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CANADIANLAWYERMAG.COM/INHOUSE JULY 2017
www.canadianlawyermag.com/inhouse
VOLUME 12/ISSUE 4
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C O L U M N S
9 WORKPLACE SOLUTIONS
Deconstructing the workplace
By Jack Graham and
Lana Rafuse of McInnes Cooper
10 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The promise of the invention
By Daniel R. Bereskin and
Laura MacDonald
13 LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION
John and Jane Doe, beware!
By Julien Rheault and Danielle Ferron
D E P A R T M E N T S
6 NEWS ROUNDUP
A roundup of interesting trends
and news for legal departments
34 LAW DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT
Keeping data confidential
By Jennifer Brown
38 PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Managing growth in the spotlight
By Sheldon Gordon
42 IN CLOSING
Contemplating marijuana in the workplace
By Shelley Brown
COVER
PHOTO:
RAMESH
PURADCHITHASAN
High-stakes compensation
The goal these days is to avoid the
'risk of pay for failure'
BY Shannon Kari
A case of no respect?
Striking government lawyers in
Quebec were forced back to work.
Where does that leave them now?
BY Mark Cardwell
Data's payoff in the
patent department
How Yahoo's patent asset team
used Moneyball strategy to get a
handle on spending and activity in
its legal department.
By Jennifer Brown
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COVER STORY
Managing growth
in the new economy
In our 12th Annual General Counsel
Roundtable, in-house lawyers
from different sectors and law
department sizes talk about the
challenges of managing growth in
a rapidly changing business world.
The GC role is changing and more
integrated with the business than
ever before.
By Jennifer Brown
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