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.
This brief article provides an overview of the cultural values that shape interpersonal communications.
A detailed presentation containing graphs, charts, and checklists on developing a global business mindset.
This InfoPAK (now known as an ACC Guide) provides a "question & answer" guide to corporate crime, fraud and investigations in Switzerland. This guide gives a high level overview of matters relating to corporate fraud, bribery and corruption, insider dealing and market abuse. In addition, it summarizes money laundering and terrorist financing, financial record keeping, due diligence, corporate liability, immunity and leniency, and whistleblowing.
A sample end user license agreement between an authorized user and a company, covering specific terms and conditions of usage such as license grant, restrictions, user obligations, proprietary rights, feedback and submission, liability limitations, indemnity, and a governing law clause (United States).
In this article, you will learn what to do when a corporation’s global ethical standards (“oppose censorship” for a global media company) collides with national law (China’s extensive state censorship).
This is a sample computer network acceptable use policy.
This is a sample anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance policy.
Sample document retention policy with accompanying chart.
Map out key areas of compliance and risk management that can be addressed through effective contract management. Discuss contracting best practices that experienced in-house practitioners have developed to support compliance and risk management. Explore tips for performing a contract risk audit to identify contracts where additional language should address major risks. Identify best practices and tools that your peers use to analyze and address key risks posed by a proposed contract.
This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses whether or not a company may require employees without work e-mails to provide their personal e-mail address. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Employment & Labor and Small Law Department ACC Networks.
What legislation is applicable to insolvencies and reorganisations? What criteria are applied in your country to determine if a debtor is insolvent?
This guide from Latham & Watkins and KPMG is designed to provide a roadmap to help navigate the financial statement requirements of the US federal securities laws.
In the July issue of the ACC Observer, David Cambria shared his unique and broad perspective on legal operations' current trajectory. This column focuses on Cambria's career experience, which makes his insights worth contemplating.
CPD is available; A certificate of completion will be automatically provided upon completion of the course.
CLE credit may be granted in jurisdictions where self-filing is allowed. Please consult your jurisdiction for their self-file or independent study rules.
Very often in-house counsel are challenged with legal matters that touch upon new technologies. Typically, they have little â if any â prior information or training. This session aims to provide a brief introduction on key legal tech concepts, highlighting the new trends on blockchain, metaverse and AI.
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Of course you’ve written a resume before, but what about a resume for a general counsel job? For a multinational position? For expert tips on how to fine-tune your resume, read more here.
In the beginning of this year 2023, the China trademark office, now known as âChina National Intellectual Property Administration,â released a draft of amendments on China trademark law which provide some drastic changes targeted at solving bad-faith filing issues. In addition, in the past 2 or 3 years after the implementation of the current Trademark Law (2019) by adding Article 4 prohibiting bad-faith filings with no real intent to use, not only trademark squatters but also many brand owners have received refusals based on Article 4 trademark applications, in particular the brand owners' defensive filing program. Considering such new practices may cause some frustration to brand owners in their brand protection in China, the presentation will share thoughts about the recent changes in practice and potential legislative changes and offer suggestions on the best practices around Article 4 refusals in China.
Speaker: Shuang Yu, Counsel, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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