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This article discusses the reasons compliance training is a must for businesses.

This cross-border checklist highlights distinctive legal, business and regulatory issues when doing a deal in Canada.

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An interview with Steve Harmon, Director of Legal Technology Solutions Group at Cisco Systems about Cisco's Big Bets program.

This checklist provides practical steps for your privacy, legal, and compliance teams to asses whether this Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDA) applies to your organization's data and provide tips for your organization to become compliant.

This is a sample workplace security checklist.

Major global corporations and smaller companies alike are increasingly turning to Saudi Arabia for business opportunities. Saudi Arabia touts major economic development programs and an increasingly accommodating business environment. Panelists will discuss the Saudi judicial reforms that were imposed in late 2013, the process for working with the Board of Grievances (the tribunal tasked with handling most commercial disputes) and the 2012 Saudi arbitration law. They will compare and contrast the Saudi dispute resolution system with that of its neighbor, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Viewed by many as a thought leader for dispute resolution systems in the Middle East, the UAE has a federal system of laws and courts, and an arbitration system that reflects significant input from leading Western judges and lawyers. The panel also will address the role that monarchic rule, local culture and Sharia law play in the dispute resolution process.

This program will focus on effective information security and data privacy assessment programs for third-party vendors—including practical tips for effectively assessing information security practices and procedures of third-party vendors, such as law firms and other professional consultants — from the pros and cons of using industry-standard questionnaires to determining when onsite reviews are appropriate and how to handle subcontractors. We will also highlight key, and common, sticking points in negotiating data privacy and information security terms in vendor agreements and provide options and sample language for successfully resolving them, distinguishing as applicable between US negotiations and negotiations where either the customer or the vendor has substantial operations in Europe or Asia.

This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses the adoption of a patent invention assignment agreement to protect a company's intellectual property, under US law. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Intellectual Property and Small Law Departments ACC Networks.*

This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses different company practices in responding to subpoenas for information about employees. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Employment & Labor Law ACC Network.

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 Leading Practices Profile presents themes, trends and leading contingent worker practices of six legal departments, a professional association and one law firm in managing contingent workforces and mitigating risks associated with these types of workforces.

Suzanne Hawkins has seen legal operations from every angle, as a practicing attorney, legal operations head, consultant, and law firm leader. An Trotter, Senior Director of Operations, Office of the General Counsel, Hearst, had the good fortune to speak with Suzanne about her career and get her insights on the emergence and evolution of legal operations. Click here to read the full article.

Converging External Counsel Leading Practices in Selecting Implementing and Managing Value Driven Preferred Network

This Leading Practices Profile presents themes, trends and leading convergence practices of six legal departments and three law firms in selecting and managing preferred outside counsel networks as value partners.

This article gives general information concerning United States patents.

This material provides an overview of the various factors that a foreign investor should consider when establishing a business in Ireland.

Explores an alternative billing method that uses a risk/reward model for working with outside counsel.

This short article provides an overview of International Commercial Terms (Incoterms). Incoterms aim at providing rules for international sales contracts by allocating tasks, costs and risks between sellers and buyers. The article provides a global perspective, with a focus on French court decisions, and a brief comparison with the US Uniform Commercial Code and with Combiterms.

In this Quick Overview, in-house counsel can learn about VAT (Value Added Tax) and Special Tax for Products and Services (STPS) regulations and how they affect the Mexican manufacturing industry.

Use this material to convince your CEO that you need to implement an effective compliance program or revamp your current one.

This survey identifies “best practices” concerning the organisation, processes and IT tools of Contract Management in companies within Europe. In doing so, we want to support you in determining and selecting the best approach to Contract Management in your enterprise or department.

This guide provides an overview of key legal issues, rules, and developments regarding derivatives across a range of jurisdictions.

Topics covered include documentation and formalities, credit support, insolvency/bankruptcy, close-out netting, taxation, and market trends.

Audits by governmental agencies are on the rise, and compliance with the ever-changing and increasing number of regulations is challenging. Employee benefit plans could impose liability for your company’s employees who serve as fiduciaries, your board or your company. In a Jeopardy! format, this session will examine the top six sources of liability and top six best practices to avoid liabilities from employee benefit plans for welfare, retirement and executive compensation plans and specific issues for multinational companies.

Each of the respective industries in healthcare face different issues when negotiating contracts. This program will highlight what are essential provisions to be included in health care agreements from the perspective of hospitals, providers, medical device companies, pharmaceutical companies and health plans. Concepts to be discussed include the requirements of the variety of U.S. and international laws impacting the healthcare industry, the different needs of for-profits and non-profits, and the changes imposed by healthcare reform.

This article discusses an underwritten topic: the transition from in-house to law firm. For those considering the move, there’s a lot to keep in mind, including how to choose the right firm and how to develop a business plan that highlights your abilities. There are no hard and fast rules — every experience is different. Learn from several of your peers.