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Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts

Contract Between Advertising Agency and Advertiser

By ACC and others

A sample contract between advertising agency and a company for the services of the advertising agency. Contract provides for the scope of services, compensation, method of payment, property rights to any product, and an arbitration clause.

Articles

Critical Components in IP Licensing

By Maggy Baccinelli

Rebecca Arvizu, senior counsel of Legal and Business Affairs for DTS, Inc. explains the most critical components in IP licensing based on her career experience.

Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts

Freescale Outside Counsel Guidelines

By Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

These guidelines detail the standard terms of engagement between Freescale and outside counsel. Section 1 addresses effective communication, including the company's expectation that counsel allow sufficient time to review and consider counsel's advice and work product prior to deadlines. The remaining Sections address handling confidential/proprietary information, budgets, staffing, retention authority, litigation planning, non-litigation planning, procedures for addressing potential conflicts of interest, media policy, professional fees, invoice timing and format, and policies on expenses.

Program Materials

Speaking the Language of Your Business Partners

By Deborah Rasin, Nils Breidenstein,
Carolyn Herzog

This material focuses on how to speak to and with your business partner- the corporate client. Read more scenarios and answers to questions that arise in your corporate counsel role.

Articles

Responding to Media Inquiries in a Crisis: In-house Counsel as Spokesperson

By James W. "Jim" Patton, Terrence D. Delehanty, David C. Fannin, Diane J. Geller, Theresa M. B. Van Vilet, and Naomi J. Paiss

Your company has one opportunity to make a good, or at least a competent, first impression to promptly defuse a situation. You can use the media effectively to present balanced facts to the public following a crisis, to neutralize biased or inaccurate reporting, and to improve your reputation. As in-house counsel, you should be involved on the front line from the beginning. This article shows you how to develop an effective media relations plan, not only to minimize the negatives, but also to accentuate the positives.