Though legal and IT departments are now deeply intertwined, confusion and frustration between the two remains. Here’s how the groups can communicate and collaborate better.
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In ACC Docket's October Tech Toolbox, columnist Gregory Stern gives recommendations on various practices for short-form, long-form, and collaborative writing.
For law departments to be more efficient, in-house counsel must develop thoughtful programs to methodically identify, create, and update their valuable knowledge assets.
Find out why warranty protection language should be closely examined.
Read for some tips as to how to design a learning and development program to best enhance your company's performance!
Because technology now enables us to measure just about anything with sometimes suffocating precision, our choices about what and how to measure are indicative of what we have decided is worthy of our attention. Reflecting on our attention, rather than our good intentions, can make for an uncomfortable exercise.
In the context of social media use in the workplace, the author contends that it is a fallacy to think that there is a line between business and personal because business is always personal.
In September's Tech Toolbox, Casey Flaherty describes the differences between lean cost structures and overzealous cost reductions.
The author offers tips on how general counsel can best assist their clients, particularly in the area of contract negotiation.
This article is on shaping a clawback policy on incentive and equity compensation to address reputational risks.
Discusses a checklist to verify and approve outside counsel bills by scrutinizing them for compliance with outside counsel retention policies.
In this article you can find five tips for small legal departments to build an effective international compliance program.
Occupational misconduct can occur for a variety of reasons, and while only speculation can deliver root causes, one such cause is often overlooked: denial. In this column, James A. Nortz examines the case of David Myers, former Worldcom controller, to display how denial can also be a root cause.
This article describes the facts of the case, the arguments and the ruling in the Washington state-based case of Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland v. Dally, evaluating the indemnification claims involved, and more.
This column discusses the Dow-Westbrook, Inc. v. Candlewood Equine Practice Case, exploring hold harmless provisions, opportunities for recovery of attorneys fees, and a holistic approach to risk allocation regarding potential future injury to living beings.
Sabine Chalmers reflects on the importance of leadership in her career and at the ACC board as her term as board chair comes to an end.
This article reflects on the importance of enjoying one’s work. It asks important questions of the reader, like, what is it that motivates you? The resounding theme of this piece is simple: love what you do.
ACC Docket's Lead the Way columnist reveals the importance of having a strong team to clinching a victory in the July/August 2016 issue.
To learn more about social responsibility, advocacy, and ethics, try spending some time with a five-year-old. As lawyers, many of us are required to spend a certain minimum number of hours at ethics classes, which tend to be dreary and doldrum. The author of this article suggests int he future that lawyers spend their time learning ethics from young children. Doing some will not only be informative, but will be anything but dreary.
Our transactional odyssey this month touches on a travel business case of interest to all who face the term best efforts in their contracting practice. What is best efforts, anyway? Read more to find out!
Read Bob Feldman's article discussing the recent decision in Outdoor Life Network, LLC v. EMTA Corporation (2006) and the illustration of the classic condition in the context of contemporaneous contracting.
Job hunting can be difficult even for the most qualified candidate. Here are some insightful tips on how to turn an interview into a job offer.
In this month's Going Global column, learn how to improve your department's accountability and response time.
Discovering similarities and building personal relationships are important for Turkish people. Therefore, you need to wine and dine — or in certain cases, tea and dine — before you get down to real business.
The author eagerly awaits the death of the billable hour. In the meantime, he suggests using real-time matter tracking.
A CLO discusses how outsourcing decisions are critical to the company.
The author discusses the many benefits of attending industry trade shows.
A kludge is a crude workaround, an assortment of poorly matching parts that form a sub-optimal but serviceable whole. According the author, generating legal documents by copy-and-pasting prior work is a classic kludge and a poor substitute for proper templates, document automation and knowledge management.
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