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Good business and good lawyering is more than just about making money. In this article, in-house counsel can learn about a peculiar start-up and how they made their mission a success.

Non-profits as well as most businesses in the United States are formulating plans to reopen. In this article, in-house counsel will learn how to consider potential liability risks as their employees return to work. This article was originally published in July 2020.

This Top Ten is based on discussions with a few of the author's nonprofit general counsel friends, as well as his experience in working as outside counsel for organizations that recently hired new in-house counsel. While not comprehensive, it hits those important points to consider in your first weeks and months on the job.

Transitioning from the private sector to a nonprofit may not be as difficult as you think. However, because job offers don’t materialize out of thin air, preparation is key if you want to stand a fighting chance. The facts (and fiction) presented in this article will help make your nonprofit transition a success.

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This is a sample checklist of key considerations for non-profit organizations who wish to start activities in a new country - such as identifying who can authorize entering a new country and specific activities, and the conditions under which and the resources with which this may be done.

Working on a nonprofit board can a valuable and rewarding experience. But when the members of the board fail to ask the right questions about how their organization is being managed, the results often end up making the front pages.

While there are numerous reasons in-house attorneys might want to become involved in pro bono work, the business case for it may not seem as established as it is for law firms. In today's changing corporate world, the reasons are equally undeniable. Use this feature to pinpoint business-related benefits of having your legal department perform pro bono work.

Timothy Phillips, senior counsel at the American Cancer Society, discusses a variety of tax issues facing charities and nonprofits.

The legal department at McDonald's adds to the bottom line by investing in the community through a diversity pipeline project.