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.
FCA policy statement PS22/8 “Protecting investors in authorised funds following the Russian invasion of Ukraine” sets out emergency measures to deal with the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on authorised funds and retail investors, and came into force on 11 July 2022.
This articles describes the evolution of the roles of general counsel (GC) in Germany. Because of the need for German companies to respond to different challenges and business needs, GCs now serve more multi-faceted roles in contrast to their United States counterparts. In addition to providing legal insight as lawyers, GCs in German companies also have more executive roles, even acting as business managers.
If an employee is injured or injures another person as a result of consuming alcohol at an employer-sponsored event, the employer may face liability claims. Read this article to learn how you can minimize your company's potential liability.
This article first describes mobile financial services for consumers and the types of companies participating in the provision of those services.
This primer considers in detail the use of English law in Belt & Road transactions.
Three Party Master Depositor Escrow Service Agreement for Canada
In most cases, firms do not acknowledge disability groups as protected minorities under the title of diversity. As a result, those with disabilities receive the bare minimum in protections from the US Department of Labor, and often struggle to defend themselves against employment discrimination or workplace exclusion. Why have people with disabilities been overlooked from diversity protections and how can in-house counsel play a pivotal role in changing this for the better?
An important function of every in-house legal department is to provide compliance and ethics training to its non-legal clients – that is, the organization's employees. Effective training on pertinent laws and regulations can help prevent and detect legal problems, and can also limit or mitigate the organization's exposure if violations occur. This program will provide practical guidance for (i) developing training content that conveys the essential information to the employees who need it, (ii) delivering that information in a comprehensible and engaging manner, (iii) ensuring that all employees who should be trained actually receive their training, and (iv) tracking these activities in order to prove up each employee's training participation if/as needed. Attendees will leave this program with ACC resources that will jump-start your training and save you time and money.
For more compliance and ethics training resources, visit ACC's new Compliance Training Portal at <a href=http://www.acc.com/compliance>www.acc.com/compliance</a>.<br/>
Read more to see Joe's tips on litigation management for in-house counsel.
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Three Party Escrow Service Agreement for Canada
This article highlights what firms need to consider during their journey of digital transformation and investments in data opportunities, more specifically in the context of corporate transactions and reorganizations.
Formulate a strategy that will provide protection for your company's intellectual property.
Becoming too much like the anachronistic, rules-laden court system it was meant to displace, commercial arbitration is no longer the most efficient and effective way to resolve disputes. In-house counsel increasingly complain that arbitration now looks and feels like a court case, but without the same rights of appeal. This panel, composed of in-house counsel and other lawyers in the arbitration space, will focus on how to return commercial arbitration to its roots as a speedy and cost-effective counterpart to the judicial system.
This Top Ten highlights the top ten actions that can be taken on international trade issues to limit risks in supply arrangements and acquisition agreements.
This InfoPAK is designed to provide corporate counsel with a general overview of employee benefits. The InfoPAK will focus on how ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code apply to health and welfare and retirement benefits provided by employers to their employees in the United States.
On 19 July 2022, the UK Government issued legislation which changed the definition of a “relevant firm” to now include crypto-asset exchange providers and custodian wallet providers (“Crypto Firms”). As such Crypto Firms will now have reporting obligations under UK sanctions legislation.
Learn key developments regarding the private placement regimes of EU States and some non-EU States.
In this updated guide, learn about the changes to right to work checks effective April 6, 2022, including details of the new digital identity verification tool for checks carried out on British and Irish nationals.
The General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act, No. 22 of 2022 places new obligations on Companies and other persons to register prescribed information regarding beneficial ownership following South Africa’s grey listing and recommendations made by the Financial Action Task Force.
This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with comprehensive jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guidance to trade mark laws and regulations around the world.
On 9 February 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) published new competition law guidance targeted at employers. Its purpose is to remind employers that they must comply with competition law when setting wages, working conditions for new and existing employees, and policies on staff recruitment and retention.
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