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From Compliance to Commitment: The Way We Work at Walmart

Walmart was my first introduction to the retail business. Before moving from Houston, Texas, to Bentonville, Arkansas, I spent the prior twenty years working for other large corporations in different...Read more
Daniel Trujillo
Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer Walmart International, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., USA
Metric Programs for In-house Counsel Work
Numbers don’t tell a story. We tell a story about the numbers.
In-house attorneys are under increasing pressure to produce numbers – metrics - which measure their work. The pressure comes...Read more
Suzanne Miller
Director and Managing Counsel, HP Inc., USA
The Proactive Approach to Intellectual Property
In-house counsel play a crucial role when developing and managing a company’s intellectual property portfolio. For example, through leading in the development and management of an effective and robust intellectual...Read more

Richard Sedory
General Counsel, Wastequip, USA
IACCM Contracting Principles

Whether you are a customer or a supplier, Speed to Contract (“S2C”) produces benefits. The faster parties come to “yes,” the sooner critical products or services can drive a customer’s...Read more

Lita Bollimpalli
Assistant General Counsel, Verizon Enterprise Solutions, USA

Hal Bretan
Chief Counsel, BT Americas Inc., USA
Legal Implications of Sustainable Value Chains for the Multi-National Company


Evolving international regulations are driving sustainability innovation and improvement in many value chains. Additionally, business-to-business relationships are further creating voluntary self-regulatory influences. This is impacting and complicating supply chain decisions...Read more

Deborah Eldridge
Law Professor, Saint Petersburg College, USA

Wende Huehn-Brown
Professor, Saint Petersburg College, USA
Countering Bias in Expert HR Systems: A Procurement Guide for In-House Counsel

People analytics – the focusing of so-called big data on human resources – is a tool for finding those factors that correlate with workplace success. Done right, people analytics can...Read more

Steven Sheinberg
General Counsel and SVP, Privacy and Security, Adl, USA
One Size Doesn’t Fit All: The Importance of 'Right-Sizing' Contracts with International Suppliers
Supply chain and vendor relationships are a crucial component to the success of companies with a global footprint. Those relationships hinge on the contract terms that uphold the pillars of...Read more
Jessica Buchok
Managing Attorney, Franchise World Headquarters, LLC, USA
Client Centricity & the In-House Lawyer 
The practice of law has evolved, particularly given the advent of significant technological advances, enhancements, and the evolving nature of the business world. Twenty years ago, first year law students’...Read more

Kari Loeser
Senior Counsel, Jazz Pharmaceuticals , USA
Revisiting Open Source



Not so long ago, software industry leaders and academics debated the viability of open source and related business models. While open source debates and criticisms have evolved, much confusion...Read more
Deborah Miller
Sr Corporate Counsel (CAPs), Oracle Corporation, USA
Matthew Sarboraria
Real Estate Services, Legal Services and General Counsel, Oracle Corporation, USA
Dorian Daley
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Oracle, USA
Ruchika Agrawal
Senior Corporate Counsel, Oracle Corporation, USA
An In-House Counsel’s Guide to Preparing an Engineering Firm for a Successful Foreign Project

Cultural and language barriers, trade restrictions, local regulations – these are just a few of the key issues in-house counsel for professional engineering firms should consider when their organizations pursue...Read more

Beverly Tompkins
Vice President, Corporate Counsel, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, USA