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Saudi Arabia is a place unlike any other. You are bound to make new friends and experience a gush of hospitality. So, “Ahlan wa Sahlan!”

If you choose to see the procrastination as a habit rather than part of your core identity, you can address the habit from an objective point of view with proven habit change techniques.

How do we overcome this onset of boredom, this lack of enthusiasm? How do we change our rut into a groove? I think the answer is to change our life’s soundtrack. We can do that by trying something new.

Internal politics, pressures to perform, unreasonable colleagues and bosses, vexing emails and voicemails, international travel, heavy workloads, long hours, and just plain nasty people often create a work environment that is difficult to bear. Numerous studies have shown that the unrelenting stress associated with office life not only causes significant misery, but it also leads to chronic health problems.

Legal claims for companies are traditionally viewed as a cost center. Litigation finance is a way for a company that has a valid claim to pursue that claim and turn a potential accounts receivable issue into a revenue stream. The following hypothetical situation shows how a company — with insight and assistance from an informed and business-oriented general counsel — can take a potentially problematic situation and turn it into a source of revenue.

Based on the first five years, IPRs have proven to be an effective tool for accused infringers to challenge patent validity cheaply and effectively. IPRs have driven down the cost of defending against and the settlement value of many patent-infringement assertions. Those faced with patent assertions cannot afford to overlook IPR as a defense tool. And patent owners, too, must adapt their tactics to address the challenges of IPRs.

Despite the best efforts of in-house counsel, some problems are unavoidable. When a dispute is on the horizon, consider these 10 steps to avoid litigation.

While there are many powerful reasons to implement strong internal compliance programs, the focus of this article is mitigating risk specifically created by external “bounty” programs. In that context, the more robust the internal compliance program, the less risk there is that an employee will go outside first to report a violation or potential violation.

For a company facing allegations of internal misconduct, whether from government regulators or prosecutors, whistleblowers, or the plaintiffs’ bar, an independent internal investigation performed by outside counsel may be an obvious next step. Often in these scenarios, outside counsel’s “independence” is conflated with “absolutely no prior work done for the subject company.” Indeed, some companies and boards categorically refuse to hire outside counsel to handle internal investigations if the firm has previously performed work for the company, out of concern that the government will assume such counsel cannot conduct an “independent” investigation.

In days past, companies may have been reluctant to share information about cybersecurity issues with others. But in today’s interconnected society, no single entity can fight the threat of online intrusion alone. It takes a village to protect businesses from cybercrime; joining an information sharing organizations provide the means for businesses to become part of that village.