This is a social media policy for healthcare industry professionals.

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In most cases, firms do not acknowledge disability groups as protected minorities under the title of diversity. As a result, those with disabilities receive the bare minimum in protections from the US Department of Labor, and often struggle to defend themselves against employment discrimination or workplace exclusion. Why have people with disabilities been overlooked from diversity protections and how can in-house counsel play a pivotal role in changing this for the better?

ACC Amicus Brief Schoenefeld v. Schneiderman

In this multi-jurisdictional guide, explore an overview of key legal issues, rules and developments regarding mergers and acquisitions across a range of jurisdictions.

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.

This short article presents significant changes in the regulation of Russian legal entities as part of the reform of Russia's Civil Code.

The advent of new technology, staffing models, and legal operations strategy is driving profound change and disruption in the way in-house teams are delivering legal services for their organisations. Just as the global in-house sector is rapidly evolving, the Japanese in-house sector too is experiencing immense change.

In this Quick Overview, learn more about how Japanese Chief Legal Officers (CLOs) and their companies are dealing with these changes.

Due to a recent privacy update in Massachusetts, corporate counsel should review corporate data and collection policies related to the collection of ZIP codes in their states. Your policies may not be doing enough to keep you and customer information safe.

Social media and privacy are the two hot button issues that in-house counsel are still grappling with. This session will address how to identify the legal risks and potential rewards of social media and privacy presented by company, employee, and third parties, as well as the law department’s role in helping the company craft effective social networking and privacy policies.

This handbook provides an overview of US state and federal laws and stock exchange rules relating to annual meetings of shareholders. It is intended to assist companies in preparing for their annual meetings.

This article, developed by Womble Bond Dickinson, continues the 11- month countdown to develop business compliance strategies for three new omnibus privacy laws coming in 2023: January 1: the California Consumer Privacy Rights Act (which amends the existing CCPA) and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act; July1: the Colorado Privacy Act. With 8 months to go, this alert compares the individual rights granted under each of the state privacy laws.

In this multi-country guide, learn about the rules regarding whistleblower protection and reporting channels in a wide range of jurisdictions.

This guide covers common issues regarding private client laws in 24 jurisdictions.

Topics explored include pre-entry tax planning, connection factors, taxation issues on inward investment, succession planning, trusts and foundations, immigration issues, and tax treaties.

In this Top Ten, in-house counsel can learn ten steps that your business can take to measure, mitigate, and monitor social risks across operations and supply chains.

This blog post focuses on health care companies who are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to create innovations, set prices, and compete with rivals. At the same time, federal and state antitrust enforcers are finding new ways to apply antitrust law to the modern, data-driven economy. Amid these myriad changes in technology and the law, the time is ripe to consider what the growth of AI in health care means for antitrust compliance.

This is a sample trademark registration and assignment agreement, between a company that manufactures a product and an exclusive distributor, and under which the distributor agrees to prosecute and serve as registrant of the trademarks for the product's brand names, and under which the distributor agrees to assign the trademarks to the producing company following termination of the distribution agreement. The sample includes a choice of New York law.

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.

Okay – you're ready to get started in establishing value-driven practices in your department/law firm relationships. Need some ideas? We'll deliver a menu of 50+ practices that you can consider to get started. Of course, every department and firm is different and every client defines value through their own experience and perspective: that's why we've got a little bit of everything for you to consider (surely SOMETHING fits!) and a list of 5 "universal" favorite practices that every department and firm should consider to help make their relationships more valuable, sustainable, and profitable all around. Sharpen your pencils and prepare to innovate!

It's not just boiler plate! This program will help you negotiate important clauses even with the 800 pound gorillas that everyone says will not change their "standard" contract language. To do this, you need to get past the gatekeepers. Those gatekeepers are internal and the other side with whom you are negotiating. Build influence by choosing the important issues to negotiate and help your internal constituents understand the importance to gain momentum. The panel will present negotiation and drafting tips designed to complement and refine your approach based upon differing internal and external pressures to "get the deal done."

Consider this checklist to help you assess compliance with the Personal Information Protection Law of China ("PIPL") adopted on 20 August 2021.

With the pandemic, there came a digital health explosion, with companies working swiftly to bring new technologies to light that would pave the way forward in telehealth and other critical areas. We saw an incredible interest in this space then, but what is the state of digital health now? This resource from Foley & Lardner LLP looks at data from public and private financing markets in the digital health space in 2022, and look forward to what to expect in 2023.

This article, developed by Womble Bond Dickinson, continues the 11- month countdown to develop business compliance strategies for three new omnibus privacy laws coming in 2023: January 1: the California Consumer Privacy Rights Act (which amends the existing CCPA) and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act; July1: the Colorado Privacy Act and few others. With 7 months to go, this alert focuses on how state privacy laws will be enforced.