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Advice for the attorney of a small company.

Elizabeth Brody Gluck, vice president and general counsel of Vinfen Corporation, discusses her day-to-day routine as the only lawyer of a corporation employing over 2,500 people.

This article highlights an overview of priorities and insights, taken from the experience of a firm that underwent an overhaul of how to work with external counsel.

Through evaluation of psychological forces of loss aversion, Bill Mordan stresses the importance of making a conscious effort to avoid forces that may prompt one from not making the best decisions possible.

Bill Mordan evaluate the role of rationalization in corporate dealings, as well as in personal decision makings.

This article examines the model shift the legal industry is going through with regard to LPO.

Karen M. Redford discusses how to do more with less in her column.

Maryrose Delahunty reminds us to shed our mental baggage when we travel.

Columnist Bill Mordan explains why genuine well-being trumps the quest for happiness.

Check out this 2014 Tabbie Award-winning column! This article offers insight into why executives often spend a disproportionate amount of time discussing matters that involve almost no risk. This phenonmenon – dubbed by the author as “bike shedding” – can be avoided; learn how.

Kenneth Cutshaw discusses whether or not the recent critiques of the outsourcing industry are justified.

Tech Toolbox Columnist Gregory Stern reveals the best supplies to add to your tech arsenal.

After infancy, and absent being trapped in a burning structure, most of us are expected to do more than wail when we need help. We are expected to master an array of communication tools and options, and to choose the ones best suited for the purpose at hand. Effective communication is essential for success in-house, particularly for those of us in a small law setting who regularly interact with a diverse array of employees at all levels of the business.

This article describes how to analyze legal risk.

Discusses a general counsel's "Maxims of Corporate Success" including developing and demonstrating a bias for action, conquering unmet expectations and learning to balance reaction with reflection.

This resource is a sample monthly litigation report containing the highlights of all matters that outside counsel handles.

An item for your bulletin board, this series of checklists covers project scoping, budgeting, post project reviews and lines of communications. It also includes best practices culled from discussions among a large gathering of inside and outside counsel, as well as a sample project kick-off meeting agenda.

Gain the know-how and skills to climb that ladder! Join us for lunch on Monday to discuss the findings of ACC's 2013 CLO Survey and learn how you can use these findings to advance your own career. The conversation will include a snapshot of GCs today, what's most important to them, what's keeping them up at night, and what you can garner from this information to provide yourself with the experiences and skills necessary to be a successful GC of the future. Join the discussion and get a jump on your career.

This resource include two templates for board meeting minutes. It also includes information about out what to include and how much detail to provide in board meeting minutes.

Review the essential components of an effective compliance program and learn how to assess its overall impact on an organization to drive continuous improvements.

A sample articles of incorporation of a Korean company. Existence of the company is perpetual, and the business objectives of the company include manufacturing and foreign trade of products.

This article provides an example-based discussion on whether an analysis on preventative legal analysis of future potential claims is protected by the work-product doctrine. Learn to determine if the document will be considered work-product in anticipation of litigation and protected by privilege.

This article discusses what employers need to consider before allowing employees to work remotely from abroad. It also provide best practices for developing a remote-from-abroad policy.

In-house counsel will optimize their role as leaders in information governance by attending this session as they learn the lifecycle of data (collection, use, storage, archiving and destruction) and acquire tools to educate their companies on the risks and benefits associated with data as it travels through that lifecycle. Learn to resolve your company’s information management and governance issues and to add business value by finding information management systems that lower costs and improve efficiencies. Become “litigation-ready” in the face of complex discovery requests.

Sample Teleworking Policy and Procedures

This quick reference provides you with a general overview of some of the nuances in the employment and labor law realm as it pertains to Poland. The document delves into the legal framework and then touches on core areas (employment contracts, working conditions, etc.) that you need to be mindful of.

The 2007 Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker Ben W. Heineman, Jr. has worked with one of the most famous CEOs during his time at GE. If he's figured out how to say no to Jack Welch, then he may have some ideas on how you can ethically do your job, say no to your boss, and still have a job at the end of the day.

This Supervisor’s Guide provides information on the important role you serve as a manager or supervisor in continuing our objective to communicate on a direct, individualized basis with every employee. It also includes information to prevent employee dissatisfaction that could lead to outside intervention and, in turn, disruption of our present personal relationship.

This is a sample technology license agreement.

Operating principles and templates to assist in retaining the strongest workers and arriving quickly at right structure.