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This is a sample corporate employee handbook for under 50 employees.

Get a judge's perspective from the bench. What do lawyers overlook during ediscovery? Find out about ediscovery trends that will help you when the time arrives.

The negotiation of good IP agreements can be particularly thorny since the negotiator often doesn't understand the underlying IP. This session will discuss best practices and include practical checklists for would-be IP agreement negotiators.

CLO3 Medium & Large Department CLOs: Getting (and Using!) the Most from Your Attorney Staff

This guide covers recent developments in artificial development, machine learning and big data laws and regulations across 21 jurisdictions.

In-house counsel advising businesses that operate in France (or working in French businesses that operate in other countries) should be aware of the French mechanisms for deferred prosecution agreements and plea bargaining. This article gives an overview of what in-house corporate counsel should consider in this respect when their company faces criminal proceedings in France.

Here are the top ten considerations for a whistleblower to consider before acting in cases involving the United States Dodd Frank Act.

This Top Ten provides key explanations about risk prevention associated with the processing of personal information from candidates and employees in Mexico.

In order to bypass the hazards and strains of litigation, many have chosen to resolve conflict through mediation. this article offers tips on how to prepare for mediation, including strategies for selecting an excellent mediator.

This guide provides a legal overview for companies doing business in Kentucky (United States).

This is a sample sales agreement between a hotel and client.

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 Australia. It also summarizes the laws regulating employment relationships, including redundancies and mass layoffs, and provides short overviews on competition law; data protection; and product liability and safety. In addition, there are comprehensive summaries on taxation and tax residency; and intellectual property rights over patents, trade marks, registered and unregistered designs.

This report examines several case studies from the spheres of credit and lending, hiring and employment, higher education, and criminal justice to provide snapshots of opportunities and dangers, as well as ways that government policies can work to harness the power of big data and avoid discriminatory outcomes in the United States.

Top ten tips for creating an effective pro bono program for your non-profit organization, which will offer tremendous support by augmenting your existing legal resources while easing budget constraints.

In Hong Kong, Domain names are registered on a first-come-first served basis. In certain situations, competitors can register a domain name in bad faith in order to disrupt another company's business. In this short article, some mechanisms of domain name dispute resolution are explained.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview of privacy rules and principles in the United Kingdom.

This article addresses the practical issue of establishing corporate values and then embedding and sustaining those values in its corporate decision-making structure.

Clive Anderson oversees Manulife’s legal and compliance functions in seven Southeast Asian countries, including Singapore, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Read this article to learn his take on Manulife’s Pan-Asia growth strategy.

Company demands for cost savings and efficiency are forcing corporate legal departments to do more with less. Metrics quantify performance, enable benchmarking and reporting of trends and can help justify budget and headcounts. But can legal work be measured? “Yes”, say the panelists of this session. Join them to hear their explanation and to learn from their best practices how performance shall, and can, be measured.

The blockchain was just one of many so-called “ground-breaking” technology stories of 2016. An important question for all in-house lawyers to ask is whether this invention is actually breaking new ground or just loosening the soil?

This article explores the increasing popularity of Bitcoin and how it is an attractive asset due to its decentralized nature (as opposed to the centralized retaliation that assets in banks are vulnerable to). It also looks at why Bitcoin being decentralized could prevent it from subject to international sanctions.

This is a sample mutual non-disclosure and confidentiality agreement between two companies.

There has been a significant increase in disability discrimination charges. According to the EEOC, this spike is largely due to the expanded “regarded as” definition of disability contained in the Act. This article focuses on accommodating impairments, rather than the definition of a disability.

Many universities and research institutions are burdened with outdated, flawed intellectual property policies. This article identifies many of the obstacles facing faculty, technology transfer professionals and legal department staff members as they revamp old policies.

The European Court of Justice issued a ruling on time-keeping requirements that will affect all employers in the European Union. Learn how your company can adjust its time-keeping strategies and overcome any associated challenges.

Contrary to public belief, the use of stock images and “royalty free” licenses can pose a significant risk to your company. For instance, what restrictions does your company face for incorporating a stock image into its logo? Be sure to paint a clear picture now, or else your designer may not be the only one heading back to the drawing board.