This multi-jurisdictional guide covers common issues in environmental, social and governance law.
Topics covered include principal sources of ESG pressure, integration of ESG into business operations, and the impact of COVID-19.
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.
The guide presents overviews on general data privacy laws on personally identifiable information, personal health information, financial information and other sensitive data in different jurisdictions around the world.
This session will present an overview of significant legal and policy developments in EU competition law over the last year, the latest trends in competition litigation and what it means for you in practice.
Eighth edition of the Getting the Deal Through Anti-Corruption Regulation Guide, a volume that provides international analysis for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.
Eighth edition of the Getting the Deal Through Anti-Corruption Regulation Guide, a volume that provides international analysis for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.
Eighth edition of the Getting the Deal Through Anti-Corruption Regulation Guide, a volume that provides international analysis for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.
This Leading Practices Profile, an update to ACC’s 2010 piece, features law department leading practices for generating and demonstrating value through a number of value levers, as well as best practices for improving the bottom line and enhancing collation across business units. In wake of the economic downturn in the last decade and the increased pressure to “do more with less,” six participating corporations share their best value-sustaining practices in law department staffing, targeted practice areas, outside counsel management, strategic planning and the use of metrics to measure and track best practices.
This article is a practical cross-border insight into mergers and acquisitions.
How can you determine the value of outside legal counsel, in the United States, before paying the bill? Under the right circumstances, a request for proposal (RFP) allows a company to preview what solutions outside counsel may offer, and on what basis. Read this article for some basic guidelines regarding RFPs and determine which firm meets your needs.
This policy provides general guidance and references to other applicable policies regarding the practice for employee creation and use of web-based and multi-media communications tools for internal or external use, whether internally or externally hosted applications.
Informative resources for in-house lawyers on topics such as navigating employment and workplace considerations, geopolitical risks, business continuity, crisis response, and cybersecurity.
This multi-jurisdictional guide covers key legal issues, rules and developments regarding merger control across a range of jurisdictions.
This presentation examines litigation strategy in major European markets such as Germany, the Netherlands, UK and France and discusses how to protect your brand and whether the WTO dispute settlement mechanism provides for a suitable alternative.
A company negotiating an agreement to sell products to the government of a foreign country should consider a few steps for mitigating risk. Implementing these steps will be particularly important if the foreign country has had some prior political unrest and has insisted that any transaction must be handled in their judicial system.
At first glance, devising and negotiating payment term policies may appear to be a purely financial endeavor. However, a knowledgeable in-house counsel could craft these policies to help anticipate certain problems, while appeasing parties on both sides of the negotiation. Learn how different policies work and what terms are used to better meet the requirements
of your organization in the United States.
Settlements resolve nearly all legal disputes, but settlement remains an ad hoc event and is rarely treated as the defined process it should be. Settlement counsel are another tool in your arsenal
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of merger control, regulatory framework and regulatory authorities in Canada.
This sample policy shows the need to have a policy which ensures that employees who use social media either as part of their job, or in a personal capacity, have guidance as to the company's expectations where the social media engagement is about the company, its products and services, its people, its competitors and/or other business related individuals or organisations.
Read this 2011 Tabbie Award-winning article!
Companies and employees might apply the “What happens in Vegas...” motto when using social media in the corporate environment; this mindset, however, could cause more than the proverbial hangover. From FLSA and NLRA violations to discrimination and harassment, many legal issues can potentially stem from unchecked social networking. Guide your client with a clear policy.
Top ten tips to illustrate how taking a holistic, enterprise-wide view of contract management will aid in striking the balance between risk and business objectives in a timely and efficient manner.
This is an Insights article provides a current outlook on real estate crowdfunding.
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