On average around the world, starting a business takes 7 procedures, 25 days and costs 32% of income per capita in fees. To operate and expand, the firm will need financing—from shareholders or from creditors. Raising money in the capital market is easier and less costly where minority shareholders feel protected from self-interested transactions by large shareholders. Good corporate governance rules can provide this kind of protection. But among the 189 economies covered by this article, 46 still have only very limited requirements for disclosing majority shareholders’ conflicts of interest—or none at all. In recent years, there has been remarkable progress in removing some of the biggest bureaucratic obstacles to private sector activity. Yet small and medium-size enterprises still are subject to burdensome regulations and vague rules that are unevenly applied and that impose inefficiencies on the enterprise sector. Learn more about the specific regulatory obstacles small and medium-size enterprises must navigate.
Learn about the UAE's law on personal data processing, the Federal Decree Law No. 45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data (the DPL).
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Members from 4 legal departments (Yazaki, Brother, Micron and Chubb) will show how their systems work in an open forum.
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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.
Learn about key regulatory developments and perspectives regarding Autonomous Vehicles (AV) in the world.
This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses a remote wipe waiver for employees who want to access company e-mail on their personal mobile device, under US law. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Small Law Departments ACC Network.*
This article provides practical antitrust compliance tools for SMEs and larger companies.
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 survey explores the areas of personal career history, personal demographics, profile of the corporate legal department and the use of legal research and other products and services.
Learn about the continued increased enforcement activity combatting economic crime in Ireland.
Learn more about the new Special Fraud Alert published by the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on arrangements with telemedicine companies, setting forth seven characteristics OIG believes could suggest a given arrangement poses a heighted risk of fraud and abuse.
Learn about the implications of the decision by the Supreme Court of Illinois in Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc. (February 17, 2023), which determined that violations under the US Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) accrue each time an individual’s biometric data is illegally scanned or transmitted.
On March 6, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") finalized new climate disclosure rules for public companies, mandating comprehensive reporting on climate-related risks and their impacts on business operations. This article explores the details of the new requirements, the rationale behind the changes, and the implications for corporate transparency in addressing climate risks.
This article details how to deal with the "free-rider" problem in which discounters take advantage of the capital investments of other dealers. Through those investments, they've helped establish brand recognition and a reputation for quality products. The discounters are unfairly trading on the brand without having made any investment in it. The sales department doesn't care what it's called. They just want to know one thing: "How can we stop it?"
A review of United Arab Emirates law related to corporate governance, investment, incorporation, intellectual property, data privacy, real estate, and transferring shares.
If you are wondering which inexpensive or free technology-related solutions are available for your legal department, this session is for you. The panel will cover solutions ranging from workflow efficiencies to professional/social collaboration and networking. This session will also include multi-media demonstrations and tips on how to customize these solutions to meet your individual and department needs.
Every year natural disasters, such as hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes, and tornadoes, impose significant environmental harms, and many of these impacts are projected to increase as climate change accelerates. The emerging field of “disaster law” has a significant overlap with environmental law, both in responding to and managing the environmental impacts of natural disasters, and in the role of insurance and compensation in managing risks. This panel will review the legal components of disaster planning and disaster response, focusing on legal challenges that companies face in planning for disasters, ensuring continuation of operations in the face of disasters, and securing government assistance, regulatory relief, and insurance recovery in the wake of such disasters.
This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses how companies handle severance pay plans when a former employee finds new employment, under US law. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Employment & Labor Law ACC Network.*
New technologies mean new legal issues. The authors spotlight five high-profile tech issues, and suggest some practical company policies.
Annexes to the impact assessment.
It's not just boiler plate! This program will help you negotiate important clauses even with the 800 pound gorillas that everyone says will not change their "standard" contract language. To do this, you need to get past the gatekeepers. Those gatekeepers are internal and the other side with whom you are negotiating. Build influence by choosing the important issues to negotiate and help your internal constituents understand the importance to gain momentum. The panel will present negotiation and drafting tips designed to complement and refine your approach based upon differing internal and external pressures to "get the deal done."
This program will use humor, and chocolate, to provide an overview of equipment leasing from an accounting, tax and legal perspective and the ramifications thereof. There will also be a section discussing practical points (i.e., what to look for) when reviewing an equipment lease. Leave this session on a chocolate high with practical tips to negotiate into your next equipment lease.
Provides how in-house counsel can better protect their organizations from the dangers of having records programs that are not enforced.
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