In order to identify the best potential employees, it's essential to have a logical, systematic process in place. Here are some suggestions that can help counsel improve their approach to assessing prospects.
Diversity has been a corporate buzz word for quite some time. Based on Accenture’s system, it’s possible to take it from an idea to an action. Read how the company’s global legal network developed an inclusive internal environment and how that had a domino effect on their external relationships.
Recent enactment and clarification of China’s new labor contract law has outlined the rights and responsibilities of parties on both sides of the agreement. For American companies who currently employ staff in Chinese facilities — or those considering extending their work into China, this article is a must-read resource on the law principles and their impact on business as we know it.
It’s a connection almost as sacred as any biological bond: the rapport between in-house counsel and clients with global business networks. In the face of litigation, internal documents could be called into evidence and upholding the international sanctity of attorney-client privilege can become knotty. Explore ways to make the law work for you anywhere in the world.
Top ten tips on the best way to enter a new environment as the company's first in-house counsel.
"Diversity" is often acknowledged as an important goal in building project or case teams, but there's little discussion about why it is desirable. Read this article from Robert Half Legal to learn why diversity creates a more productive project team.
Top ten tips on the needs of the small law department attorney in a closely-held corporation.
Through comparison with Stanley Milgram's famous psychological shock experiment at Yale University in the 1960s, Bill Mordan stresses the importance of going against the crowd and sticking to your guns as a means of being objective, as all in-house counsel must be.
It may seem ironic for a business ethicist to dislike the phrase, "Just do the right thing." However, in this column, James A. Nortz describes the early steps of solving an ethical dilemma and evaluates what to do when an issue is not between "right and wrong" but between "right and right."
Just how can the inside attorney seek ethical advice? Columnist John K. Villa assesses how in-house counsel can effectively go about seeking ethical counsel in an ethical manner in this must-read article.