance market. The research sample in this report includes leaders from the major markets of the UK, France, Germany and Italy, as well as some of the largest players from Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland. Interviews were conducted in July 2013.

Results can be multiplied when you put together any combination of in-sourcing, unbundling, alternative legal service providers, process improvement, value-based fees and technology.

Properly executing a legal hold need not be an overly complicated or intimidating process. What it does require, however, is thoughtful planning and preparation in order to protect the business. This article contains ten best practices for creating a systematic process for executing legal holds.

Non-compete agreements are almost an essential part of today’s business environment composed of a mobile workforce with easily accessible and transportable data. Multinational employers face the added challenge of ensuring that restrictive covenants (i.e., non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements) will be enforceable in the United States, Asia and Europe. The legal standards governing the enforceability of non-compete agreements vary around the world, but nevertheless, common principles can help guide employers in drafting and enforcing global restrictive covenants. Authoritative in-house and outside employment attorneys from around the world will provide cutting edge suggestions for multinational employers to draft restrictive covenants that should greatly increase their effectiveness and enforceability in Asia and Europe. The panel will also compare and contrast the non-compete laws in Asian and European countries against US restrictive covenant laws.

This excerpt from the chapter on corporate governance in the book Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel focuses on the business judgment rule.

Putting together an effective training program involves working with a communications and training group to understand what kind of communication plans have been successful in the past in the organization and understanding what kind of platforms are available for training. A good training plan lays out the resources and responsibilities for training.

Putting together an effective training program involves working with a communications and training group to understand what kind of communication plans have been successful in the past in the organization and understanding what kind of platforms are available for training. A good training plan lays out the resources and responsibilities for training.

The life of a mentor and coach is bittersweet. If we're successful, we know that those whom we coach will leave and move on to better things.

Revera, Inc., recently conducted a review of its in-house legal department. The review analyzed the department’s alignment with strategic objectives, workflows, workload capacity, organizational structure and management practices, and relationships with external counsel. The central questions asked were as follows: What value does the department offer? How can it be increased? How is it demonstrated? The results of the review prompted Revera, Inc., to consider some changes to its legal department, as discussed in this article.

In a recent article in Harvard Business Review, a team of researchers showed that 78% of transformations fail. Their analysis showed that “people are the catalysts of successful transformation.” Check out this article to find out how to move beyond working in silos, incremental improvement, and isolated innovation to achieve transformation and why it’s important to have a structured process to engage leadership in setting objectives and guiding transformational change.  

Meet our 2012 Value Champions, an inaugural group that has not only sought value but demonstrated it, in ways that other in-house
counsel and their external law firm partners can emulate.

In his final Career Path column, Bjarne P. Tellmann shares how to embrace change — no matter how daunting.

This article includes a six-step action plan to help you become more productive on both the individual and team levels by making better use of three important resources time, technology and human resources.

Read this article to learn tips for turning adversity into opportunity.

Electronic commerce is rapidly changing the way companies do business. To be an effective counselor in the transition, you need to understand the company’s business, know and use the jargon, and share the corporation’s long-term vision.

Learn about key implications of the Spring 2023 situation that saw the United States reach its national debt ceiling.