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Taking a company public serves as one of the most exhilarating journeys that a corporate lawyer can embark on. Are you ready to step into the limelight?

In addition to ensuring FCPA compliance with international alliances already in place, Thomas M. Federico, of Dobbs International Services, Inc., provides a due diligence checklist for those international alliances yet to become a reality.

This article describes the problems that the European Commission's approach to the attorney-client privilege creates and what counsel should do to ameliorate those problems.

Progression in technology has meant that, over the last decade, contracts have become longer, more complex and sometimes harder to negotiate as businesses have been keen to have the most protective contracts possible. Over time, businesses often build up multiple contract templates to ensure that every contracting eventuality is covered. But what if there could be a different approach?

This article provides analysis and insights into Australia’s digital health for 2021. There are a number of key issues germane to digital health that the piece examines with great detail, in addition to providing questions and answers for each one.

Last year, a Dallas federal jury cleared US billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban of allegations of insider trading. His trial lawyer and long-time counsel explain what made the case resonate with the jury. Among other things, jury research and selection play a critical role in any high-stakes trial.

For the most part, the acquiring side of the payments industry — which attends to merchants that accept credit and debit cards — has remained out of the public eye. However, in recent years, government actors have considerably increased enforcement actions against such processors in an effort to prevent businesses engaged in risky transactions from inadvertently harming the consumer. Here’s what to expect.

Messy desks rarely happen overnight, but those piles of papers can be prevented and tidied up with good habits. Follow this checklist for a cleaner and more organized workspace.

This article provides an overview of the Australian Government’s Cyber Security Strategy 2020, issued in October 2020. The article analyzes several of the 2020 Strategy’s key initiatives.

An informative article on third party disclosures.

This report compiles research across 47 key territories worldwide to explore which of those territories have data residency rules and the potential for penalties where companies do not comply with these rules.

This InfoPAK (now known as an ACC Guide) provides a "question & answer" guide to corporate crime, fraud and investigations in the United States. 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 "How To" resource can help guide a legal department moving from predominantly hourly billing to alternative billing scenarios - with goals, planning, types, and key considerations.

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

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview on private acquisitions law and practice in the United States.

This article aims to provide the fintech industry in Hong Kong with a comprehensive study of the key features, benefits, risks and potential of Distributed Ledger Technology (blockchain).

This article deals with doing business in the Asia Pacific Region.

ACC Docket July/August 2007: Ins & Outs: RFPs and Tenders, Should We, Really? Before you request an RFP, here are some tips to determine whether there might be a better alternative.

In February 2022, the European Commission adopted a proposal allowing the European Union (EU) to indirectly regulate the affairs of non-EU companies that do business in the EU up to specified thresholds. This resource is an overview of why South African companies that export into the EU should take urgent note of the developments.

The session will cover important recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) developments since the ACC 2013 Annual Meeting and will also include highlights from the 2014 proxy season. The program will review significant enforcement actions and trends as well as recent SEC developments related to proxy advisory firms, cybersecurity, conflict minerals, social media, whistleblowing and disclosure reform. The SEC Update session will be a fast-moving program; come equipped with a working knowledge of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act.

A review of Brazilian corporate taxes at the federal, state, and municipal level.

This article shows how jurisdictions compare internationally as a destination for inward investment.

The Coalition to Preserve the Attorney-Client Privilege's letter to the US Sentencing Commission regarding the waiver of attorney-client privilege.

2011 ACC Annual Meeting Session 104 materials which details current status and practices of legal outsourcing.