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All employers have employees. Learn what preventative strategies work to prevent that multimillion-dollar HR case from being filed.

During oral arguments in the 2006 Supreme Court case eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, LLC, Justice Anthony Kennedy asked, “Is the [patent] troll the scary thing under the bridge?” For many, the answer is yes. Fear no more: This article discusses legislation designed to rein in troll behavior.

A focus on efficiency and effectiveness—these were the strategic priorities for the majority of legal teams.
This was a consistent message from corporate law departments around the world. In Europe respondents placed particular emphasis on the drive for efficiency. In this report, in-house counsel will learn about the priorities and implementation strategies of European corporate departments.

The European Commission has extensive powers to investigate possible infringements of EC competition law, including the power to carry out on-the-spot investigations at a company’s premises, if necessary, without prior warning (so-called dawn raids). This article provides information about your company’s rights and obligations in responding to a dawn raid.

Teaching law school is an exciting opportunity for in-house counsel to share their practical knowledge and help develop the next generation of lawyers. View a compilation of course proposals, syllabi, and exams, that have been created and used by members of the in-house community who have taught or are teaching a class in law school.

Deutsches Institut für Compliance (DICO) guidelines provide the reader with practical and actionable recommendations on Compliance issues.

This ACC Guide (InfoPak) provides an overview of the fair use doctrine under US law, and offers guidance in navigating its application.

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.

A guide to doing business in Canada. Includes review of trade and investment regulation, foreign investment rules, environmental laws, and bankruptcy.

Ethique et confits d’intérêts en droit européen de la concurrence

Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in our series of annual reports, which provide international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.

Determining which documents to keep and which to destroy requires your company to perform a delicate balancing act. On the one hand, the company must
retain documents needed to satisfy its business operational requirements, as well as preserve documents relevant to any potential litigation. On the other hand, your company needs to hold down its costs for storing records. This balancing act becomes particularly complicated if your company is doing
business in Europe, where your company has to comply with a bewildering array of
retention requirements imposed by the various European governments.

This Workplace Bullying training course will help you understand (1) what bullying is and how it affects the workplace; (2) how to respond to bullying; and (3) the standards of civility that we expect from all employees in our work environment. (Licensed for use in classroom settings only and not for distribution in any form.)

This articles addresses pharmaceutical antitrust in Switzerland.

Being sued for patent infringement can strike fear into the heart of the most seasoned in-house counsel. But some patent owners seek to resolve issues of alleged infringement outside of litigation, and this typically starts with a demand letter. Initially published December 2, 2022; republished March 30, 2023.

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

High up in the clouds is unsettled legal terrain. A growing number of businesses now outsource data center functions to cloud service providers, and how this will impact the legal realm is currently being decided. Learn about the possible application of international privacy law in a multijurisdictional cloud and whether traditional licensing contracts are still relevant.

Discusses the wide range of varying and often ill defined approaches to legal professional privilege in different European jurisdictions. Includes steps to consider in maximizing the protection afforded by privilege.

This article discusses how to handle workplace safety investigations by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

In late 2021, the Law Commission published a report concluding that the law of England and Wales can facilitate and support smart legal contracts without the need for reform. This article provides businesses, using or deploying smart legal contracts, a couple of significant caveats to consider.

Find an in-depth summary of doing business in Argentina in this article. In-house counsel will learn about investment vehicles, tax considerations, protections of intellectual property and more.

While appearances may suggest that enterprise risk management (ERM) and governance risk and compliance (GRC) aim to solve for the same problems, they are arguably separate processes with different approaches and objectives. This session will review the differences between ERM and GRC approaches and assessments, and reveal how to identify which may be best suited to align with your company’s compliance program.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of restraints of trade, monopolies and abuses of market power in Switzerland.

Learn about top developments and predictions in the TMT sector (Technology, Media, and Telecom) in China.

This check card is a printable resource with practical advice on how to avoid insider trading.