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Learn about changes to Iowa privacy law, effective January 1, 2025, to protect consumer data.

In his final column as ACC board chair, Simon Fish reflects on how the association has grown and changed during his tenure.

Faced with new adopters of technology — or perhaps “never adopters”? Technology is rapidly evolving, and in the healthcare world, companies constantly encounter dilemmas when faced with the business need to implement new technologies in harmony with archaic legal standards. This session will address numerous technology issues, including those with medical devices, software as a device, mobile applications, risks, benefits, and the global element. Come learn the legal risks and benefits around emerging technology (such as mobile health) and how to best partner with your IT and business colleagues without betting the company.

Motor vehicles are substantial sources of pollutants that cause smog and contribute to climate change. Taking a cue from California, which has always been at the forefront of fuel regulations, this interactive session will review the current rules affecting mobile sources, particularly transportation fuels. Faculty will then examine the various business risks and opportunities presented by alternative fuels programs and advanced vehicle technology programs. How are low carbon fuel standards credits different from renewable identification numbers? Are fuel cell vehicles the same as electric vehicles? How can companies take advantage of these rules and programs?

When done right, an effective compliance program energizes rather than instructs employees to uphold ethical practices — leading to a better, brighter corporate culture.

This course explains the basic laws and regulations governing the most common marketing practices and provides guidelines for employees involved in marketing-related tasks. (Licensed for use in classroom settings only and not for distribution in any form.)

This course provides an overview of these intellectual-property rights and explains how to deal with a range of intellectual-property issues that you may face in your job. (Licensed for use in classroom settings only and not for distribution in any form.)

The close connections between a corporation and its foundation can put both organizations at risk for inadvertent self-dealing. Take these necessary precautions when making transactions between the related business and the foundation.

As business professionals, in-house counsel are required to collaborate with many stakeholders with different incentives. Join our experienced panelists as they discuss obstacles to collaboration and how to overcome them. Panelists will provide insight and practical tips on working within your legal department, working with different groups within the company (such as sales) and working with those outside the company (e.g., customers, outside counsel and opposing counsel) to achieve corporate goals and succeed within the department and company. Move from, “That's not my job” to “I’ll take the lead.”

Learn about the two new regulations in Argentina that bring changes to the Data Protection sector.

This article explores the takeaways from a UK case, which highlights the risks of bidding on a competitor’s trade name(s) (and/or variants thereof) that is/are confusingly similar to the bidder’s own trade name(s) as Internet search keywords.

This is a sample social media policy.

In 2018, the newly updated General Data Protection Regulation will be implemented in the European Union. To dispel confusion and concerns among international GC, the Docket’s September cover story offers insight to help prevent any penalties that companies may unwittingly incur.

As in-house counsel, you're constantly trying to find ways to turn a company's lemons into lemonade. So imagine if you could turn litigation, one of legal's sourest lemons, into a source of revenue. By making use of litigation financing, what was once a costly burden can transform into a functioning profit center.

Before you expand your business internationally, consider exactly what your expansion goals are -- and what the legal and business landscape holds for you abroad. You will need to know exactly what sort of candidates you are looking to head your new legal department, decide on a reporting structure, set the relevant expectations, and of course be aware of cross-cultural differences in education and training.

Risk assessment and mitigation begins internally. One of the ways in-house counsel assess and minimize risk is through the contract process — which begins long before redlining.

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.

This article examines the issues with existing regulatory regime for, under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Unfair Contract Terms (UCTs) in Australia and how the Treasury released its Regulation Impact Statement for Decision, titled ‘Enhancements to Unfair Contract Term Protections’. The aim of the Impact Statement and related proposals is to make UCTs and unreasonable contracts unlawful.

This powerpoint course is a presentation in-house counsel may want to use to train their internal staff on improving careful communications. The presentation will help you take a closer look at your written and spoken communications on behalf of your organization to be sure that you're communicating as effectively— and compliantly — as possible. (Licensed for use in classroom settings only and not for distribution in any form.)

Electronic execution and management of signatures, contracts and records is at the cutting edge of modern business practices. In-house counsel who implement this technology are helping to generate sales, reduce costs and improve internal governance practices. This article takes an in-depth look at electric contracting, including its evolution, legal enforceability and reputable transaction tools.

In this multi-country guide, learn about the rules regarding employment termination laws in a wide range of jurisdictions.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview on private acquisitions law and practice in Luxembourg.

A selection of resources regarding environmental risk due diligence in transactions.

Being the target of a cyber-attack is something no company ever wants to experience. The only thing that’s worse is getting sued for being the target of a cyber-attack. This article offers in-house counsel a crash course in cybersecurity regulation and litigation, focusing on the liabilities stemming from the disclosure of customers’ personally identifying information.

Gain a more fluent knowledge of global privacy issues and data sharing challenges through an experiential learning session. Learn more about where technology is leading the law on privacy issues. Understand how in-house counsel can better anticipate and plan for shifts and developments in the area of data privacy. Learn by participation and peer interaction. Participants will represent the many countries involved in the operations of a hypothetical global company that wants to gather and share employee data internally. As company representatives within their jurisdiction, they will negotiate with the regulators (faculty) on proposed cross-border solutions for data sharing.