DATA LOSS RISK AND REMOTE WORK ARRANGEMENTS
“The pandemic — and the reality of many employees working from home — has added a new level of complexity around data loss protection, regulatory compliance, and governance. Employees are working in less secure and controlled environments, often close to family members or roommates, and working more fluidly across multiple communication channels. Even the most […]
REGULATING AI IN HIRING
“I think it’s a very stressful time inside of modern HR departments. There’s a lot of questions about whether they should turn off the (AI) tool or even use the automated decisioning tool.” Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making its way into just about every facet of our lives, from deciding for us whether our car […]
BACKGROUND CHECK POLICIES
“Importantly, conducting background checks appropriately and following all applicable laws, rules, and guidelines is important for all employers. It doesn’t matter if you have 5 or 500,000 employees. The rules — and the risks — are relevant to you!” How would you feel about being considered as a candidate for a job in a law […]
STRUCTURING A FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT
“Are you regularly reconciling accounts, reviewing financial reports, and monitoring expenses? Having strong financial controls in place is essential to safeguard your law firm’s assets and ensure accurate financial management.” Now that you and your partners have built up a respectable client base, a reputation for professionalism in a particular niche or two, and you […]
MOVING TO ISRAEL WHILE WORKING REMOTELY
“The distributed workforce model is here to stay. With people working from different parts of the world, we can spread our searches more broadly and seek out the best talent.” As of 2023, the State of Israel has a total population of 9,174,000, with a whopping 3,340,000 of its citizens—nearly a third— having immigrated from […]
LOOKING INTO THE AI CRYSTAL BALL
“We use AI tools primarily for early case assessment to provide quick insights. When we start an investigation, we often need to cast our net wide and collect a lot of data. It is practically impossible to review all the data manually, since investigations regularly involve more than ten terabytes of data – that’s the […]
AI ‘ARTISTS’ AND COPYRIGHT PROTECTION
“If you’re letting the computer take over for you, like pulling a lever on a slot machine, then it’s public domain really, anyone could take that output. You don’t have intellectual property rights to it.” When was the last time you had a client who was actually an algorithm? In 2019 an American scientist applied […]
IN-HOUSE LEGAL BEST PRACTICES
“The first thing to bear in mind is that executive teams and boards need their legal teams to understand the broader organizational risks and to ensure their advice reflects these. Risk and compliance management isn’t just something that another team does and the legal team doesn’t need to know about.” The position of in-house counsel […]
STRUCTURING THE IN-HOUSE LEGAL DEPARTMENT BUDGET
“The very first thing you need to do when preparing an annual legal department budget is to understand and account for all the different items that make up the budget. If you forget something, you can end up with some big, costly holes. So, it’s worth sitting down and thinking hard about it.” Thomson Reuters […]
WHERE HAVE ALL THE LAWYERS GONE?
‘What’s new is the fact that the reasons for leaving employers — such as workload/work-life balance, adverse impact on mental health, and harassment — are being cited more by those thinking about departing from the profession altogether.’ First, there was the gas shortage, then a computer chip shortage, then a baby formula shortage, and even […]
