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Thought leaders from around the world contribute their perspectives on landmark cases, new legislation, and legal perspectives on new technologies, business practices, and civil procedure.

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A Global Approach to Settlement

Bradley A. Klein, Gretchen M. Wolf, Peter Y. Cheun, and Mayra C. Suárez

The Department of Justice, in pursuit of companies whose transgressions cross borders, increasingly credits other countries’ fines to avoid “piling on.”

Cannabis Companies and Compliance Lawyers

Compliance Can Mean Sink or Swim for Cannabis Startups

Richard Lieberman

Legal Uncertainty Permeates the Cannabis Industry

Government of the People

Allyn Stern

A baker’s dozen tips for working with the Environmental Protection Agency

A Corporate Veil Remains Unpierced

Peter McGlynn

How an Unwinnable Case was Won

Construction Injury Prevention From Hard Hats

Wearing a Hard Hat Significantly Reduces Risk of Injury, Death on NYC Construction Sites

Michele Mirman

2020 Vision

Sean Devlin

What Does Corporate Environmental Concern Look Like in 2020?

Scofflaws Without Borders

Gilbert + Tobin

Bribery and Corruption Know No Boundaries. Increasingly, Neither Do the Laws Designed to Combat Them.

An Interview With Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Best Lawyers

Russia’s 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” honoree for Real Estate Law

David Ackert's Top Advice on Social Media and Client Prospecting

Best Lawyers

The president of Ackert Inc. offers his insights on business development to Best Lawyers following the 2019 Legal Marketing Association Annual Conference.

All Aboard

Patricia Brown Holmes

What effect is California’s new law mandating more women in corporate boardrooms likely to have?

Alternate Routes

Jennifer Alvey

For many women, a government job is an ideal—albeit necessary—springboard to a law-firm partnership.

The Best Lawyers Voting Process Explained

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Invited to vote? Learn how to submit your ballot and why your vote counts.

Lawyer Commendations Feature Makes It Easy to Recommend Top Legal Talent

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Attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers can now position themselves as reliable industry resources.

Immigration Compliance at the Worksite

Fausta M. Albi

New laws that impact California employers.

Interagency Cooperation: Raising the Bar for Immigration Compliance

Kathleen Campbell Walker

Stove-piped legal representation is not advisable (e.g., only focusing on one agency segment or one portion of a filing process).

Large-Scale Immigration Raids Focus Attention on Employer Compliance With Immigration Laws

Martha J. Schoonover

The recent raids of dozens of 7-Eleven stores by U.S. immigration agents and the corresponding arrest of 21 individuals for immigration-related violations were widely covered as the largest immigrant enforcement crackdown undertaken by the Trump administration to date.

Immigration Worksite Compliance Issues for Employers

Maria I. Casablanca

Immigration worksite enforcement has become a balancing act between verifying eligibility to work and avoiding discrimination; thus it has merged two fields of law: labor and employment law with immigration and nationality law.

How Driverless Cars Could Impact Your Practic

No One at the Wheel

Michael R. Greco

Will autonomous vehicles drive employers crazy?

DOJ Issues Additional Guidance on How It Evaluates Corporate Compliance Programs

Brett Ingerman

Valuable insights into how DOJ is thinking about compliance programs

Compliance Confidence

Jeffrey E. Stone, John Huang, and Michelle Gon

Turning risk into opportunity.

Mitigating Your Risk

Ryan Robichaux and David Stewart

Why you need a political law compliance program.

Corporate Criminal Compliance in Spain

Victor Jimenez Carbayo

Four issues must be fulfilled: a legal person can be punished for the crime, the individual who has committed the crime is a member of the organization, the corporation directly or indirectly benefits, and the corporation has not implemented any measures to prevent the commission of the crime.