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In this article, learn key features of healthcare compliance programs in the United States.

As in-house counsel, you should assess what technology tools are available and their costs, advantages, and drawbacks. Early assessment and coordination with your litigation counsel and business people are paramount.

There are supply agreements in which the buyer, trying to protect itself, inserts a clause providing that in case supplier sells the same product to a third party to prices lower than the ones agreed in the supply agreement, supplier shall offer to buyer the lower price practiced with third parties. Those clauses are known in the market as "most favored nation clauses" ("MFN clauses"), after a similar system of the treaties on international trade.

2011 ACC Annual Meeting Session 104 materials which details current status and practices of legal outsourcing.

What’s the difference between an employee and an independent contractor? Answer incorrectly and prepare for the consequences — from tax evasion to wage violations, or even incarceration. Learn the 10 steps to avoid misclassifying your employees as contractors, and vice versa.

This report compiles research across 47 key territories worldwide to explore which of those territories have data residency rules and the potential for penalties where companies do not comply with these rules.

This InfoPAK is designed to provide corporate counsel with a general overview of intellectual property and to suggest useful practices for the handling of intellectual property in the corporate setting.

Why General Counsel should be more demanding - presentation held in Melbourne 5 September 2017.

This article looks at recent important issues in labor law for UK employers.

The European Commission announced two proposals which aim to strengthen sanctions compliance and effectiveness across the EU.

In this issue's Small Law column, Maryrose Delahunty expresses her gratitude for her ACC network who supported her professionally and emotionally after the loss of a family member.

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 Singapore.

Over the past year, ACC has compiled data from over 2,000 in-house counsel to better understand why women enter, stay, and leave the in-house profession.

This Top Ten article addresses the top ten issues sports and entertainment employers should know about pay equity issues in the United States, from what laws are at play to proactive steps employers can take to ensure they do not have pay equity disparities.

Be an informed do-gooder. Before investing time and money in charities — either personally or on your company’s behalf — understand how the Madoff scandal has affected them. Learn to use the New Form 990 to analyze individual approaches to governance and managing finances.

This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses addresses how companies should respond to Title VII discrimination claims brought by their employees, including whether they should mediate or settle the claim, under US law. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Employment & Labor Law and New to In-House ACC Networks.*

With acute attention from the legal department, a company’s knowledge assets can grow to become one of its greatest strengths — instead of one of its greatest areas of risk.

It is absolutely feasible for foreigners who are not residents in the country to organize companies in Costa Rica, whether they are Stock Companies or Limited Liability Companies.

This resource from Latham & Watkins LLP provides insight into frequently asked questions regarding Amended Rule 10b4-1 and Insider Trading Disclosures. These include questions on Compliance Dates and Transition Issues, Cooling-Off Periods, Overlapping Plans, Affiliated Entities, and more.

This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses whether failure to notify sales prospects that their sales calls are being recorded, and without their consent (and potentially a violation of US state laws), serves as enough of a business risk to alert firm management that they should alter this organizational practice. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the IT, Privacy and eCommerce ACC Network.

Litigation isn't cheap. But you don't want your company's multimillion-dollar lawsuit handled by Bob's Shoeshine and Legal Services. Your company needs the best legal representation it can afford. In the finale of his Lawyerland trilogy, the author explains the basic techniques of project management he now uses after experimenting with two cases and details how and when these techniques can fruitfully be applied to manage your company's litigation.

When it comes to controlling ediscovery costs, in-house counsel often rely on one of two options: Let outside counsel handle it or settle the case. However, there is a third option that involves using internal resources and litigation support vendors. Read on to learn more about what this option entails, as well as recommendations for reducing future ediscovery costs.

Litigation risk for major corporations is now becoming a global phenomenon. As a result, in-house counsel must rely on local outside counsel for specific legal knowledge in jurisdictions outside the United States. Dispute management involves coordination with outside counsel, and development of a common approach to dispute analysis, strategy and resolution. Learn how to establish a robust dispute management system and deploy it globally for a large company.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it “fully expects” to reverse
Medicare Part B rate cuts for separately payable drugs acquired through the 340B Drug Pricing Program,
resulting in an estimated additional $1.96 billion for 340B hospitals. Learn more through this blog post released by Foley & Lardner.