Guide to the legal consequences of maintaining temporary employees.
One expert estimates total downloads of mobile apps will exceed 268 billion by 2017. As apps proliferate, how do you find the high-tech gems in all the clutter and noise? Join our panel for a discussion of the best apps for in-house lawyers, and hear their nominations for the best in-house app of the year: the Best App Standing.
Wage-hour lawsuits are growing, and lawyers are jumping on claims that can result in multi-million dollar judgments and settlements. It is important for employers to understand the federal and state regulations and laws to avoid facing lawsuits. This article is a guide on some of these laws and regulations, shedding light on the need for employers to fully grasp them.
The newest installment of the Benchmarks and Leading Practices Report will provide a range of essential data and case studies to improve the performance of small and large in-house legal teams.
There is no doubt that negotiating and drafting cross-border commercial contracts bring with a number of challenges. What follows is a series of tips to help you navigate through some of these issues.
Many in-house legal departments don’t have lawyers who can act as full-time managers of company litigation. You may have to do your regular job and manage litigation on a part-time basis. If your company isn’t regularly engaged in litigation, it can inadvertently fall into a number of traps when litigation does arise. Learn how to anticipate and avoid them.
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.
In spite of the close economic relationship between the United States and Canada, there are a number of cases every year in which US companies have broken Canadian law, largely due to misunderstandings about those significant differences between the US and Canadian legal systems. This article discusses the need to strategically plan in advance as a means of avoiding such misconceptions and mistakes.
Based on responses from over 1,300 in-house counsel in 41 countries, the ACC Chief Legal Officer 2016 Survey offers legal departments, law firms, and other legal industry partners insight on the practices, trends and changes in the role of the CLO. The 2016 report examines how CLOs source work in-house, to law firms and legal service providers. In addition, the report highlights plans and historical trends in hiring, staffing and budgeting. Notable findings include what keeps CLOs up at night, how they view the future of departmental budgets and staffing, where they plan to grow their departments, and where data breaches and regulatory issues have the greatest impact.
Rob Lavet describes how in-house attorneys manage their staffs.
On July 1, 2024 a federal court ordered that the Biden Administration’s ban on the export of liquified natural gas (“LNG”) be stayed in its entirety, effective immediately. This article provides an overview of the court's ruling, and some of its top takeaways.
This article looks at recent important issues in labor law for UK employers.
Learn how other in-house counsel and their legal department support corporate governance and compliance and ethics programs. In-house counsel from seven companies share governance practices and examine the alignment of ethics and compliance with the culture and strategic plan of the organization. At the end of the guide, find practical tools and samples, such as a company compliance newsletter, a compliance checklist, a compliance program assessment table and a management attestation questionnaire for legislative compliance.
Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in our series of annual reports, which provide international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.
Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in our series of annual reports, which provide international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.
This sample agreement is drafted under English law as a starting point for use where a supplier company wants to appoint a distributor to sell the supplier company's products in a particular country or territory.
If you are wondering which inexpensive or free technology-related solutions are available for your legal department, this session is for you. The panel will cover solutions ranging from workflow efficiencies to professional/social collaboration and networking. This session will also include multi-media demonstrations and tips on how to customize these solutions to meet your individual and department needs.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide to a Q&A that gives an overview of the legal system; foreign investment, including restrictions, currency regulations and incentives; and business vehicles and their relevant restrictions and liabilities in India.
Financial technology (Fintech) is a growing sector of the marketplace. In Mexico, new regulations are being developed to help companies, customers and clients navigate this new landscape.
A reference guide for Private Equity and Venture Capital professional, adviser and lawyers. It sets out the current status of jurisdictions, implementation of new regulation and key considerations to take into account when deciding to invest in different European jurisdictions.
This whitepaper is intended to identify those eight litigation pitfalls and to give the non-litigious company some strategies for avoiding them.
If you’re drawn to a flexible schedule and a variety of assignments, consulting could be a natural fit. Read on for answers to common questions that you may have when considering an independent legal career.
Depending on state law, making an employment decision based on off-duty conduct may be viewed as employment discrimination. Before throwing out the ashtrays, learn which legal issues must be addressed when implementing a “no smoking” ban on new hires.
The most popular session at the ACC Annual Meeting in New Orleans filled a hall with over 600 lawyers. The topic was emotional intelligence. Find out why this is such an important skill as well as how you can develop it.
Eighth edition of the Getting the Deal Through Anti-Corruption Regulation Guide, a volume that provides international analysis for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.
Learn tips for selecting, evaluating, comparing and retaining the outside counsel that best suit the organizational needs of your company; Discuss the benefits and pitfalls of legal process outsourcing (LPO) and learn how to recognize when it’s time to bring in an expert; Discuss value-based fees and how they can align internal and external incentives; consider which types of value fees are best for different types of work; Discuss how to work with outside counsel to scope the work, set budgets that stick, monitor progress and conduct after-action reviews to drive strong performance; and Develop a list(s) of providers and criteria for preferred legal service providers and specialized firms.
Pursuing business opportunities often involves opening new offices. Building from the ground up can be a taxing endeavor. Sound legal advice applied to human resources, real estate, information technology and finance issues can unburden a company and optimize its time, money and attention. This article offers tips for in-house counsel managing the growth of offices.
No matter how severe the injury, willful misconduct is a designation used to encompass behaviors that, if engaged by an employee, can bar a workers’ compensation claim — leading to missed benefits and/or medical treatment. As a result, much of the onus falls on the employer to draft clear policies that establish discerning hiring practices and include regular training. Here’s how to protect your employee, and your company in the process.
This is a sample sales agreement between a hotel and corporation.
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