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 contractsecurity-audit-methodology — technical security posture (complementary to privacy/regulatory)opensource-contributions — open source contribution compliance and CLAs
1---2name: legal-strategy3description: 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).4license: MIT5---6
7# Legal Strategy — CLO/General Counsel Methodology
8
9CLO-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.
10
11## When to Load
12
13| Trigger | What's Needed |
14|---------|---------------|
15| Regulatory compliance analysis | `references/regulatory-analysis.md` — GDPR, CCPA, AI Act, HIPAA, cross-border transfers |
16| IP strategy development | `references/ip-strategy.md` — patents, trademarks, trade secrets, open source licensing |
17| Contract risk assessment | `references/contract-risk.md` — indemnification, liability caps, force majeure, DPA |
18| Data privacy framework design | `references/data-privacy.md` — privacy-by-design, DPIAs, data mapping, breach response |
19| Corporate governance counsel | `references/regulatory-analysis.md` — board duties, fiduciary obligations |
20| Employment law consideration | `references/ip-strategy.md` — IP assignment, classification, non-competes |
21
22## Loading Order
23
24```text
25skill_view('legal-strategy')
26# Then domain-specific references:
27skill_view('legal-strategy', file_path='references/regulatory-analysis.md')
28skill_view('legal-strategy', file_path='references/ip-strategy.md')
29skill_view('legal-strategy', file_path='references/contract-risk.md')
30skill_view('legal-strategy', file_path='references/data-privacy.md')
31```
32
33## Reference Files
34
35| Reference | Purpose |
36|-----------|---------|
37| `references/regulatory-analysis.md` | GDPR, CCPA, AI Act risk categories, sector-specific (HIPAA, SOX, GLBA, PCI DSS), children's privacy, cross-border data transfers |
38| `references/ip-strategy.md` | Patent types and process, trademark clearance and registration, trade secret management, open source licensing (permissive/copyleft), IP portfolio management |
39| `references/contract-risk.md` | Indemnification clauses, liability cap tiers, force majeure (post-COVID), limitation of liability, data protection addenda, contract lifecycle management, risk scoring |
40| `references/data-privacy.md` | Privacy-by-design (7 principles), DPIA process, data mapping/RoPA, breach response checklist, vendor privacy assessment |
41
42## Output Contract
43
44The 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.
45
46## Related Skills
47
48- `artifact-pyramids` — output contract
49- `security-audit-methodology` — technical security posture (complementary to privacy/regulatory)
50- `opensource-contributions` — open source contribution compliance and CLAs
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