This report examines what is known about (1) the size of the contingent workforce, (2) the characteristics and employment experiences of contingent versus standard workers, and (3) any differences in earnings, benefits, and measures of poverty between contingent and standard workers.
This article identifies the industries on the rise in Africa’s emerging markets.
This is a checklist of healthcare resources.
This presentation addresses how to respond when management requests access to key documents.
Considers the duties owned by individuals and organizations in the course of supplying goods and services to members of the public under the UK's Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA).
On June 29, 2007, the National People's Congress of China passed the new Labor Contract law, which will become effective on January 1, 2008. The provisions of the new law will potentially have wide-reaching ramifications for companies conducting business in China. This article highlights some of the key changes and implications.
The two keys to the eliminating email clutter are the Reduce folder and the custom keypad. Once you have implemented the system described in this article, you will look at a lot less email.
China is experiencing a tremendous pace of change. The infrastructure and economy continue to grow rapidly -- as does the demand for legal services by companies. This article gives instructions on how to keep up.
Lawyers are so good in their domain and have such high social status that they are often afforded a presumption of competence in areas where they are not expert. This presumption, and the effects of its puncturing, has been in evidence as clients discover that their law firms are the soft underbelly of cybersecurity.
A company can maximize the value of its intellectual property by keeping current inventory and proper protection of its trademarks and copyrights. In addition, in order to strengthen partnerships and avoid legal sanctions, companies should keep a current inventory of third-party IP use. This article offers a step-by-step approach for companies looking to protect their IP assets.
Rulings on attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine occur daily in the federal and state courts. New law is continually being made on the scope of these protections for companies and their counsel in areas like internal investigations, the legal vs. business advice distinction, the crime-fraud and fiduciary exceptions, subject-matter and at issue waiver, the common interest and joint client exceptions, global privilege issues and intra-law firm privilege. In a Jeopardy! format, this interactive presentation will examine the latest developments in privilege law as well as the professional ethics rules governing confidentiality (i.e., ABA Model Rules 1.6 and 1.13) — including cases in which ACC has weighed in as amicus — and recommend best practices to preserve the attorney-client privilege and the confidentiality of work product.
2022 might shape up to be a challenging year in terms of privacy and data protections. In this resource, in-house counsel can gain perspective on the coming year by taking these hot topics into consideration.
An agreement providing for the delivery of a computer software license. Includes definitions, terms for delivery, license charges, and other common provisions such as force majeure.
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.
Written Testimony
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
"Examining Approaches to Corporate Fraud Prosecutions and the Attorney-Client
Privilege Under the McNulty Memorandum"
October 18, 2007
This is a sample master license agreement between vendor and corporation.
A panel of experienced in-house lawyers and industry professionals will address the viability of the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine relating to corporate communications, specifically regarding internal and external public relations professionals and other third parties. With more and more sensitive information at the disposal of internal and outside parties, diligence is paramount. The audience will walk away from this session with a thorough understanding of what falls under attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine and how to best maintain those protections, as well as a checklist of considerations for future reference.
This is a template non-compete agreement between a corporation and parties involving an acquisition.
This article discusses whether the United States Safe Harbor framework provides an adequate level of protection for European Union businesses that transfer personal data to U.S. companies.
Senior executives today move freely from team to team. Talent moves quickly, jumping across companies and across industry lines. And we should not be shocked.
Being an in-house attorney is a lot like being a parent. Parenting skills are of greatest use to in-house counsel
when it comes to saying “no.” Or more accurately, the trick is getting your client to say “no.”
In Richard Susskind's latest book The End of Lawyers? Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services, he develops his theory that the new information age will ultimately render lawyers obsolete. This article analyzes and critiques this premise from the perspective of in-house counsel.
Discusses managing expectations and partnering with the right local counsel for joint ventures.
This article covers the scope, implications, and enforcement of the new PRC competition law that applies equally to PRC and non-PRC entities alike.
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