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Sales are everything in growing IT companies. This realization, plus seven crucial tips, can help new in-house counsel at IT companies become productive, valuable contributors more quickly.

In answering this FAQ, we provide guidance on what parties need to do (or avoid doing) in order to ensure that any pre-arbitral ADR procedure is enforceable.

This guide is part of the Lex Mundi Guides to Doing Business series which provides general information about legal and business infrastructures in jurisdictions around the world.

This article offers some considerations for manufacturers and distributors with products in Ontario and some practical suggestions for managing and avoiding expensive and reputation or relationship damaging product liability claims.

This CMS e-Guide contains an overview of international arbitration practice and chapters on the law and practice of arbitration in the jurisdictions covered. It is equivalent to Volume I of the printed version of the CMS Guide to Arbitration.

The George Washington University Paralegal Studies Program course description, including topics, objectives, agenda and readings.

A lawyer employed as in-house counsel is subject to the same professional and ethical obligations as any other lawyer. The only difference between lawyers in private practice and in-house lawyers is that the latter have only one client – the organisation by which they are employed.

This article discusses current issues and concerns for employers surrounding the use of arbitration to resolve employment disputes.

Cyber-security Crisis Management article - presentation held in Sydney 13 June 2017 and Melbourne 15 June 2017.

This comprehensive guide provides an overview of several topics of interest including national/state restrictions imposed on ownership of real estate, the taxes that are levied in each jurisdiction, and reporting requirements globally. This guide is part of the Lex Mundi Global Practice Guide Series which features substantive overviews of laws, practice areas, and legal and business issues in jurisdictions around the globe.

Recent studies show that when we are part of a collective group (e.g., a group we have joined), we are far less likely to post unique, different or contrarian messages to that group.

A February 25, 2022 decree clarifies obligations of the Rixain law adopted in France in late 2021. Read some of the details in this article.

Trade secret owners are faced with a myriad of issues, especially with the increasingly global marketplace. Business owners and leaders must address the risk of outright theft of their intellectual property by competitors or would-be competitors. International communication networks that make the theft of trade secrets as easy as pushing the “send” button magnify this trend. This interactive workshop will allow the attendees to work in groups and act as business leaders facing a trade secret crisis in their companies. The attendees will then choose how to address their crisis and which legal actions to take. Each team will take turns presenting their strategy to the entire group and, if necessary, the presenter will make recommendations for additional ways the teams could have protected their trade secrets.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide of data protection rules and principles, right to access personal data or object to its collection in Singapore.

This is a sample privacy policy statement.

Selected cases and materials related to limitation on liability.

In this updated infopak for 2018, we explore Canadian competition law, examining Canada’s Competition Act and appropriate case law. Canada’s Competition Act is similar in many respects to its U.S. counterpart, the Sherman Antitrust Act. However, there are important differences that American companies, doing business in Canada, must take into consideration.

Building upon the lessons learned in Part I (Session 911), faculty will further discuss the practical application of financial decision making practices to your everyday work. Faculty will also explain important analytical tools that indicate whether a new project will create value, such as: Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Payback Period and Economic Value Added (EVA).

Learn about recent UK High Court decisions and their implications with regard to cryptocurrency disputes in England and Wales.

In-house counsel at brand-owning companies are already well aware of the importance and value of any major company trademark but often lack a consistent policy for handling less critical marks. Third-party infringement of a lesser mark can still cause significant headaches. Prevent the nightmare situation of infringing on someone’s prior trademark, which can result in litigation, lost inventory and more.

This document is intended to provide non-profit staff with guidelines to eliminate any confusion concerning the use of social media.

This program will explain the most common pitfalls that manufacturers and service providers face with uniform “global” warranty terms and conditions. The program will address aspects relating to public policy rules, choice of law issues and logistic problems of global warranties, as well as provide recommendations on how to draft global warranty terms and conditions.