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Docket Article
Publication Date: 03/02/2019
While there is reason to believe the experiment with open banking will remake the financial regulatory landscape in the UK, it is still an untested concept in the US. This article examines the open banking standard on both sides of the Atlantic, what it means for the US financial market, and what states are currently doing when it comes to fostering fintech innovation.
… Hannah Winiarski Publication Date: 03/02/2019 While there is reason to believe the experiment with open banking will … standard on both sides of the Atlantic, what it means for the US financial market, and what states are currently … process. It remains to be seen, however, what level of buy-in those programs will achieve among state regulatory …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 03/02/2019
So, what is a good in-house counsel to do? Consider it the wave of the future and jump in? Wait for industry norms and regulatory standards to evolve? Adopt off-the-shelf solutions or seek bespoke services? Each approach has its own risk profile, but those judgments should be informed by a working understanding of what AI is and how it is both similar to and different from past technologies.
… Docket Article AI for GCs: What You Need to Know as Your Company Adapts … Wu Danny Tobey Publication Date: 03/02/2019 So, what is a good in-house counsel to do? Consider it the wave of the future …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 02/08/2021
In this series, the authors focus on and analyze wellness topics to see how we can use them to support our well-being as the COVID-19 pandemic persists.
… Docket Article Pandemic Well-being: It’s OK to Ask for Help Jill Kalliomaa Jeffrey Compangano Olesja Cormney Publication Date: 02/08/2021 In this series, the authors focus on and analyze wellness … ACC Docket … The “Well-being During the Pandemic” series is a follow-up to the  “Say Yes to Well-being: How Daily …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 03/01/2018
Legal operations professionals have become significant change agents for fast-growing companies. Understanding how developing a long-term relationship with appellate counsel offers far-reaching benefits will assist these professionals in fashioning overall legal strategies that achieve optimum results.
… professionals have become significant change agents for fast-growing companies. Understanding how developing a … far-reaching benefits will assist these professionals in fashioning overall legal strategies that achieve optimum … working together to serve the company. Every legal matter is a story with characters, conflicts, and resolutions. Each …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 04/01/2016
The last 25 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has offered a lot to reflect upon. And without question, it has been a bit of a wild ride. Congress, objecting to the narrow interpretation of the ADA, stepped in nearly 20 years later to make the statute apply to pretty much everyone. So now that we have that all settled, what’s next?
… objecting to the narrow interpretation of the ADA, stepped in nearly 20 years later to make the statute apply to pretty … … CHEAT SHEET Coming changes. The US Department of Justice is vastly broadening the number of people it considers to be … with Disabilities Act, a law unique to the United States. For a discussion of other countries’ laws governing the …
Articles
Hawley Troxell, a Lex Mundi Member
05/07/2013

This Guide provides an overview of law important to companies doing business in Idaho, USA, including law related to corporate organization, taxation, investment, labor and employment, dispute resolution, etc.

… an ACC Member? Request a trial membership . … www.lexmundi.com Idaho Prepared by Lex Mundi member firm, Hawley Troxell Guide to Doing Business Lex Mundi is the world’s leading network of independent law firms with … are available on the Idaho Secretary of State’s website: http://www.sos.idaho.gov/corp/corpform.htm. …
Articles
Ronan P. Harty, Lawyer, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, LLP, Howard A. Shelanski, Counsel, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, LLP and Professor of Law, Georgetown University, and Jesse Solomon, Lawyer, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, LLP
09/19/2014

This article analyzes data from the FTC’s and the DOJ’s review of mergers over thirty years, from 1981 through 2010, for correlations to shifts in political administration.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics
Source: Resource Library
Region: Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Luxembourg, Sweden, Switzerland, United States
… of mergers over thirty years, from 1981 through 2010, for correlations to shifts in political administration. … States Doctrines l Concurrences N° 2-2012 www.concurrences.com Ronan P. harty ronan.harty@davispolk.com l Lawyer, Davis … with any meaningful assessment of their performance5. He is particularly skeptical of uncritical, activity-based …
Articles
Joaquim Manhães Moreira, Lucas Kurtz, and Ricardo Ciconelo, Manhães Moreira Advogados Associados
01/22/2014
2 pages

A review of strategies to reduce social security contribution costs under Brazilian law.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Financial Services
Source: Resource Library
Region: Brazil
… contributions Introduction Remuneration for work is an important link in the economic equation of the supply … (+55 11 3145 9555) or email (joaquim.manhaes@mmaalaw.com, lucas.kurtz@mmaalaw.com or … Moreira Advogados Associados website can be accessed at www.mmaalaw.com. …
Articles
10/07/2015

In this article key questions are answered by leading practitioners regarding franchise.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: Switzerland
… & Michelsen Wong Jin Nee & Teo www.gettingthedealthrough.com 1 CONTENTS Franchise 2015 Contributing editor: Philip F Zeidman DLA Piper LLP (US) Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Franchise, a … international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 09/01/2018
This article first summarizes the board of directors’ duties with respect to insider cybersecurity threats and identifies the scope of these threats, then provides tips on engaging the board with regard to these threats.
… the board of directors must be kept up-to-date on plans for the implementation of an insider policy, communication … than any other computer security threat. 1 This new trend is especially troublesome because, while the financial cost … is a targeted attempt, typically through email or other online messaging, to steal sensitive information, such as …
Articles
Dorothy Udeme Ufot SAN, Dorothy Ufot & Co
12/12/2014

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.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: Nigeria
… Ufot & Co December 12, 2014 Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a … Partners Von Wobeser y Sierra SC www.gettingthedealthrough.com 1 contents Arbitration 2014 contributing editors: Gerhard … Nations Con- ference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) website. Of these, only the treaties with Finland, Germany, …
Articles
Brian C. Quinn - associate general counsel in the Transmission Networks sector, Scientific Atlanta, and Kenneth A. Adams - consultant and speaker on contract drafting
12/01/2007

Like many of the contracts in-house attorneys are tasked with drawing up and overseeing, developing commercial contracts involves a number of steps. This article provides you with each step in the process, discusses the challenges involved and new approaches to help address those challenges, and offers an example of how one such contract was created and implemented.

… that approach comes at a significant cost—the workload is too big for the process to be considered anything other … enterprise sales. He can be reached at briquinn@cisco.com. KenneTH a. adamS is a consultant and speaker on contract … part of the process. One such tool is the wiki, a type of website that allows visitors to easily add, remove, and …
Articles
Gönenç Gürkaynak and Ç Olgu Kama, ELİG Attorneys-at-Law
12/12/2014

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.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: Turkey
… Veirano Advogados CONTENTS www.gettingthedealthrough.com 1 Anti-Corruption Regulation 2014 Contributing editor: … Jr Miller & Chevalier Chartered Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the eighth edition of Anti-Corruption … auditing will be required to set up and maintain a company website (for new companies, within three months of their …
Articles
Eversheds Sutherland
10/19/2022
2 pages

Learn about consequences and recommendations around faulty e-disclosures in the UK.

Resource Details
Region: United Kingdom
… eCommerce Region: United Kingdom File eversheds-sutherland.com-Beware the inexperienced IT department - Paying the price … relevant expertise to conduct eDiscovery (if the client is to conduct any part of the disclosure process in-house) … Please refer to the full terms and conditions on our website. This information is for guidance purposes only and …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
Norton Rose Fulbright
01/22/2015
17 pages

A sample Due Diligence Request List for M&A Transaction.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… Forms, Policies, and Contracts Due Diligence Request List for M&A Transaction Author Norton Rose Fulbright January 22, … LEGAL DUE DILIGENCE REQUEST LIST Set forth below is a list of documents and information to be reviewed by … at 214.855.8369 or harvadockery@nortonrosefulbright.com. Submitted: December 2014 … A sample Due Diligence …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
02/20/2014

Process and Project Mangement

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
… Business Acumen Substantive Legal Knowledge Drives Need for Project & Process Management Maturing expectations of …  management  and  change  management   •  The  result  is  a  disciplined  way  to  think  through  and  deliver …     •  WIN’s   •  Lessons  Learned   •  Control  Plan   •  Online  collabora?on  pla?orms   •  Ma?er  Management   •  …
Articles
Michael Chang, James Wong, Sean Major, Amy Sommers
03/01/2010

In this edition, the Docket reviews what every company in in the region needs to know in order to succeed, as well as providing a toolkit for counsel on mitigating IP loss exposure in China.

Resource Details
Source: ACC Docket
Region: China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Vietnam
… know in order to succeed, as well as providing a toolkit for counsel on mitigating IP loss exposure in China. Resource … in the Region By Michael Chang (michael.chang@warnerbros. com)1 and James Wong (james@chinneycapital.com)2 Your company … to educate and manage. In other words, an ideal lawyer is someone who can convert nonbelievers like Martin Luther …
Articles
01/31/2001

Are you dreading performance evaluation time in your department? Fear not. Help is at hand. No, we can’t tackle them for you, but the samples and advice in this article should go a long way toward helping you achieve your goal.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Law Department Management
Source: ACC Docket
Region: United States
… evaluation time in your department? Fear not. Help is at hand. No, we can’t tackle them for you, but the samples and advice in this article should go … may feel that they do not receive enough feedback or com­ munication.^ You probably remember the following drill: …
Advocacy Filings
John H. McGuckin, Jr. - executive vice president and general counsel, Union Bank of California; Susan J. Hackett - senior vice president, general counsel and assistant secretary, American Corporate Counsel Association
12/02/1999

A brief arguing that the prevailing market rate is the most reasonable, equitable, and predictable method of calculating reasonable attorney fees for in-house counsel.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… 2, 1999 A brief arguing that the prevailing market rate is the most reasonable, equitable, and predictable method of calculating reasonable attorney fees for in-house counsel. Resource Details Interest Area: … F.R.D. 640 (S.D. Tex. 1982) Margolin v. Regional Planning Com., 134 Cal. App. 3d 999 (1982) Mid-Hudson Legal Services, …
Program Materials
Scott Appleton
06/01/2013

Drawing on the tips imparted by panelists of a recent conference hosted by law firm Norton Rose, this article assesses the business opportunities opening up to international companies in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC).

Resource Details
Source: Meetings
Region: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
… up to international companies in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC). Resource Details … Business in the GCC By Scott Appleton (scott@954consulting.com), 954 Consulting A region of competing and contrasting … the capital, Abu Dhabi. The combined population of the GCC is around 50 2 EMEA BRIEFINGS JuNE 2013 © Association of …
Checklists
WeComply
10/25/2010

A sample course for trainers giving information to employees on appropriate internet use in the office.

… Usage Author WeComply October 25, 2010 A sample course for trainers giving information to employees on appropriate … in PowerPoint’s help guide for instructions. The course is also available online for those who cannot attend the … or to set up the online version, visit www.wecomply.com/diy. Appropriate Internet Use Copyright © 2010 WeComply, …
Articles
10/01/2005

Conflict of interest issues can be extremely difficult to solve because they often occur in highly personal contexts, raise complicated questions of law and ethics, and do not allow for clear-cut answers. The best way to handle such conflict of interest issues is proactively, and this Toolkit gives the basics on how it's done.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics
Source: ACC Docket
Region: United States
… The best way to handle such conflict of interest issues is proactively, and this Toolkit gives the basics on how it's … involved in the deal gets a $3,000 watch from one of your com- pany’s vice presidents. Not only do conflict of interest … the code is filed with the SEC or posted on the company’s website. We recom- mend the latter method because it offers …
Jim Sturm
12/01/2019
6 pages

As data breach duties and consumer privacy rights become more pronounced, it is imperative to understand your customers’ expectations.

Resource Details
Region: United States, European Union
… and consumer privacy rights become more pronounced, it is imperative to understand your customers’ expectations. … the age of 18 showed that only 25 percent believe most com- panies handle their sensitive personal data responsibly, … Essentially every organization that has a consumer-facing website also has a privacy notice, usually in the form of an …
Articles
Susan Hackett, senior vice president and general counsel, ACC
09/01/2005

The author walks you through how the corporate attorney-client privilege is eroding in today's world of corporate transparency, discusses the effects of these changes on companies, and concludes with a call to arms.

Resource Details
Source: ACC Docket
Region: United States
… you through how the corporate attorney-client privilege is eroding in today's world of corporate transparency, … to your law department, contact Susan at hackett@acca.com. By the time you file the 10-Q, you have seen the … credit or cooperation”), available on the Task Force’s website at www.abanet.org/buslaw/ attorneyclient. 10. See …
Articles
Eversheds Sutherland
02/22/2023
1 pages

This article discusses the Czech Republic government adopts a long-awaited amendment changing rules for energy price caps applicable to large enterprises.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Energy and Public Utility
Region: Czech Republic
… Utility Region: Czech Republic File eversheds-sutherland.com-New rules for energy price caps in Czech Republic.pdf … to delivery points in the Czech Republic. The purpose is to simplify for Member States to monitor exceedances of … Please refer to the full terms and conditions on our website. This information is for guidance purposes only and …
Articles
Joseph Farrell, Professor of Economics, University of California (Berkeley), Director, Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics
09/19/2014

Merger review at the US antitrust agencies considers, as the 2010 Merger Guidelines put it, “any reasonably available and reliable evidence.”

Resource Details
Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics
Source: Resource Library
Region: Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Luxembourg, Sweden, Switzerland, United States
… views...21 @ See also B. Durand, «Merger simulation is back: Should we worry about it?»; A. Perrot, G. de Muizon … de couplage et remises fidélisantes » on concurrences.com Market data and PartICIPants’ vIews In horIzontal MerGer … this class of techniques here quite widely to include, for instance: g Calculating how the merger can be expected to …
Articles
Practical Law
06/15/2017
26 pages

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of restraints of trade, monopolies and abuses of market power in Singapore.

Resource Details
Region: Singapore
… 20036 USA tel +1 202.293.4103, fax +1 202.293.4701 www.acc.com By in-house counsel, for in-house counsel.® Association … EU law, joint ventures and proposals for reform. This Q&A is part of the global guide to competition and cartel … and can be submitted to the CCS through its website, by email, by post or by fax. The CCS will check that …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
WeComply
06/24/2013

This course explains the basic requirements that an organization must meet when contracting with the federal government. (Licensed for use in classroom settings only and not for distribution in any form.)

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… of ethics and compliance training since 1999. The course is also available online from any Internet-connected … use or online access, please e-mail info@wecomply.com or call 1-866-WeComply. INTRODUCTION Welcome to our OFCCP … are available online at the U.S. Department of Labor website in various languages. Compliance with Executive Order …
Articles
Eversheds Sutherland
10/18/2022
2 pages

Learn about crypto assets and NFT risks and the state of regulation of them in South Africa.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Financial Services
Region: South Africa, Africa
… Region: South Africa, Africa File eversheds-sutherland.com-Unregulated Crypto Assets do your homework before joining … jargon, crypto assets are digital assets in which value is created, ownership is verified, and the asset is … Please refer to the full terms and conditions on our website. This information is for guidance purposes only and …
Articles
Eversheds Sutherland
10/18/2022
2 pages

Learn about effects of a new procurement model for water and sewage contracts in the United Kingdom.

… Area: Commercial and Contracts File eversheds-sutherland.com-Statutory payment and adjudication provisions excluded … of high value water and sewerage infrastructure. This is a new means of outsourcing, which is hoped to bring … Please refer to the full terms and conditions on our website. This information is for guidance purposes only and …
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