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In-house counsel are trained lawyers with an extensive legal vocabulary at their fingertips. Sometimes, that legal speak can get lost in translation to non-legal personnel. In this article, learn how to leverage your expertise to communicate with internal and external shareholders more efficiently.

This blog explores physician recapitalization transactions and how complex they are and their myriad issues. At Foley, in our representation of both investors in, and sellers of, physician practices, we note how often tax issues become gating items that drive the structural aspects of the transaction.

Organization’s records retention schedules need to be synchronized with assurance current and emerging privacy laws . Records retention laws and regulations may require companies to retain records for a certain number of years, driven by literally thousands of record retention regulations. These requirements may override consumer deletion requests of their personal information.

In an era dominated by technological advancements, the legal industry has not been immune to the allure of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. Proponents of AI in legal operations often herald its potential to revolutionize the profession, promising increased efficiency, accuracy, and cost-effectiveness. While AI undoubtedly offers numerous benefits, it is essential to recognize its limitations and acknowledge that technology alone will not solve all the complex issues inherent in legal operations. Read this article to learn more.

This sample outlines the key concepts and recommended practices for creation of a Data Security Policy - a key component of managing sensitive information.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview of privacy rules and principles in Hong Kong.

This white paper explores the reasons that defensible disposition programs stall out, and outlines several strategies to help organizations “push the delete button” with confidence.

This is a sample of data map design strategies.

In-house lawyers in their role as legal advisors to corporations, government departments, or other bodies or organisations are no different from other lawyers. However, because the client of in-house lawyers is usually their employer, some unique ethical challenges can arise for them.

Discusses trade and investment in Vietnam, Vietnam's human rights record, and provides ten tips to help bridge the cultural divide

Guide to the legal consequences of maintaining temporary employees.

Outsourcing company services that require sensitive data to third parties does not relieve your organization of liability. Far from it — entrusting sensitive data to a vendor can increase your risk of a data breach and drive up the associated costs of the fallout. However, if you conduct due diligence and verify that your vendor can handle confidential information with care, you bolster your company’s defense if a breach occurs due to the vendor’s negligence.

This article is about Top 10 lessons for employers from the Cuomo Report.

In order to successfully transition to Office 365, in-house lawyers at corporations large and small must plan ahead. This article will address the top ten things to consider when rolling out Microsoft Office 365.

Some exhibit materials are samples or articles to be used as a general guide. These are from personal archives of panel members and are provided without warranty as to accuracy or completeness, and without any attorney-client relationship with the participants.

This guide is intended to be the starting point for understanding the Brazilian Arbitration Law. Most of the details presented herein require further study of the Brazilian legal system and its application by the Brazilian courts.

This Value Practice Resource highlights key elements of Nationwide's Approved Counsel Program (ACP) and gives insights to key success factors.

This is a sample indenture of lease agreement for the state of Massachusetts.

This program will feature interactive discussion with the audience to include such questions as: Does my license cover use on servers? How does virtualization affect everything? What do you do with source code? Are source code escrows helpful? What about escrows for software as a service (SaaS)? What is the effect of the trend limiting liability of vendors for intellectual property infringement? What is the effect of open-source software incorporated into a commercial product? What effect is the American Law Institute's Principles of the Law of Software Contracts having? What else do I need to worry about?

In this article you will find the top eight guidelines to litigate employment claims under Puerto Rico’s unique summary proceeding.

A sample agreement regarding the use of an employee's personal electronic device.

Highlights from the latest ACC events.

This article inclludes tips for employers when cutting down on their workforce.

Is negotiation a science or an art? In-house counsel are increasingly involved in deals requiring them to apply a structured approach to this skill. This interactive session will help participants evaluate strategic options when negotiating and will explain the techniques which can be used to increase the probability of success.