This comprehensive guide provides an overview of key legal and regulatory aspects of doing business in Germany. This guide is part of the Lex Mundi Guides to Doing Business series which provides general information about legal and business infrastructures in jurisdictions around the world.
In this brief article, in-house counsel can learn about the two main provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and how it impacts their law departments within the the United States.
Focuses on the ACCA/NACD joint survey on governance issues and what it means to you in terms of corporate responsibility.
This Top Ten article addresses considerations for employers in states with medical or otherwise legal marijuana in the US.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high level overview of property law. The Intellectual Property (IP) in business transactions Q&A gives an overview of maintaining an IP portfolio, exploiting an IP portfolio through assignment and licensing, taking security over IPRs, IP and M&A transactions, and the impact of IP on key areas such as competition law, employees and tax in Australia.
Throughout your career, you'll undertake a variety of roles from team member to C-suite leader. Cultivating these traits will help you thrive in each one.
Womble Carlyle's solutions to two client problems involved alternative fee arrangements. This Value Practice resource details these two scenarios and their solutions.
Some companies like Wal-Mart have signed “A Call to Action” in order to achieve diversity and this article takes a look at what signing this document means, the current state of the legal profession in terms of diversity, and what you can be doing in your own department.
Shepherding a smooth transition during a merger isn’t easy, but it is possible. Find out how in this insightful article.
Recent studies show that when we are part of a collective group (e.g., a group we have joined), we are far less likely to post unique, different or contrarian messages to that group.
In this brief overview, learn key employment law issues businesses should consider before using the metaverse.
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 England and Wales.
Check out this 2014 Communicator Award-winning article! Litametrics is the application of analytics in a range of areas. The use of analytics is not new territory for most law departments that dabble in ediscovery, applying analytics to perform searches for documents. Litametrics can also empower counsel to make better and more informed decisions on building a legal team, budgeting and predicting outcomes of cases so the best strategy can be developed. Learn what Litametrics can do for you.
Today’s in-house counsel are constantly pressured to do more with less. Enter the T-shaped lawyer — a legal professional with deep-seated experience in one discipline, and basic knowledge in a wide-range of other disciplines.
International real estate procurement can often require the use of local counsel. There is no standardized process for conducting title searches and, therefore, investors should consider multiple legal opinions as to the status of a title. Learn more about overseas real-estate deals, and how to eliminate risks during the acquisition process.
Would you purchase a car without taking it for a test drive? Would you proceed with an M&A transaction without conducting a thorough due diligence process? No, of course not; however, hasty individuals sometimes make foolish decisions. Learn the fate of MidSize Software Corporation, and consider these questions as you begin M&A due diligence.
This Guide provides an overview of law important to companies doing business in Idaho, USA, including law related to corporate organization, taxation, investment, labor and employment, dispute resolution, etc.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide of data protection rules and principles, right to access personal data or object to its collection in Australia.
"the "Getting the Deal Through" reference guide for M&A professionals"
Does your legal department have an ad hoc or crisis management approach to trademark issues? Don't use insufficient resources to protect your company's marks. Read this article and learn how to develop and implement a trademark management program.
This article discusses the intricate legalities of and difficulties presented by web-based technology.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide of data protection rules and principles, right to access personal data or object to its collection in China.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview of privacy rules and principles in Argentina.
Learn about January 2022 developments relating to the marketing of cryptocurrencies in the United Kingdom.
The General Counsel Excellence Report highlights <br />the growing commercialization of the role and the <br />increasing opportunities for savvy corporate counsel.
The threat of antitrust litigation, both through government action and civil suits, is very real. Can your employees recognize an antitrust red flag when they see one? How do you train an employee about a complex legal topic that has real-world implications to the company as well as him or her personally? This session will review the increasing enforcement trends regarding antitrust compliance both in the United States and abroad, provide real tools for you to incorporate into an antitrust compliance program in your company, and touch on international antitrust developments. This program will emphasize what employees need to know (certainly not statutory code numbers!) and how to communicate antitrust principles to your employees in a meaningful manner. The session will include an abbreviated real employee training: Can you answer the antitrust scenarios put to your employees?
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