The regulatory regime surrounding cryptocurrencies is fragmented and stretches to the extremes in some jurisdictions. Learn more about how different countries deal with cryptocurrencies.
This handbook provides for an overview of the applicable privacy and data protection laws and regulations across 63 different jurisdictions and guides you through this complex area of compliance. It is an important source for information for legal departments of corporations, irrespective of the location of their headquarters.
Check out this 2014 Communicator Award-winning article! Litametrics is the application of analytics in a range of areas. The use of analytics is not new territory for most law departments that dabble in ediscovery, applying analytics to perform searches for documents. Litametrics can also empower counsel to make better and more informed decisions on building a legal team, budgeting and predicting outcomes of cases so the best strategy can be developed. Learn what Litametrics can do for you.
This is a template enterprise license agreement.
Back by popular demand, this is your opportunity to catch up on the highlights of this year’s employment law developments and to hear about the issues likely to be important in the next year. Our panel of experienced employment law experts will give particular attention to recent and highly anticipated US Supreme Court developments, as well as any significant international developments.
This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses the challenges associated with moving from hard copy contracts and towards electronic records management systems, under US law. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Law Department Management ACC Network.*
Data breaches and cyberattacks threaten every company's brand, and bottom line, both in the United States and around the world. This brief article offers key tips on what the technology means and how to ensure your company is taking the proper actions to protect your company. This list also includes a glossary of essential technology terms with basic definitions for non-experts.
This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses employee reimbursement agreements for permanent residency (Green Card) applications, under US law. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Employment & Labor Law ACC Network.*
This is a sample employee privacy policy.
This report shares leading practices for legal departments on how to engage their outside counsel most effectively with respect to setting DEI standards.
Protect your clients’ interests in horizontal and vertical agreements under the new EU competition law.
In this issue: Implications of the Impending Elimination of Canadian Withholding Tax on Interest Payments by Brian E. Bomstein and Martin Fingerhut; The Socioeconomic and Safety Impact of Counterfeits in Canada by Robert J. ("RJ") Falconi; Cartels in Canada: Practical Approaches to Manage Risk by Patti Phelan and James Musgrove
It’s enough of a task to jump through all the hoops of the Securities and Exchange Commission without trying to master the requirements of the 10 (count ’em) different Canadian securities commissions (one for each province). Efforts to streamline the process, however, as explained in this article by Stephen R.E. Rose, of Chrysler Canada Ltd., may make it worthwhile for U.S. issuers in search of sophisticated capital holders to take a second look.
This article summarises the legislative framework for the protection of personally<br />identifiable information (PII).
This is a sample employment handbook.
This multi-jurisdictional guide discusses legal issues, rules, and developments related to telecoms, media and internet. Topics covered include cybersecurity, interception, encryption and data retention.
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Members from 4 legal departments (Yazaki, Brother, Micron and Chubb) will show how their systems work in an open forum.
Arbitration can often be viewed as something standardâ€"a process that comes up only during contract negotiations. Learn how to look at dispute resolution from the viewpoint of contractual arbitration, understanding that arbitration agreements can be customized to meet almost any contractual requirement.
Includes a checklist with seven main points to remember when tailoring your arbitration agreement. Also includes sample ADR contract language.
Workplace investigations are always critical, but they can get more complicated abroad, where the rules are often different. Uncover strategies for international investigations involving expatriates abroad, local employees in foreign countries, allegations involving conduct implicating multiple jurisdictions and extraterritorial application of US substantive and procedural laws. Learn about the complicated practice to implement remedial measures from the top down within an international organization.
As the world prepares to enter a period of increasing isolationism, one effect is indisputable: It will slow down global commerce. From conducting a large-scale international acquisition to simply sending an email, in-house counsel can expect to encounter a wide array of new legal considerations that will directly impact cross-border business operations.
It is common for disputes over intellectual property (IP) rights, including patent, trademark and copyright disputes, to be multijurisdictional in nature. As discussed below, there are a number of important litigation procedures that make Canada an attractive forum in which to litigate IP rights.
This is a list of documents to support third-party litigation financing.
To learn more about social responsibility, advocacy, and ethics, try spending some time with a five-year-old. As lawyers, many of us are required to spend a certain minimum number of hours at ethics classes, which tend to be dreary and doldrum. The author of this article suggests int he future that lawyers spend their time learning ethics from young children. Doing some will not only be informative, but will be anything but dreary.
On March 21, 2022, by a 3-1 vote, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) proposed rules that would require registrants, including both domestic and foreign private issuers, to include climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports. In summary, the proposed rules would require significant, detailed new narrative disclosures in the body of annual reports and prospectuses.
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