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A Checklist of best practices for public companies and their counsel to consider when the company and its employees are active in social media. This Checklist offers suggestions in dealing with the limitations and challenges that federal securities laws place on the use of social media and avoiding violations of the securities laws. This Checklist also covers social media use during sensitive disclosure periods, such as during securities offerings and proxy solicitations.

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.

This profile explores how ten law departments have used electronic billing to increase awareness of outside legal spend and transform the ways in which they manage outside counsel.

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.

Many in-house legal departments don’t have lawyers who can act as full-time managers of company litigation. You may have to do your regular job and manage litigation on a part-time basis. If your company isn’t regularly engaged in litigation, it can inadvertently fall into a number of traps when litigation does arise. Learn how to anticipate and avoid them.

This is an article on lawyers and leadership from the American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility, Standing Committee on Professionalism
2010 Volume 20 No. 3.

Employer use of background checks for employment purposes is facing serious restrictions from both the federal and state level. Employers must demonstrate that consideration of such information is job-related and consistent with business necessity.

Read a summary of key developments in California environmental law to consider in 2023.

In this multi-country guide, learn about the legal framework for international arbitration in a wide range of jurisdictions.

A detailed handbook on art collection in the Netherlands.

In this multi-jurisdictional guide, explore an overview of key legal issues, rules and developments regarding franchise across a range of jurisdictions.

A guide to doing business in Canada. Includes review of trade and investment regulation, foreign investment rules, environmental laws, and bankruptcy.

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 Germany.

Learn about how the Human Resources function can help to measure their organization's performance regarding the Social dimension of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG).

Doing Business in Digital Era - session held in Sydney 1 December 2016.

This article highlights the redefinition of general counsels’ role – from their contribution at the top table to their place at the heart of business operations.

This article highlights the redefinition of general counsels’ role – from their contribution at the top table to their place at the heart of business operations.

"the "Getting the Deal Through" reference guide for M&A professionals"

This Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA) training course will help you recognize "red flags" — situations presenting a risk of CFPOA violations — and deal with them appropriately. (Licensed for use in classroom settings only and not for distribution in any form.)

503 International HR Hot Topics

Planning the integration of an acquired company’s legal department into an acquiring company’s legal department can be a grueling process. Based on past M&A experiences, here are 200 practical issues that ensure a smooth transition when considered and addressed prior to the closing of the acquisition.

The best reason to get involved in the international legal affairs at your company is to impress your friends. Learn the essential information needed for your new secret identity as Austin Power of Attorney: International In-house Counsel of Mystery.

The Rooney Rule is an NFL doctrine that mandates the interviewing one minority coach for the head coach position. Here's how it could work in legal departments.

In this session, we will cover important recent U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) developments, rulemaking and enforcement trends. We will update our Dodd-Frank scorecards and review the most significant recently adopted and proposed rules. The session will also cover important lessons from the 2013 proxy season, with a particular focus on stockholder activism, and updates in the auditing and accounting arena — calling out hot spots in SEC accounting reviews. This will be a fast-moving session that assumes participants have a working knowledge of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act.

We know businesses can’t do it all. But when using vendors to meet your commercial or client needs, make sure you’re aware of the risks at all stages.