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The "Getting the Deal Through" reference guide for M&A professionals.

This is an outline for the session: Allocating Environmental Risk in Commercial and Real Estate Transactions.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide to a Q&A that gives an overview of the legal system; foreign investment, including restrictions, currency regulations and incentives; and business vehicles and their relevant restrictions and liabilities in Switzerland.

This material covers the various roles in-house counsel may be called upon to play during a corporate crisis.

This article is a security guide for businesses published by the United States Federal Trade Commision.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high level overview of the lending mark, forms of security over assets, special purpose vehicles in secured lending, quasi-security, negative pledge, guarantees and loan agreements in Australia.

This InfoPAK (now known as an ACC Guide) provides a "question & answer" guide to corporate crime, fraud and investigations in Australia. 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.

A brief discussion of the expansion of Brazilian companies into the global market, with particular focus on the government's role in that expansion.

This article outlines under which conditions a purchase agreement can be dissolved under Dutch law.

Get an overview of how to start a pro bono program in your legal department or ACC chapter through guidance and best practices; and learn of specific opportunities available to in-house pro bono programs, no matter the size of the ACC chapter or legal department.

Studies point to the prevalence of depression and addiction in attorneys. In order to cope with the stresses of deadlines and multiple priorities that need attention, secure your oxygen mask first by incorporating healthy mechanisms into your daily routine.

This article provides an analysis of how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted companies specifically with so many companies having distributed workforces. In particular, the article examines the difficulties of applying vicarious liability to a distributed workforce, specifically with regards to when data breaches take place.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of restraints of trade, monopolies and abuses of market power in Hong Kong.

October's Lead the Way comes from Whitnie Wiley, who discusses our own personal labels.

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

The following article is a primer to help explain the negotiation of a license for customizable software products. This article discusses what to consider as part of the business arrangement, including issues related to product performance and liability, risk sharing, intellectual property matters, and other legal issues. This article is certainly not a substitute for personal advice from in-house counsel geared to the particular matter at hand, but should help lay the groundwork for discussions.

Understand how the UK Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 relating to sanctions coming into force in the UK may impact companies' ability to pay dividends or take other corporate actions.

Written Submission of the American Corporate Counsel Association to the ABA Task Force on Corporate Responsibility
(The"Cheek Commission?), November 11, 2002.

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.”

Here are the top ten considerations for a whistleblower to consider before acting in cases involving the United States Dodd Frank Act.

Learn the rules regarding corporate groups' cash pooling, with this multi-country guide.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an even hotter topic since the introduction of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by OpenAI, as well as tools like Copilot and OpenAI Codex, which use generative AI to write computer code. This resource from Womble Bond Dickinson discusses the best practices in using Artificial Intelligence to generate code. 

This article summarizes the legislative framework for the protection of personally identifiable information (PII).

Considering human rights during mergers and acquisitions can help companies save money as well as increase the long-term success of the transaction — and on the flipside, can help organizations avoid reputational damage, consumer boycotts, operational delays, and lost opportunities.

This InfoPAK (now known as an ACC Guide) provides a "question & answer" guide to corporate crime, fraud and investigations in Brazil. 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 InfoPAK (now known as an ACC Guide) provides a "question & answer" guide to corporate crime, fraud and investigations in Germany. 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.