711 Defining the Role of In-house Lawyers in Governance. Includes sample board evaluations, corporate governance guidelines, annual board meeting agendas, and more.
This article is a four-part series in which Oracle Associate General Counsel Suchitra Narayen, QuisLex CEO Ram Vasudevan and consultant Rees Morrison discuss the opportunities and challenges facing a global legal department.
While the threat of an impending “doomsday” virus may seem like an outlandish prospect, real-world examples like Swine Flu and Ebola raise the question: How would your company respond to such an event? Through an understanding of key employment regulations, in-house counsel can develop precautionary strategies to help mitigate the risk of the next global health crisis.
In-house counsel risk losing attorney-client privilege because of technicalities existing in state registration rules. Gucci America, Inc. v. Guess?, Inc. illustrates this scenario — vaguely worded qualifications cost one company its counsel and one employee his career. read this article to learn how and why you might run the risk of losing your privilege.
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Although previous case rulings have sunk the high hopes of marijuana users, several states now extend employment protection for those with a prescription. However, marijuana is still considered illegal in any circumstance under federal law. Dazed and confused? This feature will lead you out of the haze.
Qatar continues to implement new legislation aimed at liberalizing the business environment for foreign investors and to introduce additional incentives and exemptions. This resource is a quick overview of the Foreign Investment Law and how investors can capitalize across all sectors in Qatar.
In this multijurisdictional guide, learn about rules of legal privilege and disclosures in several common law and civil law jurisdictions.
The Swedish parliament passed a bill which implements the EU directive (2019/1152) on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions. This directive was introduced with the objective of raising employment standards throughout the EU with more transparent and predictable conditions of work. Based on these changes you should update your employment contract templates and also your HR guidelines where relevant.
A recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling that the men’s college basketball players at Dartmouth College were employees of the school, as well as other legal challenges to establish the employment status of college athletes, could upend the structure of college sports and have unintended immigration consequences for international athletes competing at U.S. schools.
611 - Supporting the CFO & Finance Function at Your Organization
This resource contains helpful charts and graphs concerning SOE and the value of disputes.
This article provides key lessons from the January 2015 Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decision in Tervita Corp. v. Canada (Commissioner of Competition).
Check out this 2014 Tabbie Award-winning column! This article offers insight into why executives often spend a disproportionate amount of time discussing matters that involve almost no risk. This phenonmenon – dubbed by the author as “bike shedding” – can be avoided; learn how.
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Although good news seems to be a rare commodity these days, this author suggests that we are living the best life ever. Learn why everyone — including notoriously pessimistic attorneys — should be a little more optimistic.
Increasingly, multinational corporations are conducting internal investigations to assess civil and regulatory risk, particularly in light of increased regulatory scrutiny. Because they face civil and regulatory risk in multiple jurisdictions, those investigations must also be conducted in multiple jurisdictions. Jurisdictions have different rules relating to internal investigations, such as privilege, employee interviews and disclosure obligations. This session will discuss how to conduct a cross-border internal investigation effectively and the pitfalls that may await in-house counsel.
This article discusses the Securities and Exchange Commission's final Rule 13q-1
Increasingly EU law (in particular EU consumer law) is being driven by a school of thought known as 'behavioural economics', which takes into account the behaviours of individuals when they are exercising choice. Regulators recognise that behavioural economics could have a profound impact on many of the most serious challenges facing policy makers today and increasingly see an opportunity for behavioural economics to support more specific issues like complexity, consumer inertia, marketing and the impact of communications to consumers. This session provides an overview of how behavioural economics is quickly becoming a "game changer" for the shape of regulation for time to come.
A survey of a company's use of the Altria Code of Conduct.
This article provides an overview and some insights into the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s key activities and priorities for 2021, which were announced on 23 February 2021 the ACCC’s Chair, Rod Sims.
Neville Eisenberg and Bruce Braude reflect on the ACC round table that they hosted in Hong Kong and conclude that General Counsel and legal operations specialists in Asia are rapidly driving the legal operations agenda.
The 2015 Litigation Trends Annual Survey collects and presents the experiences and opinions of corporate counsel regarding various aspects of litigation and disputes-related matters.
A model compliance management system, which includes a functional whistleblowing system, is recognized by the methodology of Czech Republic public prosecutor offices as an example of measures that can avert corporate criminal liability. This article is an overview of what an organization can gain by implementing a functional whistleblowing hotline.
Many businesses will enter Qatar for the first time in 2022, and companies with existing operations in Qatar will look to capitalize on an influx of foreign investment and tourism. This resource provides 10 things to consider when doing business in Qatar.
The Home Office (United Kingdom) has updated its sponsor guidance to incorporate recent changes to immigration rules as well as some other changes to the guidance. In this article, learn about these employment changes to ensure compliance.
On April 3, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had reached a $6.5 million settlement with registered investment adviser (RIA) Senvest Management, LLC on charges related to the firm’s “widespread and longstanding failures to maintain and preserve certain electronic communications.”
This article analyze potential lessons learned from this latest off-channel communications SEC enforcement action.
This outline describes the advantages and disadvantages of using ADR and its applicability to
trademark and unfair competition disputes. The characteristics of the most common methods
of ADR are listed, and settlement techniques are suggested. For court mandated ADR
procedures, the Local Rules in the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Ohio are used as a model, where applicable.
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