Learn about key regulatory developments and perspectives regarding Autonomous Vehicles (AV) in the world.
This article, the first in a series that will examine and profile-through the eyes of in-house counsel-companies' "best practices," highlighting ideas that you can borrow while implementing your own compliance plan concerning corporate governance.
This article contains tips for becoming your own best career advocate.
This article focuses on three areas that affect a legal career path in the 21st century.
Add social media to the growing list of corporate worries. More than three-quarters (77 percent) of lawyers recently surveyed by Robert Half Legal said they are concerned about the legal implications of employees using social media for business communications within their companies.
This article contains some considerations that lawyers representing both sellers and buyers should keep in mind during any acquisition, merger, or spin-off of a business with a focus on US law.
High up in the clouds is unsettled legal terrain. A growing number of businesses now outsource data center functions to cloud service providers, and how this will impact the legal realm is currently being decided. Learn about the possible application of international privacy law in a multijurisdictional cloud and whether traditional licensing contracts are still relevant.
This guide provides in-house counsel, government agencies and private practice lawyers with a practical insight into cartel enforcement policy and procedure, including leniency/amnesty regimes, administrative settlement, sanctions and appeals.
Read this article and learn how to implement self-sustaining codes of conduct and corporate policies that will get behavior to conform to the ideals espoused in such documents.
Your company has one opportunity to make a good or at least a competent first impression to promptly defuse a situation. You can use the media effectively to present balanced facts to the public following a crisis, to neutralize biased or inaccurate reporting and to improve your reputation. As in-house counsel, you should be involved on the front line from the beginning. This article shows you how to develop an effective media relations plan not only to minimize the negative, but also to accentuate the positive.
Social media and privacy are the two hot button issues that in-house counsel are still grappling with. This session will address how to identify the legal risks and potential rewards of social media and privacy presented by company, employee, and third parties, as well as the law department’s role in helping the company craft effective social networking and privacy policies.
Review recent case law on the business judgment rule and discuss the elements as they apply to the board. Learn ways to educate and guide the board regarding the business judgment rule and its application. Discuss the role of institutional investors and whether sophisticated shareholders are held to a different standard. Hear a litigator’s perspective on governance litigation, including drafting appropriate board minutes, collecting directors’ notes, purging board books and retaining records.
Finding a new, rewarding position in the legal field is never a quick and easy task. This InfoPAK will present key techniques for pursuing new positions, as well as strategies for successfully managing your career.
In his best-selling book, A Brief History of Time, physicist Stephen Hawkings has a chapter entitled “The Arrow of Time” in which he posits answers to the following two questions: “Where does the difference between the past and the future come from?” and “Why do we remember the past and not the future?” Read on to find out what impression this made on the author.
In this multi-jurisdictional guide, explore an overview of key legal issues, rules and developments regarding tax rulings across a range of jurisdictions, including information on taxpayer’s rights, and the limitation and revocation of rulings.
As hosting and participating in social media become the industry standard, companies must incorporate platforms and develop policies to safeguard rights and privacy. If this brave new world seems somewhat alien, implement these guidelines to navigate your company safely through the obstacles everyone’s worried about.
The task based billing buzz has substantially quieted during the several years since introduction of the standard codes based on that concept. For some, it has gone the way of Total Quality Management and other sweeping reforms. A fresh look may be warranted, however, at the use of task based billing as a powerful cost management tool.
A review of procedures for foreign shareholders participating in shareholders meetings in Brazil.
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