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Docket Article
Publication Date: 03/27/2023
Kahlil Mitchell, senior counsel at Moderna, reflects on the development and rollout of the COVID vaccine. #ACCDocket #COVID #Staysafe
… Docket … Banner artwork by StanislavSukhin / Shutterstock.com Professor Cynthia Dahl is a Practice Professor of Law and the Director of the Detkin … as our legal team grew there were other things happening, for sure. But that was the part of the process that I was …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 05/25/2022
Another generation of women will have to wait for gender parity. Learn why and what can be done in the meantime to hasten the pace in Caterina Cavallaro’s latest Positively Legal column with insights by GC Rachel Launders. #WellnessWednesday #womeninleadership #generalcounsel
… 05/25/2022 Another generation of women will have to wait for gender parity. Learn why and what can be done in the … and industry associations, commercial work (including buying properties for The Block ), technology arrangements, … Rugby League to the end of 2027. As a leader, Launders is “pretty good at focusing on the important issues and …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 04/01/2018
Costa Rica is famous for its beaches and rainforests and, if you’re lucky enough to visit for work, you should surely see those in person while you’re in the country. But before it’s time for fun, it’s time for business.
… Rica Daniel Perez Publication Date: 04/01/2018 Costa Rica is famous for its beaches and rainforests and, if you’re lucky enough … products or services? Costa Rica’s official tourism website Costa Rica is famous for its beaches and rainforests …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 04/01/2015
Although it’s more likely you’ll find yourself in Greece for summer vacation than to close a business deal, it still is good to know a few things about business and other customs in the country.
… Although it’s more likely you’ll find yourself in Greece for summer vacation than to close a business deal, it still is good to know a few things about business and other customs … and Development. Additional Resources The official website of Greek tourism Latest news from Greece in English …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
03/16/2017

This is a sample marketing services agreement.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… Contracts Marketing Services Agreement March 16, 2017 This is a sample marketing services agreement. Resource Details … Act of 1996, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, the American Recovery … indirectly in any manner, including but not limited to any website, advertising, or list of representative clients, …
Articles
Luciana Gemelli Eick, Associate Editor in Legis Pesquisa Jurídica
04/17/2015

This Quick Counsel addresses The Right of Regret in the Brazilian Consumer Code which provides the Consumer the prerogative to withdraw from the purchase of a product or hiring a service that has not been held in a physical store.

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: Brazil
… compatible with the actual item that was purchased. It is important to make clear that The Right of Regret in the … does not have any kind of defect there is no legal support for replacement or refund. If it is the case of exchange or … São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 2008. Procon Paraná website
Docket Article
Publication Date: 10/07/2022
Why it's important for companies not to ignore India's anti-corruption and related laws. 2022 has seen major corporate scandals unfold in India. This article by India-based law firm Majmudar & Partners (an ACC Global Resource Provider) reviews key features of India's anti-corruption laws, and a series of cases in which international groups have faced enforcement actions. #ACCDocket #India
… Merchant Publication Date: 10/07/2022 Why it's important for companies not to ignore India's anti-corruption and … Source: ACC Docket … Andrii Yalanskyi / Shutterstock.com Highlights: 2022 has seen major corporate scandals unfold … legislation In India, the primary anti-graft legislation is the Prevention of Corruption Act (PC Act), 1988 (amended …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 01/30/2023
Pay attention to what you accept in your performance. It may be too late for airlines, but it’s not too late for us in managing our careers. #ACCDocket #Mondaymotivation
… to what you accept in your performance. It may be too late for airlines, but it’s not too late for us in managing our … ACC Docket … Banner image by AJR_photo / Shutterstock.com Well, that didn’t take long. No sooner are we back to business travel than the airlines remind us why flying is so maddening. To illustrate, let’s assume your boss has …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 09/30/2020
An ineffectual legal contract management process makes obstacles for legal departments tough to overcome. Here’s how to leverage seven legal contract management software tools to streamline the legal contract lifecycle, reduce risk, and minimize contract lifecycle bottlenecks and delays.
… Docket Article 7 Essential Legal Contract Management Tools for 2021 Sean Heck Publication Date: 09/30/2020 An … request approval easily. Data entry for request records is significantly simplified. Communication bottlenecks are … to spreadsheets to save locally and distribute.  With an online report designer, general counsel and legal teams can …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 05/13/2019
This article discusses strategies to help legal ops build a more complete mapping of their companies’ litigation portfolio, along with methods to leverage their portfolio to derive added benefits and more effective costs-savings initiatives. This article will also review the importance of legal ops expanding beyond their own immediate purview to examine the litigation portfolios of similarly situated companies to uncover trends impacting their industry and incorporate peer strategies for managing litigation.
… Knowing Your Profile: Why Litigation Portfolios Matter for Legal Ops Jeff Cox Publication Date: 05/13/2019 This … ACC Docket … Reviewing your overall litigation portfolio is critical for legal ops to control legal spend and … legal data, such as court data made publicly available online, is an unrealistic proposition for most legal …
Program Materials
Bertrand Alexis
Catherine Bocskor
Mohammed Paracha
10/29/2013

This program is designed to give in-house counsel advising businesses in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates) states a better understanding of the laws and business dynamics of the region. Issues to be covered include opportunities for investment to and from the region; regional variations and Dubai as a hub; contractual issues and joint ventures; disputes and arbitration; Islamic finance; anti-bribery and corruption; diligence and know your customer (KYC); Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and sanctions; and cultural understanding for those from outside the region.

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Meetings
Region: Saudi Arabia
… Bocskor Mohammed Paracha October 29, 2013 This program is designed to give in-house counsel advising businesses in … of the region. Issues to be covered include opportunities for investment to and from the region; regional variations … to ACC’s Legal Resources Department at legalresources@acc.com Tuesday, October 29 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM 705: Doing Business …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
01/19/2017

This is a sample power purchase agreement where the Company is the lessee or owner of the property and desires to make a portion of such property available to Provider for the construction, operation and maintenance of a solar powered electric generating project, and to purchase from Provider the electric energy produced by the project.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… Contracts Power Purchase Agreement January 19, 2017 This is a sample power purchase agreement where the Company is the … to make a portion of such property available to Provider for the construction, operation and maintenance of a solar … COMPANY] shall sell to [COMPANY 1] and [COMPANY 1] shall buy from [PROVIDER COMPANY] all electric energy produced by …
ONC Lawyers
11/01/2020
3 pages

This article provides a brief overview of the case Airport Authority v Persons Unlawfully and Willfully Obstructing or Interfering with the Proper Use of the Hong Kong International Airport [2020] HKCFI 2743. This case is noteworthy because the Judge employed new technologies in order to effect substitute service during the proceedings, making room for the use of other technologies in civil litigation in the future.

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Region: Hong Kong
Audience: Mid-Career, New to In-House
… Kong International Airport [2020] HKCFI 2743. This case is noteworthy because the Judge employed new technologies in … substitute service during the proceedings, making room for the use of other technologies in civil litigation in the … in the Airport; 2. posting on the Airport Authority’s website; and 3. publishing in one English newspaper and one …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 05/01/2015
In 2011, BMO’s Legal, Corporate & Compliance Group (LCCG) made a strategic decision to purchase an ACC membership. There were a number of reasons for this decision. ACC Docket spoke with Kathleen Hogan about how she became a top recruiter.
… purchase an ACC membership. There were a number of reasons for this decision. ACC Docket spoke with Kathleen Hogan about … We believed that the investment in ACC was appropriate. It is a global association for and of legal counsel, which meant … speak about membership benefits at meetings, showing real “buy-in” at senior levels. In mid-2014, we reassessed our …
Articles
03/01/2006

If your litigation management plan consists of 1. Call outside counsel, 2. wash hands. You can do better for your company. Find out how taking some simple steps today on document retention and destruction, and ensuring attorney-client privilege, will make your life in a small law department infinitely better when, not if, your company gets sued. Plus, tips on what to do (or not) once the suit has been filed.

… Hands On: You Can Take Charge of Litigation! Advice for the Small Law Department February 28, 2006 If your … results and the company bottom line. Whether litigation is atypical or ordinary at your com- pany, this HandsOn will help you to take charge. …
Program Materials
Carolyn R. Adler -- vice president, intellectual property & legal affairs, Raven Biotechnology, Inc.; Marc J. Lemberg -- managing corporate counsel, Avaya Inc.; Barbara Wagner -- associate general counsel, Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
10/01/2004

810 - Budgeting for the New Attorney Manager

Resource Details
Source: Meetings
Region: United States
… Program Materials Budgeting for the New Attorney Manager Author Carolyn R. Adler -- vice … MEETING THE NEW FACE OF IN-HOUSE COUNSEL This material is protected by copyright. Copyright © 2004 various authors … Merklinger at ACC: 202/293-4103, ext. 326; merklinger@acca.com 810:Budgeting for the New Attorney Manager Carolyn R. …
Checklists
Latham & Watkins LLP
01/24/2024
2 pages

This quick reference guide provides a list of Form 8-K Filing Events to be reported. It also includes Securities and Exchange Commission filing and staleness dates for 2024.

Resource Details
Region: United States
… and Exchange Commission filing and staleness dates for 2024. Resource Details Interest Area: Corporate, … arrangements are excluded from 1.01 and covered in 5.02) 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ▪ … course of business ▪ Applies even if the registrant is not a party to the transaction ▪ Exemption if securities …
Event
Start Date: 01/30/2025 | 6:00 PM
… Events ACC Houston Women In The House Event: New Year...New You! Start Date: … Professional Development Details & Registration … Join Us for an Exclusive New Year Celebration at Tootsies Houston for our Women In The House group! 🎉✨ Kick off 2024 in style …
Articles
08/01/2014

This is an article describing employment based immigrant visas which are divided into five preference categories.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Employment and Labor
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
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… Overview of U.S. Based Immigration August 1, 2014 This is an article describing employment based immigrant visas … Labor Certification and Filing a Petition To be considered for an immigrant visa under some of the employment-based … for USCIS services, see Check Filing Fees on the USCIS website. Note: Fees must be paid for each intending …
Articles
Susan H. Ephron and Cari K. Dawson
11/01/2005

The Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) changed the rules of class action lawsuits to alleviate problems with forum-shopping and limit the number of interstate class action suits decided in state courts that have little, if any, connection to the case or controversy. But in the short term, CAFA could wind up making class action suits more protracted, and quite costly to corporate defendants. Read how to navigate the potholes, detours, pit stops, and dangerous curves of the statute.

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Source: ACC Docket
Region: United States
… 2005): 22–42. On the Road to Class ACC Docket 23 CAFA is a direct response to the abuses and ineffec- tiveness of … clear objective of the legislation, chal- lenges remain for in-house counsel in maneuvering over these as yet … Washington Chapter. She can be reached at suseph@safeco.com. Cari K. Dawson is a partner in the Atlanta office of …
Articles
National Association of Corporate Directors
10/17/2016
30 pages

This resource discusses cyber-risk, the threat that data breaches can hold and what Directors should do to protect their companies in the United States. This is resource is part of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Handbook Series.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… do to protect their companies in the United States. This is resource is part of the National Association of Corporate … We wish to thank the following individuals for their contributions to this handbook (in alphabetical … threats.6 Moreover, although many smaller and medium-size com- panies have historically believed that they were too …
Articles
Chrysta Bán, S Szabó & Partners
12/12/2014

Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in our series of annual reports, which provide international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: Hungary
… & Partners December 12, 2014 Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a … international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and … Partners Von Wobeser y Sierra SC www.gettingthedealthrough.com 1 contents Arbitration 2014 contributing editors: Gerhard …
Articles
Kornkieat Chunhakasikarn and John King, Tilleke & Gibbins
12/12/2014
13 pages

Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in our series of annual reports, which provide international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: Thailand
… December 12, 2014 13 pages Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a … international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and … Partners Von Wobeser y Sierra SC www.gettingthedealthrough.com 1 contents Arbitration 2014 contributing editors: Gerhard …
Articles
Jackson Lewis
05/18/2015

This article addresses what can be done once a company is served with a class action lawsuit.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
… This article addresses what can be done once a company is served with a class action lawsuit. Resource Details … nearly every day, the employee is seeking compensation for alleged unpaid work time. And here’s the catch: She wants … your subscription should be sent to contactus@jacksonlewis.com or Jackson Lewis P.C. 666 Third Avenue, New York, NY …
Program Materials
Patti Beacom
Dina Davalle
Mark Goldzweig
Richard Grant
Jason Hillman
Steve Tseng
10/30/2013

This program will consist of a live, interactive mock negotiation of a sports sponsorship deal. The panel will provide the audience with a term sheet and will facilitate a mock negotiation over key deal points. The audience will be invited to identify key issues, offer their solutions on how best to address those issues, and debate the merits of various approaches and solutions. The panelists will guide the audience through the "negotiation," offer their recommendations and insights based on their experience in negotiating these types of deals, and address the issues that arise post signing.

… Meeting October 27-30, Los Angeles, CA This material is protected by copyright. Copyright © 2013 various authors … to ACC’s Legal Resources Department at legalresources@acc.com Wednesday, October 30 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 1002: Live from … subject matter expert. She has primary responsibility for the management of Capital One's transactions involving …
Articles
William Elias -- general counsel and technology licensing principal, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., and Kirk Teska -- managing partner, Iandiorio & Teska
05/01/2005

Most management leaders think "committee" is a four-letter word. But in the case of patents, they're wrong. Assessing what that real value is takes more than the engineers and the lawyers, and that's where a patent committee comes in. Learn the best way to structure one and make it work for your company, and start reaping real rewards from your patent portfolio.

Resource Details
Source: ACC Docket
Region: United States
… Articles Managing The High Costs Of Patents: Tips For Getting The Most From Your Patent Committee Author … April 30, 2005 Most management leaders think "committee" is a four-letter word. But in the case of patents, they're … text describes what is shown in the drawings: the com­ ponents of the invention, how they work together, what …
09/08/2015

ACC Comment Letter to SEC on Concept Release No. 33-­‐9862, Possible Revisions to Audit Committee Disclosures

…  Release”).      The  Association  of  Corporate  Counsel  is  a  global  bar  association  representing  over  40,000 …  effort  of  corporate  governance  stakeholders  called  for  audit  committees  to  voluntarily  consider  changes …  and  Amanda  J.  Sherman,  New  York  Law  Journal  (Online),  June  2,  2014.   Page 4 determining  what …
Articles
Hon. David G. Campbell
05/29/2014

This Memorandum describes the proposed “package” of amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure which are now pending before the Supreme Court.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… motions tolls the time to appeal. The advisory committee is considering whether and how to amend the rule to answer … and Philip Morris USA: "PM USA has maintained a public website containing documents it has produced in all products … as a per se mandate." See Arista Records LLC v. Usenet.com, Inc., 608 F.Supp.2d 409 (S.D.N.Y. 2009). The specific …
Articles
03/24/2016

This QuickCounsel highlights concerns that big data projects could result in illegal exclusion of certain groups, such as low income populations, from benefits made available to others.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… (FTC) released a report titled, " Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion ." The report highlights concerns … could implicate the FCRA, even if that information is drawn from social media behaviors or other online activity. The report also suggested that questions …
Articles
10/27/2016

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from responses posted on the IT, Privacy & eCommerce Forum addresses a carveout for Intellectual Property infringement within the limitation of liability in the United States.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… Articles Limitation of Liability – Carveout for Intellectual Property Infringement (United States) … customers in our standard enterprise agreements. RBTA is insisting on a liability lid, arguing that "things are … offering a service (presumably a large portion of which is online) and if the patent troll or another IP claimant …
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