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Summary Plan Descriptions (SPDs) are an essential mechanism for employers to use when informing employees and participants of benefits offered under their plans. SPDs tell employees and plan participants what the plan documents say, including what their benefits are, what they need to do in order to get a benefit, and how those benefits are going to be paid to them. Therefore, it is important that SPDs are correct and accurate and sent to everybody who needs to get them. 

This article discusses some of the key do’s and don’ts with respect to SPDs.  

This article focuses on Boards and company leaders who are focused on the strategic growth of their enterprises have a responsibility to create and foster innovation, engagement, and profitability.

October's Lead the Way comes from Whitnie Wiley, who discusses our own personal labels.

This is a sample employee certification to company regarding code of conduct.

General terms and conditions, particularly used for the sale of steel building components. These terms generally accompany a purchase order. Includes provisions regarding quality, permissible variations and inspection, warranties, delivery, and other general considerations.

This InfoPAK (now known as an ACC Guide) provides a "question & answer" guide to corporate crime, fraud and investigations in China. This guide gives a high level overview of matters relating to corporate fraud, bribery and corruption, insider dealing and market abuse. In addition, it summarizes money laundering and terrorist financing, financial record keeping, due diligence, corporate liability, immunity and leniency, and whistleblowing.

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 the United States.

Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is fundamental that a party may seek documents that are in the opposing party’s “possession, custody or control.” The same or similar standards are reflected in most state civil procedure rules. The corollary to these rules is that to avoid claims of spoliation and the severe sanctions that may follow, a party is obligated to ensure such records are preserved when litigation is reasonably anticipated.

“Risk management” has just been added to your job description. Surprised? In today’s corporate environment, understanding how to identify, analyze and mitigate risk is essential for any in-house counsel. Learn the basics and check out the example using compliance with the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA").

Rebecca Arvizu, senior counsel of Legal and Business Affairs for DTS, Inc. explains the most critical components in IP licensing based on her career experience.

This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with comprehensive jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guidance to product liability laws and regulation.

Recently, there has been a surge of lawsuits under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). From claims of misclassification to improper overtime pay calculations, collective FLSA actions are just as profitable as discrimination class actions. However, If an employer understands the issues being targeted, these cases are largely preventable. This article presents 12 tips on how to remain compliant in regard to wage and hour issues in 2012.

Receiving a letter from the US government stating that a qui tam action has been filed against your company can be a nightmare for the in-house attorney ordered to stay quiet about the case. With shareholder litigation on the rise, companies subject to the False Claims Acts need to consider all options. In-house counsel need to prepare themselves for a tug of war between the laws, penalties that exist for violating a seal, and those that require the disclosure of information to publicly traded companies.

This presentation details how you can profit from your company's intellectual property assets.

This study aims to provide a snapshot of the current state of cybersecurity practices across leading global organizations, and to advise organizations in improving their cybersecurity programs.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from responses posted on various ACC Committee eGroups, addresses the "Dos and Don'ts" for a company's first general counsel.

While the job market has been challenging lately, we have assembled a panel of in-house attorneys who successfully found great new positions in the past few months. Come hear how to survive being in-transition, stand out as a candidate in this competitive job market and make it over the wall to that next great job. Our panelists will share how they found their jobs, what worked (and didn't work) for them in their job search as well as some general advice for conducting an effective job search.

This article discusses the rules of taxation aligning e-commerce business with international tax rules and standards under the Departmental Interpretation and Practice Notes (DIPN 39 (Revised)) issued by the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) in late March 2020.

This is a request for proposal to companies with a wide range of public relations, communications, and marketing services.