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Key terms and information with regard to the ACA.

China is well known for her authoritarian decisiveness in policy making and her effectiveness in policy implementation with a centralized political control contrasting sharply with a decentralized economic policy. This comprehensve article examines two key aspects of this formulation. First, how has the authoritarian characteristic affected China’s anticorruption enforcement; and, second, how is China different from other countries, authoritarian or otherwise, in this regard?

After an evidentiary hearing and careful review of the record, including the parties' post-hearing supplemental briefs, exhibits, and proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, the court made findings of fact and conclusions of law in the Stolt-Nielsen case.

The legal profession still has a long way to go toward building minority representation. The Corporate Legal Diversity Pipeline program gives attorneys a chance to increase diversity in the legal profession by reaching out to promising minority students while they're still in high school. Learn how you can get involved with minimal time and maximum impact.

This article discusses the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) publishing proposed new regulatory requirements for improving diversity and inclusion in Financial Services.

Discuss the various roles in-house counsel tend to play, and how they are affected by attorney-client privilege rules; learn about attorney-client privilege rules from around the world and how they apply in the compliance context; discuss in depth the Professional Conduct Model Rules 1.6, 1.13 and others as appropriate; and discuss the pros and cons of non-lawyers assuming compliance roles.

This sample contract playbook includes alternative clauses, required approvals, and negotiation notes.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from responses posted on the Small Law Department and IT, Privacy & eCommerce eGroups, addresses the reasonableness of shared assessment questionnaires.

This sample Covid policy was prepared in 2021, and it reflects the Executive Order (US) in place at that time.

All employers will be confronted with sickness absenteeism of employees at some stage. Under Dutch law, employees accrue holidays during sickness absence. However, in certain cases, (part of) the days the employees are absent due to illness can be deducted from holiday.

This article provides some tips for using your mobile device more safely and securely to help you achieve your financial goals.

This is a sample computer, email and voice mail usage policy.

Machine Learning. Deep Learning. Data Mining. Predictive Analytics. Natural Language Processing.

These are the buzzwords used to describe the pivotal artificial intelligence (AI) space. Companies in every industry, from automotive and electronics to financial services, health care and life sciences, are working to deploy these advanced technology methods in order to bring their innovations to the next level. AI can help pathologists identify diseases, and physicians better assess brain health. It can help bankers automate back-office processes, create more lifelike chatbots, and improve fair lending practices. It can process and collect data more efficiently, protect from cyberattacks, and improve driver safety. As with any disruptive technology, however, this AI race to the moon comes with its share of risks and challenges. Are you prepared to address the various issues that this new technology may bring?

This program will focus on the application of the attorney–client privilege to the compliance officer as a mixed legal and business function, both in the United States and internationally. Speakers also will explore best practices related to invoking the privilege, who can make the claim and how to maintain the privilege.

New rules significantly expand the scope of existing UK and EU sanctions and export controls on Russia.

This Client Alert summarises the latest sanctions imposed by the UK and the EU as of 7 March 2022. Different jurisdictions are introducing new sanctions, export restrictions, and other legal and regulatory measures on a near daily basis, and companies exposed to the developments in Russia should ensure that they obtain up-to-date legal advice before taking any steps that may have legal effects.

901 - Responding to a Patent Attack

ACC Amicus Brief - Central Partners v. Growth Head GP - ACC and ACC Chicago Chapter join Illinois State Bar Association in arguing on decision regarding waiver of privilege.

On August 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted Release No. 34-95607 implementing a final rule (Final Rules) that requires covered publicly traded companies to provide both tabular and narrative and/or graphical disclosure of the relationship between executive compensation “actually paid” (as defined) by the company to its named executive officers and the company’s performance over a specified time period (Pay Versus Performance Disclosure). Check out this article to find out where the Pay Versus Performance Disclosure is required to be included and where its not and any other relevant details including key determinations and actions required.

These are guidelines to follow if you choose to identify yourself as a company employee or to discuss matters related to company business on the internet.

The capital markets for corporate securities suffer from an inherent information asymmetry. As a way of both improving the quality of and bonding the credibility of its disclosures, so as to reduce its cost of capital, a company will hire various outsiders—such as an outside auditor and underwriters—to function as reputational intermediaries.

Published by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), a legal association connecting more than 40,000 in-house lawyers employed by more than 10,000 organizations across 85 countries, the ACC Law Department Management Report is a global study of corporate law departments and their operations. In an effort to re-connect the cost and value of legal services, ACC surveyed nearly 300 chief legal officers (CLOs), general counsel (GC), and legal operations professionals on specific aspects of law department budget, spend, and management practices. The report also includes insight from interviews with GC and CLOs of Global 1000 and Fortune 500 law departments.

Tired of the debate? Sorry, this issue isn’t going away. Here’s a snapshot of the spirited discussion multidisciplinary practice that brought together the major players at ACCA’s 1999 Annual Meeting.

This session explores the immediate impact of the implementation of the EU General data protection regulation including the harmonisation of regulator activity across Europe, how effective the "one-stop shop" format will be, Article 29 Working Party submissions and how to protect your business from the right to be forgotten.

What is an employee handbook? What is the point of it? What can be arranged by such a handbook? And how do you make sure that the employee handbook applies to all your employees?

Chairman’s Message: Operating Without a License?

This resource includes sample conflict minerals reporting questions that an organization can ask its suppliers.

This Quick Overview discusses how contractual freedom to choose the applicable law is the rule in Europe and how this rule is subject to restrictions with respect to consumer contracts.

This Quick Overview will, first, present the European Union (EU) regulatory framework for e-invoicing, second, identify the different e-invoices recognized by EU countries and, third, study some legal issues related to cross-border e-invoices.