Discusses how to deal with the curious situation of retiring expatriate employees.
A key takeaway from this article is the need for corporations to continue to invest in the development of compliance programmes in the European Union, Middle East and Africa.
Appropriate communication discipline will help protect attorney-client privilege and similar legal protections and mitigate the significant risks (legal, reputational, financial) associated with the unintended disclosure of incident-related communications. Learn recommended communication principles to work into your Incident Response Plan and disseminate to the incident response team at the outset of every incident response effort.
ACC Whistleblower Protection Paper September 2018 in the European Union.
Discusses how to find the right outside foreign counsel to handle problems such as products your vice president sold into Denmark, Argentina, and Taiwan are defective or a tanker unloading your chemicals just spilled some in a harbor in Zaire.
The author discusses his experience becoming an in-house lawyer and no longer being surrounded by dozens of other legal professionals. He notes the upsides of this transition, like being considered an expert, as well as the downsides, which include missing the camaraderie of likeminded colleagues.
This article highlights an overview of priorities and insights, taken from the experience of a firm that underwent an overhaul of how to work with external counsel.
Suresh Sharma shares the three key steps to making the United States the next global sourcing center for the 21st century.
In September's Small Law, Jeffrey Wheeler reminds in-house counsel that they are not exempt from the information governance requirements that they propound.
Discusses the benefits of a legal panel for companies that have a sizeable external fees budget and operate over a variety of jurisdictions.
This powerpoint presentation provides tips to in-house counsel on such topics as risk management.
This presentation discusses areas of contract management such as the contract lifecycle, global and lateral vision, top competencies, and the contract management role.
Managing the legal department of a large company is no easy task, but when you add the responsibility of being in charge of an entire region, the responsibility can be daunting. Hear from Stephen A. Maloy about the differences and difficulties of dealing with an international law department.
Motion of Association of Corporate Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in support of Citco Bank Nederland N.V. Dublin Branch's petition for a writ of mandamus.
This Wisdom of the Crowd, complied from responses posted on the New to In-house and Small Law Department eGroups, addresses issues of the liability and various restrictions on running a contest or sweepstakes. The issues discussed include elements of a sweepstakes, operating a contest open to the general public vs. business partners, and operating an office bracket pool.
Discusses the benefits of having one individual handle the responsibilities of both legal and regulatory affairs and how this combination can work best for you.
Both the Russian and French courts considered asymmetric clauses to be inequitable and as such, invalid. In light of these decisions, caution should be exercised whenever you are considering incorporating an asymmetric clause.
This article deals with the legal aspects of intellectual property protection in Poland.
Tired of having your advice ignored and resources cut because “Legal is only a cost center”? At different times, the law department leader must be a counselor, futurist, historian, diplomat, analyst and contrarian — all roles of a successful leader. This panel will share key principles of how to establish a leadership position in your companies.
This article considers how our reaction to what we don’t know can either lead us to failure or success. Using a personal example, the author demonstrates how not backing down from a project that she knew nothing about helped her to grow.
This article points out that the value of an in-house legal department is not in cash generated but costs avoided.
Bill Mordan discusses how the importance of a healthy skepticism to any discerning lawyer.
This article explains why it is a challenging, but critical, exercise for companies that operate globally to establish clear and consistent guidelines for the assessment of litigation risk.
Provides examples of strategies that firms can use to create a competitive advantage. Includes advice such as keeping fee rates in step with the local market, fostering collaboration, creating efficiencies, and encouraging diversity.
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