While issuers continue to commit to sustainability/ESG objectives, for the first time since sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) emerged, certain SLB issuers missed their sustainability targets in 2022 and early 2023. Further, market participants have recently expressed concerns about other SLB issuers in danger of not hitting their SPTs and, in general, about the credibility of SLBs in light of issuer ambitions and incentives to achieve sustainability targets. Issuers should consider the ambitiousness of their sustainability targets, any challenges in achieving the targets on schedule, and how they will prove their progress. In this resource, Latham & Watkins provides 10 takeaways relating to these developments for potential SLB issuers and their underwriters.
Map out key areas of compliance and risk management that can be addressed through effective contract management. Discuss contracting best practices that experienced in-house practitioners have developed to support compliance and risk management. Explore tips for performing a contract risk audit to identify contracts where additional language should address major risks. Identify best practices and tools that your peers use to analyze and address key risks posed by a proposed contract.
This article provides startups and entrepreneurs with a cursory guide on when to consider hiring their company’s in-house legal counsel.
This is a sample services agreement regarding vehicle parts development and supply between a supplier and a client company.
This is a sample property management agreement.
Join an experienced panel of attorneys to receive guidance on spotting benefits issues. This panel is particularly geared towards the non-benefits lawyer.
The ACC Value Index: Key Insights
Illinois Proposal 15-04 - Rules 705 and 716
This is a final paid sick leave checklist overview.
The apparent pluses of outsourcing are cost efficiencies, preservation of time and speed of services. But a CLO must weigh the positives with the negatives.
Probability and statistics are two commonly misunderstood concepts. Using ideas and examples from "The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives" by Leonard Mlodinow, the author shows how even in the most simple of scenarios, the probability of outcomes can be grossly miscalculated.
Senior executives today move freely from team to team. Talent moves quickly, jumping across companies and across industry lines. And we should not be shocked.
Being an in-house attorney is a lot like being a parent. Parenting skills are of greatest use to in-house counsel
when it comes to saying “no.” Or more accurately, the trick is getting your client to say “no.”
In Richard Susskind's latest book The End of Lawyers? Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services, he develops his theory that the new information age will ultimately render lawyers obsolete. This article analyzes and critiques this premise from the perspective of in-house counsel.
There is a good reason to consider a lawyer as CEO, but it has nothing to do with litigation or regulation. Boards may be looking beyond an MBA because the real world presents them with a challenge that classic business training has yet to fully comprehend: emotional uncertainty.
What do you do when a co-worker asks for legal advice? Over time, the author has developed a practical approach which is detailed in this article.
Read the musings of John Ross on his career stops and adventures.
This article discusses new contractual questions that arise with new technologies like email.
Under stress it is imperative for attorneys to exercise control of the situation, otherwise, as Bill Mordan explains in this article, our biases can lead to a misinterpretation of the facts.
FTI Value Chain Integrity Service Sheet - sessions held in Brisbane 1 May 2018, Perth 8 May 2018, Sydney 15 May 2018.
Predicting consumer trends with social media is arguably very similar to predicting the movement of a swarm of locusts. If possible, how could this information affect your legal department?
Read this 2010 Clarion Award-winning column!
Bill Mordan describes the intangible benefits that come with work in this informative article.
Globish, a condensed, simplified version of English, is the new language of international business. However, a fluent English speaker may find it more difficult to learn than one might expect.
Columnist Bill Mordan provides tips for how not to choke under pressure.
Columnist Bill Mordan explores how shooting testosterone levels with each success can influence male in-house counsel.
This column discusses the consequences of government charges against in-house counsel and a few ideas on how to stay out of trouble.
Using the book "Why Nations Fail" as a model, this column applies economic theory to the corporate world.
The value of an in-house attorney is not easily measured. We can count a reduction in fees or litigation expenses, but anyone who works in-house knows these figures do not reflect the true contribution of having an attorney in the business. We bring an intangible value that is difficult to calculate.
Find out why overconfidence can be a weakness that prevents you from improving as an attorney.
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