When your company is involved in an M&A transaction, it is easy to focus on the typical labor issues that come about, like collective bargaining agreements, pensions,and the WARN Act. However, in-house counsel need to concern themselves with the impact that coemployment can have on the transaction, considering the fact that leased employees are not normally regarded as "employees" during the M&A process.
This article highlights a recent case handled by the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for which the decision was made that the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) governed. This instance demonstrating that American lawyers should not merely opt out of the CISG but consider it more carefully.
Provides a chief operations counsel's top ten law department leadership principles.
Discusses legal outsourcing, consumer and commercial customer protection, and the state of technology in Canada.
A business school education does not necessarily prepare you to be managerially efficient. Here are a few simple tips to help improve your management style.
This article describes three principles: strategy, experience, and teamwork (SET). While aiding you in framing the oncoming issues, each element builds upon and is influenced by the next.
Discusses a study in which unfamiliar participants demonstrated they could identify top-performing companies based on photos they were shown of their chief executives.
The business of transporting hazardous materials is extremely regulated in the United States, as well as internationally. Familiarity with the regulations set by the Department of Transportation (DOT) concerning this activity is of great concern to Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and compliance attorneys; however, all attorneys, especially those in-house, should have some basic knowledge of the DOT regulatory structure. Here, the author provides a summary of DOT and hazmat rules, the scope of materials covered and key issues for the compliance and enforcement of these rules.
Explores an alternative billing method that uses a risk/reward model for working with outside counsel.
When a company is sued, the responsibility of the litigation process falls on in-house counsel. If the in-house attorney is inexperienced or feels uneasy with the litigation process they may turn to outside counsel. However, the in-house attorney is not only missing the opportunity to influence the course of the lawsuit but also ensure savings.