This is a sample request for contract review or preparation.
This is an outline of the session Who's the Regulator in the Room?
Corporate diversity advocates highlight the ways in which they have created, implemented and enforced diversity initiatives within their own ranks and with outside service providers.
This presentation will cover recent cases and give in-house counsel practical tips for deciding which scheme of protection to use regarding subject matter eligibility for patents, copyrights and trade secrets. Cases will include recent US Supreme Court decisions on patent- eligible subject matter and the Federal Circuit case deciding scope of copyrightability in Oracle v. Google, among others.
604 - Advanced Settlement Techniques & the Use of Mediation & Arbitration to Resolve Disputes
This case law is about five Native Americans who wanted the Redskins trademarks cancelled, consisting in whole or in part of the term REDSKINS for professional football-related services on the ground that the registrations were obtained contrary to Section 2(a), 15 U.S.C. § 1052(a), which prohibits registration of marks that may disparage persons or bring them into contempt or disrepute.
This "Getting the Deal Through" reference guide provides a comprehensive review of M&A regulations and practices in England and Wales.
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).
Discusses ACC members' global connections and the similarities and differences in addressing the needs of in-house counsel in a variety of jurisdictions.
ACC President and CEO Veta T. Richardson talks about the importance of ACC's "seat at the table" initiative.
June 2008: Tools & Solutions for Doing Your Job Better
Tools & Solutions for Doing Your Job Better
ACC president and CEO Veta T. Richardson delivers a message from the ACC Board Chair in the Docket's July/August issue.
In his final column as ACC board chair, Simon Fish reflects on how the association has grown and changed during his tenure.
When doing business in South Africa, knowledge of the history, cultural inter-play, politics and the economy are invaluable assets.
This article reviews the Copyright Modernization Act and the notable changes that will result from its partial implementation. These changes include new moral rights for performers of live aural performance and the broadening of the fair dealing exception by including education, parody and satire in allowable purposes.
As more companies go global, in-house counsel must manage litigation where a foreign entity is sued in the United States or litigate a matter in Europe. Not only must in-house counsel educate overseas managers about the reality of litigation in the United States and learn various rules abroad, but they also face the difficult task of determining what is discoverable and how to conduct investigations to comply with the demands of US courts and stringent EU data and privacy regulations. This panel will focus on highlighting the differences between the key stages of litigation in the European Union and the United States, using real-world examples to help in-house counsel better prepare to deal with the practical implications of litigation involving multiple jurisdictions.
Third-party litigation financing is on the rise. Such financing presents new issues and challenges for in-house counsel. This panel discussion will offer information on third-party financing in the United States and in other jurisdictions (e.g., Hong Kong), including both regulation of the industry and how such financing should affect a litigant's approach with respect to settlement considerations, discovery, and dispute resolution strategy.
Any entities that plan to invest or are already invested in digital health companies, entities that contract with them, or providers that offer in-house telehealth modalities must be aware of the significant regulatory oversight the industry faces. This article discusses the US Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General's Special Fraud Alert published on July 20, 2022, which was the same day the US Department of Justice announced a massive fraud takedown, targeting telemedicine providers and physicians that netted criminal charges against 36 defendants in schemes that allegedly defrauded the government out of more than $1.2 billion.
An effective anti-corruption program deters the risk of wrongdoing, positively affects corporate culture, improves the company’s relationship with regulatory authorities and provides the company with options for remedial measures should they need to be undertaken quickly. Read this article to learn how to achieve these benefits.
Top ten tips on how to thoroughly understand and be able to define in-house counsel's role and communicate a shared vision to demonstrate collaboration and unity between legal and business.
March 2008- Tolls & Solutions for Doing Your Job Better
This presentation speaks about how to find prior art in the United States.
This article has an update for the Shareholder Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Resolutions in Australia following their previous update in September 2020. Describing some of the recent changes and developments, their conclusion was that the increasing number of ESG resolutions demonstrates that activities are making full use of their ability to requisition shareholder resolutions.
Instead of pitting the generations against each other, Columnist Whitnie Wiley suggests that millennials, Gen-Xers, and baby boomers should try to understand one another.
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