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The author discusses how the role of in-house counsel is essentially a service-based profession, and how the right attitude can make all the difference.

A humorous analysis of the likelihood of George Clooney’s mileage conquest in the film “Up in the Air.”

While the very word “lead” suggests the leader should be out front, that is not always the best place to be in order to get people to achieve their full potential. Sometimes, the view from the back of the pack is a better perspective, because that is where some of the people you lead actually live.<br />

The author discuses how to include your values into your goal achievement efforts.

Anybody can supervise people, tell them what to do and, in the end, get the work done. But that is not leading. Read the author’s take on what true leadership takes and where it starts.

James Wong provides insight into negotiating business deals during a formal Chinese banquet.

ACCA's comments to the ABA's Task Force on Corporate Responsibility supporting the Task Force?s Final Report and Recommendations to the ABA House of Delegates, Report Nos. 119A, 119B, and 119C.

Read this article from Robert Half Legal to find out why exit interviews matter and what valuable information you can learn from such discussions, to improve your organization.

This excerpt from a commercials contract covers exclusivity and limitations of the Producer.

This sample transportation agreement (Pro Shipper) is appropriate when a carrier is engaged in the business of transporting property by motor vehicle in intrastate and interstate trade and desires to furnish to Customer certain motor carrier transportation and related services.

Effective management of business funds is a very important goal for a company with several foreign branches or affiliate companies. One strategy for achieving effective funds management is to implement a cash pooling arrangement (including a cash management system). There are two types of cash pooling arrangements: actual cash pooling and notional cash pooling. This article provides information on both types.

This article introduces the laws and regulations to register and protect a trademark in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

This is a sample information technology security roles and responsibilities policy.

What issues should companies consider when implementing best practices for utilizing AI in the workplace? This resource outlines issues to consider when developing a corporate AI policy.

ACC amicus - Non-Profit case, Pennsylvania

Discusses three broad categories of compliance and ethics program performance metrics that should be considered to provide the balanced score card needed to make rational judgments about how well your program is working.

This article provides ten practical steps that in-house counsel and HR teams should consider now in order to be prepared for an employment contingency plan regarding Brexit.

In Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC -v- AES Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant LLP the UK Supreme Court confirmed that the English courts have the power to restrain non-European proceedings brought in violation of an arbitration agreement, even where no arbitration has been commenced or is contemplated. The decision is another example of the English courts' support of the arbitration process.

Instructions for an employee seeking FMLA protections because of a need for leave due to a serious health condition to submit a medical certification issued by the employee’s health care provider.

It is easy for someone else to look at our lives and immediately see what we need to do to solve a problem and move forward. The good news is that we are just as capable of easily seeing what needs to be done, but we have to be willing to give ourselves over to the process.

Whitnie Henderson discusses the importance of volunteering, and outlines how to effectively assess your own values, priorities and time in the United States.

Okay, so you’re sick and tired of lawyer jokes. Stop giving them ammunition.

This article discusses the Supreme Court's decision in Groff v. DeJoy which requires employers to show a higher degree of hardship to deny employee requests for religious accommodation.

The full report for the 2010 Small Law Department Compensation Survey has been published and is currently available for purchase. The survey was developed and conducted by Empsight International, LLC, a publisher of compensation surveys in select markets in association with the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC). The survey provides a comprehensive overview of compensation and other human resources practices as they apply to smaller in-house law departments. In this case smaller is defined as departments having 10 or fewer attorneys and revenues of $3 billion or less.

Despite improvements in cybersecurity-related disclosures, the SEC observed inconsistency in reporting practices. The objective of the new rules is to achieve uniform, comparable, and decision-useful disclosures that empower investors to make well-informed evaluations of a company’s cybersecurity posture. This resource from Womble Bond Dickinson delves into the final rules that enhance cybersecurity disclosure.

One of the easiest ways to acquire the traits and skills that distinguish great managers is to study what not to do. This article contains five of the most frequent mistakes rookie managers make, and suggestions about how to avoid them.

This is a sample electricity supply contract (retail supplier form).