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The law and technology - a panel interview with four in-house counsel including Chaman Sidhu, David Bushby, Vered Keisar and Luke O’Sullivan.

This article will focus on those features of the EU merger control regime that are most important for corporate counsel who are responsible for managing different aspects of the deal and for serving as a liaison between management and outside counsel.

An article, adapted from a presentation, regarding traits or actions of outside counsel that rub the average in-house attorney the wrong way.

Got employees? Then chances are they've got Facebook - and you've got a multitude of potential problems. As electronic communication continues to advance, employers are finding it more difficult to strike a balance between monitoring and restricting employees use of social monitoring and restricting employees use of social networking sites. This article focuses on using social networking sites at the pre-employment screening stage, and while monitoring and regulating their use by current employees.

Get an update on the judicial and administrative interpretation of the statute since its passage and the current status of competition in telecommunications industries.

In this multi-jurisdictional guide, explore an overview of key legal issues, rules and developments regarding Financial Services disputes across a range of jurisdictions.

Would you feel comfortable if your company outsourced its key technology, ecommerce, or information management-related functions using agreements that did not cover the most critical contractual issues? Of course not. This article provides a "Top 10" list of important legal issues that you should address in technology, ecommerce, and information management outsourcing agreements. The list includes some issues that, although not necessarily new or unique to outsourcing transactions, are at a premium in such agreements. The article also provides some sample contractual language that you can use as a starting point to address key legal issues specific to your company.

You're prepared. You've updated your code of conduct, conducted anti-bribery training in multiple languages, and sent messages from your CEO encouraging a culture of integrity and transparency. But the enforcement authorities call anyway. How you handle a bribery investigation can be critical not only to the outcome of the matter, but also to your company's long-term financial health and reputation. This panel will provide guidance for conducting the internal investigation in a multinational setting, working with government agencies around the world, assisting senior staff and board members, and handling public messaging and disclosures. The view is one from the trenches, conducted by in-house attorneys who have managed such matters (and lived to tell about it), and government counsel who have led the charge.

Due diligence, choice of accounting and advisory firms, and banking and finance arrangements pose special challenges for in-house practitioners managing international mergers and acquisitions transactions. We will address how cross-cultural communication, ability to manage foreign outside counsel, knowledge of one’s company and understanding of M&A principles allows us to work across borders to achieve business objectives.

For most legal departments, and small departments in particular, the demands of creating and maintaining an effective compliance program present a formidable challenge. Enter the intranet solution -- a readily accessible tool that shatters the barriers of time and geography.

Provides a list of circumstances commonly excluded from force majeure (FM) to assist in deciding whether they should be in or out of your list of FM triggers.

An intellectual property (IP) and information technology (IT) due diligence request list for use in connection with an M&A transaction. This request list is designed for IP specialists and is specific to IP and IT-related issues. This Standard Document has integrated notes<br />with important explanations and drafting tips.

Corporate counsel must understand the relevant technology and the risks that it poses, and create, adopt, and enforce a policy that minimizes the risks without causing bigger problems. This article will help you do just that.

What leading companies are doing with global law department design.

This report is an in-depth look at the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement.

An article discussing steps the Singapore Government tried to take to cool the increased rates of real estate.

Your company recently made a strategic acquisition. Now, the CEO has advised you that he and the board have decided to divest and sell the European subsidiaries in order to focus on the group’s core business. As general counsel, you must prepare a share purchase agreement for each subsidiary, and local law governs M&A in every country. What do you do?

A license agreement that reflects US antitrust law should be simple and straightforward. Like a well-tailored suit paired with classic pumps, it needs no frills or adornments. This article provides an overview of the primary US antitrust statutes applicable to licensing, and recommends drafting approaches to commonplace competition considerations for license agreements.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide of data protection rules and principles, right to access personal data or object to its collection in Argentina.

This multi-jurisdictional resource provides practical information on cross-border data protection issues, including regulations, data controller obligations, rights to access personal data, international transfer of data, and data processing by third parties.

A thoughtful article regarding the best ways to manage shareholder activism.

Do you know how to use the newly developed U.S. Patent and Trademark Office electronic searching and filing systems for patents and trademarks? Read this article to learn how you can expedite the preparation and filing of trademark and patent applications to ensure that your company receives the earliest possible filing date.

When there is credible evidence that senior corporate management has engaged in illegal activity, what is the responsibility of the chief legal officer (CLO)? Congress, through its enactment of the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 (SOX), has called upon CLOs in particular to be buffers against corporate abuse. This article addresses the limitations and failures of SOX, and suggests what can be done to empower CLOs.

Contract manufacturing involves negotiation between two parties: the manufacturer and the brand name owner. For commercial purposes, the arrangement works well. Each party is able to focus on their core competencies. However, when the lawyers sit down to hammer out the contracts, problems often arise. Three strategies can resolve contractual issues: the one-to-one contracting model, agreements in tandem, or a Joinder, which brings the contract manufacturer under the terms of the Master Agreement.

Would you purchase a car without taking it for a test drive? Would you proceed with an M&A transaction without conducting a thorough due diligence process? No, of course not; however, hasty individuals sometimes make foolish decisions. Learn the fate of MidSize Software Corporation, and consider these questions as you begin M&A due diligence.

Sales are everything in growing IT companies. This realization, plus seven crucial tips, can help new in-house counsel at IT companies become productive, valuable contributors more quickly.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high level overview of property law. The Intellectual Property (IP) in business transactions Q&A gives an overview of maintaining an IP portfolio, exploiting an IP portfolio through assignment and licensing, taking security over IPRs, IP and M&A transactions, and the impact of IP on key areas such as competition law, employees and tax in Australia.