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I begin my term as ACC chair with great excitement. I am honored to follow in the footsteps of exceptional leaders and even more grateful to work with a board of directors, president and team so dedicated to the success of the global in-house bar.

A day in the life of Diego Martinotti General Counsel at Holcim (Argentina) S.A. in Cordoba, Argentina.

Russia is a civil law country, influenced by the German and Dutch legal concepts, but also has unique specifics. Although it is a civil law country, court precedents (especially recent decisions of the higher courts) are important and can influence the decision of the panel of judges.

We all live busy lives, but when we can clear our minds even for just a little while, it makes for healthier lives and healthier work.

This was going to be a column about discretion and judgment, and my perception that we need to reinvigorate those skills in the modern workplace, but that topic has thus far defied my attempts to wrestle it into the confines of this page.

If you were asked to do so, how would you go about quantifying your company’s compliance and ethics risk tolerance in terms that would provide actionable intelligence to your leadership team?

We are fast approaching the end of 2015 with a tinge of holiday expectation. For the most part, it is a wonderful time of year.

Conflict minerals are poised to become an even larger factor in supply chain compliance as legislation is currently being proposed in the European Union, which may be more stringent than that currently on the books in the United States.

If you are doing business and your products find their way to California, Proposition 65 will, in some manner, eventually affect you.

Even though they facilitate their long voyages as private companies, flourishing private secondary offerings are not always an unmitigated good for pre-IPO companies. In particular, without careful management at the company level, employee trading of private company shares can have a disastrous impact on issues like preserving confidential information or valuing options, and can be a distraction within the organization.