This Top Ten highlights the top ten actions that can be taken on international trade issues to limit risks in supply arrangements and acquisition agreements.
Learn about the two new regulations in Argentina that bring changes to the Data Protection sector.
The “Shine the Light” law, which requires businesses to release what customer information they have shared with third-party companies, has led, in recent months, to an increase in class action suits. Learn how to comply with the statute and avoid losing millions of dollars in damages.
The purpose of this ACC guide (InfoPAK) is to provide an overview of opportunities available as a result of Big Data — the ability to collect, process, and interpret massive amounts of information — in healthcare, and the U.S. regulatory regime that is in part driving such industry change. It provides an overview of the key US federal and state laws pertaining to the collection and secondary use of health data, and suggests strategies and best practices for addressing health privacy and data ownership concerns.
This presentation will aid you in your utilization of analytical tools that indicate whether a new project will create value, such as Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Payback Period and Economic Value Added (EVA).
Smart companies plan, measure results and demonstrate success. The legal department within those companies need to follow suit. Demonstrating to your client that you add value is critical. This program will teach the in's and out's of strategic planning and effective metrics development that will help you demonstrate your department's successes and show your boss how you add value to the company's bottom line.
This article discusses the scope for applying EU Competition Law, by critically analyzing both the recent European Commission’s policy and the views taken by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJ) and by the General Court (GC), with regard to the misuse of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) related procedures and reverse payments.
Would you love to have the data and statistics promised by TBB but can’t bear the thought of the pains of implementation? This article is for you.
This article provides an overview of the new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regime for packaging which will start on January 1, 2024.
This is a chart depicting 2015 Supreme Court opinions impacting the healthcare industry.
In response to CEO pleas for legal departments to cut costs, columnist Ronald Pol offers some advice, including to outsource, to share costs, and more.
This article discusses different aspects of Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) provider selection, including location, casting your net broadly enough, making your selection based on robust criteria, and taking into account possible obstacles to success that have more to do with your own organization than the potential provider.
In this issue of European Briefings, a quarterly supplement of the ACC Docket, find out what you need to know about the most current risk management issues.
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 Germany.
This article discusses issues such as falling share prices in response to labor disputes, “living wage” resolutions at AGMs, stakeholder concerns over working conditions in supply chains, and workers speaking up about their employer’s culture and ethics, which potentially engage the EU’s new sustainability reporting duty.
Learn how other in-house counsel and their legal department support corporate governance and compliance and ethics programs. In-house counsel from seven companies share governance practices and examine the alignment of ethics and compliance with the culture and strategic plan of the organization. At the end of the guide, find practical tools and samples, such as a company compliance newsletter, a compliance checklist, a compliance program assessment table and a management attestation questionnaire for legislative compliance.
This article discusses two recent UK cases surrounding patenting of AI innovations.
In both cases, the judgments evaluated the historic application of specific provisions of the UK Patents Act 1977 (the “Act”) and how they may shape the approach to patenting AI innovations in the UK.
New data privacy regulations in the European Union and in the United States are set to have an extensive impact on the legal and regulatory landscape affecting in-house practice. As such, it is imperative that your company is prepared for the regulatory changes.
Learn how cyber-insurance can help protect businesses.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview of privacy rules and principles in Argentina.
China, like many countries, has launched efforts to stop bribery and corruption. At
the same time, deeply ingrained cultural practices (e.g., gift giving) attract the attention of regulators. With more anti-bribery laws on the books than ever before, and with China’s robust economy guaranteeing more business transactions, multinationals need to carefully vet third-party contractors by exercising thorough due diligence.
Medicare telehealth post-Public Health Emergency (PHE): With the COVID-19 PHE concluding on May 11, 2023, many of the telehealth flexibilities the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented during the PHE will sunset at varying times.
The Canadian government issued this document to provide guidance to private sector organizations, both small and large, when a privacy breach occurs. Organizations should take preventative steps prior to a breach occurring by having reasonable policies and procedural safeguards in place, and conducting necessary training. This guideline is intended to help organizations take the appropriate steps in the event of a privacy breach and to provide guidance in assessing whether notification to affected individuals is required. Not all steps may be necessary, or some steps may be combined.
Discusses DuPont's metrics - standards for monitoring individuals, organizations, or programs over time - that it uses to measure legal performance and validate assumptions about the department's working and bottomline effectiveness.
This intensive discussion will focus on related-party transactions entered into by a hypothetical multinational company and how you can recognize transfer pricing issues that arise from transactions involving goods, services and IP. Learn how to resolve common transfer pricing problems that arise before and after an IRS examination.
Read this 2008 Communicator Award-winning article! <br/>Have you ever looked up and realized that a deadline you thought was so far off was fast approaching, or found that the extra obligation you thought would only take a minute is actually taking much longer? Here, the author shares some of her experiences and offers a few suggestions for attaining that elusive work/life balance.
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