This article, the first in a series that will examine and profile-through the eyes of in-house counsel-companies' "best practices," highlighting ideas that you can borrow while implementing your own compliance plan concerning corporate governance.
In light of UK case law, learn tips on how to enhance your ability to enforce limitations of liability in your standard terms.
This report shares leading practices for legal departments on how to engage their outside counsel most effectively with respect to setting DEI standards.
This checklist provides regulatory updates for global remote work policies.
Learn the key features of the proposal adopted on February 23, 2022 by European Commission (“Commission”) for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
Many corporations are considering joint venture (JV) partners as a strategy to expand into new markets. Selecting the right JV partner and executing a successful JV combination can be an uncertain and risky proposition. In-house counsel should understand the key legal and financial elements of a prospective JV, and play a role in navigating through the complexities of the JV and the post-closing governance and integration.
Check out ACC's selection of curated insights, samples and events in the ACC Privacy and Cybersecurity Resource Center
This is a social media policy for healthcare industry professionals.
Learn key developments regarding the private placement regimes of EU States and some non-EU States.
Coupled with federal funding, joint ventures with universities or nonprofits often result in major discoveries having significant commercial implications. However, without clear contractual assignments, corporations could discover themselves in front of the Supreme Court. The article describes the proactive steps involved in protecting your company’s IP.
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 article recommends measures for you to use as you help your company address and successfully integrate cultural awareness into the policies and guidelines of U.S. multi-national corporations conducting business and operating entities in foreign countries.
This short article presents significant changes in the regulation of Russian legal entities as part of the reform of Russia's Civil Code.
Decades of research point to the superior financial performance of corporations that sustain strong ethical cultures. But what exactly does doing the “right” thing entail? Learn the essential elements of an ethical business decision.
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.
Are you leading a global team or is your team just global? As leaders make the leap from national or regional status to establishing a global presence, their challenge is to maintain their companies’ core identity and culture while supporting the inevitable mix of growth and talent.
This article summarizes the legislative framework for the protection of personally identifiable information (PII).
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.
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.
An outline and overview to dealing with contested situations teams.
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.
In this resource, in-house counsel can learn more about legislation, litigation, regulations and trends in the United States employment landscape for 2022.
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