Rising interest in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs has translated into an increase in the number of companies opting to create their own foundations. The foundation becomes a direct channel for the company’s CSR efforts. Learn best practices for starting a foundation.
As activist investors continue to have a significant impact in the market, two key questions are presented for consideration. The first is the question of the impact of activist investors on corporate performance and the overall economy. The second is a more general question on corporate governance and the proper role of the shareholder franchise in modern corporate management in the United States.
A guide to doing business in Canada. Includes review of trade and investment regulation, foreign investment rules, environmental laws, and bankruptcy.
This session targets communicating key antitrust topics to your sales team.
Discusses how to realize some of the many benefits, including reducing legal costs, improving quality in legal services, producing better legal outcomes and restructuring relationships, that flow from strategic management ideas to legal functions.
An examination of how Pennsylvania's revamped corporation laws make for a more enlightened approach to corporate governance.
Um original da ACC: As 6 Habilidades Principais Para Ser Um Advogado Corporativo Eficaz (Parte 1)
This resource presents ten key tips on educating and training employees about legal holds.
This program will explain the most common pitfalls that manufacturers and service providers face with uniform “global” warranty terms and conditions. The program will address aspects relating to public policy rules, choice of law issues and logistic problems of global warranties, as well as provide recommendations on how to draft global warranty terms and conditions.
It is past time to recognize the primary root cause of corruption — a failure of top leadership
This material discusses why you need to market your law department, how to market your law department, positioning
Internal communication, and how to create and demonstrate added value.
Who knows better than we in the trenches the many tools and tips out there to manage a small department for maximum efficiency on a modest budget. This Town Hall meeting will share best practices and practical tips on the following subjects: the practical aspects of staffing (range of positions, non-legal positions, outsourcing); budgeting (templates, budgeting for litigation, cost allocation, common budget busters); research options (Westlaw, Practical Law, ACC, other knowledge management systems, good blogs and listservs) and technology tools (systems for small departments, cloud services, video conferencing, e-signature systems, systems that allow you to work from anywhere (phone tethering, Adobe, MiFis, FedEx Kinkos, Regus, etc.).
This policy establishes a set of rules and guidelines for any activity and participation in “social media” by all company “users.”
This check card is a printable resource with practical advice for the dos and don'ts of The Canadian Competition Act.
The Supreme Court’s newly created affirmative defense and a strategy for conducting investigations of sexual harassment claims in light of Burlington and Faragher and other recent court decisions.
Mark Roellig, executive vice president and general counsel, MassMutual Financial Group shares his daily routine, including what kind of audio book he likes to read.
Privacy on the Go recommends a “surprise minimization” approach. This approach means supplementing the general privacy policy with enhanced measures to alert users and give them control over data practices that are not related to an app’s basic functionality or that involve sensitive information.
Planning the integration of an acquired company’s legal department into an acquiring company’s legal department can be a grueling process. Based on past M&A experiences, here are 200 practical issues that ensure a smooth transition when considered and addressed prior to the closing of the acquisition.
Thanks to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, public companies face potential civil and criminal liability and new internal reporting obligations. Read this article to prepare your company to respond if a whistleblowing complaint comes in.
In this publication, the details and secrets of excellent record retention programs are unlocked. Learn how to update traditional methods to better fit your modern workplace. Find a starting point, execute an effective and compliant schedule and evolve with new regulations.
Just as a dog strains against its leash, constrained employees struggle against their shackles. Unleash them and reap the rewards.
Bill Mordan's March Careerpath opines on the usefulness of brevity.
This is a template enterprise license agreement.
This issue of Canadian Briefings includes: Canadian Government Clarifies its Position on the Investment Canada Act by Dany Assaf, Jason McKenzie and Sarah McLean; International practice Almanac: British Columbia Canada Professional Regulation; Protocol Signed Amending the Canada-US Tax Treaty by Adrienne Oliver; Canada Shines Spotlight on World Stage by Carolyn Boyle; Canada Reconsiders Its Foreign Investment Policy by Terence Dobbin
This article provides practical antitrust compliance tools for SMEs and larger companies.
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