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The Canadian Healthcare Shift — A Profile of Nawaz Hussainaly

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Nawaz Hussainaly is on the forefront of a major shift in the Canadian healthcare system. As a clinical trial lawyer for Alberta Health Services (AHS) — which serves as the largest healthcare services conglomerate in the country — he has witnessed a substantial growth in the pharmaceutical testing industry as a result of enticing collaborations with universities in the province.
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Focus on Your Corporate Functions to Lower Your Risk

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If you really want to get serious about better managing these risks, find a way to work with your leadership to implement a systematic approach to measure the effectiveness of the systems you and your organization are counting on to stay out of trouble.
Docket Article

Motivating Ethical Mountain Climbing

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In his TED Talk, Ariely begins by challenging the widely accepted notion that people are primarily motivated to behave the way they do by a desire for pleasure, money or power by making an observation about mountain climbers.
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Less Is More

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The problem with this understandable response to a compliance crisis is that corporations with overblown compliance programs may end up becoming less able to manage their legal and ethical risks.
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Due Diligence Checklist (Nonprofit Health Care Acquisition)

This comprehensive checklist identifies information for the due diligence process in connection with a proposed transaction between two parties. The entity responsible for producing requested documents should not have to create new documents. Production requests may seem duplicative; however, this is intentional in an effort to capture all relevant materials.

Peer Practice Examples

The Role of the General Counsel and In-House Counsel in Asia-Pacific: Leading Practices in Law Department Management

By Tricia Batson, J.D. and Lillian Moyano Yob, J.D., Legal Consultants for Association of Corporate Counsel

This Leading Practices Profile (LPP) presents themes, trends and leading practices of general counsel at the helm of six legal departments located in the Asia-Pacific region. The resource explores how the roles of general counsel and in-house counsel in that region have evolved from legal advisors to trusted business partners. It also provides leading practices for the success of legal teams of global organizations located in the Asia-Pacific region.

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South Africa: Guide to Doing Business

By Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group, a Lex Mundi member firm

This guide is part of the Lex Mundi Guides to Doing Business series and provides general information about legal and business infrastructures in South Africa.

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Establishing the In-House Law Department: A Guide for an Organization's First General Counsel

By Association of Corporate Counsel

This InfoPAK seeks to guide the first general counsel through the process of establishing a legal department, addressing the range of topics he/she will encounter, from understanding company expectations to how to communicate with the new client to establishing budgets and processes. In addition, this InfoPAK includes firsthand experiences shared by five in-house counsel who served as their organizations’ first general counsel, ranging in experience, industry/company size, and perspective.

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