This brief overview (Quick Counsel) describes common mistakes customers and service providers make, and should be aware of, when negotiating cloud services agreements (but is not meant to be an exhaustive list).
This article introduces six strategies to expand the legal department's organizational impact.
Goal oriented decision making can sometimes lead to ethical pitfalls and failures. In this article, in-house counsel can learn some tips about how to avoid a narrow focus that can lead to untenable positions.
Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in our series of annual reports, which provide international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.
Learn about the UK government's plans to formulate and improve right and opportunities for ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide of data protection rules and principles, right to access personal data or object to its collection in Switzerland.
There’s plenty of opportunity for commercial entities to capitalize on the benefits of open source software. Experts predict that within four years, more than 80 percent of all commercial software will contain open source components. Are you, as a key player in your company’s legal department, familiar with the pitfalls associated with its uncontrolled use?
Some things are best left for others to figure out for themselves. Law is probably not one of them. The real question is how to teach someone, especially adult learners, this challenging discipline. Study a number of teaching methods, understand the different types of students and learn to successfully impart your wisdom onto others.
You miss the Socratic method of teaching that you endured during law school so much that you replicate it when teaching your clients (your organization’s employees). That could be a big mistake! Before you hop on this familiar bandwagon, let us explore some other teaching techniques that may serve your clients better.
This article considers how the duty of good faith impacts on the on-going relationship between franchisor and franchisee in the civil and common law traditions.
Litigation — everyone’s doing it. But a patent infringement suit has a specific set of consequences, some of them looming gloomy and dark over the future of your company if you find yourself engulfed in a case. Are there any other options for resolution aside from this pensive and painstaking process? Read on to explore the alternate road.
The EU AI Act is hotly anticipated as being a benchmark AI law that other jurisdictions might look towards when developing their own laws (much like GDPR has become a standard upon which some other countries’ own laws are based). First, much like the GDPR in terms of impact, the EU AI Act will have an extra-territorial scope, extending to providers and users of AI outside the EU where the output is used in the EU. Secondly, the Act does lay down fixed penalties for certain infringements of the Act, the highest fine being 30,000,000 EUR or 6% of a company’s total worldwide annual turnover (3% in the case of an SME or start-up) for non-compliance with the prohibitions of AI practices.
Proposal for the reform of the data protection regime in the European Union
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.
The development of blockchain technology is moving quickly, but there are still questions about government oversight and competition. Blockchain technology implicates privacy, antitrust, and securities law issues.
In a push to increase consumer understanding around the meaning of "carbon neutral" and "net zero" claims, the UK Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) and Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) have provided some updated guidance on misleading environmental claims and social responsibility in advertising. The guidance is intended to help encourage transparency and consensus of environmental-related claims in British advertising.
This article has been developed based on existing Code rules, rulings and a review of environmental claims and issues in advertising. This will be key for the air travel, energy and automotive sectors. The focus is on carbon neutral and net zeros adverts, as they are the most commonly encountered claims.
In this article, in-house counsel will earn about the new legislation in New Zealand (NZ) that will replace the Privacy Act 1993 (NZ) in which the current one will better align with the ever-evolving consumer sentiment of privacy in the digital age.
Learn about certain provisions of Quebec's privacy protection act which come into force September 22, 2022 and a chcklist for organizations to prepare for compliance on governance, breach response, and with commercial transactions.
This study explores the changing role of the general counsel by documenting its evolution and predicting the skill sets that will be required for future general counsel to be successful. Central themes to this skill set include the ability to place legal issues in a larger business context, embrace risk and make decisions, communicate with business partners in language they can relate to, and work seamlessly with the executive team and the board of directors to make productive decisions about operations and strategy, which has become increasingly global in scope. The report includes an executive summary, key findings, interview excerpts and the methodology.
This article examines, from an English law perspective, the legal issues you need to be familiar with whether you are engaged in data scraping (either directly or through a third party), or if you are concerned that your content is being scraped and exploited without your consent.
Learn how the in-house team now holds the key to driving change to value focused engagement models.
The Legal Operations Maturity Model is being provided in an excel format for our members convenience.
Although it may sound simple enough, transferring an employee to a company’s foreign office is a substantial undertaking for both offices involved. Drafting an effective secondment agreement can help you avoid potential disputes over any number of key terms. Learn to carefully prepare such an agreement, first, and have a successful secondment.
Your company can use assets and preserve capital by leasing commercial equipment. Learn to identify an agreement that will deliver tangible benefits — secure warranties on the equipment, protect capital and credit lines, and give your client tax advantages, among others.
In this multi-country guide, learn about the legal framework for international arbitration in a wide range of jurisdictions.
This is a sample software license agreement.
A presentation on non-immigrant visas and employment-based immigration for in-house counsel.
The accumulation of information and documents creates compliance risks, drives up the cost of ediscovery and hampers employee productivity. Learn how to create an effective program that can have a measurable impact on the business.
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