Read this 2009 Apex Award-winning article!<br/>One in-house attorney shares his company’s litigation strategy based on what should be a cornerstone of legal practice and law department leadership––integrity.
Working within the television industry presents a unique set of challenges for the chief legal officer (CLO) overseeing the company's law department. Most CLOs have to balance the business interests with the legal interests, but TV One's Karen Wishart has one other thing thrown in on her balancing act - creative interests.
In this multi-country guide, learn the rules for the protection of trade secrets in a wide range of jurisdictions.
Teaching law school is an exciting opportunity for in-house counsel to share their practical knowledge and help develop the next generation of lawyers. View a compilation of course proposals, syllabi, and exams, that have been created and used by members of the in-house community who have taught or are teaching a class in law school.
Learn about risks in China for app operators when implementing third-party services and products.
This article reviews principal corporate, commercial and regulatory (compliance) considerations when forming exempt from ICA registration Private Funds.
With extreme economic pressures and tightening budgets, everyone is being
asked to cut costs. Whether you have a small, medium or large legal
department, using the right strategies and resources can help you meet these
goals. This session will examine managing a law department budget, managing
IP, managing contracts and other topics relevant to your practice, all with
an eye towards controlling costs. With these suggestions, you can save
money and improve your efficiencies.
In this multi-country guide, learn about the laws regarding discrimination and equality in a wide range of jurisdictions.
As companies grow increasingly reliant on their IT systems, they have turned to third party providers to alleviate some infrastructure concerns. Learn more about how to choose an outside contractor so that your company's information is safeguarded while still meeting your budget forecasts.
Includes over 350 tips on contracts, employment, intellectual property, Sarbanes-Oxley, litigation, and corporate dynamics, to help guide you through that thrilling-but difficult-first year in the chief legal officer's chair.
Read this article and learn a practical step-by-step approach for transforming your company's well-intentioned workplace policies and procedures into a system that delivers.
This article discusses China's new regulation on generative artificial intelligence. The new regulations are coming into light in the midst of new generative AI tools being introduced by several major Chinese technology providers.
This also marks China as one of the first countries globally that has direct government oversight over this nascent area of technology.
Learn about key ESG regulatory trends in the United Kingdom, relevant in particular for investment banks and their listed clients.
The regulatory regime surrounding cryptocurrencies is fragmented and stretches to the extremes in some jurisdictions. Learn more about how different countries deal with cryptocurrencies.
This ACC guide provides a Q&A that gives a high level overview of board composition, the comply or explain approach, management rules and authority, directors' duties and liabilities, transactions with directors and conflicts, company meetings, internal controls, accounts and audit, institutional investors and reform proposals in Hong Kong.
That first year as general counsel can be pretty rough. But when it comes to Canadian law, there are some things you don't have to learn the hard way.
User-generated content and influencer marketing allow organisations to engage more closely with consumers. However, both carry legal and reputational risk. In-house legal teams are uniquely placed to add value to their organisations by recognising and responding to these risks.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of restraints of trade, monopolies and abuses of market power in India.
Learn the Top Ten considerations in-house counsel need to know when handling sensitive Protected Health Information ("PHI") and/or Personally Identifiable Information ("PII") in a healthcare setting in the United States, including the unique set of risks associated with this handling of data.
If your company operates in the area of hazardous materials, you need to have a comprehensive plan in place to deal with sudden environmental emergencies. This article describes the fundamentals of a comprehensive emergency plan that deals with environmental disasters and presents the precise steps that should be taken, on an hour-by-hour basis, to implement the plan following a disaster.
Aryeh Friedman, chief privacy officer and senior compliance counsel at Dun & Bradstreet, discusses his views on the current state of compliance, as well as how to build an effective program.
Read a summary of key developments in California environmental law to consider in 2023.
A detailed handbook on art collection in the Netherlands.
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