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This article summarises the legislative framework for the protection of personally<br />identifiable information (PII).

This is a global guide to anti-corruption legislation.

This excerpt from the chapter on corporate governance in the book Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel focuses on the business judgment rule.

This guide discusses the economic and financial framework, foreign investments incentives, formation of corporations, limited liability companies, branch offices, labor laws, taxes, immigration laws, distributors, dealers and agents in Paraguay.

In this resource, in-house counsel can learn more about legislation, litigation, regulations and trends in the United States employment landscape for 2022.

Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in our 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.

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.

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

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.

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

A brief discussing the importance of the attorney-client privilege in the corporate context.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from responses posted on the Small Law Department and IT, Privacy & eCommerce eGroups, addresses the reasonableness of shared assessment questionnaires.

This is a sample litigation hold policy regarding worker's compensation.

This checklist provides regulatory updates for global remote work policies.

Many states allow employees to file claims against employers alleging that the employer has created a “public nuisance” as the result of failing to maintain a safe and healthy working environment during the pandemic. The lawsuits focus not on OSHA requirements, but on guidance from the CDC and local governments, or best practices for certain industries.

An overview of software security issues as well as a discussion of a risk management team's role in the event of a data security breach.

This article discusses whether in-house counsel or outside counsel have the edge when it comes to the independent "gatekeeping" function required of lawyers.

James Nortz discusses how game theory can be applied to implementing an effective compliance and ethics strategy.

What every financial services industry in house counsel needs to know about effective handling of regulatory matters and regulatory expectations. Provide an overview of trends in consumer finance regulation, including the CFPB, and other major federal and state banking regulators. Discuss recent rules, enforcement actions, and regulatory priorities of consumer finance regulators and their applicability to the financial services industry. Compare the consumer finance regulatory regime with other financial industry regulation.