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“Law is too important to be left to lawyers.”

Paraphrasing the famous adage about war and generals, Mark Chandler, general counsel at Cisco Systems Inc. , shared this observation with me in the spring of 2007. We were speaking over Cisco’s stunning TelePresence video-conferencing system — he traveling on the East Coast, me on the West — while he grabbed a quick sandwich between meetings. Others had referred to Chandler as one of the most innovative senior lawyers in Silicon Valley, and I was picking his brain about the impact of law on innovation as part of the early phases of a research project that I was heading up at the University of Southern California law school.

His observation turned out to be the key lesson of the project.

During the four years following this initial interview, I have spoken with dozens of general counsel, entrepreneurs, business leaders and experts in innovation about how well the American legal system is supporting the innovative enterprise powering the global economic transformation under way since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the birth of the Internet. They have been uniformly optimistic about the pace of innovation in their industries — but uniformly despondent about the legal tools available to them to support their efforts to ride the surging waves of the new global economy. One complained about the great “DNA gap” between lawyers and business thinkers. Another bemoaned the need to resort to a patchwork of law firms around the world to manage operations that are “global from day one” in a new economy firm. A third shared his frustration with lawyers who produce reams of paper — erudite analysis memos or long complex contracts — when what is needed, and fast, is targeted business advice or short documents that memorialize key commitments.

If I had spoken instead with consumer or employee organizations, public-interest groups or government regulators, I would likely have heard a similar complaint about the mismatch between what we need from our legal system and what we get. How do you regulate global emissions or build an improved health care system or govern a 21st-century financial sector without drowning in ideological politics, 2,000-page statutes and endless litigation?

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TemplateZone introduced Office Policy Manual 2010, updated with a more user-friendly interface and new templates: expanded social networking guidelines, updated employee privacy policies and disaster recovery plans, new guidelines for handling violent situations, H1N1 (“swine flu”) procedures, and mandatory labor forms and posters for all fifty states.

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With employee lawsuits ever present, an employee handbook is an indispensible reference for all levels of company management. An office policy manual prevents disputes and abuse while providing the structure necessary for a professional work environment. It shields against discrimination and harassment claims by clearly defining office conduct. It acclimates new hires quickly to company mission and objectives, and keeps the staff up to speed on developments occurring in the workplace.

Office Policy Manual 2010 has small businesses covered across the board with 140+ policies and 50+ HR forms pertaining to leave, compensation, insurance, attendance, travel and more. The brand-new H1N1 (“swine flu”) guidelines, disaster recovery procedures, and plans for handling violent situations guarantee that workplace catastrophes are handled quickly and consistently.

Office Policy Manual 2010 includes a Full Manual template for businesses and one for non-profit organizations – as well as a brief version of each. Users can easily customize handbooks and HR forms with company logo and information by creating a profile that is automatically inserted into each template. All content is fully editable in Microsoft Office.

Office Policy Manual’s non-profit content is specific to the policies and organizational structures of non-profit organizations. It also includes a Non-Profit Board Manual which defines conflicts of interest, audit committees, public policy positions, and the responsibilities of each member of the board.

The ePolicy Manual covers acceptable Internet and email policies, virus protection and more. Office Policy Manual 2010 also includes new relevant social networking policies that provide behavioral guidelines for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and viral video sites like YouTube – as these tools increase in popularity, it becomes necessary for workplaces to clearly define acceptable use.

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