In this resource, learn practical tips and tricks about how contracts are structured and a strategy for effective contract reviews.
Learn about key trends to watch in privacy and data protection in New Zealand in 2023.
To understand the driving forces behind the evolving role of the CLO and of corporate legal departments, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) reached out to 9,600 indi- viduals. Survey results reflect data* from more than 1,200 individuals in 41 countries who serve as the organization’s chief legal officer or general counsel (referred to as the CLO in this report). From roles and responsibilities to salaries, skills and work environments, the study explored a broad range of topics.
New this year is a comparative analysis of the data from the 2013 and 2014 survey results, thereby addressing current trends facing law departments.
This article discusses some of the key issues nonprofit organizations encounter with copyrights.
Your company is on the brink of a major merger or acquisition and there isn't a lot of time to prepare a physical dataroom for the many documents involved. Why not create a virtual dataroom instead? This article looks at some of the benefits of going virtual - allowing your company advisers to review documents and saving you time.
Law is the original outsourced function. Yet the question of what gets in-sourced and what gets outsourced has really never been systematically addressed. Rather than focusing on meaningful measures of law firm productivity and efficiency, law departments have emphasized scrutinizing the bill. Five key questions can help your department get service that is more attuned to your company's competitive environment.
This article explores how increased opportunities and regulation surrounding data has impacted Hong Kong businesses. This resource was produced in March 2019.
Hurdles await any company seeking to expand its footprint outside of currently-known geographic territories. Explore key potential pitfalls and means to navigate your way to success by leveraging a global mindset at all phases of your next multinational contract negotiation.
A report reviewing significant wage and hour developments at both the federal and state level.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high level overview of the lending mark, forms of security over assets, special purpose vehicles in secured lending, quasi-security, negative pledge, guarantees and loan agreements in Germany.
Increasingly, non-IT companies are becoming "accidental" licensors, licensing their internally built accounting, inventory, human resources, supply chain, or other software systems in order to capitalize on these developments. If your company becomes a software licensor, you may encounter many important and problematic legal issues relevant to the modification, distribution, and protection of your code. They include the permitted use of open source code in commercial applications, clean room development, government rights in software created with government funds, intellectual property protection for software, reverse-engineering, and encryption export controls. This article analyzes these questions and more through familiar hypothetical scenarios.
Learn about key data protection and cybersecurity laws in this multi-jurisdictional guide.
In this article, learn more about the state of the legal profession in the Asia-Pacific region during 2016.
A study of the state of maturity among in-house legal departments across 15 legal operations functions.
This handbook provides for an overview of the applicable privacy and data protection laws and regulations across 63 different jurisdictions and guides you through this complex area of compliance. It is an important source for information for legal departments of corporations, irrespective of the location of their headquarters.
The Digital Marketers Act published 11 May 2022 will have consequences for the EU on the following: more information on costs and metrics with digital advertising, limitations in targeting, and limitations on targeting minors and profiling based on sensitive data.
Representing 1,104 CLOs and general counsel from 36 countries, the ACC Chief Legal Officers 2013 Survey provides an unbiased and in-depth analysis of the highest ranking lawyers in corporate legal departments—reviewing their top concerns for the past 12 months, today, and into the future, and a prioritization of their business issues.
Learn cybersecurity measures businesses can consider taking in order to better safeguard their systems and data against potential cyber threats, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
In this article you'll find tips, suggestions and insight to implement the cost-saving measures your company needs.
The road to finalizing a contract can be tricky. Here are seven steps that will help you balance being a guide and strategic advisor as you negotiate the right path for your company.
Learn about international soft law frameworks - standards, laws, and proposed laws regarding digitization and digital tools.
Top Ten tips for developing a structured approach in order to maximize your transition time.
Over the past 20 years, the number of patent litigation cases filed has increased sharply. At the same time, sky- high monetary demands and extraordinarily large awards for patent infringement have become more common. Fortunately for defendants, recent court decisions, changes in the federal rules, and proposed and enacted legislation provide new tools to combat such claims.
Global business leaders provide unique strategies for how the in-house counsel of today can be better prepared to become the in-house counsel of tomorrow.
This is a sample professional consulting services agreement.
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