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International Comparative Legal Guide - Cartels & Leniency 2024 covers common issues in cartels & leniency laws and regulations across 18 jurisdictions.

This guide covers common issues in cybersecurity laws and regulations in 21 jurisdictions. Topics covered include preventing attacks, corporate governance, litigation, insurance, and investigatory and police powers.

A handbook regarding multinational business acquisition and integration. Key topics such as tax, corporate law, employment and compliance are considered and regional comparison tables summarize the main tax, employment and corporate aspects of integrations in more than 40 countries.

This multi-jurisdictional resource provides practical information on cross-border data protection issues, including regulations, data controller obligations, rights to access personal data, international transfer of data, and data processing by third parties.

This guide provides a detailed summary about the different pre-merger notification procedures in each jurisdiction.

This survey is a self-proclaimed 'work in progress' which will continue to be updated by the Pro Bono Institute. It covers 43 jurisdictions in Europe, Asia and the Pacific region, the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East.

This article profiles Michael Hartman, senior vice president and general counsel of DIRECTV Latin America, and his international legal team. Hartman strives to maintain a bird’s-eye view of the pan-regional operations and allows every subsidiary the leeway to function independently as specialized circumstances dictate. The legal department prides itself on being nimble and non-bureaucratic, something it accomplishes by keeping lines of communication open.

This Leading Practices Profile, an update to ACC’s 2005 Leading Practices Profile, Leading Practices in Law Departments Adding Value and Moving Beyond the Cost Center Model, features law department leading practices for generating and demonstrating value to the organization, as well as best practices for improving the bottom line and optimizing collaboration with business units. In the wake of the economic downturn and increased pressure to “do more with less,” 10 participating corporations share their best value-generating and value-sustaining practices in law department staffing, targeted practice areas, outside counsel management, strategic planning and the use of metrics to measure and track value practices.