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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.

The following outline is intended to provide a short overview of some of the issues discussed at the "Law Departments Adding Value: Structuring and Managing Outside Counsel Relationships and Beyond" conference on March 12, 2009. Includes advice on budgeting, fee structures, staffing and development, communication, and leveraging knowledge.

Sample Records Retention Plan

Auditors seem to be setting a higher standard in asking for assurances from counsel than the reasonable assurances that auditors themselves provide in their letters. Your task in conveying and interpreting this information is a critical one. Here is a guide to responding that walks the line between too much and not enough.

This resource provides an overview of patent regulations in Mozambique, with a focus on enforcement proceedings, licensing, and ownership.

This is a sample company employment handbook specifically for Canada.

This guide addresses the global issues of commercialization, government regulation, importing, exporting and human consumption of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), which include transgenic crops and other products.

This is a sample food services agreement involving an educational campus.

This resource provides an overview on the recently passed legislation by the Financial Services Royal Commission. The specific legislation is the Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response) Bill 2020. In particular, this summary examines the differences between this Bill and previous legislation and how it affects insurers.

Simple tools to align with the business and manage workflows across multiple internal and external resources.

This Leading Practices Profile, The Role of General Counsel in the Middle East, features the law department leading practices for three entities navigating the many challenges of meeting the regulatory and cultural standards placed on global corporations.

When government action or public controversy affects corporate practice, commercial speakers must be wary of exposure to massive civil penalty suits. Even when speaking honestly and in the best interest of the public, accusations of deceptive and misleading conduct may surface. This article presents three tips to keep in mind, before you’re punished for speaking your mind.

By learning how to effectively manage third party subpoenas, in-house counsel can avoid the undue burden of fighting someone else’s legal battle.

To succeed, multinational employers entering into and doing business in China must sharpen their employment-related business strategies to leverage opportunities and mitigate risk. We examine six common labor and employment traps and how to avoid them.

Financial technology (Fintech) is a growing sector of the marketplace. In Mexico, new regulations are being developed to help companies, customers and clients navigate this new landscape.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from questions and responses posted on the Small Law Departments eGroups, addresses possible activities to play with kids on Take Your Child To Work Day.

This brief resource (Quick Counsel) will provide a brief overview of key issues in the contract training of non-attorneys, including understanding the non-attorney audience, placing training in context of larger company vision, and fostering open discussion.

This Quick Overview summarizes federal legal obligations and constraints on the use of background checks in the employment context in the United States.

This brief resource (QuickCounsel) provides a brief overview of executor contracts in bankruptcy and the key issues they present.

This QuickCounsel discusses the strategic immigration planning that needs to happen for athletes who wish to remain in the United States after their playing days are over.

The purpose of this QuickCounsel is to highlight tendencies related to litigation and arbitration in Latin America, precisely in Brazil and Mexico, with more emphasis in the former. We intend to highlight issues related to Court litigation and domestic and international arbitration, giving tips foreign investor should follow based upon our past experience.

Lawyers must ensure that the client can recognize the "value" of the services rendered. To that end, it is useful to break "value" down into specific building blocks. A helpful construct revolves around identifying various qualities of legal service that clients desire in differing combinations, depending on the matter in question. This short ACC resource presents key tips and references to better understand such Value-Related Qualities (VRQs).

A brief overview of the Chinese law on employment contracts. Includes a review of the different types of employment arrangements, the peculiarities of each, and some issues to consider in termination, severance, and non-competition clauses.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from responses posted on theLitigation and Small Law Departments eGroups, addresses recommendations for in-house counsel asked to conduct litigation in-house without the assistance of outside counsel, including issues of bar admission within the United States.

This brief article provides an overview of the legal and practical steps for terminating an established business relationship in France.

This Quick Overview (QuickCounsel) discusses three strategies for advancing law firm diversity and inclusion.

This QuickCounsel outlines the important considerations when drafting post-term non-compete clauses in the European Union.

This Quick Overview is intended to introduce the reader to the basic rules governing the assessment and collection of withdrawal liability and their application in certain situations in the United States.

This Quick Overview addresses the role of E-Discovery in developing information governance policies in the United States. Although many organizations are developing information governance practices to extract business value from their existing data, they are not simultaneously addressing the potential risks and costs associated with that data, particularly when the data is electronically stored.