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This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from questions and responses posted on the Small Law Department eGroup and the WMACCA Chapter eGroup, addresses the issues of acquiring insurance for in-house counsel, specifically covering malpractice protection, insurance prices and policies and additional resources.

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.

Cross-border compliance obligations for multi-nationals means a lot more headaches for in-house litigators tasked with managing cross-border discovery. Discovery obligations vary from country to country — but try telling that to your home regulator who is clamoring for you to turn over documents that another regulator forbids you to. Explore the growing international complexity of discovery/ediscovery compliance with a lively panel discussion that looks at recent regulatory actions, litigations and sanctions, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the UK Code of Business Conduct and the Eighth Amendment to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China.

Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in its series of annual reports, which provide international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people. This chapter focuses on the Dubai International Arbitration Center (DIAC).

In the world of employment law, there are a number of privilege and professional responsibility issues facing in-house counsel. In order to prevent charges of misconduct, counsel should be familiar with the privilege and work product standards, as well as the Rules of Professional Conduct. Find out how knowing these standards not only avoids misconduct charges, but also allows in-house counsel to monitor the performance of outside attorneys.

This is sample software license agreement for Massachusetts.

Getting the Deal Through is delighted to<br />publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a<br />volume in our series of annual reports,<br />which provide international analysis in<br />key areas of law and policy for corporate<br />counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and<br />business people.

Two of the globally significant patent-related events during the past year occurred in Europe and the United States, respectively.

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 is a sample sales agreement where the Hotel agrees to hold the space listed in this agreement on a tentative basis.

The topic of value and cost effectiveness is a common one, but not a new one. There's often a disconnect between how firms bill for services (hourly) and how clients wish to pay for them (value). But there are tools available to counsel to make these two notions sync.

General counsel from leading companies in the United States and Europe came together at ACC's 2010 Annual Meeting during the General Counsel Roundtable, and mused about their evolving roles and how they fulfill their responsibilities. In an environment of increasing regulations, the roundtable stressed the importance of transparency, innovation and forward-thinking.

What you need to know about how the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Circuit City could affect the enforceability of your ADR clauses in employment disputes.

Employment and Labor Committee's Comments regarding the OFCCP's Proposed Systemic Compensation Discrimination and Self Evaluation Guidelines.

This is a sample group sales agreement between a hotel and an organization where the hotel agrees to hold the space listed in this agreement on a tentative basis until a specified date. If this agreement is not fully executed by Group and Hotel by the specified date, the Hotel will release the space.

This list is a detailed analysis of select commercial and non-commercial FAR and DFARS clauses.

This is a sample software subscription and services agreement.

With the continuing surge of wage and hour class claims, the threat of litigation against employers has become as certain as death and taxes. Employers must take proactive steps to armor themselves against future wage and hour litigation today. In this session, the following topics will be examined: (1) how to build good faith defenses to liability and/or liquidated damages in off-the-clock work and misclassification claims; (2) the risks and benefits of waiving the attorney client privilege as to past advice of counsel; (3) preparing a discoverable exemption analysis; (4) the key role of well publicized handbook timekeeping policies, wage and hour training and time entry certifications in defeating off-the-clock work claims; and (5) methods for creating contemporaneous business records showing the amount and type of exempt work performed by exempt employees.

On March 3, 2022, US President Joe Biden signed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act into law. The Act prohibits enforcement of a mandatory arbitration agreement with respect to sexual assault and sexual harassment claims.

The full impact of the Act remains to be seen (and likely will lead to significant litigation in the coming years), but in-house counsel can prepare for some of the potential implications.

1 January 2014 saw the implementation of Basel III in the European Union (EU) via the Capital Requirements Directive IV (CRD IV) and the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). These twin pieces of regulatory reform represent the biggest change to capital requirements for financial institutions since the financial crisis. The combined reforms introduce new capital, leverage and liquidity requirements, whilst also introducing new concepts such as capital buffers and imposing regulatory frameworks on securitisations, derivatives trading and remuneration policies. Read this series of briefing papers on the impact of CRD IV and the CRR.