This article aims to provide the fintech industry in Hong Kong with a comprehensive study of the key features, benefits, risks and potential of Distributed Ledger Technology (blockchain).
This article deals with doing business in the Asia Pacific Region.
ACC Docket July/August 2007: Ins & Outs: RFPs and Tenders, Should We, Really? Before you request an RFP, here are some tips to determine whether there might be a better alternative.
The session will cover important recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) developments since the ACC 2013 Annual Meeting and will also include highlights from the 2014 proxy season. The program will review significant enforcement actions and trends as well as recent SEC developments related to proxy advisory firms, cybersecurity, conflict minerals, social media, whistleblowing and disclosure reform. The SEC Update session will be a fast-moving program; come equipped with a working knowledge of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act.
In February 2022, the European Commission adopted a proposal allowing the European Union (EU) to indirectly regulate the affairs of non-EU companies that do business in the EU up to specified thresholds. This resource is an overview of why South African companies that export into the EU should take urgent note of the developments.
A review of Brazilian corporate taxes at the federal, state, and municipal level.
The Coalition to Preserve the Attorney-Client Privilege's letter to the US Sentencing Commission regarding the waiver of attorney-client privilege.
2011 ACC Annual Meeting Session 104 materials which details current status and practices of legal outsourcing.
This panel-driven session will discuss understanding your baseline contract management needs and the available alternatives, as well as how to successfully manage a full portfolio of non-disclosure agreements and whether document assembly is ‘worth it.’
Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in our series of annual reports, which provide international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.
A sample list of questions designed to better define the value and scope of work for outside counsel.
Reactive law departments respond ad hoc to requests and handle emergencies as they crop up. Proactive departments have processes, tools and cultural behaviors in place to deal with incoming requests efficiently, and thus are better able to strategically manage risk. Learn more about what how legal departments can stop constantly putting out fires and become proactive business partners.
What’s the difference between an employee and an independent contractor? Answer incorrectly and prepare for the consequences — from tax evasion to wage violations, or even incarceration. Learn the 10 steps to avoid misclassifying your employees as contractors, and vice versa.
These are several sample contest rules templates.
An effective anti-corruption program deters the risk of wrongdoing, positively affects corporate culture, improves the company’s relationship with regulatory authorities and provides the company with options for remedial measures should they need to be undertaken quickly. Read this article to learn how to achieve these benefits.
Volunteering your time is worthwhile. Very few argue this fact. However, it can be a struggle to find a skills-based volunteer program that is readily accessible to staff located across the country. Learn how UnitedHealth group overcame this issue
by partnering with Wills for Heroes to provide first responders with essential legal documents, free of charge.
Top ten tips for creating an effective pro bono program for your non-profit organization, which will offer tremendous support by augmenting your existing legal resources while easing budget constraints.
In this issue's Small Law column, Maryrose Delahunty expresses her gratitude for her ACC network who supported her professionally and emotionally after the loss of a family member.
An Australian man's case against Google for defamation is moving forward in Melbourne. The case deals with Google's search algorithm and results associate with the man's name.
Cubans say the changes to their country’s socialist economic model will happen sin prisa, pero sin pausa – without hurry, but without pausing. That may be a good – or perhaps necessary – political strategy.
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