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.
This survey addresses issues including staffing, departmental organization, hiring plans, cost accounting, expectations for the coming year, changes to the role of the CLO, managing outside counsel, and firm demographics. Additionally, the survey focused on the relationship of the CLOs and GCs with outside counsel through questions that explored alternative fee arrangements and challenges brought with the economic downturn.
An overview of arbitration in Brazil. Includes a discussion of Brazilian arbitration's history and its use in investment, corporate litigation, and construction. Also available in Portuguese and Spanish.
A conversion of a legal entity into another legal form may offer advantages, such as more opportunities for raising capital or expansion or more opportunities for commercial operations.
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.
The guide to implementing legal knowledge management programs explains the full life cycle – from knowledge creation to storage, sharing and utilization. Learn how to capture structured as well as tacit knowledge and leverage both to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Includes practice tips, case studies, templates, links to relevant value practices, and a list of selected commercial knowledge management tools.
Download the PDF, or view the interactive digital edition at: http://www.accvaluechallenge-digital.com/accvaluechallenge/acc-guide-to-knowledge-management
This sample Covid policy was prepared in 2021, and it reflects the Executive Order (US) in place at that time.
This is a sample consulting agreement between a company and consultant.
This sample follows daily progress on an employee's projects.
Analysis of the nature of antitrust infringements, the rationale of company
liability for antitrust infringements, and the possible positive and possible negative effects of compliance programmes.
Discusses the steps to take in order to have time, energy, an ethical lifestyle that has a place for both our work responsibilities and our duties to our communities and families, flexibility, and the ability to enjoy our lives. Includes what law departments can do and programs for overcoming obstacles to work-life balance.
This is the outline for the session, Allocating Risk for Your Company: Playing the Feud.
In Mexico, as in the rest of the world, trademarks that are duly registered may be enforced against third parties who attempt to use or copy them. It is advisable to take certain measures with respect to their use and maintenance. This article offers several recommendations, including the following: Always use marks in the manner in which they were registered.
In order to support the creation of start-ups in Germany, legislators have been working to develop special fixed-term contracts for employee hiring.
This is a sample corporate blog outlining the discussion guidelines and rules of engagement.
The aim of a liquidated damages clause is to specify in advance the indemnification for a party that suffers from a breach of contractual obligations. Non-performance of a contract, without any evidence of actual damage, is grounds for pre-estimated compensation. This clause obviously limits the necessity to seek indemnification in court and is in demand in business contracts. However, if challenged, its efficiency may be greatly reduced by the intervention of a judge who has the power to modify the amount of the compensation determined in the contract. The distinction between liquidated damages and penalty clauses has a greater impact in common law countries than in those influenced by Civil Code tradition. This QuickCounsel assesses several court decisions in various European countries that bring to light these differences.
This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from questions and responses posted on the Compliance and Ethics Forum, addresses the standard reporting structure for the General Counsel (GC) role within an organization.
In case you haven’t heard, diversity and inclusion are essential to corporate legal teams. How to go about building such a team, however, may not be quite as obvious. From interns to sponsorships, this article provides an effective strategy for growing diversity and inclusion in your law department.
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