Transport Canada has published Regulations Amending the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (Update of Standards), which came into force on July 15, 2014. The new amendments formalize into regulation several requirements and standards for crude oil carriers, which are outlined in this article.
As more companies reach across borders, in-house counsel must juggle ethical rules from different countries and avoid ethical problems. Does one country respect the attorney–client privilege or legal professional privilege that other countries offer? What happens when in-house lawyers and their clients work in different countries? And how can lawyers make sure that they have authorization to practice in all of the countries where they need to advise clients? Discover the answers to these ethical questions and others, to better navigate the globe.
An interview with Gil Ohana
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 survey addresses issues including staffing, departmental organization, hiring plans, cost accounting, expectations for the coming year, changes to the role of the CLO, outside auditors and counsel, and firm demographics. Additionally, the survey focused on the relationship of the CLOs and GCs with outside counsel through questions that explored alternative fee arrangements and challenges brought with the economic downturn.<br/><a href=surveys/upload/2008-clo-survey-executive-summary.pdf>2008 CLO Survey - Executive Summary</a>
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.
A review of some of the environmental challenges facing hydroelectric power development in Brazil.
This article shows how to protect against cyber criminals using corporate e-mail to swindle funds.
Competition law is not necessarily seen as falling squarely within the compliance remit, but recent global enforcement actions in China and threatened actions in the European Union demonstrate the importance of having a robust global competition law risk and compliance program. This program will focus on best practices including policies and training, risk assessments and controls, preparing and managing dawn raids and monitoring changes in global antitrust laws.
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.
This briefing provides an overview of the state of affairs of Fintech regulation in Sweden.
This article discusses the reasons compliance training is a must for businesses.
This is a sample sexual and other unlawful harassment policy for the state of California.
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 article gives general information concerning United States patents.
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.
With the AIFMD now in force, we thought it would be helpful to cover some of the questions we are frequently being asked across all of Ashurst's offices.
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