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This article describes very basic legal concepts that are very straightforward knowledge for Brazilian lawyers and transactional personnel.

A Preparation Workbook: a typical checklist to help condition stakeholders to the change while managing expectations and making change happen (and stick!).

Learn how to develop a powerful, scalable, flexible, feature-rich policy management system enables organizations to manage policies throughout all of the stages of the policy life cycle.

These guidelines are designed to communicate with investee companies regarding the objectives of engagement activities and to facilitate a better understanding of preferred terms of engagement.

Following the United States Supreme Court's recent opinion in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., recognize that certain closely-held, for-profit stock corporations can hold religious beliefs.

What legislation is applicable to insolvencies and reorganisations? What criteria are applied in your country to determine if a debtor is insolvent?

510 - Welcome to Rookie Camp: 10 Things New In-house Lawyers Should Know

This statement is intended to alert financial institutions of specific risk mitigation related to cyber attacks compromising credentials.

Non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements are ubiquitous and used daily in a variety of contexts, from mergers and acquisitions to more ordinary course commercial transactions. Faculty will cover recent case law regarding confidentiality agreements in the acquisition context and describe some broader implications. We will provide a walk-through of common confidentiality provisions, and tips and perspectives for both the disclosing and recipient parties. Although most in-house counsel have experience with confidentiality agreements, this presentation will drill down on some of the pitfalls and important provisions that get missed. We will provide a confidentiality agreement form, marked to show different provisions and negotiating positions to serve as a useful guide.

Trade secret owners are faced with a myriad of issues, especially with the increasingly global marketplace. Business owners and leaders must address the risk of outright theft of their intellectual property by competitors or would-be competitors. International communication networks that make the theft of trade secrets as easy as pushing the “send” button magnify this trend. This interactive workshop will allow the attendees to work in groups and act as business leaders facing a trade secret crisis in their companies. The attendees will then choose how to address their crisis and which legal actions to take. Each team will take turns presenting their strategy to the entire group and, if necessary, the presenter will make recommendations for additional ways the teams could have protected their trade secrets.

This case law is on the issue of whether the equitable defenses of laches should apply in this case to bar the recovery of any pre-filing damages for infringement that NexTag might owe LendingTree and whether LendingTree should be equitably estopped from obtaining any relief on its infringement claims against NexTag.

A social media policy is highly desirable for setting clear standards in the workplace, but employer regulation of employees' out of work activities must be reasonable. Read this article to learn how you can use a social media policy for your employees.

This article will show you how to determine whether ebilling is a good move for you, and if so, how to select a system that is a good fit for both your law department and your outside law firms.

Like many others, Spain has been hit hard by the global economic downturn. In the wake of domestic real estate crashes and international financial crises, Spain has restructured its economy and remains one of the most open and diverse in Europe. Learn more about what this means from an international investment perspective.

As the baby-boomer lawyers retire, legal departments in the United States will be looking to replenish their teams. Unfortunately, decreasing numbers of law school graduates means that there will be a smaller pool of talent ready for in-house work. Legal departments must meet this challenge by changing their hiring practices. Learn tips for recruiting and retaining this emerging crop of millennial lawyers.

This 4th annual LegalSEC study provides key insights into the InfoSec programs and practices specific to legal firms.

The US Federal Communications Commission recently adopted modified “open Internet” rules intended to protect the ability of consumers and content producers to send and receive legal information on the Internet, a concept also known as “network neutrality.” In order to strengthen its authority to adopt the rules, the FCC reclassified fixed broadband Internet access services under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. This article explains which sections of Title II will and will not apply to broadband Internet access services.

This is a sample employee handbook with state specific appendices.

This article discuses the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized amendments to the Negative Option Rule, now retitled the “Rule Concerning Recurring Subscriptions and Other Negative Option Program.“

The rule represents a significant overhaul of the regulatory framework governing how companies handle subscription services and automatic renewals.

Trade secrets, customer data, financial records and other confidential information increasingly is under attack. But while most companies focus their security efforts on external threats (i.e. hackers), their greatest security risks may lie within their own company. Employees have access to confidential information, and may understand how to avoid internal security measures. This session will reveal the best practices to protect your company from internal thieves.

This panel will focus on how judges and in-house counsel can work together to drive efficiency in our sometimes-byzantine litigation system, while retaining our profession's high ethical standards. From basic case management to better use of technology, courts have the same interests as in-house counsel, namely to drive better legal outcomes more efficiently. However, judges usually only hear from the outside bar, rather than corporate counsel who share their interest in timely, ethical and efficient resolution of legal matters. Join this panel of business court judges from around the United States to exchange thoughts about how the US litigation system can improve and how you can supervise litigation more effectively, while ensuring that you comply with relevant ethics rules, such as ABA Model Rules 1.1, and 3.2, among many others.

This is a template master marketing services agreement.

This guide covers common issues regarding private client laws in 24 jurisdictions.

Topics explored include pre-entry tax planning, connection factors, taxation issues on inward investment, succession planning, trusts and foundations, immigration issues, and tax treaties.

This sample stresses to be mindful that YOU AND YOU ALONE are personally responsible for the content that you publish on the Internet.