Corporate crises, by their very nature, can severely disrupt a company and jeopardize its future.

As activist investors continue to have a significant impact in the market, two key questions are presented for consideration. The first is the question of the impact of activist investors on corporate performance and the overall economy. The second is a more general question on corporate governance and the proper role of the shareholder franchise in modern corporate management in the United States.

In this article, explore Mark Roellig's, chief technology and administrative officer of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, words of wisdom he's experienced over his long and evolving career.

This article provides in-house counsel a framework to understand the wage and hour provisions of the FLSA.

This resource is a detailed statement of corporate policies for social media usage.

Florida's "Stop WOKE Act” (HB7) restricts employers from requiring diversity training that “espouses, promotes, advances, inculcates, or compels [employees] to believe” certain prohibited concepts related to race, color, sex or national origin." While Florida's law is the first of its kind, there is speculation that other states could adopt similar legislation in the future.

As companies get creative about their financial solutions, the concept of taking business to off-site legal professionals is becoming more popular. This article discusses the development of legal outsourcing, its benefits and the information you need to decide if it’s the right move for your business.

While the nearly comprehensive U.S. embargo on trade with Cuba remains and will require an act of Congress to be eliminated, the U.S. government has issued another round of measures further easing the U.S. sanctions and export control restrictions against Cuba.

Companies that adopt forced ranking systems are most vulnerable to age, sex, and race discrimination claims. This article will help you to minimize such risks.

China is operating increasingly on a cashless basis, with the Chinese government posed to launch a digital currency called Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP or “digital yuan”). This article provides a holistic overview and answers several key questions pertaining to the DCEP.

This Top Ten provides 10 steps you can take to operationalise the GDPR in your organisation.

This brief resource outlines the top ten steps to operationalise the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

A brief overview of organizations' obligations to protect personal data in whistleblowing processes, after the European Directive 2019/1937 (Whistleblowing Directive) came into force on December 17, 2021.

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This whitepaper is intended to identify those eight litigation pitfalls and to give the non-litigious company some strategies for avoiding them.

In this tumultuous landscape, it's important that in-house counsel build strategies to protect the companies. This article answers ten questions regarding events and event planning during Covid-19. This article was originally published in June 2020.

On May 10, 2023, the Texas State Senate passed the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”), sending the bill to Governor’s desk for final signature. If signed into law, Texas will join a growing contingency of states enforcing comprehensive data privacy laws for their residents. This article provides answers to some general questions about the TDPSA as it is currently written.

What legislation is applicable to insolvencies and reorganisations? What criteria are applied in your country to determine if a debtor is insolvent?

Insurance claims made in the wake of a disaster must be done quickly, but carefully, to maximize a company's recovery. Learn the best ways to document damage and claim the proper type of loss for maximum insurance coverage, and gain tips on working with an insurance broker and risk manager.

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.

This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with comprehensive jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guidance to public procurement laws and regulations around the world.

A license agreement that reflects US antitrust law should be simple and straightforward. Like a well-tailored suit paired with classic pumps, it needs no frills or adornments. This article provides an overview of the primary US antitrust statutes applicable to licensing, and recommends drafting approaches to commonplace competition considerations for license agreements.