As in-house counsel, your specialty is navigating the legal intricacies that underlie your company’s operations. But the savvy attorney should have a working knowledge of the business side, as well. This article explains how understanding strategy, marketing, accounting, financials and management can make your insight even more invaluable.
Interviews with legal leaders of Fortune 50-ranked companies who were asked to share insights on what they value most in working with firms, value-based fee structure models, other types of practices they're implementing that focus on value, legal spend and savings from implementing value practices and more.
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The Court ruled the Department of Justice and the USAO deliberately or callously prevented defendants from obtaining funds for their defense that they lawfully would have had absent the government's interference. This opinion includes a discussion of the Thompson Memorandum, and holds the Thompson Memorandum and the USAO's actions caused KPMG to limit and then cut off payment of fees for defense.
This resource is part of the Lex Mundi Guides to Doing Business and provides a guide to investing in the Dominican Republic and provides information about the country, the laws that regulate its economy and society, and the Dominican investment climate.
Of course you’ve written a resume before, but what about a resume for a general counsel job? For a multinational position? For expert tips on how to fine-tune your resume, read more here.
Getting the Deal Through is delighted to<br />publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a<br />volume in our series of annual reports,<br />which provide international analysis in<br />key areas of law and policy for corporate<br />counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and<br />business people.
Hand this article to your human resources department and to the nonlegal managers in your company to help them figure out the best way to handle performance appraisals for workers who can’t seem to cut it so that the managers can get what they want and still protect the company.
A guide to managing a corporate legal department. Provides guidance on managing employees, managing outside counsel, financial matters, records retention, and the use of metrics.
A brief overview (Top Ten) of recent changes to the Physician Payment Sunshine Act Regulations, including a review of revised deadlines, new definitions, and other payment categories.
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.
To better understand the chief legal officer’s perspective, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) contacted 9,489 individuals holding the title of chief legal officer or general counsel, gathering responses from 1,289 CLOs in 46 countries. The ACC Chief Legal Officers Survey examines the practices, trends and changes in the role of the CLO by key segments such as industry, compensation, gender and region.
Five tips to help in-house counsel fit their legal department into the larger corporate strategy and strategize accordingly. Includes financial management and technology adoption tips.
This Leading Practices Profile presents themes, trends and leading contingent worker practices of six legal departments, a professional association and one law firm in managing contingent workforces and mitigating risks associated with these types of workforces.
With growing environmental concerns affecting global companies, Chief Legal Officers (CLOs) are optimally placed to deal with these issues and direct that company to a more sustainable future. In this Quick Overview, CLOs and senior in-house counsel can learn tips and takeaways on how to prepare a more robust Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) program for their company.
The enforcement actions provide early clues on how the SEC’s “risk-based data analytics” may flag public companies for investigation.
This is a sample company employee handbook.
As new technology decreases transaction costs, traditional business models are changing drastically. In-house counsel must be ready to face these changes, or risk being replaced by external service providers.
This top ten shows how companies that design, manufacture, distribute, or sell consumer products are increasingly vulnerable to consumer fraud class action litigation.
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