Securities Act Exemption Chart
The author discusses the benefits and drawbacks of using the iPad 2 as a business tool.
This InfoPAK seeks to guide the first general counsel through the process of establishing a legal department, addressing the range of topics he/she will encounter, from understanding company expectations to how to communicate with the new client to establishing budgets and processes. In addition, this InfoPAK includes firsthand experiences shared by five in-house counsel who served as their organizations’ first general counsel, ranging in experience, industry/company size, and perspective.
If your company operates in the area of hazardous materials, you need to have a comprehensive plan in place to deal with sudden environmental emergencies. This article describes the fundamentals of a comprehensive emergency plan that deals with environmental disasters and presents the precise steps that should be taken, on an hour-by-hour basis, to implement the plan following a disaster.
In a digital age with a free flow of information, it is easy to diminish the value of personal data. The European Commission, however, is set to solidify and unify data protection laws within the European Union under the General Data Protection regulation, and American companies with operations or customers in the European Union will soon find themselves having to comply with a new set of laws that could increase the cost of doing business, as well as significantly impact business operations.
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.
The new millennium has ushered in an era of lighting fast communication and commerce. As in-house counsel work to protect their most valuable asset - their company's intellectual property - there are new elements to consider when thwarting competitors' ability to use your top-secret information to their advantage. Are restrictive covenants the solution?
Good contract management starts with an effective process, and the best process includes having a solid contract management system in place. This session will cover the common challenges encountered in developing a contract management process, contract management techniques that will enable your organization to maintain the desired outcomes from their contracts and foster good relationships with all the parties involved, both internal and external. The panelists will also discuss best practices for both competitive selection and non-competitive (single or sole source) proposals, and negotiation and management of contracts through their expiration or termination.
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.
This issue provides what you need to know about European Insolvency Regulation 1346/2000, Italian insolvency laws, U.K. corporate insolvency law, new insolvency and bankruptcy legislation in Italy, and courting justice.
The two keys to the eliminating email clutter are the Reduce folder and the custom keypad. Once you have implemented the system described in this article, you will look at a lot less email.
Before making decisions about hiring full- or part-time staff or project legal professionals, consider the questions asked in this article.
Promoting volunteerism can benefit your department and your company. Learn how to create, maintain and publicize your company's volunteer programs.
Type any store name into Google and a list of similar stores shows up in the results - with the search term sometimes not even listed at the top. If a competitor purchases your company's trademark through keyword bidding and uses it as a metatag, potential infringement issues emerge. This article explores the legal issues of such use, and offers suggestions as to how you can best protect your company.
This article reviews principal corporate, commercial and regulatory (compliance) considerations when forming exempt from ICA registration Private Funds.
In this article, learn the more material changes brought about by the GDPR (those likely to have a bigger impact), comments on the likely impact of the proposal on businesses, and suggests action points that businesses can begin to address in the lead-up to the measure coming into force.
Investing in, acquiring, or partnering with companies requires a due diligence investigation in which intellectual property (IP) will play a role. This article, from a primarily United States perspective, describes four levels of due diligence review, and the level of review warranted by different types of transactions. For efficiency, key questions upfront can focus the review.
New rules significantly expand the scope of existing UK and EU sanctions and export controls on Russia.
This Client Alert summarises the latest sanctions imposed by the UK and the EU as of 7 March 2022. Different jurisdictions are introducing new sanctions, export restrictions, and other legal and regulatory measures on a near daily basis, and companies exposed to the developments in Russia should ensure that they obtain up-to-date legal advice before taking any steps that may have legal effects.
When a company decides to expand internationally, ensuring compliance with local legislation can become a nightmare issue for the Ethics and Compliance Office. If the budget to build a new program is approved, the first thing to consider: What is at the heart of an effective compliance program? The US Federal Sentencing Guidelines (USFSG) offer a seven-element outline. Learn more about the USFSG guidelines so that your company’s global development is a dream, not a nightmare.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview and practical analysis for public procurement issues and procedures in Canada.
An analysis of draft rules regarding the lease of port terminals in the cities of Santos and Belem, Brazil as well as the "rebalance" of existing port terminal lease agreements.
This course explains how to determine whether the Conflict Minerals Rule applies to a company's products and outlines the steps that the company must take to comply if the Rule applies. (Licensed for use in classroom settings only and not for distribution in any form.)
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