This resource is part of the Lex Mundi Guides to Doing Business and provides a guide to investing in the Dominican Republic and provides information about the country, the laws that regulate its economy and society, and the Dominican investment climate.
When those two words - Chapter 11 - loom imminently over your company, you may believe that you're well-prepared to press forward. But are you really as ready as you think you are? You will be after reading this article, which highlights the essentials of filing the forms, knowing the details and learning the new perspectives necessary to not only survive, but also succeed during a Chapter 11 proceeding.
Learn the ins and outs of strategic planning and effective metrics development that will help you demonstrate your department’s successes; and Show your boss how you add value to the company’s bottom line and contribute to the mission and strategic goals of your organization.
As business operations become increasingly complex, legal departments are expected to do more with less. From compliance to contracting, legal departments can achieve this goal by unbundling the right services to the right providers. Without careful planning, however, the risk and cost of such efforts may prove to be too much. This article will guide you along the path to increasing value while reducing legal spend.
This is a sample purchase and sale agreement, for the sale of land and other rights and assets, by a seller company to a buyer Limited Liability Company (LLC).
A panel of experienced international in-house lawyers will discuss the legal support areas on which legal department members in international offices should focus on in order to partner effectively with the business team. They will address optimizing the process for providing legal services, identifying future legal support requirements and implementing legal cost-saving initiatives.
The legal and regulatory landscape of the Middle East, specifically in Oman, is constantly evolving, meaning businesses have to remain agile in order to continue to progress. In this article, learn how these changes impact your legal team.
Ten considerations for you and your career should your small company be acquired by a larger one.
This ACC Top Ten highlights the top ten ways to improve the pricing and risk profile of a Long Term Service Agreement for owners.
This article teaches you how to prepare for shareholder activists.
This sample includes a set of rules prohibiting solicitation and distribution of literature on company property.
General Counsel Letter to Congress on LSC FY2019 Funding
This memorandum provides an overview of the legal and strategic issues that should be considered by a Company before it engages in an open market common stock repurchase program.
Discusses how in-house attorneys control litigation with outside counsel and avoid falling victim to surprise expenses while managing legal spending.
This presentation includes an overview of process improvement methodologies (including Six Sigma and Lean). Outlines framework for a process improvement project and showcases key tools to create a project charter, assess client requirements, and map a process. From ACC Value Challenge workshop, Legal Service Management, July 2010: www.acc.com/legalservicemanagement
This article deals with companies’ accountability for responsible employment practices in their global supply chains.
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and US Department of Justice (DOJ) have announced plans to monitor employers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in hiring decisions that may discriminate against applicants with disabilities. On May 12, 2022, both agencies issued guidance outlining areas for concern regarding the use of AI in hiring decisions, which provide some insight into their intentions for litigation.
Subject to limited exemptions, the general rule set out in the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (the “Act”) and the Regulations thereunder (the “Regulations”) is that a foreign national (defined as a person who is not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada) may not work in Canada without first obtaining a work permit. Further, foreign nationals from certain countries are unable to travel to Canada without first obtaining a temporary resident visa (a “TRV”).
Here are the top ten considerations for a whistleblower to consider before acting in cases involving the United States Dodd Frank Act.
With little public sympathy left for big business, compliance management is nothing to take lightly. If you disagree, prepare for the inevitable: legal sanctions, financial losses and a tarnished reputation. based on the Swiss corporate environment, learn the five fundamentals of effective compliance management and ensure your company remains in the public spotlight for all the right reasons.
If your company has ever had to release employees, you have most likely been faced with the question of whether or not to use statistical measurements, or adverse impact analyses, to determine whether employees of protected groups have been disproportionately selected for termination. This article looks at how common termination-related claims actually are, and identifies the most effective ways to use an adverse impact analysis as a tool to reduce litigation risks associated with reductions in force.
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 Scotland.
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