Discusses how a cultural inventory can help identify opportunities to improve working relationships, internally and with key providers.
Phil Strauss gives advice on how to avoid allowing perception of your legal department from becoming reality.
Fewer female chief executive officers have the weapons corporations typically use to fight off hostile takeovers than their male counterparts. While that’s won their companies the approval of good governance watchdogs, it’s made them more vulnerable to activist investors.
Sample non-disclosure and invention assignment agreement for intellectual property.
How should employers classify employees after the enactment of California’s AB-5? In this checklist, learn more about the historical context of employee classification and how AB-5 can impact your company.
Intake form to assist effective contract review request, routing and creation.
This risk assessment framework is intended to assist you in identifying the key internal and external competition risks facing our business.
"Being a CLO for a small law department is more than just adopting the title. It is being part of what makes your company thrive." Read more of Sarena Straus' thoughts on practicing in a small law department.
The key to managing projects is to realize that you can’t “do” a project; rather, you can only “do” an action. That’s right—one action at a time. Of course, knowing which actions to take, in which order—that’s the tricky part!
This Career Path series on Maxims of Corporate Success now faces the most important topic of all: Managing Yourself.
Read the musings of John Ross on his career stops and adventures.
Under stress it is imperative for attorneys to exercise control of the situation, otherwise, as Bill Mordan explains in this article, our biases can lead to a misinterpretation of the facts.
The columnist discusses the growing trend of outsourcing legal services, especially in India.
The author discusses how her yoga practice informs her perspective throughout the day.
Even with the pressure of bankruptcy filings bearing down on you, Todd Silberman highlights the importance of taking time away from the stress to regain focus and perspective.
This column discusses the consequences of government charges against in-house counsel and a few ideas on how to stay out of trouble.
Jeannie Anderson, managing director and general counsel, Legal and Professional Conduct CFA Institute, shares her daily schedule.
Ann Fairchild, general counsel of the oil and gas division of Siemens AG, shares her daily schedule.
This article describes a decision-making framework in the form of 6 questions to assist business leaders in finding an ethical path forward.
This ACC Docket article advocates to recognize our own physiological limitations in the way our brain processes memories, and argues that the key to success is to manage and learn to overcome such limitations.
Lawyers learn the law in law school. But “the law” is limited in scope. Many laws exist beyond the confines of the civil and criminal codes. The laws of physics and arithmetic predate the laws of man and largely drive the laws of technology with which lawyers should become familiar.
The author discusses the achievements and failures of the LPO industry in India over the past 10 years.
Longtime Tech Toolbox columnist Casey Flaherty says goodbye to the column.
Though many might insist they don't like conferences, Small Law Columnist Maryrose Delahunty explains why it's more beneficial -- and enjoyable -- than they might think.
From the 'Department of No' to the 'Business Prevention Unit,' legal is frequently derided. The author shares strategies to mitigate these old caricatures.
Learn how the author handled saying goodbye to a dear colleague on the day of his promotion.
Learn about the interesting case that recently ensued between Globex Int'l. and Micromex SLR over regulations passed by the Romanian government which prevented the former from delivering an order of chicken parts to Romania.
Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) has been steadily increasing ever since the Y2K scare. Learn about the origins of this trend and how it's impacting international legal affairs pertinent to your practice.
Discusses how to motivate your employees and gain better management skills by adapting your method of interaction to the needs of your employees.
An ACC letter supporting Ohio's adoption of ABA Model Rule 5.5, which covers multi-jurisdiction practice.
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