Instead of allowing good to be good enough, use these tips to start every day with purpose and to live a more productive life.
Discusses how medical leave situations must be analyzed on a case-by-case basis and consider the ADA and state discrimination laws, as well as the FMLA. Also includes a checklist of considerations.
Best practices and guideline review and development template
This CLO Perspective highlights some of the technology, tools and practices Christopher Barnard, General Counsel for Coca-Cola Europe, implements within his virtual legal team to help them stay connected, and provides insights on how the team uses technology to provide productive and efficient legal services for their corporate client.
Following the recent Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization companies have considered giving assistance in accessing abortion services. This resource highlights some legal considerations for employers as they decide whether and how to provide these benefits.
An introduction to the Model Contract Clauses developed by the members of the Working Group to Draft Model Contract Clauses to Protect Human Rights in International Supply Chains, American Bar Association Section of Business Law.
Brief overview of considerations when investing in high-growth markets, including intellectual property rights, dispute resolution, corruption, and human rights issues.
In-house counsel are encouraged to do more with less, but how does that mantra work with dual roles? As with so many factors at play in the legal world, it’s complicated.
Morrison has been held to no more onerous requirements for
admission to the North Carolina bar than any citizen of North Carolina. Simply because he practiced in California, a state not having reciprocity with North Carolina, for four of the last six years, does not mean that his constitutional rights have been violated. He does not
meet the requirements of the North Carolina Board of Bar Examiners
Rule .0502(3), a valid rule. Thus, he must seek an alternative method
of gaining admission, such as taking the bar exam, as do all the other
North Carolina lawyers similarly situated. We are of opinion and hold
that Rule .0502(3) is valid.
As the head of legal and company secretary of Silverbird Group, one of Africa’s leading media and entertainment businesses, Adefunke Adeyeye has built a legal team focused on the core needs of the business to help it expand across and beyond its native Nigeria.
How much oversight in-house counsel should exercise in connection with document preservation and collection in ediscovery is a delicate balance of push and pull. Should you allow executives and employees to decide what is relevant and have them push the data for production? Or should your team pull the data and then review for relevancy? This article considers leading court cases in order to provide some suggestions for how you can best supervise the ediscovery process.
On Feb. 5, 2013, broad amendments to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA) were tabled in the Senate through Bill S-14. This article addresses the six major changes to the CFPOA that will result if Bill S-14 is enacted into law as presently drafted.
In this column, the author makes three suggestions for adding value to your small law department.
Known colloquially as “slurp,” a Strategic Long Range Plan (SLRP) helps employees take the enterprise’s major objectives and develop strategies to advance each one.
This resource from Womble Bond Dickinson discusses how Generative Artificial Intelligence can impact case law.
Diversity has been a corporate buzz word for quite some time. Based on Accenture’s system, it’s possible to take it from an idea to an action. Read how the company’s global legal network developed an inclusive internal environment and how that had a domino effect on their external relationships.
This is a sample e-Discovery services agreement.
The FCPA and other anti-corruption laws in the United States have international businesses paying close attention to creating and maintaining effective compliance programs. Failure to do so can bring long, invasive investigations and fines and penalties topping $100 million. There’s no cookie-cutter method to success at preventing, detecting and remediating violations since companies, markets and relationships differ. Some basic fundamentals can help limit the risks of running afoul of the law.
Inter Alia (October 2006)
This is a panelist document list.
Building and repairing relationships are guaranteed aspects of almost all careers. This article weighs in on how to be regarded as more of a trusted advisor than a service provider, underscoring the overarching importance of value.
As career professionals, the question isn’t “What do you want to be when you grow up?” The question is “What do you want to be when you grow?”
These guidelines outline the legal implications of blogging about the company and also include recommended best practices to consider when posting about the company.
This is a sample contract between an advertising agency and advertiser.
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