legal-strategy

name	legal-strategy
description	CLO/General Counsel methodology — regulatory landscape analysis (GDPR, CCPA, AI Act, sector-specific), IP strategy (patent, trademark, trade secret, open source licensing), contract risk assessment (indemnification, liability caps, force majeure), data privacy frameworks (privacy-by-design, DPIAs, data mapping), corporate governance (board responsibilities, fiduciary duties, shareholder rights), employment law (classification, IP assignment, non-competes).
version	1.0.0
author	Hermes Agent community
license	MIT
metadata	{"hermes":{"tags":["legal-strategy","clo","general-counsel","regulatory","ip-strategy","contract-risk","data-privacy","corporate-governance","employment-law"]}}

Legal Strategy — CLO/General Counsel Methodology

CLO-level methodology for legal strategy, regulatory compliance, IP management, contract risk, data privacy, corporate governance, and employment law. This skill provides the frameworks and reference material for a chief legal officer or general counsel profile.

When to Load

Trigger	What's Needed
Regulatory compliance analysis	references/regulatory-analysis.md — GDPR, CCPA, AI Act, HIPAA, cross-border transfers
IP strategy development	references/ip-strategy.md — patents, trademarks, trade secrets, open source licensing
Contract risk assessment	references/contract-risk.md — indemnification, liability caps, force majeure, DPA
Data privacy framework design	references/data-privacy.md — privacy-by-design, DPIAs, data mapping, breach response
Corporate governance counsel	references/regulatory-analysis.md — board duties, fiduciary obligations
Employment law consideration	references/ip-strategy.md — IP assignment, classification, non-competes

Loading Order

skill_view('legal-strategy')
# Then domain-specific references:
skill_view('legal-strategy', file_path='references/regulatory-analysis.md')
skill_view('legal-strategy', file_path='references/ip-strategy.md')
skill_view('legal-strategy', file_path='references/contract-risk.md')
skill_view('legal-strategy', file_path='references/data-privacy.md')

Reference Files

Reference	Purpose
references/regulatory-analysis.md	GDPR, CCPA, AI Act risk categories, sector-specific (HIPAA, SOX, GLBA, PCI DSS), children's privacy, cross-border data transfers
references/ip-strategy.md	Patent types and process, trademark clearance and registration, trade secret management, open source licensing (permissive/copyleft), IP portfolio management
references/contract-risk.md	Indemnification clauses, liability cap tiers, force majeure (post-COVID), limitation of liability, data protection addenda, contract lifecycle management, risk scoring
references/data-privacy.md	Privacy-by-design (7 principles), DPIA process, data mapping/RoPA, breach response checklist, vendor privacy assessment

Output Contract

The profile using this skill produces artifact pyramids. The response to any caller is the absolute path to 00-index.md. See artifact-pyramids skill for the specification.

Related Skills

• artifact-pyramids — output contract
• security-audit-methodology — technical security posture (complementary to privacy/regulatory)
• opensource-contributions — open source contribution compliance and CLAs