This is an article on how AI is performing with regard to evaluating employee performance.

Fashion, food, wine and revolution – there
is much to be learned from the French, including tips on how to be a better corporate attorney. Taking a cue from Robert Fulghum’s “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” the author discusses lessons that he’s learned as an American lawyer working in-house for a French company.

More and more companies in the retail sector have been seeking trade dress protection for store design. Earlier this year, the United States Patent Trademark Office granted Apple federal trademark registration for the trade dress of its Apple Store interior. Trade dress, particularly for retail store design, can be an overlooked segment of an otherwise strong trademark portfolio. Read this article to learn more.

The in-house journey rarely follows a straight path. Regardless of what lies ahead, remember that a career transition is simply an opportunity to bring visibility to your strengths, and an essential step on the pathway to leadership.

Guidance on Ontario's extra-provincial registration, the license needed to do business in Ontario if a company is incorporated outside the province.

Though the advent of technology assisted review is a blessing to many time-pressed attorneys, some remain hesitant to accept automated methods of reviewing documents.

Selected cases and materials related to arbitration.

Discuss the various roles in-house counsel tend to play and how they are affected by attorney-client privilege rules.

Canadian trademark laws and rules do bear many similarities to those in the US. However, for international brand owners looking to file, prosecute, and enforce trademarks in Canada, it is critical to keep in mind some important features unique to the Canadian system, which are outlined in this resource.

This brief review highlights 10 key issues in-house counsel should consider when establishing a "Bring Your Own Device" policy. This resource includes brief guidance on setting a formal policy, deciding which devices to allow, security issues, ownership in the United States.

This Top Ten lists the attributes of a modern, compliant and executable records retention schedule

This Top Ten provides a brief overview of important tips for addressing and mitigating insider threats in a cost-efficient manner.

This short article offers ten practical tips for drafting and negotiating international agreements.

Protecting IP: Top tips for in-house lawyers - presentation held in Melbourne 14 February 2018.

These micro-blogging guidelines are intended to complement the general guidance and address issues more specific to micro-blogging and third party micro-blogging services.

The rules on international transfers of personal data have become increasingly complex since the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) in the Schrems II case in July 2020.

This is a sample working table for principles in Processor Binding Corporate Rules.

An article which looks at the impact of the Jackson reforms which came into affect on the 1st of April 2013.

This webcast discusses preparation for and response to accidental environmental release, including liquid spills and releases that go straight to the atmosphere.

In this article we take on some common myths with Julie Johnson, Senior Manager of Legal Operations at Align Technology. Julie and her team were faced with an incomplete repository and tools that were not designed with legal in mind, which caused a lot of frustration for Legal and their stakeholders. With Julie’s leadership and the guidance of consulting firm UpLevel Ops, the Legal Ops team selected and implemented Checkbox, a workflow automation tool, to tackle the problem of the incomplete repository and lack of search functionality Julie provides insights on how her teams have achieved success by utilizing and customizing tech solutions at Align. 

Over the past four years, a stream of news reports has described SEC enforcement actions and criminal prosecutions of inside corporate lawyers. Many in the corporate bar have asked whether the news coverage is exaggerating the frequency of these actions, and if the frequency is real, whether any common factors prompted these proceedings. If the answer to these critical questions is "yes," then inside lawyers can take steps to reduce their risks.

The Netherlands, located in Northwest Europe, has an open economy that heavily depends on foreign trade. It borders the North Sea, Belgium and Germany and therefore plays an important role as a European transportation hub. Foreign entrepreneurs who wish to conduct business in the Netherlands will benefit from this article’s review of the Dutch approach to decision-making. On the work floor, employers and employees search for mutual interests, creating a culture of consensus. Collective bargaining takes place per sector of industry instead of being business-based. This article discusses direct participation by employees within the company in the Netherlands and in other European countries and, subsequently, indirect participation through unions.

Currently, an open-ended investment fund in Hong Kong can only take the form of a unit trust. However, Hong Kong based managers will soon have the choice of an alternative structure, the open-ended fund company (“OFC”), for establishing investment funds in Hong Kong. The objectives of introducing OFC is to offer an alternative legal structure for setting up local funds and to attract more funds to domicile in Hong Kong.