A 42-page guide by Dentons regarding the AI journey - opening eyes to opportunity and risk.
Learn about legal issues related to the metaverse, including intellectual property, Game Industry Promotion Act/Election Transaction Act, and privacy.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview on private acquisitions law and practice in the United Kingdom.
What are the jurisdictional risks associated with global business? Is a parent company at risk of being sued based on the activities of a subsidiary company? Read this article to find answers to these pressing questions, among others.
Your company has one opportunity to make a good, or at least a competent, first impression to promptly defuse a situation. You can use the media effectively to present balanced facts to the public following a crisis, to neutralize biased or inaccurate reporting, and to improve your reputation. As in-house counsel, you should be involved on the front line from the beginning. This article shows you how to develop an effective media relations plan, not only to minimize the negatives, but also to accentuate the positives.
This article focuses on the antitrust (competition) issues that can arise in US mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions, for which certain U.S. government agencies exercise oversight, what must be done to obtain their approval for those transactions to close, and the direction of government policy on antitrust M&A review, which has shifted under the Biden administration from a decades-long relatively “hands-off,” tolerant, laissez-faire policy to a markedly more interventionist, activist policy, which all dealmakers must be aware of and account for in planning and structuring their transactions. 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.
This Top Ten focuses on the important inquiries counsel should make when entertaining the idea of an automated management system for outside counsel work.
This top ten article contains tips on how to mitigate a crisis as quickly and efficiently as possible with the least amount of exposure to your company as possible.
Unitranche facilities, with or without accompanying super senior revolving facilities, have become a more prominent feature of the European market in recent years, driven in part by the growing number of credit funds looking to provide this product.
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 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 the United Arab Emirates.
In this article, learn about insolvency questions regarding crypto assets.
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.
This set of three papers is derived from the training session on the Private enforcement organized by the Concurrences Review that has held on 5th July 2012 in Brussels.
Data protection or data privacy laws are now in force or in preparation throughout the globe. These laws are in addition to the protections given to privacy in the constitutional instruments of many countries.
Learn about notable IP developments and trends in Asia-Pacific, including China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
Approach your internet enforcement program as a war: it should be directed toward a defined and attainable objective. This article provides a brass-tacks approach to setting up an effective program for trademark protection on the web.
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.
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.
Learn about key climate change challenges, strategies, and regulatory developments in the media sector in the United Kingdom and the European Union.
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.
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 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.
An overview of the information security risks inherent in cloud computing and their treatment in the European Union.
A discussion of how law department leaders are changing their contract processes in light of economic downturn-related budget cuts.
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