The Chat Effect: Improving eDiscovery Workflows for Modern Collaboration Data
The Human Connection: How to Engage Your Remote Workforce
Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 18: Sven Burchartz, Kalus Kenny Intelex | Australia
Employment Law Now IV-65- The Great Debate Part 2: Employee Lawyer vs. Employer Lawyer
Compliance Perspectives: The Impact of Workplace Loneliness
What’s Next? Podcast: Exploring law firm culture through a design lens with IDEO
Podcast - Risk Management: Troubleshooting & Problem Solving
II-31- The Changing 9 to 5 From 1980 to Today
I-24 – Thankful for Volume 1, 2017, and Relationships
Day 3 of One Month to 360-Degrees of Communications in Compliance-The D&B Experience
I-17 – Engaging Your Employees in Today’s Workplace, Featuring Rick Turner at Whirlpool Corporation
Episode 23: Using “People Analytics” to Make Smart Business and Corporate Culture Decisions
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During Ward and Smith’s annual Employment Law Symposium, three attorneys provided insights on a fictional construction company's reaction to a serious job site accident. In the session, the attorneys shed light on key issues...more
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The fall from grace in the #MeToo era continues; this time, it’s Governor Andrew Cuomo. This past week the New York State Attorney General released a report concluding that Cuomo had sexually harassed multiple women and...more
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