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This resource includes two sample bylaws (Sample A - Bylaws of Association and Sample B - Bylaws of Organization). It also includes a brief overview of some of common elements included in bylaws.

In this resource, in-house counsel can learn more about legislation, litigation, regulations and trends in the United States employment landscape for 2022.

This guide provides comprehensive insight into banking regulation in 19 jurisdictions around the world.

This guide covers key topics including regulatory architecture, bank capital requirements, bank governance/internal controls, Fintech, and rules governing banks’ relationships with their customers and other third parties.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from questions and responses posted on the Corporate & Securities eGroup, addresses the Legal Requirements For a Valid Employee Stock Option Agreement at a Private Company in the United States.

508 How Far Will You Go to Do Business with the Government? A Primer on Government Contracting

Working in-house is different. You have three hats now: legal counselor, business partner and guardian of the corporation. They didn’t teach you about this in the law firm or in law school. Among other things, you will have to learn all about the business, adapt to a different culture, become cost effective, develop good working relationships with your clients, think about non-legal topics like risk management and somehow balance it all and conserve your most precious resource –– you!

The desire to combine different functions is growing rapidly whereas the Dutch legislation is still not flexible enough to follow suit. Especially the Licensing and Catering Act and designated use for real estate can create obstructions for innovative entrepreneurs. This article shows how the distinctions between the industries can be blurred within the hard boundaries of the law and what entrepreneurs have to keep in mind.

In this multi-country guide, learn about the laws regarding discrimination and equality in a wide range of jurisdictions.

Brands have become the currency of international trade. For in-house counsel, high-quality brands provide a bond of trust with your client’s consumers. Ensuring that your client’s brands are legally secure and high quality is challenging, especially in the case of brand migration.

In-house counsel often express frustration with outside counsel. The relationship can be improved by rethinking your role from vendor manager, to team leader.

In this multi-country guide, learn about the rules on approaching investors in different jurisdictions, in relation to an offer or issue of shares.

In this article, the ABA amends the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct dated August 2012, to provide guidance regarding the ethical implications of retaining lawyers and nonlawyers outside the firm to work on client matters (i.e. outsourcing)

This InfoPAK (now known as an ACC Guide) provides a "question & answer" guide to corporate crime, fraud and investigations in the United States. This guide gives a high level overview of matters relating to corporate fraud, bribery and corruption, insider dealing and market abuse. In addition, it summarizes money laundering and terrorist financing, financial record keeping, due diligence, corporate liability, immunity and leniency, and whistleblowing.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of merger control, regulatory framework and regulatory authorities in the Netherlands.

A review of Brazilian corporate taxes at the federal, state, and municipal level.

This Guide developed by Latham & Watkins is a resource for public company executives and in-house counsel facing an investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

This article explores the role of business in resisting and denouncing all forms of bribe solicitation and extortion. It is a chapter in a book titled International Chamber of Commerce Ethics and Compliance Training Handbook which can be purchased <a href="http://www.iccbooks.com/Product/ProductInfo.aspx?id=698">here</a>. You can learn more about the handbook <a href=" http://www.iccwbo.org/News/Articles/2013/Ethics-and-compliance-training-book-responds-to-global-need/">here</a>.

This Leading Practices Profile, an update to ACC’s 2009 The Role of the General Counsel in Canada LPP, describes practices implemented by the law departments of six organizations in Canada regarding law department structure, the professional development of their in-house lawyers, the selection and management of external service providers and the use of technology. Those practices were designed and intended to enable those departments to provide higher-value legal service to their respective organizations. Four of those organizations are private enterprises; one is an international, not-for-profit corporation and one is a statutory agency of a provincial government.