A toolkit designed to help company personnel understand the key provisions of the Company Services Agreement and to facilitate negotiation of these provisions, whether used as part of the CSA or as insertions to customer agreements.
An overview of shareholder agreements and disputes under the Ontario Business Corporations Act.
An overview of security interests in Ontario. Includes review of how companies can protect their security interests under Ontario's Personal Property Security Act.
This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from responses posted on the Small Law Department and IT, Privacy & eCommerce eGroups, addresses the reasonableness of shared assessment questionnaires.
This article discusses whether the OFCCP - the agency charged with enforcing the federal affirmative action regulations - regulations cover your company and can help you reduce or eliminate problem areas before the OFCCP becomes involved.
Discusses the changes in Chinese law and substantial progress in enforcement procedures that make it possible to enforce intellectual property rights in China.
This webcast provides an overview of the new rules and planning strategies added to the Internal Revenue Code, by the Jobs Creation Act, that changes the structure of virtually all executive and director unfunded deferred compensation arrangements.
This material covers how to conduct a compliance investigation and discusses the importance of having a formal investigations protocol in place. Learn common FAQs and lessons learned during compliance investigations.
An overview of doing business in Ontario, Canada. Includes a review of establishing a business in Canada, tax considerations, employment issues, and real estate issues.
Understand what comprises an effective compliance program and learn to implement and maintain effective monitoring mechanisms and audit plans, which pose ongoing challenges for in-house counsel whose compliance role is often just one of many.
The legal profession still has a long way to go toward building minority representation. The Corporate Legal Diversity Pipeline program gives attorneys a chance to increase diversity in the legal profession by reaching out to promising minority students while they're still in high school. Learn how you can get involved with minimal time and maximum impact.
This article discusses the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) publishing proposed new regulatory requirements for improving diversity and inclusion in Financial Services.
This sample contract playbook includes alternative clauses, required approvals, and negotiation notes.
This sample Covid policy was prepared in 2021, and it reflects the Executive Order (US) in place at that time.
All employers will be confronted with sickness absenteeism of employees at some stage. Under Dutch law, employees accrue holidays during sickness absence. However, in certain cases, (part of) the days the employees are absent due to illness can be deducted from holiday.
This article provides some tips for using your mobile device more safely and securely to help you achieve your financial goals.
This is a sample computer, email and voice mail usage policy.
This Quick Overview discusses how contractual freedom to choose the applicable law is the rule in Europe and how this rule is subject to restrictions with respect to consumer contracts.
This Quick Overview will, first, present the European Union (EU) regulatory framework for e-invoicing, second, identify the different e-invoices recognized by EU countries and, third, study some legal issues related to cross-border e-invoices.
These are guidelines to follow if you choose to identify yourself as a company employee or to discuss matters related to company business on the internet.
What legislation is applicable to insolvencies and reorganisations? What criteria are applied in your country to determine if a debtor is insolvent?
This article provides an overview of legal requirements of interest to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies.
There is reason to question whether increased shareholder influence on matters that the law has traditionally apportioned to the board is at the expense of other values that are key to the sustainability of healthy corporations. These concerns underlie the issues that will define the state of governance in 2015 and likely beyond.
The capital markets for corporate securities suffer from an inherent information asymmetry. As a way of both improving the quality of and bonding the credibility of its disclosures, so as to reduce its cost of capital, a company will hire various outsiders—such as an outside auditor and underwriters—to function as reputational intermediaries.
This article presents the views and observations of leading anti-corruption practitioners in jurisdictions spanning every region of the globe.
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