Due to the potential of costly civil liability, employers should be proactive in preventing and responding to whistleblower retaliation claims. This Quick Overview will provide information as to create an encouraging, positive compliance culture, conducting effective investigations, and instituting some best practices to avoid and, if necessary, defend against claims of retaliation.

This QuickCounsel examines the predominant tests of privilege for in-house counsel in the United States, the risks involved with communicating with branch offices in other countries, and potential protective measures an attorney may take in order to prevent the discovery of communication between an in-house lawyer and his or her corporate client.

This QuickCounsel reviews the intersection of franchises and labor law in the European Union, with particular focus on French law.

This Quick Overview addresses the legal adversities and the impacts faced by the supermarket industry under Brazilian legislation that should be carefully analyzed not only by foreign investors, but also by domestic investors on a daily basis.

This Quick Overview aims to provide a broad-stroke perspective on the 2016 U.S. Proxy Season and its underlying trends by providing a brief overview of the history and regulation of shareholder activism; illustrating the growing prominence in proxy access proposals; and analyzing corporate strategies for responding proactively to shareholder proposals.

Preemptive clauses allow a person or entity to acquire priority shares of a company before they are transferred. Although preemptive clauses can be embedded directly into the bylaws, drafters may also insert them into shareholders' agreements. This QuickCounsel will review the pertinence, validity, and effectiveness of such preemptive clauses under French law.

This QuickCounsel addreses state law which governs most post-employment restraints, and since the rules vary significantly by jurisdiction, restrictive covenants must reflect the limitations acceptable under the law likely to control.

This Quick Overview seeks to clarify industrial property (a type of intellectual property) protection in Brazil , specifically the case of item I of Article 2 of Federal Statute 9279/96, related to the grant of patents of invention and utility models.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from responses posted on the Employment & Labor eGroup, addresses issues regarding treatment of employees who are on long-term disability ("LTD") leave.

This Quick Counsel will focus on commenting the new data protection regulation in Colombia and its implications for the companies that handle data.

Learn the steps in-house counsel should when an employee requests a religious accommodation.

A ten point list of important issues to consider when dealing with insurance regulation in Singapore.

What happens when there is a conflict between different protected rights? Recently, a high-profile UK case gave employers some guidance.

This checklist sets forth a list of questions to ask when considering whether to purchase cloud services and when negotiating a cloud services agreement.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a Q&A which gives a high level overview of the key practical issues including the level of activity and recent trends in the Australian market.

This issue includes articles about the European Patent Convention, patenting software in the UK, and Belgium intellectual property rights.

Byron L. Koepke, senior vice president and chief securities counsel of Avis Budget Group Inc., talks about what drew him to litigation, and how the Litigation Committee provides support to its members.

News, Notes, & Datebook Information

This guide explores common issues related to corporate investigations across multiple jurisdictions.

Topics covered include internal investigation, self-disclosure to enforcement authorities, investigation process, confidentiality, and attorney-client privileges.

Briefly cover the main employment issues and regulations you need to keep in mind; Discuss the basics of addressing employment issues such as ADA and accommodation, overtime pay, FLSA classification compliance and leave, and training staff on key employment issues; and Cover emerging issues such as social media, diversity programs, genetic information discrimination, class action waivers and more.

Many companies lack a formal process for contract administration. Many others have a contract process which is in need of updating or improvement. This program session will review the lifecycle of contracts and highlight ways to develop and improve a company’s formalized contracting process. This session will emphasize practical tips that can be used to implement a contract management system and enforce up-to-date contracting policies, including who should be responsible for running the process, how contracts should be routed within the organization, signing authority, electronic contract management systems, monitoring contract compliance, and record retention.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a Q&A that gives a high level overview of the main trends and significant deals in Canadian construction plans.

This is a sample HIPAA policy and procedure document for organizations to give to employees.

A sample vendor assessment questionnaire from the ACC 2014 Compliance & Ethics Training Program, Session 600.

2017 Advocacy Summary

Each year, we save one session as the ACC Chair's Choice session. This year, the Chair has chosen to focus on the real influence of the in-house bar has.

In this QuickCounsel, we explain clauses and their existence in certain contracts that are usually based in informal social protocols or customs. We hope that this resource will help with drafting these clauses by providing examples and advice.

This article is a Gotham City street lighting project case study.