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This sample supplement to a job description lists essential physical and cognitive job functions.

This is a sample drug and alcohol policy for FMCSA-covered employees

This is a sample temporary employment services agreement where Company 2 is in the business of providing temporary personnel, skilled, unskilled, and professional, as required.

This is a sample family and medical leave act policy.

Learn about the metaverse and related legal issues.

“Risk management” has just been added to your job description. Surprised? In today’s corporate environment, understanding how to identify, analyze and mitigate risk is essential for any in-house counsel. Learn the basics and check out the example using compliance with the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA").

This article offers a glimpse into several cases and how the Supreme Court’s upcoming rulings could impact class action litigation.

This is a sample supplier indemnity agreement, under which a supplier performing services at a client company's site agrees to indemnify the company in connection with the performance of such services.

This is a confidentiality agreement between two companies who have a preliminary interest in exploring a merger or other combination of companies.

This sample questionnaire will be used to help evaluate the technology solution or third-party's capabilities to meet corporate policies and comply with applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards.

Our roles within our companies offer us a unique view of the business, as well as the outside and internal forces that influence it. As in-house counsel, we like challenges and thrive on finding solutions that push our organizations forward.

This is a sample master construction services agreement that includes a sample statement of work.

This is a sample indemnification agreement under which a company agrees to indemnify a director, officer or key employee, against certain claims. The sample is governed by the laws of California.

In this US-based policy template, employers can use this Reporting and Non-Retaliation document to encourage workforce members to express concerns and to report any known or suspected compliance violations.

This is a sample indemnity agreement, under which a construction contractor agrees to carry certain insurance coverage, and agrees to indemnify its client company against certain damages, losses, and liabilities arising from third-party claims.

In the wake of changes to Chinese law, mergers and acquisitions have soared, increasing 300 percent from 2003 to 2004. M&A transactions in China are fraught with risks and complexities to be carefully evaluated and anticipated. This article explores the issues and strategies you need to help your company evaluate and structure M&A deals in China.

This article focuses on one of the three principal types of transactions used in merges and acquisitions (M&A), a Stock Purchase, and discusses specific issues and attributes of Stock Purchase deals, and in section III, reviews the common elements of Stock Purchase Agreements, the main transaction document used to put a Stock Purchase deal together. Following the discussion are “Deal Points” on important considerations in the purchase or sale of a business: what to do, and what at all costs not to do.

This checklist is for the health law industry members to evaluate HIPPA security compliance effectiveness.

Learn how companies responding to EPA claims under the Superfund statute can seek federal government contribution due to federal ownership of industrial facilities during World War II.

The most effective way to avoid costly violations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is to implement an effective anti-corruption compliance program.

This paper continues to focus on Europe, which has long viewed the privacy of personal information and data as a fundamental right.

This article probed whether senior executives and board members were undertaking basic cyber governance activities, such as reviewing privacy and security budgets and top level policies, establishing key roles and responsibilities for privacy and security, and reviewing security program assessments in the United States.

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and US Department of Justice (DOJ) have announced plans to monitor employers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in hiring decisions that may discriminate against applicants with disabilities. On May 12, 2022, both agencies issued guidance outlining areas for concern regarding the use of AI in hiring decisions, which provide some insight into their intentions for litigation.

This Document Retention and Destruction Policy identifies the record retention responsibilities of staff, volunteers, members of the Board of Directors, and outsiders for maintaining and documenting the storage and destruction of the Organization’s documents and records.

To access the other sample governance policies referred to in this cover letter, visit the following URLs:
-Conflict of Interest Policy: http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1413466
-Whistleblower Policy: http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1413472
-Policy on the Process for Determining Compensation: http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1413483
-Joint Venture Policy: http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1413487

This is a sample exclusive international sales representative agreement between a manufacturing company and a sales representative, for the solicitation of orders for the manufacturer's products from customers located within a territory.

Merger review at the US antitrust agencies considers, as the 2010 Merger Guidelines put it, “any reasonably available and reliable evidence.”

Leverage your partnership skills with the business and bring legal strategies to use sustainability for cost savings or profit. Panelists will discuss their experience with transactions such as water reuse efforts, solar rooftops, clean energy fleet services, becoming your own utility, public–private partnerships, power purchase agreements using clean energy brokers, reduction in inventory packaging, wrapping and disposal. Materials will include US Securities and Exchange Commission disclosures of sustainability efforts, sample contracts and case studies.

Michael Wu, general counsel of Rosetta Stone Inc., discusses anti-bribery law, IP and enforcement issues, and the office as a global meeting place.

Within the span of a few weeks, both the United States and the European Union instituted sweeping new changes to their trade secret laws. This effects a slew of complex legal issues for general counsel, from identifying misappropriation to protecting whistleblower's rights.