This resource is part of the Lex Mundi Guides to Doing Business and provides a guide to investing in the Dominican Republic and provides information about the country, the laws that regulate its economy and society, and the Dominican investment climate.

Information regarding tax liabilities of liquidators and receivers.

A useful timetable to use when dealing with a takeover.

This is a sample employee handbook.

This panel will walk through various real-world emergency scenarios and hypotheticals with help from audience members. Organized around three main phases – preparation, immediate response and aftermath – the program will teach you how to anticipate, recognize and respond in accelerated and stressful circumstances to the multifaceted environmental, health and safety legal risks of various emergency situations – particularly when time may not permit a call to outside counsel or other company lawyers.

A sample agency agreement between a company incorporated under the laws of Italy and a company incorporated under the laws of the U.S. Includes articles for appointment of the agent, responsibilities of the agent, orders, payments and commissions, information, etc.

This is supplemental bibliography for the session.

This is a sample agreement of sale with attached lease to purchaser.

This is a sample code of business conduct and ethics policy.

This InfoPAK takes a unique, practitioner-focused approach to exploring the ACC Value Challenge initiative (“AVC”) of reconnecting cost and value within the context of small law departments. Using case-studies proffered by in-house counsel from various small law departments, this InfoPAK examines the ways in which these small law department practitioners have implemented the concepts and principles espoused in the AVC into every day practice. Starting with the general principles of the AVC, it then provides details on each in-house counsel’s unique experiences in implementing the value-based concepts, followed by a summary of the practices utilized and the key takeaways for readers. Finally, the InfoPAK provides additional practical guidance, including an extensive list of additional resources on the topic from both the ACC Value Challenge library, general resource collections, various topic-specific checklists, and other highly relevant articles at the end of the document.

The purpose of this guide is to provide an overview of international and national anti-corruption regimes within an Asia Pacific context. It highlights how corporations should best approach anti-corruption compliance, transactional and third party due diligence and corruption investigations. It also examines related issues from anti-money laundering and whistleblowing regimes.

In-house counsel charged with implementing the whisleblowing mandates of Sarbanes-Oxley usually bemoan their fate. Yet, the whistleblower provisions of SOX also represent an opportunity to use whistleblowers as a valuable internal early warning system for illegal conduct and other wrongdoing. Read this article to find out how.

This article contains the chapter covering Australia and information regarding enforcement, appeals and damages in that country.

ACC Amicus Brief - Sheppard v. J-M

Legal Technology Publications

When corruption or other potential wrongdoing comes to light, in-house counsel are typically called upon to manage and direct their company's response. In this session, contestants" selected from the audience will play a version of the game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.” Contestants will be asked multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty related to the principal stages and elements of a company's response to the discovery of potential wrongdoing. The audience will be encouraged to participate to assist contestants. A panel of experienced outside and in-house counsel will comment on and discuss each of the answers given by contestants and the audience, identifying best practices and pitfalls to avoid.

There are positive rewards for teambuilding, but with hectic workdays, the concept is often only revisited during retreats or special events. This article discusses new ways of thinking about the concept and offers suggestions for bringing it into your office.

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.

This article focuses on the main vulnerabilities and best practices in data protection - a view from the inside.

This sample is a ten-point checklist for avoiding and resolving workplace conflict.

How many times have you reviewed outside counsel invoices in shock at just how much two firm lawyers can cost? Do you find yourself wondering, 'Why do things have to be this way, and can I do anything else to lower the bills?' In the first installment of this three-part series, the author examines what it is about law firm organization and culture that truly drives up costs, and lays the foundation for the tools to revamp your relationship with your outside counsel that are discussed in parts two and three.

Being able to juggle the responsibilities of being a busy in-house counsel and an active family member can prove to be especially difficult for a women. In this interview, Colleen Kotyk Vossler, associate group counsel at BearingPoint, Inc., explains how she has been able to reach a harmonious life and work balance and how each individual must do so in their own personalized way.

This annual Look Before You Leap survey looks at how companies are using background/integrity checks to better manage the risks inherent in investments and new business relationships outside the United States. In addition, this year’s survey also addressed how companies are complying with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
(FCPA) and the challenges they face. Companies with robust due diligence and strong internal controls are usually less likely to encounter unforeseen problems in their overseas business activities. This survey is designed to help your company as it manages these complex issues.

Part of 2009 Annual Meeting Program Materials for Session 407.

This research report discusses ways companies can optimize contract lifecycle management technology.

This session is designed to benefit every corporate attorney from the entry level associate G.C. to the experienced G.C. as it argues for a radically different perspective of the Legal Department within the modern corporate structure.