601 - Trade Secrets & Restrictive Covenants - Competing Considerations in a Mobile Marketplace
"the "Getting the Deal Through" reference guide for M&A professionals"
"the "Getting the Deal Through" reference guide for M&A professionals"
This article encourages Boards and CEOs to raise awareness about how businesses can support the rule of law, and promote collective action in engaging governments to advance the rule of law.
Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in our series of annual reports, which provide international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.
The guide to implementing legal knowledge management programs explains the full life cycle – from knowledge creation to storage, sharing and utilization. Learn how to capture structured as well as tacit knowledge and leverage both to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Includes practice tips, case studies, templates, links to relevant value practices, and a list of selected commercial knowledge management tools.
Download the PDF, or view the interactive digital edition at: http://www.accvaluechallenge-digital.com/accvaluechallenge/acc-guide-to-knowledge-management
Legal knowledge isn't everything when you're in-house counsel. In this article, learn how the development of non-legal skills can really boost your career.
Legal departments of the small-to-medium size company face daily contract negotiation challenges in their business relationships with large and dominant customers, often having to agree to: no limitations on liability; open-ended indemnifications for a broad range of activities; compliance with onerous and expensive codes of conduct and corporate social responsibility programs; audit provisions; annual reductions in costs; etc. This leaves little room for negotiation or potential loss of business. Attend this session and learn how to face and negotiate these demands.
While the threat of an impending “doomsday” virus may seem like an outlandish prospect, real-world examples like Swine Flu and Ebola raise the question: How would your company respond to such an event? Through an understanding of key employment regulations, in-house counsel can develop precautionary strategies to help mitigate the risk of the next global health crisis.
A company’s board of directors has fiduciary duties, including a duty to oversee all aspects of the company’s risk management efforts. This article will focus on how in-house counsel can help educate and engage the board of directors with regard to data security.
In this briefing, you will find short, easy-to-follow guides to the main regulations which are changing the route to issuance and beyond. We hope you find it useful.
Discover: top five technology tools to make small law departments run smoothly; SLD benchmarks for legal budgets and how to leverage other functions such as sales to minimize legal legwork; what to outsource in a small legal department; how to tell when it's time to increase your staff; and how developing a legal wiki can help your department capture knowledge and avoid reinventing the wheel.
Finding and assessing potentially relevant Electronically Stored Information (ESI) is a key aspect of Early Case Assessment (ECA), but more than that, ECA is analyzing and evaluating legal liability and potential costs from the beginning. In this article, learn how to assess your company's situation and create the best path forward.
ACC Amicus Brief Schoenefeld v. Schneiderman
This article shows how to protect against cyber criminals using corporate e-mail to swindle funds.
A sample letter from the Chief Compliance Officer to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. This resource was a part of ACC's 2012 Compliance and Ethics Training Program.
This article briefly explores the titular question, and considers how this business trend might apply to the corporate legal world and its implications for in-house lawyers.
Organisations are beginning to recognise the strong correlation between positive workplace cultures and business productivity, employee engagement and health of employees. In this article, in-house counsel can learn how to position themselves at the forefront of this movement.
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