What legislation is applicable to insolvencies and reorganisations? What criteria are applied in your country to determine if a debtor is insolvent?
This guide provides an overview of legal issues, rules, and developments regarding employment and labor across a range of jurisdictions.
Learn about the impact of the European Whistleblowing Directive on global employers in and outside the European Union.
Learn about the recent Security Assessment Measures in China and their provisions for three approaches to cross-border transfers of personal information.
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.
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.
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.
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 primer provides a brief overview of the requirements to transfer personal information to a third party in a foreign country under POPI.
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.
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