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

!Events in bold are new to the list this week.

Webinars & Online Events

• Apr. 13 @ 1:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Redlines: How Smarter Redlining Can Improve Your Contract Negotiations. (Parley Pro)
  
• Apr. 14 @ 12:00 pm Eastern: Terms and Conditions: A Review of Commercial Agreements in the Alcohol Industry. (McDermott Will & Emery)
  
• Apr. 14 @ 12:00 pm Eastern: Managing Outside Counsel For In-House Counsel: Learn How UBS Reduced Its Outside Counsel Spend By 20% Per Year Using AFAs Within PERSUIT. (In-house Connect)
• Apr. 14 @ 1:00 pm Eastern:  How to Streamline Contract Management by Leveraging the Right Technology, at the Right Time. (Today's General Counsel)
• Apr. 14 @ 1:00 pm Eastern: Delivering on the Promise of Legal Technology: What We Thought in 2008, and Where We Are Now. (Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS))
• Apr. 21 @ 11:30 am GMT: Developing your in-house legal skills. (The Centre for Legal Leadership)
  
• Apr. 21 @ 12:00 pm Eastern: Digital Transformation Essentials For Corporate Counsel: Key Basics For Driving Legal Tech Innovation In Your Legal Department. (In-house Connect)
• Apr. 21 @ 2:00 pm Eastern: Strategies and Tools for Keeping Clients Happy. (Clio)
• Apr. 27 @ 1:00 pm Eastern: Legal Automation - How Soon is Now? (ECFX).
• Apr. 28 @ 4pm BST: Doing Things Differently In Legal: An Expert Discussion. (Summize)
• May 11 - 12: Counselwell Summit 2022 - virtual conference for in-house lawyers. ($ Counselwell).

Substantive News & Insights

• This contract tip from Laura Frederick about the four preliminary steps to take before you terminate a vendor contract. 
• Preparing for 2023 – tools and tips to be ready for new US privacy laws - webinar recording. (via Squire Patton Boggs)
• Can employees record work meetings under Canadian law? (via Spring Law)
• More state auto-renew laws enacted or amended. (via Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz)
• New case exposes the risks of relying on text messages to alter or create contracts. (via Dinsmore)
• Virtual reality company's lawyers use old law for new legal issues. (via Carpenter Wellington)
• Contracts: how judges decide disputes. (via Osborne Clarke)
• Three things to consider when sharing confidential or proprietary information with state and municipal governments. (via Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP)
• Did a Court of Appeal just grant independent contractors the right to strike and organize? (via BakerHostetler)
• America’s newfound interest in regulating tech may be a game changer. (via Centre for International Governance Innovation)
• Canadian sanctions against Russia: Practical considerations for Canadian businesses. (via Miller Thomson)
• Supply chain disruption: do Russian sanctions amount to force majeure? Here's some UK case law to help. (via Dentons)
• World Federation of Advertisers issues guidance on making credible environmental claims. (via Mayer Brown)

In-house

• Overview of global supply chain due diligence laws. (via Ius Laboris)
• DOJ initiatives aim to empower chief compliance officers and strengthen corporate compliance programs. (via Jenner & Block)
• 5 key questions to formulate a top-down strategy for APAC layoffs. (via ACC Docket)
• New cyber incident reporting requirements on the horizon in the US. Steps to take now to prepare for the new rules and expectations. (via Latham & Watkins)

Legal Ops & Legal Tech

• Inflation might pressure legal tech vendors to increase pricing transparency. (via Law.com)
• Mary O’Carroll: ‘Legal Is the last area to change.’ (via Artificial Lawyer)

Lawyers & Lawyering

• Are attorneys responsible for $600M ‘stupid’ mistake? (via Above the Law)
• A simple way to get more people to trust you. (via The Attorney Marketing Center)
• LSAT sees lowest number of test-takers in a decade, but the dip is likely temporary. (via Law.com)
• Lessons from happy lawyers. (via The National)

Work

• "People have 250% more meetings than they did before the pandemic." (via The Atlantic $)
• Here is how employees can negotiate and cope with the return to the office, or the “great return.” (via allwork)
• How to handle your work jerk. (via McKinsey & Company)
• Avoiding the pitfalls of taking on a new role. (via Deb Liu Perspectives)
• 7 legit reasons to take time off, even if you work remotely. (via Remotely)
• Overcoming the fear of being unavailable is essential to making timeboxing stick. The time management technique that can work for anyone. (via Nir and Far)

Life

• Life advice from NYC chess hustlers. (via Cafe Anne)
• 'Hesidating' is rampant among singles right now. (via InStyle)
• Virtual reality can induce mild and transient symptoms of depersonalization and derealization, study finds. (via PsyPost)
• How to increase your creativity by cultivating creative self-efficacy. (via Ness Labs)
• Improve creative brainstorming with constructive criticism. (via MIT Sloan Management Review)

Balance

• The return of 'Marcel the Shell'. (on YouTube)
• Major cheese heist puts Dutch dairy farmers on alert. (via New York Times $)
• How to delete all the junk using up storage in your iPhone's Photos app. (via Input)
• How to pick up a duck. (on YouTube)

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