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This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a for international joint ventures, including preliminary notes, identities of the parties, financing and other joint ventures practicalities. These checklists are meant to review issues in a global context.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview and practical analysis for public procurement issues and procedures in South Africa.

This briefing considers the potential impact of smart contracts upon various industry sectors, outlines the nature of smart contracts, their connection with blockchain technology, whether they are legally binding, and examines contractual issues and potential obstacles to their uptake.

Janice More, vice president, European general counsel, company secretary at HJ Heinz, and winner of the ILO and ACC Europe’s European General Counsel of the Year award, shares insight on legal department leadership in this article. More’s collaborative approach has created streamlined, strategic engagement between her in-house team members and their business and legal partners. More leverages partnerships to add value to the Heinz business.

This Leading Practices Profile, a supplement to ACC’s 2006 Leading Practices Profile, Contract Management for Small Law Departments, features law department leading contract management practices of seven entities. These entities provided background on databases and repository systems, as well as contract review, approval and archiving policies. In addition, participants shared key practices for successful program implementation and best contract administration practices. This supplement expands the scope of the 2006 Profile to include entities with medium and large law departments.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview and practical analysis for public procurement issues and procedures in Germany.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of restraints of trade, monopolies and abuses of market power in Singapore.

This article on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) focuses on the preliminary documentation used to frame an M&A transaction, usually Memorandums of Understanding (“MOUs”), Letters of Intent (“LOIs”) and Term Sheets (each or collectively, a “Preliminary Document”). 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.

In this article, learn about insolvency questions regarding crypto assets.

This is a sample escrow agreement where the company provides flexible, comprehensive escrow services that generate the type of agreement that gives their customers the right level of protection in each unique situation.

This presentation involves a wide ranging discussion of topics encountered in the purchase and sale of goods internationally including: an examination of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the United Nations Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods; a survey of the major similarities and differences between the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the Uniform Commercial Code (e.g. how contract formation and the “battle of the forms” are handled under each); an update on Incoterm 2010 recently issued by the International Chamber of Commerce; a survey of commonly used arbitration rules/conventions; relevant import/export issues; and other issues impacting the international purchase and sale of goods.

That magic moment when an idea, trend or social behaviour crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. This article examines the recent developments of NewLaw firms in the Australian corporate legal services arena, law firms’ adaptive responses and implications for corporate counsels. 

Social media is a “hot topic.” It seems that everyone has an opinion on how to navigate this dynamic intersection of law and technology — including our regulators. It’s one thing to mitigate the risks, but it’s another to do so without alienating your workforce ... or your CEO. These advances in technology heighten threats to employers'' trade secrets, and other confidential and proprietary information. Coping with these realities is not made easier by laws that have not kept up with how people use technology in their private and working lives. In addition, emerging ethical traps, including enhanced employee privacy protections, ensnare employers and their attorneys as they attempt to deal with technology and employment-related issues. We’ll break through the noise and tell you what you really need to know as corporate counsel to keep your company compliant without getting in the way of business.

Learn about key regulatory developments and perspectives regarding Autonomous Vehicles (AV) in the world.

Looking to bring a business-focused approach to your in-house practice? Take some tips from Siemens Canada’s experience running the legal department like a business.

As valuable assets, trade secrets are often targets of theft. This article provides a brief summary of recent legislative developments and discusses best practices to help protect trade secrets.

Learn about notable IP developments and trends in Asia-Pacific, including China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, and Vietnam.

It's not just boiler plate! This program will help you negotiate important clauses even with the 800 pound gorillas that everyone says will not change their "standard" contract language. To do this, you need to get past the gatekeepers. Those gatekeepers are internal and the other side with whom you are negotiating. Build influence by choosing the important issues to negotiate and help your internal constituents understand the importance to gain momentum. The panel will present negotiation and drafting tips designed to complement and refine your approach based upon differing internal and external pressures to "get the deal done."

Notice of the Texas Attorney General's intent to file administrative expense claim for post-petition civil fines and penalties

Learn about recent developments in South African e-commerce developments, including a new Cybercrime Act, e-commerce warnings, regulation of crypto assets and Africa central bank digital currency.

Don’t let a demand letter drag you out of the dark: In-house counsel may not know about their clients’ international commissioned agents until trouble presents itself. Learn how to establish a method that vets agents carefully, assesses risks and establishes an informed sales agency agreement.

Renegotiating existing sourcing contracts is an excellent way to bring new value and innovation to your company and its suppliers. Maximizing leverage is often said to be the most important part of this process, but there are many other factors that must be considered. Learn how to get the most out of your renegotiation, while strengthening the relationships with your suppliers.

Learn about key climate change challenges, strategies, and regulatory developments in the media sector in the United Kingdom and the European Union.

This ACC Guide sponsored by Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP provides an overview of five specific aspects of brand protection and enhancement in the United States.

Learn how the European Union Intellectual Property Office study on AI and IP laws, published March 2, 2022, illustrates through hypothetical cases the "double-edged sword" of AI in IP protection and infringement.

This article details how to deal with the "free-rider" problem in which discounters take advantage of the capital investments of other dealers. Through those investments, they've helped establish brand recognition and a reputation for quality products. The discounters are unfairly trading on the brand without having made any investment in it. The sales department doesn't care what it's called. They just want to know one thing: "How can we stop it?"

A discussion of how law department leaders are changing their contract processes in light of economic downturn-related budget cuts.