Ben Franklin knew a thing or two about inventions and money, though not so much about patent litigation. You can use his wisdom, though, to curb many of patent litigation's costs. Read how up-front investments in defining clear goals, selecting top-notch counsel, retaining the right experts, and realistically analyzing the merits and costs will save you money in the long run.
An article, adapted from a presentation, regarding traits or actions of outside counsel that rub the average in-house attorney the wrong way.
To assist corporations and individuals in better understanding the nature of the risk they face in Canada, this paper provides an overview of Canada’s foreign corrupt practices regime, highlights recent cases and developments and outlines risk mitigation strategies, including a robust compliance program and anti-corruption due diligence in certain corporate transactions.
Got employees? Then chances are they've got Facebook - and you've got a multitude of potential problems. As electronic communication continues to advance, employers are finding it more difficult to strike a balance between monitoring and restricting employees use of social monitoring and restricting employees use of social networking sites. This article focuses on using social networking sites at the pre-employment screening stage, and while monitoring and regulating their use by current employees.
In recent years, organized labor has employed aggressive campaign strategies and innovative techniques designed to catch unwary employers off guard. The National Labor Relations Board also has launched new initiatives that impact all employers. The information provided in this InfoPAKSM can assist in-house counsel seeking to improve a company’s ability to avoid or survive a corporate campaign, make necessary changes to comply with the National Labor Relations Act, and enhance an organization’s overall human resource posture.
This article discusses how you can ensure that your company is ready for an OSHA inspection. Learn how to prepare your facilities so that your company is in the best position to defend itself.
Would you feel comfortable if your company outsourced its key technology, ecommerce, or information management-related functions using agreements that did not cover the most critical contractual issues? Of course not. This article provides a "Top 10" list of important legal issues that you should address in technology, ecommerce, and information management outsourcing agreements. The list includes some issues that, although not necessarily new or unique to outsourcing transactions, are at a premium in such agreements. The article also provides some sample contractual language that you can use as a starting point to address key legal issues specific to your company.
This presentation will discuss why successful project management is essential for innovative organizations, help you understand the primary characteristics of projects and the criteria for success, and focus on how the environment, stakeholders, schedule, cost and quality requirements impact the definition of deliverables.
Due diligence, choice of accounting and advisory firms, and banking and finance arrangements pose special challenges for in-house practitioners managing international mergers and acquisitions transactions. We will address how cross-cultural communication, ability to manage foreign outside counsel, knowledge of one’s company and understanding of M&A principles allows us to work across borders to achieve business objectives.
Provides a list of circumstances commonly excluded from force majeure (FM) to assist in deciding whether they should be in or out of your list of FM triggers.
An intellectual property (IP) and information technology (IT) due diligence request list for use in connection with an M&A transaction. This request list is designed for IP specialists and is specific to IP and IT-related issues. This Standard Document has integrated notes<br />with important explanations and drafting tips.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of merger control, regulatory framework and regulatory authorities in Singapore.
Corporate counsel must understand the relevant technology and the risks that it poses, and create, adopt, and enforce a policy that minimizes the risks without causing bigger problems. This article will help you do just that.
Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in our series of annual reports, which provide international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.
An article discussing steps the Singapore Government tried to take to cool the increased rates of real estate.
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 Argentina.
This multi-jurisdictional resource provides practical information on cross-border data protection issues, including regulations, data controller obligations, rights to access personal data, international transfer of data, and data processing by third parties.
Do you know how to use the newly developed U.S. Patent and Trademark Office electronic searching and filing systems for patents and trademarks? Read this article to learn how you can expedite the preparation and filing of trademark and patent applications to ensure that your company receives the earliest possible filing date.
As companies get creative about their financial solutions, the concept of taking business to off-site legal professionals is becoming more popular. This article discusses the development of legal outsourcing, its benefits and the information you need to decide if it’s the right move for your business.
Knowing the law is key to serving your clients. Knowing why people behave the way they do and your own strengths and weaknesses in dealing with them can make you successful. Research has shown that some of the very skills that make us technically competent as lawyers actually hurt our ability to work with other people well and move our careers forward. A panel of experts will tell you how to harness your emotional intelligence, how to measure it and how to improve it.
When there is credible evidence that senior corporate management has engaged in illegal activity, what is the responsibility of the chief legal officer (CLO)? Congress, through its enactment of the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 (SOX), has called upon CLOs in particular to be buffers against corporate abuse. This article addresses the limitations and failures of SOX, and suggests what can be done to empower CLOs.
Contract manufacturing involves negotiation between two parties: the manufacturer and the brand name owner. For commercial purposes, the arrangement works well. Each party is able to focus on their core competencies. However, when the lawyers sit down to hammer out the contracts, problems often arise. Three strategies can resolve contractual issues: the one-to-one contracting model, agreements in tandem, or a Joinder, which brings the contract manufacturer under the terms of the Master Agreement.
Would you purchase a car without taking it for a test drive? Would you proceed with an M&A transaction without conducting a thorough due diligence process? No, of course not; however, hasty individuals sometimes make foolish decisions. Learn the fate of MidSize Software Corporation, and consider these questions as you begin M&A due diligence.
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