In late 2021, the Law Commission published a report concluding that the law of England and Wales can facilitate and support smart legal contracts without the need for reform. This article provides businesses, using or deploying smart legal contracts, a couple of significant caveats to consider.
This ACC Docket article is meant to spur dialogue and highlight possible changes to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)’s current model, including one that leverages new forms of corporate structure to create a distinct ethical framework for college athletics.
This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses whether attorneys can have direct access to Human Resources (HR) records, in a US context. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Employment & Labor Law ACC Network.
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At this point, it’s hard to say whether privacy should be placed on the endangered or the extinct species list. Here’s how to ensure your company’s privacy policies help customers and other stakeholders really understand what they’re agreeing to give up.
Learn about top developments and predictions in the TMT sector (Technology, Media, and Telecom) in China.
These guidelines cover all social media platforms - technologies that enable social interaction.
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.
This check card is a printable resource with practical advice on how to avoid insider trading.
Corporate counsel must understand the relevant technology and the risks that it poses, and create, adopt, and enforce a policy that minimizes the risks without causing bigger problems. This article will help you do just that.
Foreign companies doing business in China have focused in recent days on the case of GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”), the British multinational producer of pharmaceuticals, biologics, vaccines and consumer healthcare products headquartered in London. Articles to date, however, have been more descriptive than analytical and have focused more on the alleged acts and potential implications for the individuals allegedly involved and not as much on potential exposure for the corporate entities and those corporate officers who were not directly involved in actions violating PRC law. This article addresses those points while also placing the case in the broader context of China today.
For in-house counsel, advancements in Google Translate have transformed the act of trademarking — streamlining global processes and guaranteeing that the language barrier does not inadvertently lead to infringement.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of restraints of trade, monopolies and abuses of market power in Germany.
This briefing summarises the key developments from 1 July 2022.
This ACC guide provides a Q&A that gives a high level overview of board composition, the comply or explain approach, management rules and authority, directors' duties and liabilities, transactions with directors and conflicts, company meetings, internal controls, accounts and audit, institutional investors and reform proposals in the United Kingdom.
Provides a list of circumstances commonly excluded from force majeure (FM) to assist in deciding whether they should be in or out of your list of FM triggers.
Discusses the general ways costs associated with ediscovery can be minimized including a records retention policy, a data map and establishing partnerships.
Presentations delivered by law departments do not always evoke the most welcoming of reactions. However, with such low expectations, giving a memorable performance should not be too difficult, if you follow the advice offered in this feature article.
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.)
Meet our 2013 ACC Value Champions, a group whose exemplary leadership in implementing value initiatives to achieve outstanding results against three key metrics – reduced legal spending, improved budget predictability, and better legal outcomes – resulted in their being named 2013 ACC Value Champions.
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.
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