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Delivering Successful Ediscovery Projects Across the Globe

Delivering Successful Ediscovery Projects Across the Globe

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E-discovery is approached differently in almost every country around the world, and international ediscovery best practices are evolving quickly in response to international litigation and investigations

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Introduction to International Background Screening

Introduction to International Background Screening

White Paper
With the mobility of workers across international borders it is no longer adequate to conduct background screening checks solely in the United States.

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Lawsuit Says Wall Street Exec Used Army Ties to Overcharge on Contracts

NEWS
Whistleblowers allege Lynn Tilton offered an Army colonel a lucrative job long before he retired from military service as a way of inducing him to make contract decisions favorable to her company.

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How to Negotiate With Chinese Companies (Part IV)

How to Negotiate With Chinese Companies (Part IV)

White Paper
The latest installment of this series focuses on the cultural disconnects that so often impact negotiating between American and Chinese companies.

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New LSU General Counsel Can’t Practice Law in Louisiana

New LSU General Counsel Can’t Practice Law in Louisiana

NEWS
The GC’s inability to litigate won’t be a problem for the system, says the university’s vice president for finance and administration.

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Contract Management: Build Relationships in Business

Contract Management: Build Relationships in Business

EVENT, April 27
Learn how a person’s or organization’s objectives – and those of their customers and suppliers – can be achieved in an effective way, without threat or failure.

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HIPAA Compliance and Electronic Protected Health Information

HIPAA Compliance and Electronic Protected Health Information

EVENT: April 21, 2 p.m. CDT
One class of electronic Protected Health Information bearing technology remains rather mysterious – medical devices.

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Dykema Chairman and CEO Joins Detroit Economic Club Board of Directors

Dykema Chairman and CEO Joins Detroit Economic Club Board of Directors

NEWS
Dykema Chairman and CEO Peter Kellett has been elected a member of the Detroit Economic Club (DEC) board of directors.

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Legal CMOs: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

White Paper
With legal experience or not, the legal role is an attractive career option for results-oriented professionals who still want room to shape and evolve the role.

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The Case for Contractor and Vendor Employee Screening

The Case for Contractor and Vendor Employee Screening

White Paper
The white paper addresses some of the traps and dangerous practices that can ensnare the well-intentioned professional, and outlines the elements of a strong vendor employee screening program.

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Federal Circuit Decision Highlights Important Takeways for Contractors

White Paper
Is the amount of LDs “reasonable for the particular agreement at the time it is made”? If so, the LDs clause is most likely enforceable.

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Deutsche Bank Nears Plea Deal Over Libor Manipulation

Deutsche Bank Nears Plea Deal Over Libor Manipulation

NEWS
A deal would be one of the last cases to arise from the sweeping investigation into the London interbank offered rate, or Libor.

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Panasonic of North America Names New General Counsel

NEWS
Damien Atkins is the new general counsel and corporate secretary of Panasonic Corporation of North America.

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NLRB Issues Guidance Memo on Representation Case Procedure Changes

NLRB Issues Guidance Memo on Representation Case Procedure Changes

NEWS
The GC’s guidance covers how representation cases will be processed from beginning to end, incorporating both the Final Rule changes and the procedures that remain unchanged.

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Collapsing Oil Prices: Strategies and Opportunities

White Paper
A white paper published by ICF International examines how different oil price scenarios will have varied implications, strategies, and opportunities for producers, midstream developers, and investors.

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Accounting for Oil And Gas Hedges: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Accounting for Oil And Gas Hedges: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

White Paper
An increase in U.S. domestic crude oil and natural gas production coupled with transportation infrastructure limitations have resulted in supply and demand imbalances across the country and increased market price volatilities.

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Workforce Data Security in the Oil & Gas Industry

Workforce Data Security in the Oil & Gas Industry

White Paper
Cyber threats to oil and gas production — both cyber espionage campaigns and damaging cyber-attacks — are increasing, according to a white paper published by Oil and Gas IQ.

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Feeney Recieves Michigan Defense Trial Counsel’s Excellence In Defense Award

Feeney Recieves Michigan Defense Trial Counsel’s Excellence In Defense Award

NEWS
James P. Feeney has received the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel’s (MDTC) Annual Excellence In Defense Award. He will be honored during an awards banquet hosted by the MDTC on Friday, May 15.

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Steven Hunter Elected to President’s Council of the Museum of Science and Industry

Steven Hunter Elected to President’s Council of the Museum of Science and Industry

NEWS
Quarles & Brady LLP Chicago partner Steven Hunter has been elected to the president’s council of the Museum of Science and Industry, the firm announced.

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Environmental Assessment of Natural Gas in Transportation

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A free on-demand webinar from the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy compares the carbon intensity of natural gas and diesel long haul trucks.

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