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This is a sample indemnification agreement under which a Virginia corporation agrees to indemnify "a person who is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of Corporation or of any other Enterprise that such person is or was serving at the express written request of Corporation."

In order to facilitate and expedite engagement with an Independent Contractor, the right questions need to be asked. This document will help determine if the risk of the misclassification and help with the draft of the agreement itself.

This article highlights key considerations for hospitals in evaluating, developing, and implementing an ASC transaction, with a focus on fraud and abuse considerations related to investing alongside physicians. It also highlights the type of regulatory analysis that providers and others contemplating transactions involving health care entities must consider and address.

New technological advances, especially Advanced Text Analytics, are changing the productivity paradigm for lawyers who have to read enormous volumes of electronic documents to identify potential evidence.

As of July 2014, a new agreement between Canada and the United States will require Canadian financial institutions to implement procedures to share sensitive information about their US clients with the Canada Revenue Agency.

This article covers why building a diverse and inclusive legal team is essential to obtaining superior results.

This InfoPAK provides essential legal and practical advice about cloud computing and its increasing use in the health care industry. It explores in depth the primary legal risks associated with hosting and accessing clinical data in the cloud computing environment, including the privacy and security issues associated with the use of cloud technology. Also included in this InfoPAK is a comprehensive discussion of cloud computing contracting issues, strategies for successfully negotiating cloud agreements, and sample contract provisions for “best practice” solutions. This InfoPAK also provides valuable checklists and tools to guide health care organizations in negotiating cloud computing agreements.

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.

This article outlines what trade secret protection is, why you might choose it instead of a patent, and how to implement it.

The crime of fraud is considered a serious fraud if committed against government property or object of value. This may result in a serious punishment such as imprisonment.

This Quick Overview summarizes federal legal obligations and constraints on the use of background checks in the employment context in the United States.

This brief resource (QuickCounsel) provides a brief overview of executor contracts in bankruptcy and the key issues they present.

This QuickCounsel discusses the strategic immigration planning that needs to happen for athletes who wish to remain in the United States after their playing days are over.

Lawyers must ensure that the client can recognize the "value" of the services rendered. To that end, it is useful to break "value" down into specific building blocks. A helpful construct revolves around identifying various qualities of legal service that clients desire in differing combinations, depending on the matter in question. This short ACC resource presents key tips and references to better understand such Value-Related Qualities (VRQs).

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from responses posted on theLitigation and Small Law Departments eGroups, addresses recommendations for in-house counsel asked to conduct litigation in-house without the assistance of outside counsel, including issues of bar admission within the United States.

This Quick Overview (QuickCounsel) discusses three strategies for advancing law firm diversity and inclusion.

This Quick Overview aims to provide company executives who are not tax professionals with a brief explanation of key tax points relevant to the transfer of patent assets in the United States.

This Quick Overview is intended to introduce the reader to the basic rules governing the assessment and collection of withdrawal liability and their application in certain situations in the United States.

This QuickCounsel reviews the threshold compliance issues for determining whether an organization is a government contractor in the United States and some of the legal implications for that designation.

The main purpose of the Open Skies Agreements is to deregulate certain areas of the air transport industry in Brazil and, consequently, encourage the market to work freely, which causes various effects in liberalized markets.

This short article (Quick Counsel) describes the challenges that employers face with regard to previously ineligible individuals seeking to obtain employment authorization under the the US Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program.

Many employers have implemented education and employee disciplinary guidelines to address workplace violence in the United States. While both are important, they often fail to provide employees with tools that could prevent one of the root causes of workplace violence: impacts of early trauma.

This QuickCounsel provides guidance on how legal departments can create in-house pro bono programs.

Bulgarian legislation has a specific Law on Bank Bankruptcy (the "LBB") which in most of its aspects provides for specific rules derogating the bankruptcy rules for companies.

In the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citations can be deceptive. Even when the proposed penalty in the citation appears to be insignificant, the citation can still be end up being extremely costly. Employers should evaluate the potential financial impact the OSHA citation could have on their company, and from that evaluation, decide whether to challenge the citation or settle it on a reasonable basis. This article will outline the major issues that each employer should consider in evaluating the full financial impact of a citation upon the company.

Indian employers, akin to their global peers, are increasingly realising the importance of a safe and amicable work-place - for all sexes. This requires a conscious policy directive aimed at preventing workplace harassment instances coupled with an institutional mechanism for redressal of complaints in a quick, transparent and just manner.

This QuickCounsel examines the predominant tests of privilege for in-house counsel in the United States, the risks involved with communicating with branch offices in other countries, and potential protective measures an attorney may take in order to prevent the discovery of communication between an in-house lawyer and his or her corporate client.

This Quick Overview aims to provide a broad-stroke perspective on the 2016 U.S. Proxy Season and its underlying trends by providing a brief overview of the history and regulation of shareholder activism; illustrating the growing prominence in proxy access proposals; and analyzing corporate strategies for responding proactively to shareholder proposals.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from responses posted on the Employment & Labor eGroup, addresses issues regarding treatment of employees who are on long-term disability ("LTD") leave.