Today, IP plays a crucial role in the sale or purchase of companies in almost every conceivable industry. This article will tell you how to assess the IP aspects of a proposed transaction, conduct and complete due diligence to the extent it affects intellectual property and draft the provisions of the purchase agreement relating to the transfer of intellectual property rights.
Reviews the reasons for compliance, considerations impacting placement of the compliance function, and varying approaches to creating a program. Then discusses the critical importance of measuring your program's effectiveness, and explores some tools to measure effectiveness and to tailor that measurement process for particular companies and stages of compliance.
A handbook regarding multinational business acquisition and integration. Key topics such as tax, corporate law, employment and compliance are considered and regional comparison tables summarize the main tax, employment and corporate aspects of integrations in more than 40 countries.
This is a sample policy for offsite records storage cost reduction strategies.
It has become increasingly easy for both small and large organizations to open up international business channels and source business operations worldwide. One area of increasing influence is the Middle East, particularly in the Gulf region. While those opportunities can prove to be beneficial to companies seeking to broaden global markets, they can also open the doors to predatory or other unscrupulous business practices orchestrated by scammers, creating legal headaches and wreaking havoc for those companies down the road.
This article provides a holistic overview of the need to create and register trademarks in the Greater China region. It also poses questions that should be considered before developing the trademarks, as well as exploring the various linguistic considerations that should be taken into account, due to the numerous oral dialects used through China.
This pamphlet answers questions often asked by people who think that they have suffered discrimination in employment under US law. It describes what the law covers, how to file a complaint, and typical examples of employment discrimination.
Putting in place an effective whistleblowing mechanism is an important component of good corporate governance. This article discusses ten of the most common traps that companies can fall into when investigating whistleblowing allegations.
This article analyzes how a copyright infringement may occur in Tanzania, the remedies available for copyright infringement and the legal penalties incurred if the Copyright Act is violated.
Learn five steps to reduce cyber risks during the crisis resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Many foreign companies wish to conduct business in Qatar without establishing a presence of their own in the country. This article is a quick overview on what to be aware of when entering the Qatar market via a commercial agent.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2024 adopted final rules requiring registrants to disclose certain climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports.
This high-level summary from Latham & Watkins outlines the disclosures required by the final rules, the key differences from the proposed rules, and new compliance dates.
This article summarizes the requirements of the ordinance the Chicago City Council passed in May 2022, that imposes new anti-sexual harassment requirements for employers located in Chicago. The new requirements went into effect on July 1, 2022.
Learn about the United Kingdom’s National Security and Investment Act 2021, which allows the UK government to screen a wide variety of transactions for national security purposes.
Learn the consequences and obligations for both the French company and the foreign company and its employees when performance of certain services is subcontracted to a foreign company under a subcontracting agreement.
ESG considerations can play a key role in the restructurings of distressed businesses. This article examines what should be the ESG playbook for companies or insolvency practitioners implementing a restructuring.
The UAE issued new legislation to regulate the collection and processing of personal data in the country. In this article, learn the implications of this important development, which will be the first comprehensive federal data privacy law in the UAE.
This article provides key considerations for telehealth providers in mapping out how to deliver care on a multi-state basis in light of the Dobbs decision and related state legislation.
Learn about the implications of the US Supreme Court's decision of June 30, 2002, in the case West Virginia v. EPA.
Learn about 2024 revisions to China's Law on Guarding State Secrets, which may create new compliance challenges for businesses operating in China.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires the audit committees of boards of public companies to establish procedures for the receipt and handling of whistleblower complaints regarding questionable accounting practices, including anonymous reports. This article explains the essential features of a compliant complaint procedure and offers a plan for guiding the audit committee through the implementation process.
During emergency events or routine spills, in-house counsel will need to understand the applicable reporting laws. Here's a practical checklist of key regulatory requirements to simplify reporting.
This is a sample group sales agreement involving a convention center.
The question and answer format of this article makes it an accessible, quick read for those looking to do business in Manitoba.
Despite your best efforts, there is always a possibility that an inspection from the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration will arrive on your company's doorstep. Don't be intimidated by the prospect. By having a pre-established understanding of OSHA and how its investigations impact company operations, legal departments can take preventative measures to mitigate the risk of a citation or subsequent litigation.
The Tax Laws and Jobs Act is the most comprehensive tax reform in 30 years. As such, reviewing existing international structures is critical for businesses to anticipate the impact of the Act on their global effective book and cash tax rates. Though legislative technical corrections and regulatory guidance might affect the Act, legal departments should not wait for such guidance before taking action.
Since 2011, the US Securities and Exchange Commission has received over 18,000 whistleblower tips, with 4,200 occurring in 2016 alone. The evidence is undeniable: Agency whistleblower and bounty programs are here to stay, and legal departments should invest in effective internal compliance programs to keep reports within the company and out of the newspapers.
Imagine receiving a request from your sales department to approve a possible client's non-disclosure agreement - an agreement that you must approve and sign in order for the client to meet with the department. While the NDA is quite similar to your own, it is missing specific terms and conditions and could therefore present some serious risks for your company. This article explores what in-house counsel can do to mitigate these risks.
When it comes to ediscovery, small and medium businesses (SMBs) tend to be at a greater disadvantage than large enterprises. And the risks of poorly managing data are not to be taken lightly: reactive cost burdens, monetary penalties and even default judgments. Learn to develop programs and policies that are applicable to your organization, and that will flex as it evolves over time. After all, the key isn’t perfection, but rather uniformity and consistency achieved through organization.
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