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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 Saudi Arabia.

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

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a Q&A that gives a high level overview of the main trends and significant deals in Indian construction plans.

In order to preserve an ethical environment at your company, your employees need to feel comfortable enough to come forward and discuss problems informally and confidentially. While formal channels like hotlines are good, they're not enough in today's corporate setting. Read on for tips on how to set up your own ombuds program and the advantages the informality of it will provide for everyone.

A reference guide for Private Equity and Venture Capital professional, adviser and lawyers. It sets out the current status of jurisdictions, implementation of new regulation and key considerations to take into account when deciding to invest in different European jurisdictions.

With such an emphasis on value these days, law firms may be judged on their ability to shed the confines of the billable hour, improve efficiency and resourcefulness. But the most rewarding results may come from mastering the age-old concept of work/life balance.

This is a sample sponsorship and related benefits agreement.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from questions and responses posted onthe Small Law Departments eGroup, addresses issues involving negotiating terms and conditions. The issues discussed include avoiding restrictive terms & conditions, battling conflicting terms, and dealing with hard-line negotiators.

There is no doubt that negotiating and drafting cross-border commercial contracts bring with a number of challenges. What follows is a series of tips to help you navigate through some of these issues.

This publication provides an overview of the resources and services offered by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center.

This resource consists of a slide deck on the defamation and libel regulations in Canada.

The participants will go through a mock crisis management exercise. This session will explore the complementary roles of legal, communications and PR, and business continuity management, presenting best practices in crisis management planning, stakeholder management, and proactive communications management.

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

Doug Luftman, CBS’s vice-president, discusses the path he took in order to combine engineering and the law in his career.

This checklist can be used as a starting point for assessing legal issues in negotiation for software/technology services from a Buyer's standpoint. 

Identify requirements for managing and maintaining subsidiaries (including international subsidiaries). Receive practical guidance on managing costs and risks. Share tools used to manage subsidiaries and keep the board abreast of governance issues. Discuss the recommended frequency of board educational sessions on corporate governance (including whether these are typically provided in-house or by external parties). Examine the appropriate type of information reported at each level of the board (including committees and sub-committees). Learn best practices for serving as corporate secretary.

Discuss recent international court decisions affecting in-house practice; Review recent Canadian court decisions affecting in-house practice; and learn how litigation tied to business practices, global change, social phenomena, regulatory goals, etc. are reshaping GCs’ focus.

The ten tips found in this article focus on helping in-house counsel align the legal department with the corporate business strategy of the entire company.

Today’s government contractors, especially those just realizing that they are government contractors, face a compliance and ethics requirements environment significantly different from that of strictly commercial companies. To address the unique compliance and ethics needs of government contractors, panelists will provide an update on recent suspension and debarment matters, awards from the False Claims Act and the lessons government contractors can learn from those decisions. This session will review the Federal Acquisition Regulations on codes of conduct and compliance programs for government contractors. Panelists will also identify strategic ways to demonstrate due diligence in managing risk to government customers, regulators and the U.S. Department of Justice.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview and practical analysis for public procurement issues and procedures in the United States.

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

Nationwide's sample Agreement for outside counsel billing and staffing policy.

In-house counsel often find themselves in the unexpected role of compliance officer. Fulfilling the responsibilities associated with both roles can be challenging but also rewarding, and each demands a unique skill set. In today’s business environment, is it realistic to expect general counsel to also effectively serve as chief compliance officers? And, is this unification in the best interest of the organization?

With the Dodd-Frank act in effect, employees now have greater incentive to call the SEC about potential violations. Companies must encourage their own employees to report any potential violations internally rather than to the SEC. Learn more about whistleblower provisions and their implications for your client.

In today’s corporate environment, workplace bullying affects individuals and the organization. Several states have proposed anti-bullying legislation that would allow employees to seek damages. Learn to protect, prevent and respond to abusive treatment before it escalates.

In sports, failure to keep your eye on the ball can mean the difference between winning and losing. This expression captures the current predicament of the fantasy sports industry, an industry where bountiful venture capital funding and rapidly expanding revenue distracted from the legal complications descending on the industry and threatened to destroy it.