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.

An overview of ERISA and issues in health and welfare plans.

Sample language for corporate governance guidelines.

Guidance on administering an estate in Canada. Includes guidance on delegation of authority, record keeping, compensation, etc.

This article covers the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) guidance on employee monitoring.

Demonstrate your individual commitment to diversity and inclusion by completing at least five action items on this checklist during the year. To the extent possible, we ask them to select at least one action item in each of the three categories.

This article is a review of anti-trust in Asia-Pacific.

This resource from Foley and Lardner provides insight into the most prominent trends throughout 2023. These trends are focused on the health care and life sciences sector.

This report comes at a time when many employers are unclear about their obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In particular, companies struggle to understand when a leave of absence is a necessary and reasonable accommodation vs. when other actions can or should be taken.

This paper synthesizes the existing guidance from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and case law on leave as an accommodation, to provide insights, direction, and best practice suggestions for managing ADA leave of absence obligations.

IN-HOUSE LAWYERS IN EUROPE HAVE A LOT TO SAY.

Find out more with the 2015 ACC Chief Legal Officers Europe Report. This report spotlights top legal and business concerns weighing on CLOs in European corporate legal departments. CLOs from the region identified emerging trends, business priorities, budget, staffing changes, and more as their top concerns.

This article is an overview of the current energy mix in Switzerland, and the place of different energy sources in the market

This article deals with recent dubious marks versus the prohibition of scandalous trade marks under the Trade Marks Act.

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A great legal department is like a car: It’s an important investment that requires regular maintenance. Similarly, when you invest in your paralegals and other legal professionals, it’s like giving your in-house team a tune-up. Learn how to hire and develop in-house legal professionals who will keep your department running smoothly.

This short article provides ten tips to help in-house counsel in the United States manage their company's risk when interacting with former employees.

Although it might not be the document most commonly on the minds of nonprofit directors, officers or staff, bylaws form the backbone of governance for nonprofit organizations; they are a very important document. This article covers some of the most important things to remember when drafting bylaws.

This Top Ten provides some hints an investor and in-house counsel should keep in mind when doing business and dealing wtih Value Added Tax (VAT) in Slovakia.

ACC's International Practice Almanac (IPA) is a unique and incredibly valuable tool, providing you with guidance on the crucial questions you need to answer before engaging in or retaining legal services in countries around the globe. Search the rules of practice, professional responsibility, bar regulation and privilege protection by country. IPA covers the regulation of the practice of law in these countries, including the US states and territories, the provinces of Canada, the member states of the EU, and a number of Asian/Pacific Rim jurisdictions.

Because in-house counsel are often legal generalists, the need for someone with specialized experience may often arise in the law department. James R. Buckley has had to venture into the outside counsel world to find talent to assist Lockheed Martin in a few legal matters. Here are some tips and insights into working with outside counsel and cultivating relationships with outside counsel.

This is a sample company blogging and comment policy.