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This primer provides a brief overview of the requirements to transfer personal information to a third party in a foreign country under POPI.

Becoming too much like the anachronistic, rules-laden court system it was meant to displace, commercial arbitration is no longer the most efficient and effective way to resolve disputes. In-house counsel increasingly complain that arbitration now looks and feels like a court case, but without the same rights of appeal. This panel, composed of in-house counsel and other lawyers in the arbitration space, will focus on how to return commercial arbitration to its roots as a speedy and cost-effective counterpart to the judicial system.

This report provides a summary of the use of technology within legal departments, based on a survey conducted in autumn 2020 at the behest of the Tools & Technology Interest Group of ACC Legal Operations.

This report provides a summary of the use of technology within legal departments, based on a survey conducted in autumn 2020 at the behest of the Tools & Technology Interest Group of ACC Legal Operations.

Read a brief update on UK case law regarding the use of force majeure arguments in contract disputes in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Learn about the most significant amendments related to personal data protection in Qatar's Data Protection Regulations effective 19 June 2022.

Learn how the European Union's AI Act and and the GDPR have a number of common features, and read about governance at the EU and national levels.

Learn about the April 29, 2022 draft of Certification Technical Standards, exploring personal data protection in China - specifically cross-border transfer of that data.

Learn about highlights of the Federal Republic of Nigeria's Money Laundering Act 2022, which expands and strengthens the 2011 Act combating money laundering.

Blockchains present challenges concerning "personal information" and how organizations collect, use, or disclose it under Canadian privacy laws and compliance obligations.

Learn about the Canadian Securities Administrators' year 8 report on trends on the percentage of women on boards and executive positions and the possible effects of ESG on those numbers.

Learn about the effects of California's Broad Pay Transparency law on pay disclosure and pay data requirement in California and similar movements in other states.

Learn about the EU Data Act and Radio Equipment Directive and how they affect considerations when manufacturing or selling smart devices and data in the EU.

Learn about the latest clarifications and remaining questions to the Department of Justice's changes of its corporate enforcement policies, first outlined in October 2021.

Learn about the Measures for Cybersecurity Reviews adopted by Chinese authorities, which took effect on 15 February 2022.

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 guide covers injunctions, cross-border issues, disclosure and privilege, costs and funding, settlement and mediation, and arbitration in 29 jurisdictions.

Learn ten tips for those involved in corporate transactions that fall within the scope of the UK's National Security and Investment Act 2021.

Learn about the legal issues and controls that UK employers in the should understand before integrating artificial intelligence tools in their hiring practices.

A brief overview of the guidance issued by the United Kingdom and the European Union in March 2022 regarding aggregation of persons subject to sanctions, in the context of ownership and control.

Frank Fletcher discusses his time spent as a shipping attorney in Tokyo.

This is a proposed outline for a seminar on antitrust compliance programs.

Learn about the requirements for Ontario employers to put in place a “disconnecting from work” policy" under the Working for Workers Act, 2021.

Medical researchers and medical product developers can use this checklist to review the potential issues raised by the overturning of the right to an abortion by the Dobbs decision.

Trying to rein in discovery costs and risks associated with corporate email? This primer will take your records retention policy to the next level.

Inter Alia December 2007- News, notes and Datebook Information for ACC

More than ever before, corporate boards and their lawyers are squarely in the spot light. Transparency, independence, and informed decision-making are among important governance program features that many believe will help keep companies on track. Companies such as Alcan Inc, Avnet Inc, Bell Canada Enterprises, Cargill Incorporated, ChevronTexaco, Intel Corporation, Lyondell Chemical Company, and Praxair, Inc. share information on board structure and function, board-level practices related to broader governance initiatives, and describe the role of in-house lawyers in helping to develop these programs.

This article deals with the case Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital: Discovery and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

This InfoPAK provides corporate counsel with an overview of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines’ requirements for an effective ethics and compliance program and suggests useful strategies for the small legal department for creating and maintaining such a program. This document reorganizes and distills the baseline “hallmarks” set out in the guidelines into ten essential tasks, with numerous tools and sample resources included. strategies for the Small Legal Department for creating and maintaining such a program.