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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 resource reviews key provisions of the CFPOA, FCPA, UK Bribery Act, OECD, Brazil’s new law, provincial laws/regulations.

Review relevant Canadian rules of professional conduct and discuss global privilege rules comparatively, highlighting practical challenges facing corporate counsel such as providing legal advice, and handling legal communications that span jurisdictions, Finally, receive guidance on how to manage your legal team in light of jurisdictional differences.

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.

Learn about key developments and perspectives regarding class actions in Europe.

All employers operating in the EU are likely to be required to make changes to their current arrangements to take account of the requirements of the EU Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions. Effects may also be seen beyond the EU, where multi-national employers seek to “level-up” their arrangements.

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.

On March 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed long-awaited rule changes for climate-related disclosures for investors. In this article, learn five things that every compliance professional should know about ESG and five steps to take now.

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.

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.

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.

Eighth edition of the Getting the Deal Through Anti-Corruption Regulation Guide, a volume that provides international analysis for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.

This fourth edition of Deloitte's 'Look Before You Leap' survey focused on the use of background/integrity checks when considering a business relationship, investment, or acquisition outside the United States.

Many in-house counsel are deciding that an ideal relationship with outside counsel involves a long-lasting commitment to partnership and collaboration, to understanding each other's interests and goals, to open communication and to pursuing new strategies. Read this article and learn how to establish outside counsel partnerships based on trust.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from questions and responses posted onthe Compliance and Ethics and Small Law Departments eGroups, addresses issues involving agreements and requests to adhere to contracting parties' codes of conduct. The issues discussed include third-party adherence to your code of conduct, conflicting codes of conduct, and code of ethics v. supplier code of ethics.

The data protection issues raised by outsourcing are important to
virtually every medium or large organization. Most have multiple service providers processing personal information on their behalfâ??a customerservice call center, a pensions/benefits administrator, a payroll administrator. And, an increasing number of organizations have at least some of their data processed offshore. The consequences of ignoring the related data protection issues are significant. It's not just reputational risks that are growing,
there are also legal exposures to fines and civil penalties. In this
article, the authors identify the most common data protection issues created by outsourcing and similar service provider arrangements, and suggest practical solutions for addressing them.

This is a sample sales agreement between a hotel and corporation.

Learn about the two new regulations in Argentina that bring changes to the Data Protection sector.