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This is a sample company services and license agreement.

This is a sample services agreement between a company and an insurance broker, for the provision of services as insurance broker and/or risk management consultant.

Another technological management gadget to add to the efficient law department’s toolbox.

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This sample consulting agreement sets forth the terms of the Consultant’s consulting relationship with the Client.

A panel of seasoned attorneys will examine the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and antitrust policies (drafting, implementation, etc.) in small law departments; and will address other policies companies should have in place from a general compliance standpoint.

Knowing the law is key to serving your clients. Knowing why people behave the way they do and your own strengths and weaknesses in dealing with them can make you successful. Research has shown that some of the very skills that make us technically competent as lawyers actually hurt our ability to work with other people well and move our careers forward. A panel of experts will tell you how to harness your emotional intelligence, how to measure it and how to improve it.

This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) how European Union (EU) Standard Contractual Clauses work when neither the exporter or importer are not located or organized in an EU country. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the IT, Privacy & eCommerce Law ACC Network.

Here are Top 10 things that covered businesses interacting with Californians should consider as the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) as the effective date draws near.

This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses how to dispute bills with outside counsel, under US law. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the New to In-house ACC Network.*

This paper analyses three major banking crises over the past two decades to explain, on the basis of evidence, why restructuring systemic banks’ balance sheets is the most effective approach when bailing-out a banking system in Hong Kong.

To social psychologists, cognitive dissonance occurs when a person has two conflicting ideas or beliefs, neither of which she can easily set aside. So instead of disavowing one cognition, she creates a belief that satisfies both, no matter how absurd. As in-house attorneys, however, we are expected to offer objective counsel and guidance. Recognizing cognitive dissonance is necessary to do our job.

Election Marketing is the age-old technique of “attack spin.” Unfortunately, some attorneys think Election Marketing works in corporate disputes as well. But long-term, Election Marketing does not work in the business world. And there are two fundamental
reasons why.

Your job is to present legal options to your client and guide him to the right decision. To do that job well, however,
you must recognize the force of ambiguity aversion. You have the perspective to choose the best path and discount the effects of uncertainty, but your client likely sees the matter with far greater trepidation.

The shift from outside to in-house counsel disrupts common assumption, changes perspective, and encourages
creativity. Great attorneys either naturally or strategically embrace that opportunity. Great attorneys just “think laterally” every day.

With the AIFMD now in force, we thought it would be helpful to cover some of the questions we are frequently being asked across all of Ashurst's offices.

This article deals with significant subjects of tax litigation in Switzerland.

Norton Rose Fulbright recently led a successful court application that illuminates the importance of public disclosure in the context of a proxy battle. This precedent-setting decision is relevant to all public companies, and it has far-reaching implications in the context of shareholder activism.

Emotional intelligence is the ability to read, understand, and react appropriately to the emotions of others. And it can be measured quite accurately as EIQ, or the Emotional Intelligence Quotient. Emotionally intelligent people succeed because we relate to them as one of our own.

Increasingly, multinational corporations are conducting internal investigations to assess civil and regulatory risk, particularly in light of increased regulatory scrutiny. Because they face civil and regulatory risk in multiple jurisdictions, those investigations must also be conducted in multiple jurisdictions. Jurisdictions have different rules relating to internal investigations, such as privilege, employee interviews and disclosure obligations. This session will discuss how to conduct a cross-border internal investigation effectively and the pitfalls that may await in-house counsel.

This supplement includes articles concerning cross-border relations, M&A in Canada 2006 year in review, and insights from Dan McCarty, CLO for Imperial Tobacco Canada.

This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses possible implications resulting from a company employing a worker remotely in a different state. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Employment & Labor Law ACC Network.

This article discusses the rules of cartels, antitrust enforcement, leniency programs, and how to assess whether you are in a high-risk industry. Learn how to manage an internal cartel investigation and limit your exposure in case antitrust authorities accuse your company of participating in a cartel.

Merger review at the US antitrust agencies considers, as the 2010 Merger Guidelines put it, “any reasonably available and reliable evidence.”

This is a sample joint venture agreement in which the members agree to form a limited liability company.

The US government, in coordination with the EU, the UK, and other allies, has introduced significant new sanctions and export controls in light of ongoing events across Russia and Ukraine, including new regional embargoes, full blocking sanctions, and other restrictions targeting several major Russian financial institutions, sovereign debt restrictions, the designation of Russian elites and their family members, and sanctions related to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, among other targets.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from questions and responses posted on the IT, Privacy, and eCommerce Forum, addresses whether the transfer of business contact "personal" data is subject to data privacy protections under European Union (EU) Law.