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Todd Borow (Associate General Counsel, AmeriHealth Caritas), Brian Campbell (Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, DHI Group, Inc.), Megan Lutes (Director of Legal, Convoy, Inc.) & Penny Williams (Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Sotheby’s)

Our job description as in-house counsel often includes common themes: (i) assisting our company in achieving its business goals and (ii) ensuring that our company does not take on undue risk. This Top Ten is designed to help you identify and evaluate these common risk exposures that arise in commercial contracts.

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Region: United States
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House, CLO / GC, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Foley & Lardner LLP
16 pages

This sample form provides a Research Misconduct Policy that assists research staff members to establish and maintain high standards of ethical practices in research. The form contains policy that describes ongoing obligations of research staff to promote an environment that supports ethical research and process.

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Region: United States
Audience: Mid-Career, New to In-House, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Foley & Lardner LLP
10 pages

This checklist can be used as a starting point for assessing legal issues in negotiation for software/technology services from a Buyer's standpoint. 

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Region: United States
Audience: Mid-Career, New to In-House, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
N. Cornell Boggs, III, Quarles & Brady LLP
2 pages

This resource is a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) checklist, developed by N.Cornell Boggs, III of Quarles & Brady LLP, that provides a thought starting process for In-house leaders and their corporate legal department as they engage in conversations that are aimed at making improvements internally, and externally with the service providers their company works with.

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Interest Area: Diversity and Inclusion
Collection: Leadership Skills
Region: United States
Audience: Mid-Career, New to In-House, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
1 pages

This resource is a checklist of five points to guide individuals on how to transition from one job to the next.

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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Region: United States
Audience: Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
1 pages

This resource is a checklist of five points to improve your ability to manage a team and stay connected from a remote setting.

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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Collection: Leadership Skills
Region: United States
Audience: Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Christian Oetiker, Partner in VISCHER's Litigation and Arbitration Team; Raphael Butz, Partner in VISCHER's Litigation and Arbitration Team; Prabhjot K. Singh, Associate in VISCHER's Litigation and Arbitration Team, VISCHER Ltd.

Until the end of 2020, it was possible for anyone to make use of the so-called commercial register blockage pursuant to the Swiss Commercial Register Ordinance (hereinafter "CRO") to prevent an unwanted entry into the commercial register for 10 days, without going to court. With a revision to this in January 2021, this Quick Overview will explain how the rule change results in higher hurdles for temporary prevention of commercial register entries.

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Region: Switzerland
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, CLO / GC, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Stacy McLean, Partner; Kathleen Keilty, Partner; and Alison Jeffrey, Senior Advisor, Strategic Initiatives & Client Development Coaching at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Boards increasingly recognize the value proposition of corporate directors who come from an in-house counsel background. The role of the general counsel (GC) today extends well beyond legal and requires an array of skills — notably business acumen and leadership. This Quick Overview discusses optimization of Board performance.

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Region: Canada, Global
Audience: Deputy GC, CLO / GC, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
3 pages

This is a form of guidelines to be used when engaging outside counsel. It is tailored towards litigation transactions.

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Interest Area: Real Estate
Region: United States
Audience: Mid-Career, New to In-House, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
3 pages

This is a California short form Deed of Trust to be recorded with the appropriate County Recorder’s Office.

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Interest Area: Real Estate
Region: United States
Audience: Mid-Career, New to In-House, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
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