Getting the Deal Through's ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in their 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.
The purpose of this table is to: 1) list the countries in the European Union that have a comprehensive data protection law (columns 1 and 2); 2) summarize the notification and/or registration requirements with the competent data protection authority in these countries and explain where exemptions to notify/register may exist (columns 3 and 4); and 3) specify the countries where it is required to notify individuals about the collection and processing of their personal data (column 5).
John K. Villa discusses work product protection 25 years after Sporck v. Peil
Discusses U.K. discrimination laws, Italian labour law, and equal opportunity.
When you are trying to figure out whether to go to outside counsel for a legal opinion or to recommend that your company obtain UCC insurance, you need to consider several factors: what constitutes UCC insurance, comparison of typical legal opinions and UCC insurance coverage, multijurisdictional issues under the UCC, and cases requiring UCC insurance.
The Dow is wavering, stock prices are sinking, and consumer confidence is down. Take charge of your career now, to stop the sagging economy from eroding your options, and you may even find your career's perfect fit.
This article discusses India's rapidly evolving artificial intelligence ecosystem, including some key areas where AI is likely to have the greatest impact and strategies for in-house counsel.
This survey report aims to better understand the outside counsel selection process for litigation matters, the tools that departments are using for litigation workflows, the most common cost containment strategies, and how litigation needs are expected to change over time.
Three members of 2012 ACC Value Champions share their value initiatives, including program goals, results, lessons learned, collateral benefits and some of their key tools to manage outside counsel.
SEC Comment Letter re: Release 33-862
Sample questionnaire for classifying contracts according to risk.
What legislation is applicable to insolvencies and reorganisations? What criteria are applied in your country to determine if a debtor is insolvent?
How much diligence is due? The authors discuss the various levels and elements of environmental due diligence and the factors that determine the appropriate level of due diligence in a given transaction.
A brief arguing that neither principles of agency law nor the rules authorizing attorneys to form professional corporations support a finding that a corporation engages in the unauthorized practice of law when it utilizes in-house counsel.
This article discusses the Hong Kong Competition Commission's announcement of its intention to issue a Block Exemption Order in relation to certain agreements between liner shippers.
This article will provide an overview of the advantages of using consumer contract waivers, a summary of the relevant law, including recent Supreme Court decisions, and some thoughts on the continued viability of blanket arbitration clauses and class action waivers.
This article explores key client questions and concepts of value when an attorney changes law firms.
On 25 June 2013, the German Federal Cartel Office released new fining Guidelines for competition law infringements. The new fining Guidelines implement the German Federal Court of Justice’s recent decision, in which it overturned the current interpretation of Section 81(4), subsection 2 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) as the applicable 10% “cap” on the total amount of fines linked to consolidated worldwide turnover. The Court reinterpreted the 10% turnover threshold, instead, as the maximum level of a “range” within which fines could be set.
The attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine can act as powerful shields in protecting from disclosure documents generated in internal investigations, both in later litigation and in enforcement actions.
This program will focus attention on top strategies that litigators can deploy in re-shaping early case assessment and case management to focus on value, efficiency, predictability and outcome, rather than lawyer activities and piles of billable hours. Our goal: to help you help your client know that the company's litigation docket is delivering maximum value and ROI. Join us as we look at how innovative leading practices in departments and firms which are redefining corporate litigation strategies.
This is a Department of Justice press release about a relevant case.
How do you show your law department’s value and justify that it is spending efficiently? As businesses come under increasing pressure, in-house counsel must develop optimal procurement practices, measurable process improvements, and cost-saving tactics that improve return-on-investment.
This Wisdom of the Crowd, complied from responses posted on the New to In-house and Small Law Department eGroups, addresses issues of the liability and various restrictions on running a contest or sweepstakes. The issues discussed include elements of a sweepstakes, operating a contest open to the general public vs. business partners, and operating an office bracket pool.
ACC letter to Senators Cardin and Collins in favor of bill to create Civil Justice Fairness Act.
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