After graduating from Duquesne Law School in Pittsburgh, Pa., Kathleen Dohmlo was hired into the New Lawyer Development Program at Alcoa, Inc., where she was trained as a commercial attorney. Dohmlo has spent her entire career in-house. She has been with LANXESS for seven years and, prior to that, was with Bayer MaterialScience LLC for six years. In 2011, she was assigned to Singapore to establish LANXESS’ legal function for Southeast Asia. While it was no chore to settle into the landscape and layout of Singapore, cultural differences, particularly in the workplace, took more effort to overcome. Learn how she overcame those differences.
The paperless office is a mirage. We’ve had the technology to go mostly paperless since the early ‘90s. But our paper usage has grown right along with our data volumes, consuming 15 percent of our physical office space. For over a decade, the legal framework and our technological infrastructure have made digital signatures a far superior alternative to ink. This article advocates executing documents digitally.
The author recalls a time when he visited his physician on an especially busy day. Despite the number of other patients his doctor saw, his demeanor and questions made him feel that his case was important. Can in-house lawyers apply the same amount of care and attention to their clients? Read on to find out the author’s take.
There are many odd laws on the English statute book that have yet to be repealed. It has been asserted that it is legal to shoot a Welshman with a bow and arrow inside the city walls of Chester after midnight, although, if true, this is likely to now be over-ruled by European Union law.
In 1994, the author left the Army JAG Corps Environmental Law Division and joined the corporate world as senior environmental counsel for a multi-national chemical company. About a year or so into his tenure as a civilian, he discovered that the tank farm at one of the company’s plants lacked sufficient secondary containment and was in violation of the Clean Water Act. Read on to learn how he responded to this situation.
Once a business faces the prospects of gathering ESI from foreign offices and subsidiaries, it will likely start to grasp the complexity of cross-border eDiscovery. This article discusses the legal, logistical and cultural challenges related to Asian eDiscovery, with a particular emphasis on Japan. These observations will be helpful to in-house counsel for US companies with Japanese operations, parents, subsidiaries or affiliates, or Japanese companies involved with US litigation. The need to respect foreign law may be obvious. In addition, handling logistical and cultural challenges to eDiscovery will make the process more effective, efficient and affordable.
There are many odd laws on the English statute book that have yet to be repealed. It has been asserted that it is legal to shoot a Welshman with a bow and arrow inside the city walls of Chester after midnight, although, if true, this is likely to now be over-ruled by European Union law.
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We are often asked questions about whether certain steps are necessary for procedural fairness. For example, do we need to put written allegations to a respondent? What if someone attends an interview with a lawyer? How long should we give an employee before asking for a response to allegations? There is often no simple answer. A number of factors are relevant in determining whether there has been procedural fairness.
A brief article on employee and workforce issues to consider when doing business in Australia.