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This is a sample employment agreement between the company and its executive.

The mobility of the workforce can be a downright menace for companies whose competitive edge depends on proprietary information, and whose doesn’t these days? If you think an employee agreement is sufficient protection against your client’s trade secrets walking out the door with departing employees, you may be wrong. David A. Schwab, of Medshares Management Group shares his secrets for preventing proprietary information from decamping to competitors.

With growing environmental concerns affecting global companies, Chief Legal Officers (CLOs) are optimally placed to deal with these issues and direct that company to a more sustainable future. In this Quick Overview, CLOs and senior in-house counsel can learn tips and takeaways on how to prepare a more robust Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) program for their company.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from a question and responses posted in the Corporate and Securities Law eGroup, addresses the topic of how a CLO/GC or similarly situated in-house counsel should approach a request by an auditor to sign a management reputation letter.

These two back-to-back sessions will discuss why successful project management is essential for innovative organizations. Participants will understand the primary characteristics of projects and the criteria for success and discuss how the environment, stakeholders, schedule, cost and quality requirements impact the definition of deliverables. Participants will determine the important stakeholders and communication plan for the project.

This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion), compiled from questions and responses posted on the Employment & Labor Forum, addresses whether the state of Georgia, in the United States, recognizes the validity of non-solicitation provisions.

This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses the process to convert non-exempt employees to exempt employees, as well as best practices for mitigating potential liability, under the US FLSA. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Employment & Labor Law ACC Network.*

This list shows some possible indicators of joint employer status under the NLRA.

This sample outlines the guidelines to use when corporate blogging.

The changing landscape of the American legal profession brings with it an ever-evolving set of concerns for attorneys and their employers. Over the past three decades increased lawyer mobility and the growing trend towards moving legal work in-house has fueled ethical and business-related concerns. These concerns include the need for confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property and other proprietary information, the potential for economic harm to the employer and the individual attorney respectively, and the increased potential for conflicts of interest. As a result, the past decades have also seen a marked increase in the use of anticompetitive covenants and consequently litigation related to anticompetitive covenants. This article attempts to predict the final outcome of the legal status of non-compete agreements as applied to in-house counsel.

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) imposes significant new reporting requirements on many small businesses, as of January 1, 2024.

This quick reference guide provides information related to determining if a company is subject to CTA Reporting, meeting beneficial ownership information reports ("BOIR") deadlines, identifying beneficial owners, and incorporating compliance into overall operations.

This guide addresses key labor and employment laws in a number of jurisdictions.

It's a misconception that you can use and not credit certain images on Wikipedia for your own use. This can lead to a violation of terms with the artist/uploader. Learn how to avoid this issue by adhering to the following guidelines.

This is a sample confidential information and invention assignment agreement between the company and its consultant.

2016 Advocacy Summary

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 sample anti-harassment policy.

This is a sample data breach checklist.

While market research firms consistently predict spectacular growth in year-on-year spend on cloud-based technology, intellectual property issues in the cloud continue to be one of the "cloudiest" legal areas for customers and suppliers alike. In this alert the authors identify some of the possible IP hot spots (with a particular focus on UK copyright issues), and offer suggestions to mitigate risk in what is a very rapidly evolving area of law.

Sample form required for foreign entities acquire newly issued stock in Korea.

Payroll tax issues confront every employer and compliance can be challenging. This resource lists the top 10 concerns for employers.

This is sample language for contractor agreement in context of joint employer liability under the NLRA.

This comprehensive guide provides an overview of several topics of interest including national/state restrictions imposed on ownership of real estate, the taxes that are levied in each jurisdiction, and reporting requirements globally. This guide is part of the Lex Mundi Global Practice Guide Series which features substantive overviews of laws, practice areas, and legal and business issues in jurisdictions around the globe.

This guide provides a general overview of anti-corruption regulations in Ukraine.