The US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, has created profound uncertainty for individuals and entities attempting to navigate a web of inconsistent and often conflicting federal and state laws. One key question is the impact of individual state laws on the provision of health-related services or benefits across state lines, particularly where state laws provide for criminal liability.
This resource provides in-depth analysis regarding the US Department of Labor final rule regarding ERISA fiduciary investment advice, including amended exemptions for conflicted investment advice.
706 Million-dollar Misconceptions: Ten Employment Law Mistakes that Can Cost Your Company a Fortune. Employment-related lawsuits now constitute more than 25% of all civil lawsuits. Learn to be vigilant to ensure common problems and mistakes aren't occurring in your company.
The changing landscape of the American legal profession brings with it an ever-evolving set of concerns for attorneys and their employers. Over the past three decades increased lawyer mobility and the growing trend towards moving legal work in-house has fueled ethical and business-related concerns. These concerns include the need for confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property and other proprietary information, the potential for economic harm to the employer and the individual attorney respectively, and the increased potential for conflicts of interest. As a result, the past decades have also seen a marked increase in the use of anticompetitive covenants and consequently litigation related to anticompetitive covenants. This article attempts to predict the final outcome of the legal status of non-compete agreements as applied to in-house counsel.
Before meeting with outside counsel to develop principles on certain conflicts of interest issues, review the basic legal and ethical principles on: (1) former client conflicts, (2) corporate family conflicts, (3) waivers of future conflicts, and (4) accommodation clients.
This Leading Practices Profile, an update to ACC’s 2005 Leading Practices Profile, Leading Practices in Law Departments Adding Value and Moving Beyond the Cost Center Model, features law department leading practices for generating and demonstrating value to the organization, as well as best practices for improving the bottom line and optimizing collaboration with business units. In the wake of the economic downturn and increased pressure to “do more with less,” 10 participating corporations share their best value-generating and value-sustaining practices in law department staffing, targeted practice areas, outside counsel management, strategic planning and the use of metrics to measure and track value practices.
Unless You Ask: A Guide For Law Departments to Get More From External Relationships
This is a sample internet usage policy.
Legal Research training specifically designed for in-house counsel - presentation held in Sydney on 6 May 2015.
In April 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the “Stop WOKE” Act (HB 7) into law. The Act has drawn national attention and debate, as it creates legal restrictions and prohibitions on what public and private employers can say or promote in workplace trainings tied to race, color, sex, and/or national origin. The Act could have potentially significant implications for employers wishing to cover topics like structural racism, white/male privilege and unconscious bias in workplace anti-discrimination and diversity and inclusion trainings.
SEC Amicus brief Pacific v. Mayer (PIMCO v REFCO) filed 8/6/09
Contracting with the US government is subject to a complex set of laws and regulations. This session will address rules and regulations governing intellectual property rights in federal government contracting. A panel of experts will discuss the laws and regulations applicable to funding, licensing, and commercial transactions with the US government. The panel will review myths and misconceptions and provide practical guidance for addressing ownership and control of IP rights under government contractual arrangements.
This is a sample stock purchase agreement involving a Delaware company.
This is a comprehensive tutorial and guide on copyleft and the GNU general public license.
This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses how companies should handle Non-Disclosure Agreements regarding improvements to their products, including whether there are alternatives to forfeiting ownership, under US law. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Intellectual Property and Small Law Department ACC Networks.*
This is a sample non-compete agreement between a company and its employee.
The ACC Law Department Management Report is a study of corporate law departments and their operations based on a survey of nearly 300 chief legal officers, general counsel, and legal operations professionals across 37 industries and 25 countries. This report builds on the chief legal officers survey and other ACC reports, discussing the qualities that drive high-performing legal operations in top law departments. This resource also contains benchmarks for companies and leaders looking to learn more about the evolution of the general counsel as a strategic business partner.
This is a list of resources for crisis management planning and response.
This Top Ten describes ten points that in-house counsel and corporate executives need to do in dealing with today’s supply chain issues going forward.
This selection of survey data is based on ACC research. Among other things, find out how Canadian CLOs prefer to check their email and how many hours a week caregivers spend on their personal duties.
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