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There are certain exemptions that companies can make in order to lower costs when filing taxes. One is called a 403 Statement where the "mother" company takes on the liability of its subsidiaries.

This Internet Postings Policy applies to employees who use internet postings.

This Guidance Note for responsible digital marketing communications is an integral part of Wine Institute’s Code of Advertising Standards and should be read in conjunction with its provisions.

This article discusses EU Commission decision approving the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-US DPF”) as a valid transfer mechanism for sharing personal data from European Economic Area countries (those in the EU plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) to the United States.

Executive job titles hold a great amount of prominence in the corporate world. However, it can be difficult to discern the powers assigned to a director and how they differ in each role. Learn more about director titles similarities and differences.

This ACC Guide addresses creating a data retention policy that also complies with privacy requirements, and how to synchronize this policy with other compliance requirements.

Read Bob Feldman’s take on the Missouri Supreme Court’s debate about the existence of nothing.

Since 1 January 2013 much heavier penalties have been in force for violations of the Foreign Nationals Employment Act [1] The fine for employing illegal workers has been raised by 50%, from €8,000 to €12,000 per employee. Businesses that commit repeated violations face closure for up to three months. The Cabinet also wants to tighten the conditions under which non-EU nationals can work legally in the Netherlands and submitted an amendment proposal for the Wav to the House of Representatives for this purpose last year.

A review of social corporate responsibility in Brazil, including social action required by law and beyond.

This is a press release where Princeton Healthcare paid to settle a disability discrimination suit with EEOC.

This presentation discusses IP rights within the EU, EU-wide laws, cross-border injunctions and broad-brush comparisons of key EU courts,

This article provides key lessons from the January 2015 Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decision in Tervita Corp. v. Canada (Commissioner of Competition).

Bob Feldman discusses indemnification, Article 2 of the U.C.C. and possible changes in the coverage of the code.

Discusses how to find the right outside foreign counsel to handle problems such as products your vice president sold into Denmark, Argentina, and Taiwan are defective or a tanker unloading your chemicals just spilled some in a harbor in Zaire.

Although business could rely on outside counsel for specialized expertise, they are more frequently turning to in-house counsel who are better suited to manage core risks.

As virtual and augmented reality applications become more intertwined in mainstream society, Tech Toolbox Columnist Gregory Stern waxes poetic about how these developments will impact the legal world.

Powerful people — or at least people we perceive as being powerful — speak in abstractions. You have probably noticed it. When a veteran politician speaks, she talks of grand ideas, but offers few specifics.

When negotiations begin to feel like teenage politics, something is wrong. Instead of playing this zero-sum game, the author discusses ways to increase value from a legal and business perspective.

In carefully monitored experiments, researchers have placed subjects in the middle<br />of a train station or shopping thoroughfare and asked them to just look at a particular location in the distance. As expected, others stop and stare. While the reaction varies by setting, distance and sometimes gender, human beings have a natural tendency to follow the gaze of others.<br />

The author explains an unsettling truth about in-house lawyers. Their entire professional lives are much like improvised comedy.

Mathew Scott, vice president and general counsel for Pandora North America, shares his daily routine; including how he prepares for meetings with executives and what topics those meetings often cover.

The author discusses the benefits and drawbacks of using the iPad 2 as a business tool.

This article covers some all-too-common interview pitfalls that occasionally ensnare even experienced managers.

Increasingly, multinational corporations are conducting internal investigations to assess civil and regulatory risk, particularly in light of increased regulatory scrutiny. Because they face civil and regulatory risk in multiple jurisdictions, those investigations must also be conducted in multiple jurisdictions. Jurisdictions have different rules relating to internal investigations, such as privilege, employee interviews and disclosure obligations. This session will discuss how to conduct a cross-border internal investigation effectively and the pitfalls that may await in-house counsel.

This May 2020 article describes changes that were made to Australia’s foreign investment laws. These alternations were necessary in light of the coronavirus pandemic, so they could better safeguard Australia’s national interests.

Read how Bombadier, Inc. interfaces with law firms to manage workloads and gain expertise during workload peaks.

This report examines (1) the representation of women on boards of U.S. publicly-traded companies and factors that may affect it and (2) selected stakeholders’ views on strategies for increasing representation of women on corporate boards.

What legislation is applicable to insolvencies and reorganisations? What criteria are applied in your country to determine if a debtor is insolvent?

This article deals with employment practices in Australia which are heavily affected by statutory provisions, tax, superannuation as well as market forces.

This is a sample corporate blog outlining the discussion guidelines and rules of engagement.