Examines the guidance issued by the Office of Labor Management Standards and discusses the best practices for addressing LM-10 reporting obligations.
A lawyer employed as in-house counsel is subject to the same professional and ethical obligations as any other lawyer. The only difference between lawyers in private practice and in-house lawyers is that the latter have only one client – the organisation by which they are employed.
This ACC Docket article provides in-house counsel with an overview of the procurement process at larger companies, specific clauses in vendor agreements that are important to review before entering into a contract with a vendor, and a guide to procuring clean energy for your company.
This article explains the top ten amendments to the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) that were made after the 2018 American midterm elections. These new amendments affect Canadian IP law .
Attorneys are frequently confronted by having to decide whether to say "no" to an action proposed by their client. This circumstance is much more challenging for the in-house practitioner, whose client is also their employer. Before being faced with this situation, an in-house lawyer should learn the rules about who the client is, when to say no, and when to say yes.
As in-house counsel help lead companies and departments through this challenging time, it is important to keep in mind that as leaders, we have a responsibility to support our employees. What can corporate leaders do to help ease the burdens of this new way of working and avoid burnout for themselves and their employees? Here are ten ideas to help.
Timothy Phillips, senior counsel at the American Cancer Society, discusses a variety of tax issues facing charities and nonprofits.
While low-code and no-code workflow automation technology solutions are not new, 2023 has brought a distinct shift in legal departments embracing workflow automation. Hyperion Research, an Epiq Company, undertook a benchmarking study revealing that 71% of respondents planned to invest in a workflow automation (WFA) tool in the next 12-18 months either as a first-time investment or to replace an existing WFA tool. Read more here.
This resource covers important information to consider before investing in Indonesia.
About 85 percent of all corporate espionage incidents involve current or past employees. Use this article to implement strategies protecting trade secrets.
Intellectual property is one of a public company’s most valuable, yet potentially most volatile assets. In one of the Docket's September features, we expand on the new rules and regulations by which companies must abide to secure their IP.
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 France.
Gain a better understanding of how practicing in-house differs from practicing in a law firm or government agency; Discuss the challenge and importance of developing relationships with your corporate stakeholders and building their ability to trust and listen to you; Discuss ways to highlight the value-add you and your legal department create for the organization; and Hear key tips on how to improve your time management, prioritize work and effectively communicate about your time investment and priorities.
This article provides a discussion of the principal US Securities Act of 1933 sections, rules and regulations that may be used for registration-exempt offers and sales of securities for the purpose of raising capital and their respective requirements, advantages and disadvantages. Following the discussion, are “Deal Points” on important considerations in the exempt-from-registration offering process and what at all costs not to do.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a Q&A that gives a high level overview of the main trends and significant deals in the United Arab Emirates.
How does your contract governance protect human rights in your international supply chain? Consider the Model Contract Clauses to Protect Workers in International Supply Chains, Version 2.0, developed by the Working Group to Draft Model Contract Clauses to Protect Human Rights in International Supply Chains American Bar Association Section of Business Law.
With data breaches and security vulnerabilities on the rise, it is essential that your company develop an effective information security and data protection program. First, legal and business stakeholders must collaborate to form a comprehensive yet accessible policy. This article outlines a three-step process and 10 lessons learned that can help with facilitated policy development.
Hydrogen power is likely to play a significant role in international commitments to achieving carbon emissions and net zero goals by 2050. This is why governments all over the world, as well as the private sector, are investing heavily in this technology. The growth and success of the hydrogen economy will largely be driven by advancements and innovations in both the core and applications technologies. It is therefore important for investors in, and developers of, new hydrogen power technologies to implement a dedicated procedure and IP strategy to allow innovations to be properly captured, protected and exploited. This article considers some of the key IP considerations that are relevant.
This is a sample asset purchase agreement between a Thai company as the seller, individual shareholders of the seller, and a Thai company and a US company as the buyers. The sample includes a choice of US and New York laws and Thai courts.
This CMS e-Guide contains an overview of international arbitration practice and chapters on the law and practice of arbitration in the jurisdictions covered. It is equivalent to Volume I of the printed version of the CMS Guide to Arbitration.
This is a global guide to anti-corruption legislation.
The Stark Law has promulgated complicated regulations for transactions involving payments to physicians. All facets of the healthcare industry also face on a daily basis the shadow of government prosecutors focused on violations of the federal anti-kickback statute. These laws involve both criminal prosecution and civil liability, and in-house attorneys have at times been prosecuted as individual defendants. Enforcement is expanding to cover individual physicians as prescribers of company products and providers of services to companies, such as consulting and clinical investigator services, and to physician ownership of medical device distributors. Looming over healthcare companies and individuals is the potential to be debarred from participation in Medicare, Medicaid & other federal health care programs. In addition, in-house counsel need to be aware of obscure state laws on the issues of physician self-referral prohibition and anti-kickbacks. This program will discuss the government’s new enforcement trend and mechanisms that in-house counsel can employ to reduce these risks.
People around the world continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, the most extreme public health emergency in a century. This Top Ten discusses the public health law framework in the United States and summarizes some recent developments in the law arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
On June 7, 2022, US Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced a bipartisan bill to regulate the cryptocurrency/digital assets market. While the Lummis-Gillibrand Bill will no doubt undergo substantial amendments before - and if - it becomes law, its bipartisan provenance points to likely directions for U.S. crypto/digital assets law and regulation. This article explains why some of the Lummis-Gillibrand provisions are revolutionary.
In the midst of a regulatory environment in which executives face personal liability for corporate wrongdoing, some business strategists advocate a new theoretical roadmap for the legal department to assess and manage risk.
Success at in-house practice is all about customer service. Using examples from Monty Python, this article shows how attorneys can learn from the true service professionals - the waiter.
This article summarizes the new Hong Kong National Security Law, so corporations may understand it better and comply with the provisions of the legislation. It also compares the provisions of this law with equivalent legislation in the United States (US), the United Kingdom (UK), Australia, and Singapore, and also provides additional recommendations and considerations for corporate compliance.
Read Todd Silberman's advice on learning to relate to and work with a new assistant.
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