This policy's goal is to provide positive user experiences to a company's visitors and followers via social media platforms, and strive to always do so in a manner which is respectful and responsible.
Read this article to learn methods that one legal department has used to add to the bottom line, practice tips, and action items to devise your own strategy for controlling costs.
Understand the force majeure implications of the Ukraine conflict (and related sanctions) for contracts.
Learn how Turkey governs data transfers - both domestically and cross-border.
Learn about risks with trading in green electricity based on the practices in China.
Learn about potential hazards and opportunities for borrowers and lenders with regard to ESG.
Learn about the latest developments in greenwash claims and challenges in enforcement in the United Kingdom.
Learn about requirements of new bill (SB 1162) in California on reporting of pay.
Learn about Personal Data Protections Law in coming into force in February 2023.
Chinese people can be very indirect in expressing what they want. When you offer your Chinese guests tea, it is not unusual that they say no in the first instance and agree to have some when you ask them the second time.
This guide is part of the Lex Mundi Guides to Doing Business series which provides general information about legal and business infrastructures in jurisdictions around the world.
Why do we have compliance programs and what does it take to make them Effective with a capital “E?” Why do we care? What is the role of in-house counsel in making sure that effectiveness is achieved and delivered? Effective ethics and compliance programs are important both preventatively – to make sure that bad conduct does not occur – and after the fact – to make sure that bad conduct gets addressed so it doesn’t continue and won’t happen again. Moreover, not having an effective program can have disastrous consequences. Come learn how to develop it into much more than a code of conduct gathering dust on the shelf.
This checklist will help you examined all the non-benefits considerations for the workplace in a Post-Roe world.
Learn about New Zealand's Personal Data Protection Law, ratified in October 2022.
Learn about the state of data transfer laws and regulations in China and takeaways on developing trends.
Learn about post-Covid privacy issues and takeaways for employers in recent Canadian court cases.
Learn about key trends and considerations around ESG policies in business supply chains.
Learn about the importance of liquidators in Hong Kong and recent increased scrutiny of them in their courts.
Learn about Nigeria's legal treatment of employees who resign in anticipation of disciplinary proceedings.
Our roles within our companies offer us a unique view of the business, as well as the outside and internal forces that influence it. As in-house counsel, we like challenges and thrive on finding solutions that push our organizations forward.
In 2012, China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange promulgated the Circular on Further Improving and Adjusting Foreign Exchange Administrative Policies on Foreign Direct Investment (Circular No. 59). It replaces more than 30 approval requirements with simpler registration procedures, streamlines many administrative procedures for foreign exchange transactions and relaxes some restrictions on funds used for foreign direct investment (FDI). The changes resulting from it are reviewed in this article. <br />
The new Data Protection Law, DIFC No. 5 of 2020 (the "DP Law"), became effective 1 July 2020 and replaces DIFC Law No.1 of 2007. Businesses caught by the legislation have a grace period of three months to bring their organisations into compliance with the new requirements.
The new DP Law has been aligned with data protection regimes elsewhere in the world such as the European GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act. Adoption of international data privacy concepts means we're hopeful that such reform will see other territories recognising the DIFC as providing sufficient regulatory protection to allow data transfers in and out of the DIFC with relative ease.
If you join a company that doesn't meet your expectations, should you jump ship or face the music and dance? In his newest column that's inspired by a friend's true story of a poorly planned cruise, James A. Nortz recommends that you pick the latter.
Statistically driven and data intensive, Six Sigma has emerged as the latest and hottest quality initiative within corporate America. Learn how you can apply this strategy for increasing client satisfaction and reducing costs within your legal department.
● Responding to activist challenges in the boardroom.
● Building the boardroom of the future—effective “board refresh” practices.
● Emerging issues and priorities for nominating and governance committee chairs.
This is a sample service agreement between buyer and seller.
A primer on the state and possibilities of Value practices with an emphasis on alternative billing and staffing defin itions and practices.
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