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This guide provides a straightforward overview of the law and practice which applies in a wide-ranging number of jurisdictions where CMS are able to provide legal advice. This guide provides an answer to each of the 20 questions for each jurisdiction.<br />

This Leading Practices Profile (LPP), an update from ACC’s 2009 LPP on the same subject, examines how the roles of the general counsel and in-house counsel in Europe have evolved from legal advisors to trusted business partners.

Learn about sanctions taken by the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom, regarding Russia and Belarus.

Hear from founders and current leaders on why ACCA was founded, what we've accomplished, and the new challenges yet to tackle.

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.

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.

This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with comprehensive jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guidance to digital health laws and regulations around the world.

Topics covered include digital health technologies, data use, data sharing, intellectual property, commercial agreements, AI and machine learning, and liability.

In this article, explore three clusters building on the 1980 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Privacy Principles: protection and security, accountability, rights and responsibilities for using personal data. This document captures some of the key outcomes of the dialogue.

This multi-jurisdictional guide covers key legal issues, rules and developments regarding merger control across a range of jurisdictions.

When corruption or other potential wrongdoing comes to light, in-house counsel are typically called upon to manage and direct their company's response. In this session, contestants" selected from the audience will play a version of the game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.” Contestants will be asked multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty related to the principal stages and elements of a company's response to the discovery of potential wrongdoing. The audience will be encouraged to participate to assist contestants. A panel of experienced outside and in-house counsel will comment on and discuss each of the answers given by contestants and the audience, identifying best practices and pitfalls to avoid.

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 the Netherlands.

Learn about January 2022 developments relating to the marketing of cryptocurrencies in the United Kingdom.

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

That first year as general counsel can be pretty rough. But when it comes to Canadian law, there are some things you don't have to learn the hard way.

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 summarises the legislative framework for the protection of personally<br />identifiable information (PII).

Do you want to give back to your local community by representing indigent or other needy clients? Believe it or not, some states won't allow you to do so (e.g., if you are not locally-licensed, even though the rules permit to provide legal advice to your employer). And, even if a state does allow you to practice pro bono, you still need to keep in mind a whole host of ethical and practical issues, such as confidentiality and client loyalty, avoidance of conflicts and whether or not you should purchase malpractice insurance. Composed of in-house lawyers who have faced these challenges, this panel will explore current pro bono practice and ethics rules, how and where those rules are changing and what you can do to make sure you and your law department are in compliance.

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?

Managing outsourcing relationships and negotiating technology solutions can prove to be difficult for in-house counsel, especially if they are brought into the process too late to be effective. This article discusses the benefits of adding counsel to the acquisition team early on in order to immediately influence the direction of the negotiations and ensure a more effective outcome for the client.

For companies with a substantial dependence on new technology, the prospect of patent infringement litigation poses a significant threat to corporate success and even company viability. Use these suggestions to help identify and minimize your risks.

The honorees for the 2019 Top 10 30-Somethings exemplify the best traits of ACC membership. They are all pioneers in their own unique ways – going above and beyond in their organization, assisting others in the in-house industry, and devoting themselves to their own individual communities.

A sample contract drafting and review checklist for a company's Procurement Services to use as a review tool / contract playbook, to aid in protecting the company's interests in contractual matters.

In-house counsel should be prepared to address each patent licensing and indemnification case with their best legal foot forward. But is there a way to get an early heads-up to better assess the scope of possible infringement threats?

It was the talk of the legal world: Siemens' agreement to a $1.6 billion settlement with the US and German authorities. Investigate what went wrong and what lessons can be gleaned.

As corporate culture continues to expand on a global scale, professionals in almost every industry no longer find themselves restricted by borderlines and jurisdictions. This trend includes everyone — it would seem — except attorneys. These limitations are inconvenient and detrimental to the corporate attorney attempting to provide effective counsel. Change, however, is in the works. Explore the different reforms that might bring the in-house profession into the 21st century.

Since m-payments attract a variety of service providers, the consumer protection obligations vary across the ecosystem. As a result, not all m-payments in Canada are protected equally. By bringing a new medium as well as new business models and participants into the market, m-payments could pose new risks for consumers and could alter the application of the existing consumer protection framework.

In this ACC Guide, learn the components of an effective records management program, and the steps required to execute a schedule once developed. This ACC Guide presents global strategies for the in-house counsel or other team members tasked with starting, updating modernizing, or simply improving their company’s records management program.