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The ACC/ACC Foundation DEI Maturity Model has been designed for use by legal departments around the world to benchmark maturity of their efforts regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)

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Interest Area: Diversity and Inclusion
Region: Global
Amy de La Lama, Partner (Boulder, CO), Christian Auty, Partner (Chicago, IL), Daniel Rockey, Partner (San Francisco, CA), and Logan Parker, Associate (Chicago, IL), Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
4 pages

Appropriate communication discipline will help protect attorney-client privilege and similar legal protections and mitigate the significant risks (legal, reputational, financial) associated with the unintended disclosure of incident-related communications. Learn recommended communication principles to work into your Incident Response Plan and disseminate to the incident response team at the outset of every incident response effort.

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Region: United States, Global
Glenn Haley, Partner (Hong Kong) and Sharon Chan, Associate (Hong Kong, China), Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
6 pages

Hong Kong now has its own set of recommended best practices for the development and use of AI published issued by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD). Learn the potential risk levels of using an AI system and suggested measures to implement for better protection of individual consumers.

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Region: Hong Kong, Asia, Global
Evan Foster, Partner, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
Nikki Fisher, Senior Staff Attorney at Huntington Ingalls Industries
J.B. Perrine, Associate General Counsel at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
2 pages

As in-house counsel, you will most likely be dealing with technology licensing agreements. Here are some key tips based on “FAQs – What Every Lawyer Should Know About Technology Licensing Agreements” - a webcast hosted by the Association of Corporate Counsel’s New to In-house Network, sponsored by Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP.

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Region: United States
Audience: New to In-House
Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
2 pages

This article developed by Womble Bond Dickinson starts the 11-month countdown to develop business compliance strategies for three new omnibus privacy laws coming in 2023: January 1: the California Consumer Privacy Rights Act (which amends the existing CCPA) and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act; July1: the Colorado Privacy Act.

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Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics
Region: United States
Audience: Mid-Career, New to In-House, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
1 person found this helpful.
Jackson Lewis P.C.
20 pages

In this resource, a summary of the most significant employment-related class action activity form 2021 is reviewed and explained.

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Interest Area: Employment and Labor
Region: United States
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Kelly Mickelson, Head of Legal Operations, Thomson Reuters
2 pages

Legal Operations is a multi-disciplinary field, requiring aptitude in finance, technology, vendor management, workforce strategy, data analysis, communications, and so much more. Professionals can develop substantive acumen in any of these areas sufficient to allow them to determine “what” the focus of the corporate legal department. However, the culture of the “how” we execute is rarely discussed with the same type of rigor and it requires just as much planning and care to deliver the desired business outcomes.

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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Region: Global
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House, Legal Operations, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
2 people found this helpful.
Charlie Beasley, Consultant (London), Hugo Nanninga, Consultant (London), Dede Orraca-Cecil, Consultant (Boston), Angela Pêgas, Consultant (São Paulo), Simone Stebler, Consultant (Zürich), Egon Zehnder

Today, an organization needs far more than legal advice from its legal function. In this article, learn what business leaders really want and need from their General Counsel/Chief Legal Officers and their teams.

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Collection: Leadership Skills
Region: Global
Paul Davies, Partner, Nicola Higgs, Partner, Sophie Lamb QC, Partner, Ryan Maierson, Partner, Colleen Smith, Partner, Michael Green, Counsel, Edward Kempson, Counsel, James Bee, Associate, and Anne Mainwaring, Associate, Latham & Watkins

As expected, 2021 saw continued emphasis on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues on a global scale, by governments, regulators, NGOs, the private sector, and other important stakeholders.

This third instalment of Latham’s annual 10 Things to Look Out For blog post highlights the ESG-related developments and trends that we expect to remain in the headlines in 2022.

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Region: Global
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House, CLO / GC, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Jackson Lewis P.C.
10 pages

2022 might shape up to be a challenging year in terms of privacy and data protections. In this resource, in-house counsel can gain perspective on the coming year by taking these hot topics into consideration.

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Region: United States
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House, CLO / GC, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
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