Learn how to approach your superiors and properly explain the issues to them when you have made a mistake.
This is a checklist of healthcare resources.
Is your company in compliance with import and export laws? Do you have sufficient controls to manage this risk area? This session will cover: a general overview of import and export laws with a focus on US requirements but also a discussion of the proliferation of laws outside the US (e.g., the Malaysian Strategic Trade Act); how to manage a global trade compliance program; and a discussion of specific trade compliance challenges. Most companies think AML and KYC laws are limited to financial industry companies, considering the recent enforcement action against HSBC, but in fact, this presents a compliance issue for all companies to some degree. And these are not just US laws — there are similar restrictions in other jurisdictions, especially Europe.
A review of Brazilian data protection law in the context of the insurance industry.
An opinion piece on tax subsidies and credits with regarding to ACA.
This article speaks about an FTC released report on the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT refers to “things” such as devices or sensors – other than computers, smartphones, or tablets – that connect, communicate or transmit information with or between each other through the Internet.
This is a sample company privacy notice.
A sample agreement for the assignment of an employee's intellectual property rights.
Proposed 30(b)(6) Amendment and Committee Note
This closing session focuses on ways to improve your personal skills when it comes to thinking creatively about a problem and finding an innovative solution.
Because social media law is a hybrid of a number of practice areas, this session will feature panelists familiar with social media issues in their most frequent corporate applications: labor and employment, advertising and endorsements and corporate law (including mergers and acquisitions). The panelists will cover issue spotting and reveal suggested guidelines for minimizing legal risks from social media activity by the company and its employees.
This presentation provides practical experience with legal process outsourcing.
In-house law departments add value to organizations in myriad ways, from quantifiable dollar savings on outside counsel spend, to the “ease of access” benefits and proactive advice that only in-house attorneys can provide. Understanding, calculating and demonstrating that holistic value to senior management can be challenging, but essential to guaranteeing the long-term success of your team. Kick off this intensive day of programming by hearing from leading law department managers that masterfully demonstrate their teams’ value proposition, and take away tips and tactics that will help you do the same.
What resources do you use to manage your department’s workload (e.g., outsourcing, offshoring, LPOs, specialized service providers, IT solutions, etc.)? What metrics do you measure and report on in your department to assess the value of legal services provided to your company, both in-house legal services and external law firm services? Have you experimented with or considered asking your in-house legal team to record time spent on tasks, either on a temporary or permanent basis? What practices (including cloud-based solutions) do you recommend to other CLOs in managing outsourced providers in order to achieve the highest possible value for the law department?
Law departments are desperate to leverage technology that will help them improve processes with automation, and ultimately speed up their workflow. Unfortunately, without the right solutions in place, attempts at collaboration are leading to groups of people having incorrect access to sensitive information. Find out what you could be risking.
This Check Card lists preliminary to-dos and tips for the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Seeing the client as a “client” and not just as another fellow employee can greatly help in-house counsel gain the servant’s perspective. After all, by definition, a client is one who demands “service.” This article offers tips on how in-house counsel can be more client-centered.
For the inaugural issue, author D. Casey Flaherty introduces himself and what he hopes to accomplish in his column. He positions himself as an advocate of technology but does not see it as a substitute for lawyers in their role as trusted advisors.
In September's Careerpath, Bill Mordan examines whether lawyers should be held to more scientific standards.
In terms of size, Belgium is one of the smaller European countries. This means that you are never far away from the capital, an airport or the four neighboring countries: France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.
This article discusses strategies to help ease the negative effects of stress on a lean legal team in the United States.
This sample briefing outlines the process for drafting, reviewing, and approving contracts.
This session discusses how to handle a project, give guidance on how to identify and focus on strategic or key topics, and provide you with the ten golden rules for in-house lawyers when it comes to project management.
In many management books, articles and seminars, the terms “coach,” “manager” and “leader” tend to be used interchangeably. But in reality, the words suggest very different approaches to interacting with and supervising staff.
License Agreement (France)
Competition authorities in Africa can be a significant factor in the decisions and plans of companies that depend on overseas markets for revenue growth and business expansion. Changing legal frameworks and the emergence of regional institutions are creating unprecedented layers of complexity and uncertainty for corporate decision makers, resulting in unforeseen hurdles, delayed plans and risks that directly impact the corporate strategy. Hear from a group of experts in the field how these changes can affect the ways you conduct business in Africa.
This is a sample software license agreement.
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