Explore the unique intersection of governance, corporate compliance programs and ethical decision-making in healthcare organizations. Find out how all of that fits within the board of directors’ fiduciary duties. From bioethics to fraud to governance best practices, speakers will reveal how ethics and compliance officers in healthcare organizations can address and prevent ethics lapses and ensure the board discharges its fiduciary duties.
This guide explores blockchain and cryptocurrency laws and regulations worldwide with expertise across 30 jurisdictions.
Overview of best practices in risk management. Includes discussion of enterprise risk, advising the board on risk, risk mitigation planning, cybersecurity, and third party risk from vendors and suppliers.
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.
In this multi-jurisdictional guide, explore an overview of key legal issues, rules and developments regarding corporate tax across a range of jurisdictions.
In the world of employment law, there are a number of privilege and professional responsibility issues facing in-house counsel. In order to prevent charges of misconduct, counsel should be familiar with the privilege and work product standards, as well as the Rules of Professional Conduct. Find out how knowing these standards not only avoids misconduct charges, but also allows in-house counsel to monitor the performance of outside attorneys.
With the continuing surge of wage and hour class claims, the threat of litigation against employers has become as certain as death and taxes. Employers must take proactive steps to armor themselves against future wage and hour litigation today. In this session, the following topics will be examined: (1) how to build good faith defenses to liability and/or liquidated damages in off-the-clock work and misclassification claims; (2) the risks and benefits of waiving the attorney client privilege as to past advice of counsel; (3) preparing a discoverable exemption analysis; (4) the key role of well publicized handbook timekeeping policies, wage and hour training and time entry certifications in defeating off-the-clock work claims; and (5) methods for creating contemporaneous business records showing the amount and type of exempt work performed by exempt employees.
This primer examines the minimum benefits that must be included in order for a health insurance policy to comply with the US Affordable Care Act (ACA).
An overview of the government procurement and tender laws and regulations in Israel.
CLO3 Medium & Large Department CLOs: Getting (and Using!) the Most from Your Attorney Staff
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.
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.
US-recognized attorney-client privilege<br />may not be respected in all jurisdictions, especially during the chaos of a dawn raid. Protect your privileged documents with this checklist.
This article is an introduction to the dispute resolution framework in Switzerland.
This is a sample sales agreement between a hotel and client.
Understand what comprises an effective compliance program and learn to implement and maintain effective monitoring mechanisms and audit plans, which pose ongoing challenges for in-house counsel whose compliance role is often just one of many.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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