What legislation is applicable to insolvencies and reorganisations? What criteria are applied in your country to determine if a debtor is insolvent?
Part I of this article briefly reviews the changes to the United States patent system in the past 35 years. Part II discusses the pendulum swings between perceived overprotection and perceived underprotection and the concerns lawyers have raised in both directions. Part III presents evidence of the resilience of the patent system. Part IV offers some possible explanations for this surprising result.
This resource contains information and recommendations on the socially responsible view of 'green lease clauses'.
This is a list of cases where significant disability discrimination litigation was filed or resolved between July 2013 and July 24, 2014.
This is a sample employment agreement between the company and its executive related to the state of Delaware.
From intake through client satisfaction assessment, driving value in legal spending is happening in-house. These 2014 ACC Value Champions share how they apply risk-focused triage, play books, agile staffing, flexible sourcing and early dispute resolution to control legal spending.
Employment-related claims can affect the productivity and morale of a business unit in a way few other business disputes can. Not surprisingly then, employment claims are among the most tempting to settle quickly. Yet in the author's experience, an employer's record of early settlements with employees inspires the plaintiffs' bar. To avoid painting a bulls-eye on your company's back, you should develop a deliberate protocol for handling employment-related claims that discourages recreational or speculative claims.
An experienced panel of experts will provide a summary of the highlights in labor and employment law thus far in 2015, and benchmarking on practical solutions related to trending issues.
This guide covers injunctions, cross-border issues, disclosure and privilege, costs and funding, settlement and mediation, and arbitration in 29 jurisdictions.
This article discusses patent transactions in the life sciences in Switzerland.
For most corporate law departments, 2020 will be remembered as a year where everything was turned on its head. Law department leaders had previously helped guide their departments through recessions, sales shortfalls, and restructurings, but never a global pandemic. However, the after-effects of 2020 will likely contain as many positives as negatives; and, if department leaders are smart, it should act as a catalyst for accelerating the change agenda in 2021 and beyond.
ACC’s “2014 Top 10 30-Somethings” are passionate change-makers; always seeking opportunities to positively impact their companies, industries and communities. They face challenges like increased regulation and advancing technology with a calculated, patient stamina that many of them learned as athletes. Whether fighting corruption or advancing diversity in the profession, no goal is too far reaching for this group, especially considering the dedicated, talented teams that support them. Our winners may live and work around the globe, but they are banded together in their efforts to make it a better place.
Lawyers hate strategic planning, but the author argues that such plans allow you and your department to learn how, and with whom, to interact for peach performance. Peter Drucker is a demigod in corporate circles. Learn how to apply his management principles to your law department.
News, Notes, & Datebook Information for October 2007
Discusses practical, important steps to creating the legal function within your office as in-house counsel, making your transition into the company as easy as possible.
Eighth edition of the Getting the Deal Through Anti-Corruption Regulation Guide, a volume that provides international analysis for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.
There is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to implementing a workable information governance framework and policies program in your corporate organization. This checklist is a generic guide that will need front-end thought and tailoring to fit each firm’s unique circumstances.
This article addresses the issue of whether in-house attorneys who serve as a member of the business team and help craft the business plan should sign some form of written restrictive covenant similar to agreements senior business leaders or sales management typically execute.
Have you read Roberta Katz’s new book Justice Matters: Rescuing the Legal System for the Twenty-first Century yet? Here’s a preview based on her well-received address to participants of the 1998 Legal Leadership Summit.
Where there are employees, there are employment disputes. How do you most effectively and efficiently settle them? Is mandatory arbitration the way to go for your company? Explore your options and learn how to craft enforceable agreements.
The program will begin with an overview of the ethical obligations with which a lawyer who decides to outsource legal services to a Legal Process Management (LPM) provider must comply. The panel will address common elements of relevant opinions from state and local bar associations, the American Bar Association and the Ohio Supreme Court, and describe how the outsourcing provider can help facilitate the lawyer’s compliance with these elements. In the second phase of the workshop, two attorneys from Fortune 50 law departments, one who focuses on corporate work and one who is responsible for litigation, will describe: (1) their reasons for exploring LPM; (2) the due diligence they performed when selecting a provider; (3) their initial expectations for the relationship; and (4) how the relationship with their selected provider created additional value for their department and company.
This practical guide provides an overview of common wage and hour issues under US law, including the 2016 changes to the overtime regulations that will dramatically expand the group of employees who subject to overtime requirements under the US Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Smart companies plan, measure results and demonstrate success. The legal department within those companies needs to follow suit. Demonstrating to your client that you add value is critical. This program will teach the in’s and out’s of strategic planning and effective metrics development that will help you demonstrate your department’s successes and show your boss how you add value to the company’s bottom line.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide to joint ventures, including practice notes and standard documents for cross-border deals with detailed drafting notes highlighting the main legal, commercial and negotiating issues in the United Kingdom.
Overview of perfection and priority of security interests in Canada.
Eighth edition of the Getting the Deal Through Anti-Corruption Regulation Guide, a volume that provides international analysis for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.
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