This is a sample confidentiality/non-disclosure agreement.
This is a very basic, plain-English set of Articles for an Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(6)-type organization, i.e., a trade association or professional society or similar.
This presenter speaks about trends in Brazilian contaminated site liability.
ACC letter to Senators Cardin and Collins in favor of bill to create Civil Justice Fairness Act.
Numerous states prohibit employers from disciplining or discharging employees for off-duty conduct. A growing number of states have legalized the use of medical marijuana and/or recreational marijuana. An even larger number of states have limited an employer’s ability to use social media, criminal background checks and credit reports when making employment decisions. These ongoing changes to the law, combined with the National Labor Relations Board’s increased oversight, make it increasingly difficult for employers to take adverse employment action against an applicant or employee for conduct that does not occur in the workplace. This session will provide attendees with an update on the law in this evolving area, guidelines for compliance, tips on avoiding litigation and optimal positioning for a positive outcome if litigation is commenced.
In this guide, in-house counsel at multinational companies can learn about global labor regulations, termination practices, discrimination law, collective dismissals, and more.
This program will feature interactive discussion with the audience to include such questions as: Does my license cover use on servers? How does virtualization affect everything? What do you do with source code? Are source code escrows helpful? What about escrows for software as a service (SaaS)? What is the effect of the trend limiting liability of vendors for intellectual property infringement? What is the effect of open-source software incorporated into a commercial product? What effect is the American Law Institute's Principles of the Law of Software Contracts having? What else do I need to worry about?
This is a sample IP assignment agreement, regarding the assignment of all rights (including copyrights) to works developed by the assignor. Initially published December 19, 2015, republished March 29, 2023.
A brief arguing that the advancement of legal fees is a legitimate and routine business practice.
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An opinion piece on tax subsidies and credits with regarding to ACA.
This sample outlines the guidelines to use when corporate blogging.
Diversity initiatives continue to grow and change with corporate business models: taking on a different complexion when applied in companies with significant global presence and offering new challenges in an era defined by bottom-line attention to corporate compliance and social responsibility. Read ACC's newest leading practice profile and find out how the legal departments of 10 different companies have developed diversity initiatives that are making a difference.
Amicus Brief - Supreme Court of New Mexico v. U.S.
Two recent federal court cases have strengthened manufacturers’ commercial free speech rights.
A brief addressing the question of whether it is appropriate for the trier of fact to draw an adverse inference with respect to willful infringement when the attorney-client privilege and/or work product privilege is invoked by a defendant in an infringement suit.
This short article addresses how a growing number of shareholder activist campaigns in the United States are being backed—often secretly—by long-term investors, which may be signaling a sea change in investor attitudes.
A helpful checklist of the best attributes of savvy negotiators.
ACC's proposed edits to the Thompson Memo.
ACC letter supporting New Hampshire's adoption of ABA Model Rule 5.5 (MJP).
The design and operational failures of the federal insurance exchange and comparable failures of a number of state exchanges will generate contract disputes and litigations. Read on for more information.
This article discusses product stewardship trends in Latin America.
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