Hi,

Welcome to With Less - a weekly newsletter dedicated to helping legal creatively do more with less. 

It’s pretty much straight to the links this week.

I’m just going to leave this here: do something fun or silly today. 

Have a great rest of the week,

Marty

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Here are the articles, tips, think pieces, and other reads I want to share with you this week.

Webinars & Online Events

• Mar. 15 @ 12:00 pm EST: The Interplay between Business and Legal. (WorldCC)
  
• Mar. 15 @ 1:00 pm EST: From Barriers to Building Blocks: Insight into Building Lean Legal Teams. (Counselwell)
• Mar. 23 @ 6:00 pm EST: Contract Redlining Best Practices For In-House Counsel: How To Leverage The Power Of Redlines For Better And Faster Contract Negotiations. (In-house Connect)
  
• Mar. 23 @ 12:00 pm EST: Legal Interact in Conversation with CLOC. (Legal Interact)
• Mar. 24 @ 12:00 pm EST: Mastering change management for law firms and legal departments. (Canadian Legal Innovation Forum)
• Marc. 29 @ 11:00 am EST: Build an Action Plan to Respond to the Latest Misconduct Trends. (Gartner)
• May 11 - 12: Counselwell Summit 2022 - virtual conference for in-house lawyers. ($ Counselwell).

Substantive News & Insights

• Distributors and suppliers – how can you terminate an unwritten contract? (via Fox Williams)
• Ontario to require large employers to have electronic monitoring policy. (via DLA Piper)
• Georgia considering broad privacy bill with private right of action and liquidated statutory damages that would exceed scope of California law. (via Computer Privacy World) 
• Blockchain, cryptocurrency and non-fungible token litigation primer. (via McGuireWoods LLP)
• U.S. Supreme Court to address prejudice requirement for waiver of arbitration agreements. (via K&L Gates)
• NDAs - needless, necessary, sufficient? (via Strelia)
• Cartier sues Tiffany for allegedly stealing trade secrets. (via HypeBeast)
• Recent court decision warns of the dangers of using outdated construction contracts. (via National Law Review)
• UK’s Advertising Standards Authority weighs in on “Dark Patterns”. (via Baker McKenzie)

In-house

• Survey says GCs facing rising litigation concerns over cybersecurity and data protection. (via Norton Rose)
• Tax meets ESG: preparing for bad press. (via Mayer Brown - Eyes on ESG)
• Keeping board actions conflict-free - why is director independence important? (via Faegre Drinker Biddle & ReathSterling Miller LLP)
• Building your executive presence in-house. (via Sterling Miller's Ten Things Blog)
• Six reasons you should run a legal internship programme. (via Juro)

Legal Ops & Legal Tech

• Data is the new gold, how are you managing your legal department’s data? (via Legal Business World)

• Ten key questions to ask when choosing an enterprise legal management system. (via Elevate)

• Legal analytics and how attorneys use it. (via Lawrina)

• The middle east is poised for a legal tech boom. (viaLaw.com Legaltech News)

• Why is selling legal tech so hard? (via Artificial Lawyer)
  

Lawyers & Lawyering

• Know your jurors’ anger buttons. (via Holland & Hart - Persuasion Strategies)
• ‘Gender pay gap bot’ targets law firms tweeting about International Women’s Day. (via Legal Cheek)
• Law Society of Ontario cancels upcoming bar exams after content allegedly leaked to some candidates. (via Toronto Star)

• 10 productive things you can do on LinkedIn today (especially if you are uncomfortable given what’s happening in the world today). (via Stefanie Marrone)

Work

• How to make writing less hard. (via Oliver Burkeman)
• Why you’re not doing creative work and how to start again even if you don't have time. (via Every)
• The top 5 things every remote worker should have (but most don't. (via Marissa Goldberg on Twitter)

Life

• We live in the most distracted time in human history. Can we reclaim our attention spans? (via Vox)
• Overwhelm: the survival guide. (via Zen Habits)
• Why do you usually eat the same thing for breakfast? (via LiveScience)

Balance

• Canadian couple's dog gives birth to rare green puppy. (via UPI)
• How Ikea tricks you into buying more stuff. (via The Hustle)
• A photo tour inside the technicolor Jelly Belly factory. (via Popular Science)
• Oral history of Prince's 'Batman' soundtrack. (via The Ringer)

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