I'll never forget the feeling of staring down at a 200-page power purchase agreement on my first energy deal and wondering "Where do I even start with this thing?" It was like opening a door only to find myself lost in a maze of incomprehensible legal...
In-house counsel across all industries have indicated that they are prepared for the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and applications within the legal profession. A recent survey by LexisNexis found that more than two-thirds (67%) of in-house lawyers...
What is Practical Guidance? Practical Guidance is a highly valuable resource for corporate legal professionals, including legal OPS, general counsel, in-house counsel and paralegals. It enables lawyers to finish a task with greater assurance and effectiveness...
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In-house counsel are facing simultaneous headwinds of rising internal demands and pressures to control spending in an uncertain economic climate. Roughly one in four in-house counsel are anticipating decreased corporate investments in 2023, according to Law360...
By Elias Kahn | LexisNexis Practical Guidance New York City became the largest city in the nation to ban discrimination on the basis of height or weight when it comes to employment decisions under a bill signed by Mayor Eric Adams in May 2023. “We all...
The emergence of new Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools is shaking up the global corporate marketplace for AI’s extraordinary business potential—as well as its immediate dangers. Perhaps no audience of corporate executives is more focused on getting...
By Julie Webster-Matthews U.S. history is full of examples of conflicts between federal and state laws when it comes to controversial issues, but one of the more intriguing areas where this conflict is playing out in real-time is with the regulation of cannabis...
By Angela Chmielewski The process of electronic discovery is more than a crucial element of modern litigation, it is an enormous business and area of legal practice unto itself. The eDiscovery market was estimated at $11.2 billion last year — and is expected...
By Celeste Mitchell-Byars and Mark Haut Many in-house counsel at companies across all industries were caught off-guard by a flurry of disconcerting bank failures last month. Following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX in late-2022, U.S. bank regulators began...
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By Kevin Hylton {INSERT LINK TO PG BIO} The question of whether employers can require employees and job candidates to sign mandatory arbitration agreements continues to attract litigation and controversy. The latest lightning rod in this heated dispute emerged...
While in-house counsel at U.S. companies have been monitoring their compliance with a wave of new salary transparency laws, a court has given new life to a closely watched pay discrimination case in California. A California appeals court ruled in Allen v. Staples...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has in recent years prioritized environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures by public companies and the fight against “green washing” as key policy initiatives. This includes the creation...
By Barbara W. Reece | Content Manager, LexisNexis Practical Guidance In-house counsel are confronting a major change in the regulatory landscape in 2023, with new comprehensive consumer data privacy laws going into effect in five states : California, Colorado...