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Patent litigation can be pricey — approximately 2.5 million USD through trial. Additionally, litigation demands the valuable time of key executives. Limiting the number and degree of harmful litigation cases is the responsibility of in-house counsel. Read this article to learn how to reduce your company’s risk of IP litigation.

Christy Neuhoff, system VP general counsel of St. Luke's Health System, discusses dealing with change in her industry, career and life in general.

<br /><br /> Home<br /> >><br /> A Guide To Business<br /> >><br /> Public Reports<br /><br />Public Reports Written by CBBC<br /><br /> <br /><br /> 2013 Corporate Member Directory<br /> China in Britain, Third Edition<br /> 2012 China Business Guide<br /> Financial & Professional Services in Southwest China: Opportunities for British Businesses<br /> 2012 China Business Climate Survey<br /> Special Publication Commemorating 40th Anniversary of UK-China Diplomatic Relations<br /> China in Britain, Second Edition <br /> *New Edition* CBBC Service Directory 2012<br /> *Latest Edition* Opportunities for UK Businesses in China's Regional Cities<br /> The Eco-cities & Green Building Roadmap:UK Capabilities to Support the Delivery of Eco-cities & Green Building in China<br /> China Business Guide (Third Edition-Revised Version)<br /> New Sector Reports on Opportunities in Chinese Regional Cities<br /> Opportunities for UK Businesses in China's Regional Cities<br /> Opportunities in Shandong (Second Edition-Feb 2011)<br /> China in Britain <br /> British Chamber & CBBC 2010 China Business Climate Survey: Key Findings<br /> UK-China commercial relations: Business partners for growth<br /><br /> <br />China-Britain Business Council Corporate Member Directory 2013<br /><br />http://www.cbbc.org/guide/images/2013_member_directory_cover<br />The CBBC Corporate Member Directory is a brand new publication that makes it easy for companies and organisations in need of the products and services offered by our members to find the right contacts. One of CBBC's main assets is our diverse membership base, which includes companies covering a wide array of business sectors and geographical regions in both the UK and China. This directory showcases the breadth of expertise, services and products offered by CBBC's members, and the strength of UK-China trade relations. For the full publication.<br /><br /> <br />China in Britain, Third Edition<br /><br />http://www.cbbc.org/guide/images/china_in_britain_-_nov_2012<br />The latest edition of CBBC's China in Britain has been published! The third edition of this bilingual report on Chinese investment in the UK focuses on opportunities for Chinese investors in the UK's high-tech industries, and as usual includes a comprehensive list of Chinese investors in the UK. For the full publication.<br />2012 China Business Guide<br /><br />http://www.cbbc.org/guide/images/2012_china_business_guide*NEW EDITION*<br />The China Business Guide is intended to provide general business advice and should not be used as a substitute for market research, due diligence or legal and professional services. This guide was produced by the UK Trade & Investment China Markets Unit in collaboration with the British Posts in China, Hong Kong, International Trade Teams and the China-Britain Business Council. For the full publication.<br />Financial & Professional Services in Southwest China: Opportunities for British Business<br /><br />http://www.cbbc.org/guide/images/fsswchina<br /><br />This report is based on a visit by Sir David Brewer, CBBC Chairman, and a delegation of financial services companies to Chongqing and Chengdu. The content reflects the findings from meetings with local government, regulators, academics and companies during the visit. For the full publication.<br />2012 China Business Climate Survey<br /><br />http://www.cbbc.org/guide/images/2012_china_business_climate_survey<br /><br />The results of the 2012 Business Climate Survey indicate increasing optimism about the outlook for revenue growth in 2012. The survey clearly demonstrates the growing importance of China to many companies as a driver of corporate growth, evidenced by plans to increase investments in China this year.

This case law is on the issue of whether the equitable defenses of laches should apply in this case to bar the recovery of any pre-filing damages for infringement that NexTag might owe LendingTree and whether LendingTree should be equitably estopped from obtaining any relief on its infringement claims against NexTag.

Much has been said about the lack of diversity in the legal profession. However, by highlighting a successful partnership program between manufacturing company Corning Incorporated and law firm Ward Greenberg Heller & Reidy, LLP, in-house counsel can learn to make the business case for encouraging collaborative diversity initiatives in the workplace.

Law departments are often considered cost centers for the business, not revenue generators. However, there is a variety of ways to change this perception and allow law departments to collaborate with business clients to add to the company’s bottom line. This panel will examine some of the programs and strategies that in-house counsel can use to reduce legal spend and generate revenue. Topics discussed will include affirmative recovery programs (for example, monitoring contractual performance and intellectual property infringement), third-party litigation financing, licensing IP or other valuable assets, investments in new technology, and creative legal matter staffing. This panel will also examine how to build relationships with business clients to create and implement successful programs involving them and how to track and communicate law department profitability and performance.

This article discusses various ways that you can help your company protect itself from the threat of a terrorist attack.

This article shows how foreign parties entangled in litigation in the United States can receive discovery requests to produce documents located in their home country and that these litigants sometimes invoke their country’s blocking statute to resist production.

The assignment of arbitral claims and arbitral awards is a fast-growing market practice. When entering into agreements for such assignments, it is crucial to ensure that they comply with all the applicable legal requirements. In this context, the assignee should carefully assess the risks that may arise out of the award debtor's rights pursuant to the provisions of the law applicable at the seat of arbitration and/or at the place(s) of enforcement of the award. Under French law there is a specific mechanism called the right of "retrait litigieux" ("disputed withdrawal"). In accordance with this singular legal mechanism, which is designed as a tool to fight against speculation, when a disputed claim is assigned to a third party in the course of any judicial or arbitral proceedings, the debtor is entitled to discharge its debt by paying the assignee the actual price of the assignment, plus interest and costs, instead of the full amount of the original debt (article 1699 of the French Civil Code ). As has been seen in the FG Hemisphere v Democratic Republic of the Congo saga, the conditions and requirements for exercising the right of retrait litigieux in the context of assignment of arbitral claims or arbitral awards are uncertain under French law.

This course will help you understand issues involving overtime, how "exempt" employees are classified, independent contractors, and FLSA record-keeping requirements, among other things.

This is a sample employee handbook with state specific appendices.

The task based billing buzz has substantially quieted during the several years since introduction of the standard codes based on that concept. For some, it has gone the way of Total Quality Management and other sweeping reforms. A fresh look may be warranted, however, at the use of task based billing as a powerful cost management tool.

Reentry into the workforce can be difficult for women who have taken extended leave from their legal careers. The OnRamp Fellowship eases this transition through its unique reentry platform.

Your outside counsel has just called you in a panic. He has the company's outside auditor on hold on his other line. The auditor is demanding the law firm's evaluation of a very large and difficult lawsuit now pending against the company. The auditor won't accept the formulation from the ABA-AICPA treaty that allows counsel to decline to provide an evaluation unless the lawyer concludes that liability is either "probable" or "remote." The auditor claims that the lawyers can no longer "hide behind" the "treaty" and must provide a complete analysis because of Sarbanes-Oxley. You know that the law firm has a very negative evaluation of the case, which will result in a big reserve and a large hit to earnings if disclosed to the auditor. But you believe that it is too early to get a good estimate. So you tell the law firm auditor to "stick to the treaty." Your outside lawyer asks, "Have you read the Commission's new Rule 13b2-2 regulation"? No? Well, you had better do so.

This guide is the 2013 edition from Austria-based law firm Wolf Theiss. This guide is meant as a practical guide to renewable energy legislation throughout Europe.

A review of some different approaches to legal and compliance training, taking into account generational differences in the workforce.

This session focuses on small, privately held companies who are involved in building and maintaining an effective compliance program on a limited budget.

As governments around the world enact and enforce ever stricter anticorruption laws, the need to effectively manage sales intermediary corruption risks has become more important than ever.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high level overview of property law. The Intellectual Property (IP) in business transactions Q&A gives an overview of maintaining an IP portfolio, exploiting an IP portfolio through assignment and licensing, taking security over IPRs, IP and M&A transactions, and the impact of IP on key areas such as competition law, employees and tax in the United States.

James Nortz explores potential arguments for and against assisting other businesses when they are down, applying ethical considerations and balancing such corporate altruism with your own company's professional goals.

One expert estimates total downloads of mobile apps will exceed 268 billion by 2017. As apps proliferate, how do you find the high-tech gems in all the clutter and noise? Join our panel for a discussion of the best apps for in-house lawyers, and hear their nominations for the best in-house app of the year: the Best App Standing.

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.

Commercial transactions move at a breakneck pace in today’s business environment. Technological advancements in contract drafting programs, word processing, and video/telephone conferencing have enabled more agreements to be completed in less time. Even so, a bottleneck persists for many organizations during the execution phase of an agreement, governed by archaic principles that don’t take advantage of current laws and technologies. This session will explore the various types of electronic signatures, current laws surrounding electronic signatures, products and services available to support electronic signatures and best practices for adopting an electronic signature program.

Letter from ACC to Supreme Court of Iowa concerning Iowa's proposed changes to Iowa's rule for registration of in-house counsel.

This material provides specific examples of the wide range of current benchmarking data sources available to assess how well you are doing, as well as potential areas of opportunity to improve performance.

Employers monitor off-site employees for numerous reasons—not simply to ensure productivity, but to protect trade secrets, avoid data breaches, track an employee’s physical location, and generally discourage or identify misconduct. Most recently, monitoring has been used for COVID-19-related contact tracing purposes. However, privacy-related legal pitfalls abound.

Is unethical behavior a reflection of an organization or its employees? Can a corporation be considered ethical? How does corporate culture affect the question of ethics? Reflect on these questions and others when considering an ethics program.