Jennifer Williams

December 11, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Employers have long maintained written anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies and have also utilized workplace training both to inform employees about those policies and to arm employees with the parameters of acceptable versus unacceptable workplace behavior.

By Jennifer Williams

5 minute read

February 20, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

When it comes to the tricky matter of privilege across international borders, there are precautions that legal departments can take to protect themselves.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

4 minute read

February 01, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

David Blonder of BlackBerry called the challenge of GDPR compliance "a positive opportunity" during a Thursday talk at Legalweek 2018.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

3 minute read

January 31, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Lucy Bassli, until recently assistant general counsel of legal operations and contracting at Microsoft Corp, said at Legalweek 2018 that the most dramatic legal operations improvements can sometimes be simple process tweaks.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

2 minute read

January 11, 2018 | International Edition

Pearson GC Bjarne Tellmann on on building bridges and breaking silos

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

6 minute read

January 11, 2018 | Legal Week

Pearson GC Bjarne Tellmann on on building bridges and breaking silos

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

6 minute read

January 02, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

With in-house counsel shouldering more responsibility when it comes to breaches, and even taking the fall in some cases, one certainty is that cybersecurity will be top of mind for companies and their in-house counsel in 2018.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

6 minute read

December 15, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Can companies stop their employees from writing about what goes on behind closed doors? Maybe. Should they? Probably not.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

5 minute read

December 05, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

“We can develop all the policies in the world,” said the company's deputy general counsel of data and privacy, “but at the end of the day, if we're not doing road shows with all these teams and identifying exactly what they should be looking for, no one's going to read this stuff.”

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

3 minute read

November 30, 2017 | The American Lawyer

A study by legal recruiters Major, Lindsey & Africa finds that general counsel saw their compensation jump almost 10 percent between 2015 and 2016, but women lawyers at all levels of the legal department are still getting left behind.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

4 minute read