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New accounting laws are in the final stages of being enacted. What does this have to do with in-house counsel? An explanation of the new standards and why they matter.

Over 17 months ago, Judge Shira Scheindlin sounded the clarion call once again ' organizations that fail to take reasonable steps in response to a preservation obligation do so at their peril.

There are also information governance implications, especially those involving electronic discovery, when moving to the cloud.

It is no longer enough to simply be a great lawyer and risk manager; corporate counsel must be effective business managers and be able to demonstrate the value they create for their companies in order to be considered successful.

While corporate executives and their advisers will no doubt appreciate the certainty provided by the Supreme Court's affirmation of the "nerve center" test for determining a corporation's principal place of business, they must be mindful that the courts will focus on the actual "center of direction, control, and coordination" rather than artificial attempts to manipulate jurisdiction.

In recent years, claims for unpaid overtime, work off the clock or misclassification of employees have become popular among plaintiff's attorneys. Here's what to do.

A recent ruling of interest.

A former solicitor general and a former Supreme Court clerk vigorously sparred before the justices in March over whether indigent persons have a constitutional right to counsel if they face jail for failing to pay child support.