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Small Law: Township Rebellion
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vol. 27no.5p.24
Learn to cut costs and lower your litigation budget by changing the way your company deals with document review.
The Contractual Cogitator: A Lesson Learned on Contractual Lists
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vol. 27no.5p.26
This article reviews the case, In re Delta Mills, Inc., Bankruptcy No. 06-11144 (CSS), Adversary No. 07-51707 (CSS), 2009 WL. 723271 (Bkrtcy.D.Del., March 17, 2009), a suit between GMAC and a textile ...
Outsource Resource: The Perils of Outsourcing
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vol. 27no.5p.28
The apparent pluses of outsourcing are cost efficiencies, preservation of time and speed of services. But a CLO must weigh the positives with the negatives.
Protecting Privilege in a Global Business Environment
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vol. 27no.5p.30-45
It’s a connection almost as sacred as any biological bond: the rapport between in-house counsel and clients with global business networks. In the face of litigation, internal documents could be called ...
The New Employment Minefield in China: 10 Things You Should Know About the New Chinese Labor Contract Law
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vol. 27no.5p.46-51
Recent enactment and clarification of China’s new labor contract law has outlined the rights and responsibilities of parties on both sides of the agreement. For American companies who currently employ ...
Collaborating with Outside Counsel to Promote Diversity Change
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vol. 27no.5p.54-64
Diversity has been a corporate buzz word for quite some time. Based on Accenture’s system, it’s possible to take it from an idea to an action. Read how the company’s global legal network developed ...
Negotiating Transactions in the Arab Middle East
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vol. 27no.5p.66-73
Representing a company outside the familiarity of the States can be a three-fold lesson in corporate etiquette, culture and law. In the Arab Middle East, these findings hold especially true. Follow ...
Is India or China the Savior to the World’s Economy Needs?
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vol. 27no.5p.74-82
Without complicated stimulus bills or other governmental prodding of their economies, China and India stand to become the collective antithesis of American recession. How will their free markets ...
1.6 Billion Reasons to Get Anti-Bribery Compliance Right
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vol. 27no.5p.84-94
It was the talk of the legal world: Siemens' agreement to a $1.6 billion settlement with the US and German authorities. Investigate what went wrong and what lessons can be gleaned.
June 2009 European Briefings
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vol. 27no.5p.1-16
In this issue of European Briefings, a quarterly supplement of the ACC Docket, find out what you need to know about the most current risk management issues.
What International Travelers Should Know About Border and Airport Electronic Equipment Searches
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vol. 27no.5p.126-135
Getting past security at the airport is tantamount to being publicly screened and examined. It’s part of the inconveniences suffered for the sake of safety. But how far those searches go and should ...
Business Ethics: Practicing Ethics Without a License
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vol. 27no.5p.136
This article describes a decision-making framework in the form of 6 questions to assist business leaders in finding an ethical path forward.
Just Your Normal Disaster
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vol. 27no.5p.144
As lawyers, we are usually faced with complex systems of safety nets. The risk analysis is over. This article discusses how we can reduce the chance that a normal accident will occur ...
It Would Be a Shame to Waste a Good Recession
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vol. 27no.4p.16
In spite of the various immediate hardships caused by the economic recession that we're facing today, columnist Ronald Pol evaluates the possible positive long term rewards that may be reaped ...
A New Option for Legal Department Technology
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vol. 27no.4p.18
Is Microsoft SharePoint for you? In this article, Nanci Tucker evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the software, applying her firsthand experience as a means of providing valuable advice for ...
A Washington Court Ponders Required Causation Under an Indemnification
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vol. 27no.4p.20
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 ...
A Day of Reckoning or Celebration
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vol. 27no.4p.22
In this article, columnist Kenneth Cutshaw discusses possible positive effects on lawyers in other countries that have the opportunity to undertake challenging global legal work as a result of the ...
Bet the Company: Litigation from a Policyholder's Perspective
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vol. 27no.4p.24
A fine but definitive line divides the world of insurance policies. On one side, there is the insurer, armed with the legal forces to defray expenses. On the other are the insured, slightly perplexed ...
Effective Managment of Litigation Holds and E-Discovery
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vol. 27no.4p.36
Two years after amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure became part of the discovery process, in-house counsel have adjusted. There are, however, some lingering questions relevant to your ...
Electronic Billing 2.0: A Novelty Becomes an Essential Management Tool
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vol. 27no.4p.46
It's been on the implementation fast track for the past three years. Now, e-billing is almost as standard to law department technology as the computer itself. With all of the buzz surrounding ...