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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
Alan Fishel, Partner and Nicholas Lawson, Associate, Arent Fox LLP

This Top Ten covers do's and don'ts to help anticipate and avoid situations where some clients might unintentionally create obstacles when negotiating and closing deals. These principles could be applied to any client, around the world.

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Source: Resource Library
Collection: Contract Negotiation Skills
Region: Global
1 pages

This sample checklist walks in-house counsel through the Intellectual Property (IP) due diligence process, in preparation for negotiating the asset purchase agreement.

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Source: Resource Library
Collection: Contract Negotiation Skills
Region: United States, Global
Ross Q. Panko, Arent Fox LLP

This podcast will focus on issues that should be negotiated up front as part of a trademark consent agreement to avoid problems that can arise after a trademark consent agreement has been executed. Duration: 12 minutes and 25 seconds.

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Source: Resource Library
Collection: Contract Negotiation Skills
Region: United States
Charlotte Lewis Jones
8 pages

While it may seem like second nature to in-house counsel, successfully negotiating the closure of a business transaction is an art form. It requires transparency, organization, and market awareness to understand how to approach negotiation in a way that effectively ensures a positive outcome for all parties involved. By understanding these factors, and how to navigate the risks associated with them, in-house counsel can efficiently close multiple transactions simultaneously to favorable returns.

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Source: ACC Docket
Collection: Contract Negotiation Skills
Region: Global
Laura A. Frase, Christopher Greene, Jennifer Kresge, John Potter, Wayne Watkins

Negotiation skills and techniques are essential tools for any in-house counsel professional. Whether discussing vendor contracts or settling lawsuits, knowing the intricacies of the craft of negotiation is vital. Yet our intentions and focus in negotiation are often interrupted by subconscious, psychological or cognitive biases. These normal, yet irrational, reactions to negotiation counterparts and their narratives can significantly disrupt both parties’ objectives. This session will use a panel of negotiation, psychology, and academic experts who will identify typical, predictable cognitive biases, present how these biases affect negotiations, and provide suggestions on how to manage their effect. From the “Lake Wobegon effect,” to attribution error, to diagnosis bias, fun videos and real-life examples will be used as we engage in the Brain Game.

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Source: Meetings
Region: United States
Sanford Schane
21 pages

This article analyzes three court cases claimed to contain "ambiguity" or "ambiguous words."

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Switzerland, United Kingdom
Rhonda Lees, Jim McLandress, Robin Schulman, Tyrone Thomas, Bettina Yip

Several experienced in-house counsel will oversee an interactive game show-style session designed to engage and educate new in-house counsel. The questions (loosely based on the New to In-house Committee’s InfoPAK: New to In-house Practice: US & Europe) will focus on what every in-house lawyer should know about the law and their dual role as corporate counsel and a valuable business partner.

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Source: Meetings
Region: United States
CEB
13 pages

This brief article provides an overview of the cultural values that shape interpersonal communications.

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Interest Area: Career Development
Source: Resource Library

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Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
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