Examines the invisible social hand that we live by and how in-house counsel can use it to their advantage in a company's compliance and ethics program.
This is a sample internet usage policy.
This is a short course on written advocacy in mediation.
These are ten steps a Board can take when determining cybersecurity.
Digital documents are on the rise in the legal industry. This article discusses how you can make the paperless transition.
Jeffrey W. Wheeler, Small Law columnist, stresses the importance of maintaining your credibility to preserve your reputation and career.
As with any “crisis” situation, we need to remember to step back and gather all the facts before jumping to conclusions.
This article reflects on the human need to be acknowledged; it looks at various scenarios in which people go unseen or are hyper-visible.
Columnist Bill Mordan uses some of Yogi Berra's famous quotes and applies them to in-house counsel.
There is a difference between encountering negative events and possessing a negative mindset. Here are a few ways that these negative events can benefit our lives, if we choose to let them.
This is a sample internet usage policy.
Come to a discussion of best practices for managing commercial software licensing and acquisition of software as a service (SAAS) offerings for internal use and customer deployment. The session will address trends in software and SAAS contracting, cloud computing, and global contracts. A panel of experts will provide practical advice on key clauses and terms found in software licenses and SAAS contracts, including an analysis of the plain meaning and effect of common obligations and responsibilities found in these agreements.
This interactive session will explore the intersection of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and pro bono, with a particular focus on how legal department leaders can develop pro bono programs to complement their companies’ CSR efforts and increase impact.
This is a sample joint venture agreement in which the members agree to form a limited liability company.
Many in-house practitioners work in multi-national corporations. Oftentimes, their assigned business units operate across national boundaries, with legal advice delivered to business heads/executives in various parts of the world. Many jurisdictions do not recognize the attorney-client privilege, making legal advice rendered subject to disclosure/discovery. Our panel will explore the basis for the attorney-client privilege, where it does/does not exist, and how to intermarry the lack of attorney-client privilege with the way a practitioner delivers advice of counsel in an international business environment and manages litigation/discovery issues that arise.
Discusses the lack of certainty, lack of predictability, and further considerations of FRE 408 that deals with the admissibility of evidence and settlement negotiations.
How many times have you experienced the "quick look review"—you know, the one where you get to review a contract 25 minutes before the business people are set to sign it? You don’t want to be the company’s roadblock to revenue, but you need to ensure that your company does not enter into a contract loaded with real risk to the corporation. Read how you can win in this situation and other common, vexing contract negotiation situations.
No matter how well you think your company runs its safety program, sooner or later you will get a frantic phone call: OSHA inspectors are at the door. Senior management gets pretty jittery when OSHA inspectors arrive unannounced. Your best defense is a good offense, including knowing your procedural rights before the inspectors are on the doorstep.
Discover Lou Faber's unique way of maintaining a work/life balance through poetry.
This guide addresses key labor and employment laws in a number of global jurisdictions. Items addressed include family/medical leave of absence, employee drug testing, equal employment opportunity/nondiscrimination, and legal obligations in regard to employee termination.
In his first article as the Career Path columnist, Mark Roellig relates the importance of not only learning from life's lessons, but also writing them down and tracking your progress throughout the years.
What lessons can be learned from rocket scientists on formulating an effective ethics and compliance program? Read this column to find out.
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