This article lists the top ten considerations for real estate transactions in Kenya.
Social media often blurs the line between on-and off-duty. Use these best practices when considering responding to an employee’s social media use.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) makes dramatic changes to benefit programs and creates new notification requirements for employer plans during open enrollment. Many ACA changes took effect on the first plan year on or after September 23, 2010, while others become effective in subsequent plan years. This checklist will help employers navigate through this process.
Over the course of two sessions, learn how to structure and implement an effective compliance program; review hallmark DOJ guidance and discuss the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and their application to corporate compliance programs; learn how to conduct a gap analysis and design a compliance program that fits your organization’s needs; learn about successful program-building strategies and how to avoid compliance program pitfalls; and learn how to measure the effectiveness of your program and conduct a compliance audit.
Our commitment to conducting business in<br />a lawful and ethical manner is not tested when doing so is easy, but rather when it is hard.
This article focuses on behavioral economics theories and negotiation strategy.
The 2016 Top 30-Somethings represent the best characteristics of ACC members. They all are trailblazers in their own ways -- lending helping hands to the business, others in the in-house community, and to their individual communities as a whole.
With ten months to go for new state privacy compliance laws, this article developed by Womble Bond Dickinson looks at how Colorado, Virginia, and California will be affected and what you should do so your operations stay compliant with the updates.
Law departments handle a diverse scope of legal issues. With limited resources, how can a legal department access the information it needs when it needs it without reinventing the wheel every time? The speakers will discuss how they organize information to make it readily available to their teams, using such tools and processes as wikis, company sharefiles, keywords, automatic electronic reminders, cloud services, instruction manuals, and checklists. They will also explore best practices on strategies for implementation and continuous improvement in the use of processes and technologies.
This article outlines those things to think about when considering a superannuation fund loan.
This article provides an explanation of the Clean Power Plan (CPP). The article also describes the CPP's development, previous legislation that led to its execution as well as the controversies surrounding its release within the United States.
Implications of US Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization for employers in the United States
Law students face an increasingly competitive entry-level job market. To bridge the gap between the study and practice of law, the University of San Diego School of Law developed a Corporate Counsel Internship program. Enrolled students will experience the multitude of challenges that face corporations and develop essential legal skills, thus benefiting themselves and their future employers.
The greatest disparities in the legal profession are found in the upper levels of legal executives, such as general counsel or managing partners. This article explores how life circumstances, skills, behavior, and the availability of mentoring contribute to these differences, and the potential for technology to break down barriers.
As new technology decreases transaction costs, traditional business models are changing drastically. In-house counsel must be ready to face these changes, or risk being replaced by external service providers.
Diversity initiatives continue to grow and change with corporate business models: taking on a different complexion when applied in companies with significant global presence and offering new challenges in an era defined by bottom-line attention to corporate compliance and social responsibility. Read ACC's newest leading practice profile and find out how the legal departments of 10 different companies have developed diversity initiatives that are making a difference.
Add value to your own efforts to improve the contracting process in your company by conducting realistic and practical training programs. Try these handy tips.
At the 2013 CCU event in New Orleans, five of ACC's Top 10 30-Somethings identified the top challenges that the next generation of in-house counsel will face and offered their advice.
The author simplifies what some consider a complex, bureaucratic legal system — 18,000+ judges; 94 million law- suits in the pipeline; 27 million cases concluded annually; and 28 million new cases in annually.
A presentation on information management and records retention programs.
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