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This article discusses new Swiss rules on insider dealing and market manipulation entered into force.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high level overview of the lending mark, forms of security over assets, special purpose vehicles in secured lending, quasi-security, negative pledge, guarantees and loan agreements in Australia.

The following article is a primer to help explain the negotiation of a license for customizable software products. This article discusses what to consider as part of the business arrangement, including issues related to product performance and liability, risk sharing, intellectual property matters, and other legal issues. This article is certainly not a substitute for personal advice from in-house counsel geared to the particular matter at hand, but should help lay the groundwork for discussions.

Lawyers from around the world are increasingly using AI technologies to streamline burdensome legal practices. By understanding new and revolutionary uses for artificial intelligence, in-house counsel can implement innovative strategies to permanently transform the modern legal department.

Studies point to the prevalence of depression and addiction in attorneys. In order to cope with the stresses of deadlines and multiple priorities that need attention, secure your oxygen mask first by incorporating healthy mechanisms into your daily routine.

When those two words - Chapter 11 - loom imminently over your company, you may believe that you're well-prepared to press forward. But are you really as ready as you think you are? You will be after reading this article, which highlights the essentials of filing the forms, knowing the details and learning the new perspectives necessary to not only survive, but also succeed during a Chapter 11 proceeding.

Learn the ins and outs of strategic planning and effective metrics development that will help you demonstrate your department’s successes; and Show your boss how you add value to the company’s bottom line and contribute to the mission and strategic goals of your organization.

This is an outline for the session: Allocating Environmental Risk in Commercial and Real Estate Transactions.

As business operations become increasingly complex, legal departments are expected to do more with less. From compliance to contracting, legal departments can achieve this goal by unbundling the right services to the right providers. Without careful planning, however, the risk and cost of such efforts may prove to be too much. This article will guide you along the path to increasing value while reducing legal spend.

Many companies are outsourcing such functions as information technology, accounting, customer service, and telecommunications. Additionally, many of them are contracting with foreign vendors to provide such services. This article explains the reasons for this phenomenon, examines the trends in global outsourcing, and sets forth factors that will help you to determine whether such outsourcing is right for your company. You will learn how to develop a strategy that will enable you to identify the vendor and outsourcing destination most appropriate for your needs and to sidestep the minefields involved in outsourcing globally.

This report therefore gives an inside view to the challenging task of managing a corporate legal department in Russia under extra-ordinary circumstances. It also provides heads of legal departments with important management benchmarks and gives law firm leaders greater insight and understanding when dealing with clients.

This sample includes a set of rules prohibiting solicitation and distribution of literature on company property.

Executive Summary about the Model Contract Clauses Version 2.0 and the Responsible Buyer Code, developed by the Working Group to Draft Model Contract Clauses to Protect Human Rights in International Supply Chains, American Bar Association Business Law Section.

Contract negotiations and modifications are common practice for in-house counsel. However, the question as to who can modify a contract and under what circumstances should always be clear. In this summary, learn more about the conditions in which this process is acceptable.

Proper management of personal information is key to customer confidence, trust and business reputation. This Top Ten presents key tips regarding data privacy in Australia.

This Top Ten presents the Top Ten ways to leverage the environmental attributes of your consumer products without incurring liability with the US Federal Trade Commission ("FTC").

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This is a sample sales agreement regarding hotel guest rooms.

This article provides an overview of the justification, objectives, and organization of a comprehensive IP initiative, examines the two substantive phases of the initiative that management typically prioritizes: commercialization and protection.

Over the last 68 years, India has developed one of the fastest growing economies in the world. In the wake of such dynamic growth, however, India has also observed rapid urbanisation and widespread industrialisation, accompanied by various environmental concerns requiring immediate action.

This is a sample group and event sales agreement.

Before your company launches its international charity endeavor, ask yourself: Are we legally allowed to operate in this country? By learning the 10 key legal considerations for conducting charity work across borders, in-house counsel can mitigate risk and ensure that the company executives won’t be saying, “No good deed goes unpunished.”

This case law is about five Native Americans who wanted the Redskins trademarks cancelled, consisting in whole or in part of the term REDSKINS for professional football-related services on the ground that the registrations were obtained contrary to Section 2(a), 15 U.S.C. § 1052(a), which prohibits registration of marks that may disparage persons or bring them into contempt or disrepute.

Getting the Deal Through's ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in their 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.

Discusses U.K. discrimination laws, Italian labour law, and equal opportunity.

As the East continues to seduce business, more in-house counsel will be asked to manage legal services in China. Your new legal team will adhere to and be motivated by different cultural norms, which you as their leader should know. Learn basic cultural concepts relevant to all facets of life — including business — in China.

This article deals with recommendations of India's Ministry of Corporate Affairs to suggest measures for monitoring the implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility policies.