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This guide details key business and legal developments of interest to investors across major jurisdictions in Africa.

With the pace of business today and the increasing need for efficiency and cost effectiveness in all corporate endeavors, it is not enough that the legal function merely coordinate its activities with the business. To productively provide the level of service a corporation or business unit requires, the legal function must be totally synchronized with business goals and activities.

This is a sample sales agreement regarding hotel guest rooms.

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.

In this guide, authored by Lex Mundi contributors, the basic legislative and economic framework of Japan is explained.  Learn more about Japan's investment policies, trademarks, exchange controls, structures of business and more in this informative article.

In this multi-jurisdictional guide, explore an overview of key legal issues, rules and developments regarding corporate governance across a range of jurisdictions.

Womble Bond Dickinson’s second annual analyzes the fast-evolving global data privacy law landscape and, for the first time, includes over 200 respondents from both the US and UK.

Some topics include the growing use of biometric data and artificial intelligence (AI), differences between operating in the US, the UK, Europe and more.

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.

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 Quick Overview briefly examines the tax consequences of payments from litigation and settlements, such as the character and inclusion of these payments as income, as well as their deductibility and reporting in the United States.

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").

This is a comprehensive article that contains all exhibits to the 2014 ACC Annual Meeting Session 203 - Who Said Attorneys Can’t Do Math? Statistical Analysis in Employment Advice and Litigation.

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 QuickCounsel will discuss the risks associated with not having a tax hedging policy in place, and will outline steps towards creating an effective tax hedging policy.

The results of insider trading enforcement and sentencing continue to follow trends of years past. Review this QuickCounsel to learn more.

Members of ACC's Litigation Committee share their experiences of how developing vital relationships early during their in-house career resulted in fewer challenges for them and their company. Discusses choice of outside counsel, budgeting for litigation, managing client expectations, building a litigation team and understanding your company's insurance coverage.

A brief discussing the importance of the attorney-client privilege in the corporate context.

This report comes at a time when many employers are unclear about their obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In particular, companies struggle to understand when a leave of absence is a necessary and reasonable accommodation vs. when other actions can or should be taken.

A review of Brazil's new anti-corruption law. Discusses the potential corruption liabilities of companies doing business, directly or indirectly, in Brazil.

This article is intended to provide a general guide to the matter of green bonds.

In this article, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is explained in the context of small businesses and non-profits. Resources are available to these sectors impacted by the current crisis.

This ACC Foundation report explores the current landscape of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within legal departments.

This report deals with conflict of interest, focusing solely on broker-dealers, the entities the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) regulates.

This checklist is for use by licensees when reviewing a licensor's terms for the licence of commercially available packaged software. The checklist covers key issues that frequently arise in these types of licensing arrangements. However, it is not intended to be an exhaustive list and licensees should be careful to review all licence terms carefully. Agreements in respect of software that is to be developed or heavily configured specifically for the licensee are outside the scope of this checklist. In those circumstances, the contract is likely to (and should) contain additional detailed provisions relating to the ownership of intellectual property rights in the new software, acceptance, conformity with specification, delivery of bespoke elements and warranties. The checklist is written from a European perspective. For non-European software licences, users should ensure that they take into account relevant local law issues.

This session focuses on how to structure the transaction, what to watch out for when conducting IP due diligence and which contractual protections are advisable to ensure that such risks are mitigated.

In this sample, find practical tips to consider when drafting and negotiating contracts.