In this sample, find practical tips to consider when drafting and negotiating contracts.
In this Quick Overview, the intricacies of the legal department’s role in organizations’ culture journeys is examined as well as why this positions general counsel (GCs) as cultural role models within organizations.
This article offers a step-by-step guide on how to apply creative thinking to solve even the most impossible challenge.
This article identifies the complexities and potential pitfalls of the relationship between in-house and outside counsel in litigation and suggests strategies that in-house counsel can use to manage the in-house/outside counsel relationship effectively and accomplish the corporation's goal of successful dispute resolution. This article also includes a handy checklist.
This article discusses whether the OFCCP - the agency charged with enforcing the federal affirmative action regulations - regulations cover your company and can help you reduce or eliminate problem areas before the OFCCP becomes involved.
This guide presents jurisdictional overviews on public procurement contracts in jurisdictions around the globe.
The authors of the following article are from the Global Law Intelligence Unit – a faculty of expert Allen & Overy lawyers dedicated to cross-border law and to helping solve the puzzles of multi-jurisdictional law.
Read this article and learn how to implement self-sustaining codes of conduct and corporate policies that will get behavior to conform to the ideals espoused in such documents.
This paper is a presentation by the ACC Houston Chapter on software audit.
As in-house counsel, your company is about to expand to regions of the world where corruption is deeply ingrained. Are you up for the challenge? To avoid waking up in a cold sweat, consider creating a robust anti-bribery/ anticorruption auditing program to detect potential violations. You’ll be happy you did.
This report deals with conflict of interest, focusing solely on broker-dealers, the entities the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) regulates.
This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from questions and responses posted on the Employment & Labor Forum, addresses the implications of allowing an employee from a U.S. company to telecommute from Spain.
This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from questions and responses posted on the ACC Employment & Labor Law eGroup, addresses the feasibility of legal departments creating an internal library of information to advise and counsel clients.
This publication has been prepared by the lawyers of Meritas firms to provide an overview to foreign investors and business people who have an interest in conducting business in Latin America and the Caribbean.
This article examines Knorr-Bremse's ramifications on the affirmative duty of care to respect the patent rights of others and exculpatory opinions in general, as well as the ruling's effect on in-house patent counsel who want to advise management on potential infringements. Includes recommendations on how in-house patent counsel can effectively meet the affirmative duty of care imposed by Underwater Devices.
This article presents the views and observations of leading anti-corruption practitioners in jurisdictions spanning every region of the globe.
In-house lawyers for companies around the world are playing leading roles in providing proactive legal guidance to corporate clients on governance initiatives. This practice profile shares information on practices implemented at the following seven companies: Alvarion Ltd., Ballard Power Systems, General Motors Corporation, SAP AG, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Westpac Banking Corporation, and Woolworths Limited.
In order for in-house counsel not to find themselves the subject of the next audit committee inquiry at their company, it is vital that they know how to properly investigate and pursue internal allegations of such "white collar" crimes as fraud, theft, and corporate malfeasance. The fact that the allegation is never the only focus of a possible audit means how your legal department responded to the claim should be enough to get you to read the steps in handling such cases outlined here.
Whether you receive raw materials or goods from China, provide services to foreign clients, or ship products to customers around the world, your company is subject to an intricate system of overlapping laws that control the movement of goods, information and services, and regulate cross-border transactions. The laws cover everything from importing products that don’t conform to electrical standards to exporting products to an entity on a government restricted party list to accepting funds from a sanctioned country.
What do you do when a conflict arises between an employee's religious beliefs and job responsibilities?
Tips & Insights - Explore Business Litigation Issues with Amar Sarwal
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