On August 29, 2022, the Hong Kong Competition Commission (“HKCC”) published an Advisory Bulletin regarding the sharing of competitively sensitive information on employees’ employment conditions (such as future wages) among employers in the context of “joint negotiations” (“Joint Negotiation Advisory Bulletin”). In the Joint Negotiation Advisory Bulletin the HKCC outlines a set of guidance on the circumstances under which the exchange of information on employment conditions among employers may be justified in the context of joint negotiations.
Sample code of conduct for employees. Provides for accountability, loyalty, personal gain, blackmail, corruption, confidentiality, financial concerns, customer, vendors, competitors, partners, trading in shares, compliance office, and sanctions.
You must create a culture where your pilots are not rewarded for getting to their destination quickly unless they do so in the right way — one that does not put the enterprise at significant risk.
This article discusses whether in-house counsel or outside counsel have the edge when it comes to the independent "gatekeeping" function required of lawyers.
Conflicts of interest are common because our personal lives intersect constantly with our professional lives. Here's how to manage office policies as in-house counsel.
January/February's cover story discusses the efforts of the US Justice Department to establish individual criminal accountability for corporate wrongdoing, and how to build a commensurate compliance program.
This guide addresses the global issues of commercialization, government regulation, importing, exporting and human consumption of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), which include transgenic crops and other products.
In this article key questions are answered concerning merger control from the European Lawyer Reference Series.
Read this article and learn how to implement self-sustaining codes of conduct and corporate policies that will get behavior to conform to the ideals espoused in such documents.
If proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) are approved, they will go into effect in 2015. The amendments would sharply decrease discovery disputes and promote greater efficiency in the resolution of federal actions. This article summarizes the key changes that have been proposed and addresses their implications for in-house counsel.
A short briefing regarding the European Commission's proposed Regulation on a European approach for Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’).
This Top Ten article contains some predictions about corporate governance, regulatory risks, boundaries of the employer-employee relationship and other issues that professionals in the corporate legal department may be working on this year.
As workplace technology evolves, one area of focus is the requirement to involve worker representatives when a company is considering the implementation of new or updated workplace technology.
Such requirements can differ not only by jurisdiction, but also by the type of technology and the purpose of use. This briefing explores some of the employee representation considerations when implementing or updating technology.
This is a template master marketing services agreement.
What legislation is applicable to insolvencies and reorganisations? What criteria are applied in your country to determine if a debtor is insolvent?
Law firms have access to highly sensitive information about their corporate clients and, as a result, are prime targets for cybercrime. Corporations need to know what their outside counsel are doing to protect their sensitive data.
Learn about the increasing regulatory pressure in the US, Europe, and Asia and the resulting compliance challenges regarding Environmental, Social, and Governance issues (ESG).
This article deals with the rise of arbitration in the UAE.
This training course provides an overview of OFAC sanctions and their key provisions. It will help you recognize situations presenting a risk of legal violations and deal with them properly.
This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses how to dispute bills with outside counsel, under US law. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the New to In-house ACC Network.*
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