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  How to avoid FLSA violations when requiring workers to use PTO

  A recent court ruling may contain lessons for employers that would like to use workers’ PTO to cover hours not worked, writes Linda Bond Edwards, of counsel with RumbergerKirk.

  Linda Bond Edwards • Aug. 16, 2023

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  Leveraging the SEC rule on board-level cybersecurity expertise

  The agency’s release of cybersecurity rules gives legal leaders a chance to make board expertise part of the resilience they build into their organization.

  Neil Simon • Aug. 10, 2023

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  Patent prices may rise — Is your organization’s IP portfolio ready?

  Through evaluating current and potential IP, in-house counsel can proactively set their organization up for success amid future budget changes.

  Vincent Brault • Aug. 4, 2023

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  The case for a multidisciplinary data division in Legal

  A tech-enabled, data-literate legal department is better equipped to help businesses manage risk and navigate evolving legal requirements and regulations.

  Olga Mack • July 28, 2023

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  Four e-discovery first principles to survive the AI hype cycle

  In the race to evolve, legal teams must not lose sight of the fundamentals that are likely to remain important for years to come.

  Wendy King • July 20, 2023

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  CCO reporting relationships must be flexible

  A CCO-to-CLO reporting relationship is becoming more popular, yet even in many of those arrangements the CCO retains a parallel reporting relationship to the CEO.

  Michael W. Peregrine • July 14, 2023

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  How lawyers can embrace the challenge to supervise AI

  In-house lawyers must conduct due diligence as they help select AI vendors, negotiate contracts and monitor compliance with legal and ethical requirements.

  Olga Mack • July 12, 2023

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  2023 in privacy: It (still) scares people

  Making data privacy training accessible to everyone in the legal organization will help you get ahead of the surge in state laws while complying with the EU’s GDPR. 

  Jay Brenner • July 7, 2023

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  Is AI a friend or foe for legal teams?

  Corporate legal departments and law firms can adopt best practices to manage the inherent risk of AI in legal work and get the most benefit from this incendiary technology.

  Shana Simmons • June 28, 2023

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  Making our good work good for the company—and each other

  When you’re able to offer time and talent to pro bono work, it helps bring valuable perspective to your work and your relationships.

  Danielle Sheer • June 22, 2023

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  How legal professionals should really use generative AI

  Generative AI can and will transform your job for the better—eliminating rote work and letting you focus on higher value.

  Gaurav Oberoi and Jessica Nguyen • June 15, 2023

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  Don’t let your payment platforms attract regulatory scrutiny

  Here are ideas to help companies that allow customers to make payments via P2P, BNPL and other mechanisms avoid regulatory headaches.

  Siran Faulders and Keturah Taylor • June 6, 2023

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  Contract management is too integral to keep it just within legal

  GCs should think beyond legal and integrate their technology and processes with the larger enterprise to create efficiency and strategic value across the organization.

  Bernadette Bulacan • May 31, 2023

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  The key questions for measuring your legal team’s technological maturity

  One of the best ways to gauge if your technology investments are delivering value is by regularly soliciting feedback from the people who use the tools.

  Jared Hostmeyer • May 25, 2023

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  Why it’s imperative lawyers adopt a ‘legal copilot’ model with AI

  By combining AI and human capabilities, organizations can leverage the strengths of both to improve decision-making and achieve better outcomes.

  Johannes (Jan) Scholtes and Geoffrey Vance • May 19, 2023

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  Balancing generative AI’s benefits for contracts with data privacy risks

  No contract attorney wants to make headlines by disclosing proprietary code via a publicly available generative AI site. 

  Amine Anoun • May 13, 2023

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  Exploring risk likelihood in commercial contracts

  In addition to assessing risk impact, parties should, using real-world evidence and data, consider risk likelihood so they are better equipped to account for risk exposure in commercial contracts.

  Sheikh Shaghaf • May 11, 2023

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  Debunking the top 7 myths about interim attorney work

  Interim work can provide inroads to legal skills, practice areas and industries that an individual wouldn’t have easy access to otherwise.

  Nina Houston and Thom Burke • May 10, 2023

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  How generative AI is changing the game for contract management teams

  The technology has already reached a startling level of accuracy, capable of performing a wide variety of research work that can then be reviewed by a trained legal professional.

  Praful Saklani • May 4, 2023

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  5 things employers should know about the FTC’s noncompete proposal

  The proposed rule’s comment period closed last week, and employers are now on standby for the final rule.

  Bryance Metheny and Gabriell Jeffreys • April 27, 2023

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  How to draft fee-shifting provisions in indemnification clauses

  Delaware courts have determined that even quite broad language referencing attorneys’ fees may not be explicit enough to shift fees in first-party litigation. 

  Heather Benzmiller Sultanian and Jarrett H. Gross • April 26, 2023

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  How to join the new generation of legal ops leaders—GenO

  These legal ops professionals initiate and lead programs that impact the entire corporation, not just the legal department.

  Prashant Dubey • April 20, 2023

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  How in-house counsel can stay current on the latest civil litigation

  With reliable access to a daily filings report, in-house lawyers can be the first to know about any new cases filed against their company.

  Nicole Clark • April 14, 2023

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  How to develop and enforce effective outside counsel guidelines

  Creating guidelines related to budgets, internal communications and research can help you save significantly on legal costs.

  Kevin Cohn • April 4, 2023

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  Tapping accountants’ expertise in financial fraud claims

  It’s not the role of accounting professionals to offer views on liability when a financial matter is in the spotlight but their knowledge of standards can shed light on evidence others might miss.  

  Jeffrey Matthews • March 30, 2023

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