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Discusses the typical coverage of D&O policies and the most common insurer defenses in situations involving allegations of financial misrepresentation.

Annexes to the impact assessment.

Good business and good lawyering is more than just about making money. In this article, in-house counsel can learn about a peculiar start-up and how they made their mission a success.

This multi-jurisdictional guide discusses legal issues, rules, and developments related to telecoms, media and internet. Topics covered include cybersecurity, interception, encryption and data retention.

As today’s digitized and remote-enabled legal marketplace evolves, legal service delivery and the roles supporting in-house and outside legal teams have assumed greater importance in meeting the challenges and opportunities of this new reality. In this article, learn how these professionals have a direct impact on in-house counsel.

The following flowchart is designed as an internal guide to assist managers in making a preliminary assessment of whether a job position may qualify for exempt status under the FLSA. This document is only designed to be a tool to assist in the implementation of new job positions. This flowchart does not take applicable state law into account which may impact the exemption analysis.

This is a sample non-disclosure agreement between two companies where they are willing to provide each other access to certain ideas, concepts, data or other information which in whole or in part is or will be considered by them to be proprietary and confidential. The sample includes a clause selecting the laws of the state of New York.

The European Commission recently adopted a legislative proposal package that introduces several changes on payment services in the European Union and, in accordance with the European Commission, seeks to improve competition by opening up payment markets to new entrants, thus fostering greater efficiency and cost-reduction.

The goal of this checklist is to ensure the candidate fully understands and appreciates his/ her obligations related to the candidate’s resignation, transition to the prospective employer and future work given any contractual obligations that may apply as well as other aspects of their new employment.

A discussion of the costs and benefits of using electronic board books as opposed to physical ones. Includes input from members of the the Corporate & Securities Law Committee eGroup.

Implementing new pricing, management practices and technology to control spending requires sound "change management" to ensure adoption and make it stick. This workbook provides prompts on deciding what to do, setting the stage, articulating the vision and action plan, defining roles, and continuous improvement and more.

This article helps attorneys understand that with the increase of globalization, he must be prepared to handle (or refer) international issues that arise.

This is a sample agreement for a non-transferable, non-assignable, exclusive copyright license agreement, made between a textile and wallpaper company (“Licensee”) and an independent designer (“Licensor”). Provisions include, but are not limited to, license period, royalties, termination, indemnification, sublicenses and assignments. The agreement is governed by the laws of State of New York.

This article was written after a mini roundtable where participants answered questions regarding D&O insurance for privately held companies, private equity and non-profits.

This check card is a printable resource with practical advice on how to avoid insider trading.

The number of law suits companies faced in 2013 remained relatively unchanged compared with prior years, but the potential financial impact of those cases and the cost of defending them have risen, with health care and energy companies appearing particularly vulnerable, according to a new litigation survey.

This is a sample master materials purchase agreement.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from responses posted on the New to In-House eGroup and Compliance & Ethics eGroup addresses concerns about alcohol at the workplace. (United States)

While appearances may suggest that enterprise risk management (ERM) and governance risk and compliance (GRC) aim to solve for the same problems, they are arguably separate processes with different approaches and objectives. This session will review the differences between ERM and GRC approaches and assessments, and reveal how to identify which may be best suited to align with your company’s compliance program.

The new design and distribution obligations (DDO) regime in Australia might have some surprising findings that you're not used to in your regular practice. This piece in a series of articles, we will highlight some key issues you and your team may need to be aware of.

In this Top Ten, in-house counsel can brush up on some tips for public speaking at live events and how to prepare yourself (and you team) for event presentations.

The use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) is revolutionizing several industries, not least, the healthcare industry. Catalyzing access to healthcare, supporting earlier and/or faster diagnoses, and enhancing the patient experience and outcomes, are all objectives that AI solutions have helped achieve.

This sample memorandum represents outside counsel memorializing certain actions taken by a client party in meeting any continuing preservation obligations it has under three legal holds, as well as documenting a new matter that potentially gives rise to further preservation obligations.

This article describes 2015 cyber audit guidance from the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and measures taken by companies in response.

Learn about maturing regulatory frameworks around digital assets in South-East Asia.

On March 21, 2022, by a 3-1 vote, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) proposed rules that would require registrants, including both domestic and foreign private issuers, to include climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports. In summary, the proposed rules would require significant, detailed new narrative disclosures in the body of annual reports and prospectuses.