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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.

Activist investor campaigns have reached record numbers in recent years and have become increasingly organized and costly to the targeted companies. Through case study analysis of several recent campaigns, this program will go in-depth on best practices for companies to follow before and when an activist comes knocking, including: What went right in recent campaigns? What went wrong? What were the end results and what could have been done differently? What has changed from an investor relations perspective since the activist campaign? What are some investor relations takeaways from what the companies did/didn’t do? What are some general best practices and strategies in these situations that can be implemented proactively, during a campaign and post-mortem?What defenses does a company have against a campaign and/or a proxy fight? How do these case studies demonstrate any larger trends in activist campaigning? What types of attributes/actions might draw activists’ attention, based on these recent campaigns?

Learn the rules regarding corporate groups' cash pooling, with this multi-country guide.

Um original da ACC: As 6 Habilidades Principais Para Ser Um Advogado Corporativo Eficaz (Parte 3)

This 25-minute course explains the attorney-client privilege as it applies to our organization, as well as how to recognize and protect privileged materials and communications. (Licensed for use in classroom settings only and not for distribution in any form.)

Faced with competing priorities and too little time, standard contract provisions are often glossed over. But these boilerplate provisions can have significant risks if you’re not careful—here’s what to avoid.

An update regarding sanctions taken against Russia by the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Switzerland, and countermeasures taken by Russia.

This Global Data Breach Notification Guide is a resource for companies to benchmark the ever expanding range of global breach notification requirements.

This article makes a convincing case as to why contract law might be the best kind of law to practice. For those interested in learning more about contract law, discover a useful overview of the practice. And for those experienced contract lawyers, check out the refresher tips on how to make a good job even better.

607 - Best Practices in Tracking Environmental Law Worldwide

Tips from ACC's past chairman of the board on raising the mundane label of compliance to the elevated status of exemplary corporate behavior.

A fine but definitive line divides the world of insurance policies. On one side, there is the insurer, armed with the legal forces to defray expenses. On the other are the insured, slightly perplexed about the industry's rules of engagement. This article empowers policyholders and offers guidance as to how to persevere when litigation hits.

Learn about Hong Kong current law, proposed law, risks, and law enforcement related to crowdfunding.

Learn about key developments and perspectives regarding class actions in Europe.

This InfoPAK guides the in-house practitioner on how to establish a corporate compliance and ethics program. It begins by outlining the primary corporate legal obligations and requirements, focusing on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Dodd-Frank and Sarbanes-Oxley, and then delineates the fundamental elements of an effective compliance program, focusing on how to maximize the potential of your compliance program. Finally, it discusses effective training and enforcement once the program is implemented, and offers numerous additional resources, including sample forms and policies and a Model Code of Conduct at the end.

This publication includes a series of profiles of in-house lawyers in Australia, tracing their career pathways since graduation and highlighting the career decisions that have led to their in-house career. By highlighting these individuals, ACC aims to showcase the dynamic career opportunities offered by an in-house legal career.

This guide provides an overview of key legal issues, rules, and developments regarding derivatives across a range of jurisdictions.

Topics covered include documentation and formalities, credit support, insolvency/bankruptcy, close-out netting, taxation, and market trends.

This Top Ten sets forth ten questions that a company purchasing cloud services should ask the service provider when negotiating fees for a cloud services agreement.

Much of the discussion around litigation is focused on companies involved in numerous lawsuits, but the reality is most organizations face few lawsuits of any significance each year. While the litigation landscape has changed in the past few years, what – if anything – should these low-litigation companies do to prepare? Many inside counsel believe they should probably be doing something, but how much preparedness do we really need, and how do we balance this with restrictive budgets? This panel of inside counsel from companies that historically have not had much litigation will address the extent the current litigation landscape in 2010 impacts their planning, what types of activities they are doing to prepare, traps low-litigation companies in particular face, as well as how they developed a business case for senior management for undertaking the readiness activities they pursued.

A multi-jurisdictional guide to company insolvency laws and procedures.

This is a sample agreement between a hotel and company.

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 is a sample company employee handbook.

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