Maryrose Delahunty discusses her career's beginnings and how ACC helped her feel more at home in the office.
James Wong discusses the importance of humor when building business relationships, and the differences between Chinese and Americans when it comes to cracking jokes.
As global economies recover from the credit crisis, lack of available funding is crippling major infrastructure initiatives, and financial advisors are searching for new sources of credit to get their projects off the ground. The Province of Ontario, however, may have found a solution to the problem: a pooled financing vehicle. This article demonstrates the success of local governments using such a model to fund new infrastructure development.
Typically, all potentially responsible parties (PRP) are held jointly and severally liable for the costs of environmental cleanup at hazardous waste sites. The bankruptcy of a PRP can further complicate the already burdensome task of allocating those cleanup costs. This article proposes a reevaluation of strategies when allocating costs, filing claims and litigating issues related to environmental remediation.
The dilemma: As general counsel, how do you become involved in the strategic development side of your company, while maintaining the neutrality necessary to deliver effective legal advice? To achieve balance, a tremendous degree of effort and discipline is required, and maintaining it is a continuous struggle. Read this article and boost your role as GC.
In today’s streamlined market, negotiating contracts is increasingly viewed as a superfluous step in the transactions between buyers and sellers. If one party’s expectations fall short, both may find themselves demanding court-supplied justice. Learn the fundamentals of sales negotiations on both sides of the deal.
This Top Ten focuses on the important inquiries counsel should make when entertaining the idea of an automated management system for outside counsel work.
Currently, the three most popular social networking online tools are LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Here are some suggestions for how you can best use these sites to enhance your job search.
This article includes a six-step action plan to help you become more productive on both the individual and team levels by making better use of three important resources time, technology and human resources.
Learn tips for creating a plan to identify and prepare a future leader for succession purposes.