PART ONE: HOW TO CREATE A WINNING LEGAL ATTITUDE.

1 The Need for a Paradigm Shift.

2 How Behavioral Economics Influences Decision Making.

3 How Latent Legal Liabilities Escalate the Cost of Doing Business.

4 How Legal Leverage Creates Value and Competitive Advantage.

PART TWO: HOW TO ACHIEVE LEGAL LEVERAGE: DEVELOPING TOOLS TO MINIMIZE RISK AND MAXIMIZE OPPORTUNITY.

5 How to Integrate Legal Literacy into the Enterprise Value Chain: Who Needs to Know What.

6 How Miscommunications Create Liabilities: Avoiding Smoking Guns.

7 How to Keep the Wheels On: Managing and Mediating Expectations.

8 How to Transform Legal Obstacles into Strategic Opportunities: The Role of Good Decision Making.

PART THREE: HOW TO MAINTAIN LEGAL LEVERAGE: DEVELOPING A SUPPORTIVE CORPORATE CULTURE.

9 How to Stay On Course: The Role of Continuous Learning and Knowledge Management.

10 How to Stay In Synch: The Role of Lawyers.

11 How to Stay On Message: The Role of Communications.

12 How to Stay Centered: The Role of Ethical Leadership.

Epilogue: Winning from the Beginning.

Appendix A: Legal Literacy Toolkit Chart.

Appendix B: The ABCs of Legal Literacy.

1. International Law.

2. Contracts.

3. Product Liability.

4. Employment.

5. Unfair Competition.

6. Intellectual Property.

Appendix C: The Lessons of Sarbanes-Oxley.

Appendix D: Excerpts from Federal Organizational Sentencing Guidelines, 2004.

Appendix E: Excerpts from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Table of Contents.

Appendix F: United States Attorneys’ Manual: The Thompson Memo.

Bibliography.

Acknowledgments.

The Author.

Index.