Vol.10, No. 40, Summer 2017

As corporations become increasing international in the 21st century, in-house counsel located in one country are frequently asked to provide legal advice to employees, executives, and divisions located in different...Read more

When it comes to mental health, lawyers appear to be their own worst enemies. Research over the past several decades has identified that certain traits and characteristics correlate with success...Read more

France, the 16th century. On June 22, 1567, the Honorable Adam de Craponne committed to dig a canal in order to water the vineyards, orchards, pastures and other properties belonging...Read more

This article is intended for in-house counsel to help create greater awareness of social engineering fraud, the need for collaboration and sharing cybersecurity threat intelligence and to help cascade commonsensical...Read more

When you train your people on your company’s code of ethics, what is the single-most useful lesson you can impart? What is the one thing you want everybody to take...Read more

One of the first things that most lawyers learn when they enter the real world of commercial transactions is that liability for “consequential losses” is to be excluded under all...Read more

Many legal futurologists proclaim the coming of a dystopian world for lawyers. In this world, the rise of automation requires the fall of lawyers. We are more optimistic, and see...Read more

Obtaining and retaining internal client satisfaction, and gaining the trust and respect of the business is the most consistently cited goal of in-house lawyers. In-house legal teams, however, now often provide...Read more

Over the past twenty years, various Canadian provincial governments have engaged in both controlling urban sprawl and at the same time trying to preserve valuable natural features for future...Read more

Generally in India (with few respectable exceptions) EHS is looked at as an item of checking the box i.e. a matter of formality to be followed primarily ...Read more

A two day bench trial in Miami this past June resulted in a Federal Court ruling the entire business world should pay attention to. This Miami case was on the...Read more

In May 2017 the cyber world was under attack. The WannaCry cryptoworm spread quickly, preventing or limiting users from accessing their systems. This was the largest ransomware attack targeting commercial...Read more

In recent years, cybersecurity has become one of the largest issues facing senior management and boards of directors in regulated industries. As technology progresses and the sophistication of hackers has...Read more

The role of the General Counsel (GC) continues to evolve in a corporation. The requirement for a GC to be a highly skilled legal practitioner is only the entry level...Read more

This treatise is designed to provide all financial advisers with practical guidance to achieving compliance with a fiduciary standard of care regardless of their specialty within the financial services industry....Read more

As a young software lawyer, I simply accepted things as they were. I learned about software licenses, warranties, intellectual property indemnities and audit provisions. I tried to understand the nuances...Read more

Corporate legal departments face growing challenges on multiple fronts – mounting domestic and global regulations, compliance concerns, information privacy and security matters, escalating litigation costs. When it comes to litigation,...Read more

In today’s fast-paced international market, in-house lawyers are required to develop and define the skill of what we could call multiculturalism – whether if selling, purchasing, networking, merging or creating...Read more