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In this updated guide, learn about the changes to right to work checks effective April 6, 2022, including details of the new digital identity verification tool for checks carried out on British and Irish nationals.
The General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act, No. 22 of 2022 places new obligations on Companies and other persons to register prescribed information regarding beneficial ownership following South Africa’s grey listing and recommendations made by the Financial Action Task Force.
Department leaders profiled here offer vital advice on how to capture and use metrics results to drive enhanced law department and outside counsel performance.
Three Party Escrow Service Agreement for Canada
If you are reading this Top 10 article, then you are probably considering or are curious about living and working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and about international mobility. Learn more on how to secure a move of your own and enjoy a smooth transition into the UAE – the tips are relevant for international transitions in general, and can help you acclimatize to an in-house role in a numerous countries.
This Top Ten explores Anti-Trust Concerns in M&A Transactions in Colombia
This Top Ten provides an overview of the purpose, development, structure and implications of the the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 2013 Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework.
Learn about the significant changes to data protection laws in the UK and what organizations need to do as a result of these changes.
On 9 February 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) published new competition law guidance targeted at employers. Its purpose is to remind employers that they must comply with competition law when setting wages, working conditions for new and existing employees, and policies on staff recruitment and retention.
In a first-of-its-kind case to focus on trademark infringement and dilution in the virtual world, a nine-person jury in Manhattan, New York has sided with the French fashion house, Hermès International S.A (“Hermes”) in its legal battle against Sonny Estival aka Mason Rothschild (“Rothschild”), the creator of the “MetaBirken” Non-Fungible tokens (“NFTs”).
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide to a Q&A that gives an overview of the legal system; foreign investment, including restrictions, currency regulations and incentives; and business vehicles and their relevant restrictions and liabilities in India.
This Privacy Capability Maturity Model provides a detailed maturity model for all aspects of an organization’s privacy program, including its use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) using personal information.
It seeks to gauge program capability across a variety of program elements, taking a “big picture” view on an organization’s readiness to comply with these requirements.
This Checklist applies to private companies and addresses federal law, but highlights areas where state and local issues commonly arise.
Michele Coleman Mayes, senior vice president and general counsel for The Allstate Corporation, focuses on best practices in compliance and ethics. Mayes uses compliance and ethics as a business strategy — selling Allstate's ethical corporate culture by being transparent, and earning the trust of constituents.
On 28 February 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its Regulatory Initiatives Grid updating the timeline of the Overseas Funds Regime (“OFR”), the new equivalence regime for retail investment funds and money market funds established outside the UK, which will allow recognised funds to be marketed to the public in the United Kingdom.
This resource highlights Hewlett-Packards' program to onboard law school graduates, train them, and mentor them each step on their way toward full engagement within the law department.
In case there was any doubt, the FTC v. Wyndham decision makes clear that there is a new sheriff in town when it comes to holding businesses accountable for cybersecurity breaches that harm consumers. That sheriff is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
A sample code of business conduct that provides a general statement regarding the company's expectations as to the legal and ethical nature of conduct of employees while acting on the company's behalf and to provide for the administration of the code of conduct.
This sample agreement is drafted under English law as a starting point for use where a supplier company wants to appoint a distributor to sell the supplier company's products in a particular country or territory.
This intermediate-level program will examine the major issues that companies must address when doing business in Brazil, including the following: (1) corporate issues; (2) overview of stock purchases (both majority and minority interests) and asset purchases in both public and private companies: (3) issues upon sale or liquidation of interests; (4) distribution and agency arrangements; (5) major planning issues; (6) employment/labor issues at start-up, day-to-day and at termination; and (7) executive compensation.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of restraints of trade, monopolies and abuses of market power in the United Kingdom, specifically England and Wales.
This article summarises the German Parliament's legislative package on renewable energy, which is regarded as the largest energy policy amendment in decades.
On 19 March 2013, under file No XI ZR 431/11, the German Federal Supreme Court clarified the circumstances in which an investor may have a misselling claim against a “direct bank” (i.e. a bank holding an account for the deposit of securities on an execution-only basis only).
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