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This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview on private acquisitions law and practice in Luxembourg.

Being the target of a cyber-attack is something no company ever wants to experience. The only thing that’s worse is getting sued for being the target of a cyber-attack. This article offers in-house counsel a crash course in cybersecurity regulation and litigation, focusing on the liabilities stemming from the disclosure of customers’ personally identifying information.

If you had only known you can learn everything you need to know about surviving the transition to in-house law practice from Duran Duran, The Breakfast Club, and Prince, you might have spent a lot more time at concerts than in the library during the 1980s, right? Phil Strauss translates the lessons in his guide to the facts of in-house life.

Bill Mordan examines the benefits and drawbacks of the Wiki age.

This presentation promotes an interactive discussion of the duties and liabilities of directors and officers in the United States, Canada, and other jurisdictions. Of particular interest to in-house counsel in organizations with international operations, the program will focus on rights, liabilities, and other topics of unique importance to directors and officers of your company’s international subsidiaries and affiliates. The duties that are owed, by international directors, to other US-based directors, the corporation, and its shareholders are often scrutinized in the context of change of control transactions, conflict-of-interest disclosure, breach of confidentiality, and insider trading inquiries. The panel and audience will review a number of hypothetical scenarios and consider where conflicts can arise and how they might be proactively managed.

Your company wants to expand internationally, but you know almost nothing about doing business in other countries. If your company is too small for an international office, what do you do if you just want to experiment and see whether you can generate revenue? Should you use independent contractors? Outsource? Hire employees? While you may not be able to learn all the laws of different countries, you can learn to identify key considerations for your clients and make solid business arguments for legal compliance. Learn about issues that should be considered and gather information for some specific jurisdictions.

This Leading Practices Profile examines knowledge sharing and management practices of six companies and two law firms. Organizations featured in this Profile described practices and approaches for managing and sharing knowledge across a variety of industries, as well as law firms.

An interview with Nina Macpherson

People, companies and even governments generate an enormous amount of data about themselves every day. From ordering a latte without foam to negotiating a major contract, there is a growing perceived need to collect and mine the resulting data for useful insights about markets, customers, competitors or competitive threats. How can we do this? What legal issues surround the collection of this data? What issues surround the use of the data? If your company is using big data, what should it be concerned about? How does it stay out of trouble and out of the headlines?

This guide covers common issues in lending and secured finance laws and regulations – including guarantees, collateral security, financial assistance, syndicated lending and LIBOR replacement – in 35 jurisdictions.

In this multi-jurisdictional guide, explore key issues in tax formats regarding the types of taxes imposed, allowed deductions, tax rates and withholdings, residency rules, tax compliance and tax treaties across a range of jurisdictions.

This ACC Docket article provides in-house counsel with an overview of the procurement process at larger companies, specific clauses in vendor agreements that are important to review before entering into a contract with a vendor, and a guide to procuring clean energy for your company.

With seemingly never-ending shifts in global politics and economies, everyone is looking to in-house counsel for guidance. Follow this roadmap to guide your organizations through uncertainty.

This Fraud Awareness and Detection training course will help you recognize situations that raise issues of fraud and to help you deal with them appropriately and effectively. (Licensed for use in classroom settings only and not for distribution in any form.)

A review of the law related to production-sharing contracts between the Brazilian government and private companies.

Two of the globally significant patent-related events during the past year occurred in Europe and the United States, respectively.

Discuses several measure that you can take to protect your company and minimize the risk when a customer's or supplier's financial situation worsens and includes sample forms.

Technology procurement has many pitfalls. These tips from a technology acquisition expert will help make your large technology procurement project a success.

On March 7, 2023, the Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) published its Annual Report for 2022 (the “Report”). 2022 marked the fourth full year of the implementation of the GDPR and saw significant effort by the DPC to ensure compliance with the GDPR across Ireland. The most frequent GDPR queries and complaints received by the DPC related to Access Requests; Fair Processing; Disclosure; Direct Marketing; and the Right to be Forgotten.

Learn practical ways to use your mobile technology (tablets/smart phones/etc.) in your daily practice; Explore the challenges and limitations you may face including ethical, data security, and privacy issues;Receive "top picks" for legal apps for corporate counsel.

In this article, learn the more material changes brought about by the GDPR (those likely to have a bigger impact), comments on the likely impact of the proposal on businesses, and suggests action points that businesses can begin to address in the lead-up to the measure coming into force.

This QuickCounsel will cover who will be included in the Order's definition of "critical infrastructure" from the private sector, what specific standards will be adopted to enhance cybersecurity, and what incentives will be created to encourage private sector adoption of the selected standards.

Timothy Phillips, senior counsel at the American Cancer Society, discusses a variety of tax issues facing charities and nonprofits.

This multi-jurisdictional guide covers common issues in securitisation laws and regulations – including receivables contracts, receivables purchase agreements, asset sales, security issues, insolvency laws, special rules, regulatory issues, and taxation.