Profiles in Partnership: The Trust Factor
Among the many stumbling blocks a quickly growing enterprise faces are labor and employment problems. Bringing on large numbers of employees and instilling a consistent culture is always a challenge. Each new market can present different labor laws and regulations; harmonizing training and compliance programs can tax the frequently lean legal departments of startups. Cbeyond, Inc., an Atlanta-based business telecom company, has met each of these challenges.
Read more... Study Shows Ascendancy of Brazilian In-House Counsel
Alot of ink has been spilled over the years, describing and dissecting the relationship between corporate legal departments and outside law firms. But until now, none of that research focused exclusively on the largest economy in Latin America. A groundbreaking new study by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell plumbs the legal market in Brazil.
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