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The aim of this article is to provide guidance to in-house counsel on the assessment and management of key risks associated with partnership opportunities. As such, in-house counsel should be able to quickly identify the antitrust risks related to each type of partnership (joint R&D, joint purchasing, joint manufacturing and/or joint marketing), taking in account the evolution in 2010 and 2011 of the EU regulatory framework on cooperation among firms.

This Leading Practices Profile, an update to ACC’s 2011 Crisis Management and the Role of In-House Lawyers: Company Leading Practices, features the leading business continuity and crisis management plans of four entities that share plan aspects, including core components, operational strategies, and lessons learned. The Profile also addresses the law departments’ role in prevention planning, training, risk assessment, crisis management, and continuity planning.

As legal situations are in a constant state of flux because of the topical nature of the issue mandatory national law and current case law should always be complied with when using the clauses.

This article provides an overview of legal requirements of interest to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies.

This is a sample company employee handbook.

This is a list of select Morrison & Foerster publications on cases from the Supreme Court's 2014 term in the United States.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from questions and responses posted on the Small Law Departments eGroups, addresses possible activities to play with kids on Take Your Child To Work Day.

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 brief article provides an overview of the legal and practical steps for terminating an established business relationship in France.

This QuickCounsel provides tips for getting more value from your outside counsel.

This Quick Counsel explains the general provisions that limit some of the clauses that the franchise agreement may contain.

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

This QuickCounsel suggests strategies for evaluating employee requests to telecommute as an accommodation, as well as factors to consider when allowing employees to work from home in the United States.

In the first part of this Quick Overview, we examined how the feedstock of industrial projects in the United States should be procured so as to enhance bankability. In this third and final part, we address the purchase of the project's future production and other considerations that may affect bankability.

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.

Preemptive clauses allow a person or entity to acquire priority shares of a company before they are transferred. Although preemptive clauses can be embedded directly into the bylaws, drafters may also insert them into shareholders' agreements. This QuickCounsel will review the pertinence, validity, and effectiveness of such preemptive clauses under French law.

This brief resource (Quick Counsel) reviews the regime of compensation of post contractual non-compete clauses in employment contracts, as well as in a number of commercial contracts. It focuses on the rules applicable in France, while highlighting some particularities in other European countries.

This QuickCounsel examines the differences in attorney-client privilege between the United States and the European Union, individual European countries, Canada, Brazil, Russia, India and China.

Learn the steps in-house counsel should when an employee requests a religious accommodation.