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This resource consists of a slide deck on the defamation and libel regulations in Canada.

The participants will go through a mock crisis management exercise. This session will explore the complementary roles of legal, communications and PR, and business continuity management, presenting best practices in crisis management planning, stakeholder management, and proactive communications management.

Doug Luftman, CBS’s vice-president, discusses the path he took in order to combine engineering and the law in his career.

This checklist can be used as a starting point for assessing legal issues in negotiation for software/technology services from a Buyer's standpoint. 

Identify requirements for managing and maintaining subsidiaries (including international subsidiaries). Receive practical guidance on managing costs and risks. Share tools used to manage subsidiaries and keep the board abreast of governance issues. Discuss the recommended frequency of board educational sessions on corporate governance (including whether these are typically provided in-house or by external parties). Examine the appropriate type of information reported at each level of the board (including committees and sub-committees). Learn best practices for serving as corporate secretary.

Today’s government contractors, especially those just realizing that they are government contractors, face a compliance and ethics requirements environment significantly different from that of strictly commercial companies. To address the unique compliance and ethics needs of government contractors, panelists will provide an update on recent suspension and debarment matters, awards from the False Claims Act and the lessons government contractors can learn from those decisions. This session will review the Federal Acquisition Regulations on codes of conduct and compliance programs for government contractors. Panelists will also identify strategic ways to demonstrate due diligence in managing risk to government customers, regulators and the U.S. Department of Justice.

Review key provisions of the FCPA, UK Bribery Act, CFPOA, OECD, Brazil’s anticorruption law and others; highlight the extraterritoriality of each regulation and the impact on global businesses, incorporating recent enforcement actions; explore the local responsiveness vs. global efficiency debate, and how cultural norms impact the effectiveness of corporate compliance programs; and Discuss practical approaches to understanding and mitigating risks. (Topics of interest may include screening suppliers, distributors and agents, and drafting, maintaining and enforcing contractual provisions.)

This is a sample corporate employee handbook for over 50 employees.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview and practical analysis for public procurement issues and procedures in the United States.

Nationwide's sample Agreement for outside counsel billing and staffing policy.

In-house counsel often find themselves in the unexpected role of compliance officer. Fulfilling the responsibilities associated with both roles can be challenging but also rewarding, and each demands a unique skill set. In today’s business environment, is it realistic to expect general counsel to also effectively serve as chief compliance officers? And, is this unification in the best interest of the organization?

With the Dodd-Frank act in effect, employees now have greater incentive to call the SEC about potential violations. Companies must encourage their own employees to report any potential violations internally rather than to the SEC. Learn more about whistleblower provisions and their implications for your client.

In today’s corporate environment, workplace bullying affects individuals and the organization. Several states have proposed anti-bullying legislation that would allow employees to seek damages. Learn to protect, prevent and respond to abusive treatment before it escalates.

In sports, failure to keep your eye on the ball can mean the difference between winning and losing. This expression captures the current predicament of the fantasy sports industry, an industry where bountiful venture capital funding and rapidly expanding revenue distracted from the legal complications descending on the industry and threatened to destroy it.

This policy is intended to be short and easy to follow, to enable our decision makers (including technical, business, and legal managers) to leverage open source software while protecting our intellectual property assets and mitigating risk.

Preliminary findings of a five year perspective on the progress of women and visible minorities in senior leadership roles in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

The purchase of residential property in Singapore is governed by the Residential Property Act (RPA), which also regulates foreign participation in housing developments. The Controller of Residential Property (the Controller) is in charge of the administration of the RPA.

The purpose of this paper is to summarize briefly the considerations leading to the currently proposed amendments for Delaware’s appraisal statute, Section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”).

An overview of various strategies and tips to make law departments more efficient and effective. Includes surveys of in-house counsel covering various metrics of efficiency, cost, and satisfaction.

In this session presentation from October 2016, strategies for effectively managing trade credit risks are discussed and examined.

This is a sample terms/agreement between principal and independent contractor.

This article describes the advantages of a virtual network, offering former in-house counsel with children a way back into the workforce as part-timers for the benefit of corporate legal departments.

Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in our 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.

Getting the Deal Through is delighted to<br />publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a<br />volume in our series of annual reports,<br />which provide international analysis in<br />key areas of law and policy for corporate<br />counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and<br />business people.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide to joint ventures, including practice notes and standard documents for cross-border deals with detailed drafting notes highlighting the main legal, commercial and negotiating issues in France.

This Report provides an analysis of corruption within the EU’s Member States and of the steps taken to prevent and fight it. It aims to launch a debate involving the Commission, Member States, the European Parliament and other stakeholders, to assist the anti-corruption work and to identify ways in which the European dimension can help.

This is a sample agreement between a hotel and company.

Smart companies plan, measure results and demonstrate success. The legal department within those companies needs to follow suit. Demonstrating to your client that you add value is critical. This program will teach the in’s and out’s 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.

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.