2015 was a record year for M&A, both in volume and the total value of corporate megadeals. Governments around the world have noticed, scrutinizing such deals for anticompetitive practices and reviewing pending and even sometimes completed mergers. This changing regulatory environment has raised the uncertainties and risks of M&A, particularly on the selling side. Mitigate these risks by assessing and evaluating the relevant regulatory landscape and including conditions — such as reverse termination fees, or hell-or-high- water provisions — in purchase agreements.
This training course will help you recognize situations that raise internet use issues and assist you in dealing with these issues effectively. (Licensed for use in classroom settings only and not for distribution in any form.)
In recent years, with the rise of collaborative work tools that enable teams to work remotely, more in-house counsel are working with clients at a distance. Research demonstrates that without an intentional effort to connect, it often can be difficult for colleagues to establish trust and effective working relationships. In this article, we offer some suggestions about how to establish, maintain, and enhance the remote working relationship.
The FTC will not hesitate to pursue companies that fail to implement reasonable security standards into their technology development cycle. This article reviews recent FTC settlements and offers in-house counsel and compliance officers some practical guidance on things to do to prevent an FTC investigation in their respective companies.
As the pay equity legal landscape evolves, employers must confront gender-based discrimination, plummeting morale, and publicity issues. Implement these solutions to minimize your risk of claims.
Remember when associating with some kids at school was enough to be labeled guilty by association? Today, transnational corporations that do business with corrupt foreign partners are faced with a similar, yet much more severe, situation. The DOJ and SEC are aggressively pursuing the slightest indication of FCPA violations. Regardless of whether your company is aware of its partner’s corrupt activity, it can still be held liable. Understand what might put your company at risk and how to prevent it.
Learn how the in-house team now holds the key to driving change to value focused engagement models.
A discussion on subjects such as emissions, general guidelines for voluntary greenhouse gas reporting, proposed rules, and more.
Understand the global legal and regulatory landscape of data privacy, specifically how it relates to the transfer of data across borders.
A fine but definitive line divides the world of insurance policies. On one side, there is the insurer, armed with the legal forces to defray expenses. On the other are the insured, slightly perplexed about the industry's rules of engagement. This article empowers policyholders and offers guidance as to how to persevere when litigation hits.
A review of strategies to reduce social security contribution costs under Brazilian law.
Like the tools you keep in your house for small repairs, this panel will provide practical tips for the in-house generalist who must identifyand respond to environmental challenges and advise business leaders cogently while maximizing limited resources. The session will equip you to deal with environmental issues in three principal contexts: transactions – what situations can give rise to environmental liabilities and major environmental issues to consider in contracts, purchases and sales; litigation – causes of action for environmental matters and how to respond to notices of intent to sue, demand letters for compensation for environmental contamination and other situations; and regulation – understanding major US and international regulatory trends and non-governmental organization activity, particularly relating to product stewardship, customer and supply chain issues.
This article provides practical guidance on a number of key issues related to contracting with physicians and other referral sources.
Edward Snowden’s revelations about the PRISM program, the clandestine mass electronic surveillance data mining operation, and the extent of many major US consumer companies’ compliance with National Security Agency requests to access customer personal data has spawned outrage and debate over government and business intrusion into personal privacy. It has also given rise to new opportunities — and challenges — for European companies and their general counsel, as consumers seek services from providers located outside the United States, which presumably keep their personal information out of the reach of the US government.
The main purpose of the Open Skies Agreements is to deregulate certain areas of the air transport industry in Brazil and, consequently, encourage the market to work freely, which causes various effects in liberalized markets.
Submission by the Coalition to Preserve the Attorney-Client Privilege regarding the Subcommittee’s Hearings on “White Collar Enforcement (Part 1): Attorney-Client Privilege and Corporate Waivers”
Columnist Todd H. Silberman shares useful advice for job seekers based on past hiring experience.
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