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The purpose of this Policy is to establish standards and expectations regarding any company-related use of Social Media.

This guide is part of the Lex Mundi Guides to Doing Business series which provides general information about legal and business infrastructures in jurisdictions around the world.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of merger control, regulatory framework and regulatory authorities in the European Union.

No matter how severe the injury, willful misconduct is a designation used to encompass behaviors that, if engaged by an employee, can bar a workers’ compensation claim — leading to missed benefits and/or medical treatment. As a result, much of the onus falls on the employer to draft clear policies that establish discerning hiring practices and include regular training. Here’s how to protect your employee, and your company in the process.

Selected cases and materials related to limitation on liability.

It's not just boiler plate! This program will help you negotiate important clauses even with the 800 pound gorillas that everyone says will not change their "standard" contract language. To do this, you need to get past the gatekeepers. Those gatekeepers are internal and the other side with whom you are negotiating. Build influence by choosing the important issues to negotiate and help your internal constituents understand the importance to gain momentum. The panel will present negotiation and drafting tips designed to complement and refine your approach based upon differing internal and external pressures to "get the deal done."

This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with comprehensive jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guidance to aviation laws and regulations around the world.

Issued covered in this guide include aircraft trading, finance and leasing, litigation, and dispute resolution.

Because every business has employees, buy-sell agreements involve employees. This article provides a practical guide to the necessary, and not-so obvious, labor and employment issues that should be on in-house counsel’s “radar screen” when conducting merger and acquisition due diligence.

This course is intended to help you avoid contention, conflict and dissatisfaction among your employees. If left unchecked, employee discontent can lead to high turnover, low morale and efforts to unionize. (Licensed for use in classroom settings only and not for distribution in any form.)

Many of the world’s economies have made significant changes to legislation in recent years. Whether it is Brazil, Canada or<br />Germany seeing increased enforcement action, your company needs to be ready with<br />a global, proactive compliance program.

This article explains the nature of D&O coverage, outlines the effects of an insured's bankruptcy, and offers practical tips to help your company get the most out of its D&O policy in the event of bankruptcy, all while complying with the applicable law.

Tools & Solutions for Doing Your Job Better

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.

All attorneys understand the misfortune of dealing with difficult opposing counsel at some point in their career. We call these lawyers “Rambo” litigators. By understanding how Rambo litigators operate, in-house counsel can learn to watch out for certain tactics, and how best to react to them. This article outlines the steps needed to disarm this difficult adversary without losing Voices your composure or professionalism.

Recently more countries in the Asia-Pacific region have introduced gender quotas, or targets, to increase female participation on boards of listed companies. This article takes a look at the impact of these measures and the progress made so far.

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 explains whether private-sector employers are required to acknowledge federal holidays and provide premium holiday pay, it highlights Juneteenth National Independence Day and provides ways for companies to celebrate the holiday, and it summarizes federal contractor holiday pay requirements and religious accommodation obligations.  Finally, this article underscores the importance of a holiday pay policy, identifies “do’s and don’ts” for holiday parties, and sets forth public-sector employer holiday pay requirements. 

This brief resource (Top Ten) outlines the top considerations for existing ASTM standards for environmental due diligence, their intersection with the law and the advent of new standards.

This is a model employment offer letter.

This checklist provides some guidance if you find an employees social media posts become an issue.

Learn about key regulatory developments and perspectives regarding Autonomous Vehicles (AV) in the world.