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This Top Ten provides an overview of the purpose, development, structure and implications of the the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 2013 Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework.

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.

Consumer product manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers take heed. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has been among the most active government agencies in the last four years. Companies must be proactive to ensure regulatory compliance and to protect their brand. This article suggests means to proactively design an effective product safety and regulatory compliance program.

This Privacy Capability Maturity Model provides a detailed maturity model for all aspects of an organization’s privacy program, including its use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) using personal information.

It seeks to gauge program capability across a variety of program elements, taking a “big picture” view on an organization’s readiness to comply with these requirements.

This Checklist applies to private companies and addresses federal law, but highlights areas where state and local issues commonly arise.

This resource describes the release and impact of the Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Court-ordered interim Measures in aid of Arbitral Proceedings by the Courts of the Mainland an of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region. The success of applications submitted under the terms and requirements of the Arrangement have made it a compelling reason for parties, irrespective of origin, to select Hong Long as the seat of arbitration if they are doing business with parties in China Mainland.

This resource highlights Hewlett-Packards' program to onboard law school graduates, train them, and mentor them each step on their way toward full engagement within the law department.

On 28 February 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its Regulatory Initiatives Grid updating the timeline of the Overseas Funds Regime (“OFR”), the new equivalence regime for retail investment funds and money market funds established outside the UK, which will allow recognised funds to be marketed to the public in the United Kingdom.

In case there was any doubt, the FTC v. Wyndham decision makes clear that there is a new sheriff in town when it comes to holding businesses accountable for cybersecurity breaches that harm consumers. That sheriff is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of restraints of trade, monopolies and abuses of market power in the United Kingdom, specifically England and Wales.

A sample code of business conduct that provides a general statement regarding the company's expectations as to the legal and ethical nature of conduct of employees while acting on the company's behalf and to provide for the administration of the code of conduct.

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.

This article shows how foreign parties entangled in litigation in the United States can receive discovery requests to produce documents located in their home country and that these litigants sometimes invoke their country’s blocking statute to resist production.

This is a list of cases where significant disability discrimination litigation was filed or resolved between July 2013 and July 24, 2014.

On 19 March 2013, under file No XI ZR 431/11, the German Federal Supreme Court clarified the circumstances in which an investor may have a misselling claim against a “direct bank” (i.e. a bank holding an account for the deposit of securities on an execution-only basis only).

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview and practical analysis for public procurement issues and procedures in Germany.

Check out this 2014 Apex, Excel and Communicator Award-winning article! The standard “no comment” response to a media frenzy surrounding pending litigation is an approach that some legal counsel have opted out of in favor of more detailed disclosure. Such an approach addresses not
only the media, but also other company constituencies who are impacted by the negative attention. This article details how to create a platform for proactive responses.

This is a sample Intellectual Property (IP) due diligence checklist in a corporate acquisition, for the analysis of the seller's IP assets and related matters.

An overview of settling environmental cases.

After a 4-year freeze, the Hong Kong Executive Council endorsed the Minimum Wage Commission’s recommendation on 10 January 2023 to raise the statutory minimum wage by HK$2.5 to HK$40 per hour, representing a 6.7% hike. Subject to the approval of the Legislative Council, the revised rate will come into force on 1 May 2023, the Labor day.

This article provides an overview of the main Swiss criminal law provisions, which prohibit<br />the theft and disclosure of banking information to foreign authorities or courts, and to see how they have been applied to whistleblowers in recent cases by Swiss courts and authorities.

To better protect against infringement, in-house counsel should understand the digital do’s and don’ts of copyright regulation so that an inadvertent “copy and paste” doesn’t lead to millions in liability for the company.

US companies are constantly expanding, allowing them to stay competitive, but also opening the door to corporate compliance risks. Managing global risk with a strong compliance program is even more crucial following recent corporate scandal, and this article discusses the issues that can arise and offers suggestions on how to be effective.

The Abu Dhabi Global Market (“ADGM”) published its Guiding Principles on Whistleblowing on 6 December 2022 (“Guiding Principles”). The Guiding Principles are intended to provide a benchmark or framework for all ADGM entities to work within, and all such entities are encouraged to review and align their own whistleblowing procedures with the Guiding Principles.