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About 85 percent of all corporate espionage incidents involve current or past employees. Use this article to implement your battle plan.

Testimony regarding the impact of the McNulty Memorandum on in-house counsel and corporate culture. The McNulty Memorandum addresses the DOJ's policy regarding when prosecutors should charge a corporation.

Increasingly, multinational corporations are conducting internal investigations to assess civil and regulatory risk, particularly in light of increased regulatory scrutiny. Because they face civil and regulatory risk in multiple jurisdictions, those investigations must also be conducted in multiple jurisdictions. Jurisdictions have different rules relating to internal investigations, such as privilege, employee interviews and disclosure obligations. This session will discuss how to conduct a cross-border internal investigation effectively and the pitfalls that may await in-house counsel.

Review this checklist and learn key sanctions and export controls red flags. This informative guidance is based on the European Commission Recommendation (EU) 2019/1318 of 30 July 2019 on internal compliance programmes for dual-use trade controls under Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009.

This InfoPAK (now known as an ACC Guide) provides a "question & answer" guide to corporate crime, fraud and investigations in Singapore. 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.

In this article regarding US employment laws, learn about the at-will presumption and exceptions to the rule.

This InfoPAK guides the in-house practitioner on how to establish a corporate compliance and ethics program. It begins by outlining the primary corporate legal obligations and requirements, focusing on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Dodd-Frank and Sarbanes-Oxley, and then delineates the fundamental elements of an effective compliance program, focusing on how to maximize the potential of your compliance program. Finally, it discusses effective training and enforcement once the program is implemented, and offers numerous additional resources, including sample forms and policies and a Model Code of Conduct at the end.

This is a sample code of ethical business conduct policy.

More and more lawyers are taking on the role of managers of cross-functional teams. This new phenomenon has the potential
to save costs and generate excellent inter-departmental communication. Bringing the management of cross-functional teams to the legal department reduces the need for outside management consultants and outside law firms, and makes it clear to the legal department exactly what needs to be done in order to advance the business of the company. This article demonstrates how pointed questions, in the style of a reporter’s traditional “5Ws,” can lay the foundation for participation in cross-functional teams.

The EU national authorities have been consistently imposing increased compliance verification and audits and overall tightening sanctions. As a recent example, restrictions have been placed on financial support for trade and opening of new branches. Supply chain security remains a major concern: are we doing the upfront due diligence and do we have all the appropriate contractual clauses? How can we secure a supply chain in an international export environment where regulatory bodies impose customs and import restrictions on certain products? This session will focus on providing an update from an EU trade and export/import controls perspective.

This is a chart listing various issues that may be faced by a brand owner seeking to extend its brand into a new product category, along with possible ways to address those issues, not only in the applicable license agreement but also in the real world.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from questions and responses posted on the New to In-house Law eGroup, addresses an employer issuing a termination notice for breach of contract based on subcontractors failure to meet construction schedules.

Across the globe, governments are becoming more skilled and aggressive with enforcement of their anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws. A multinational corporation in today’s world can no longer ignore their exposure to applicable anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws. Now
is the time to conduct a thorough and effective risk assessment of your company. This article discusses the importance of a risk assessment and offers tips to consider when conducting one.

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.

This article defines the term copyright, who can claim copyright, what works are protected, how to secure a copyright, etc.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview on private acquisitions law and practice in Brazil.

This guide provides an introduction to the laws and regulations that affect the conduct of business in Canada.

This primer provides non-Canadians with an introduction to the laws and regulations that affect the conduct of business in Canada and, in particular, in the province of Ontario. In some cases, this primer also identifies issues in the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. Because of Canada’s federal structure, the authority to make laws and regulations is divided between the federal and provincial governments by the Canadian Constitution although, in some areas of divided authority, both federal and provincial laws may apply. Read on to learn more.

This QuickCounsel intends to clarify the process of creation of a localor foreign legal entity in Brazil.

Driven by recessionary cost pressures and tech-savvy employees, some companies now ask or allow employees to use their own electronic devices to interact with company systems. However, this trend also brings with it an increase in related security and privacy issues. Learn which issues must be addressed to mitigate the risks of employee-owned devices.

It’s not how you negotiate, but how you reduce negotiations. This program will cover the major issues in technology contracts and practical advice on what you can negotiate with the giants of the IT world. Learn how to work with large and small vendors in collaborating and negotiating common terms that are applicable throughout the industry.

Although use of telehealth in clinical trials is not new, the modality was not popularized until social distancing efforts brought about by COVID-19 forced the issue. Companies interested in providing clinical trial services via telehealth have to deal with whether the carrying out the clinical aspects of a clinical trial is part of the practice of medicine.

Employers may now succeed in reclaiming VAT on the investment management costs of their pension schemes. The European Court has decided that a Dutch employer sponsoring a funded pension scheme for its employees can deduct all of the VAT it pays in respect of the management and operation of the fund. With HMRC currently silent, but time limits for claiming past VAT overpayments still running, what should employers do now to protect their rights?

Find what you need to know about inter partes review, covered business method review and post grant review procedures in front of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO): pros/cons/pitfalls and practical tips. Panelists will discuss the interplay with litigation, timing of filing and data that should assist in-house counsel in knowing how and when to use the procedures.