Read this 2008 Magnum Opus Award-winning column!
Bob Feldman discusses the "seller's bluebirds" found in Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code and seller's damages.
May 2008: Tools Solutions for Doing Your Job Better
Salary, benefits and stability are top of mind for individuals from all generations today — baby boomers (born from 1946-1964), Generation X (born from 1965-1978) and Generation Y (born from 1979-1999). Read this article to find out what the recession is doing to your employees.
This article provides an overview of the International Sustainability Standards Board's inaugural sustainability disclosure standards. The standards are a significant step towards the development of a global baseline of corporate reporting standards on sustainability and climate change, integrated with financial reporting standards.
This is a sample anti-discrimination and harassment policy.
The Copyright Office recently declared that it will not grant protection over AI-generated works, upholding its longstanding rule that non-human authors cannot own copyright. At the same time, the Office is well aware that AI technology is changing everything. This Resource from Seyfarth explores some of the recent developments in AI generated art.
This checklist can help organizations determine if the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) applies to them. It will also help organizations learn how to update their privacy policies to comply with CPA.
Information regarding tax liabilities of liquidators and receivers.
Reconciling the interests of retirees with those of secured creditors is challenging both legally and practically.
Learn about key concerns and new issues affecting the world in 2020.
This article appeared in the Australian Corporate Lawyer Volume 30, Issue 1 - Autumn 2020
Discusses the importance of outsourcing contracts and contract principles under Belgium law. Also identifies material risk matters to assist in defining the appropriate arrangements in such contracts.
An investigation conducted by Global Leaders in Law and RSG Consulting into how GCs perceive value in legal services.
This is a sample employee data protection and privacy policy.
This article addresses those who are novices to the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (“UNIDROIT Principles”) or skeptics to using a different legal regime than (i) their home law or (ii), if they cannot impose their home law, to using something else than a ‘neutral’ state law such as English or Swiss national law.
The Real Estate Survey is being conducted by members of the Lex Mundi Real Estate Practice
Group. This multi-part survey of Issues in Real Estate Investment and Finance presents jurisdictional overviews of real estate investment and financing laws in jurisdictions around the world. This survey covers four general topics: foreign investments, ownership of real property, finance and commercial leasing.
Discusses the role a chief ethics and compliance officer should play.
This article discusses how trustees frequently have to consider a bankrupt’s dealings with banks and bankrupts often allege misconduct on the part of a bank.
This brief article addresses the restructuring of commercial debt in Puerto Rico.
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.
A sample compliance helpline policy that establishes a confidential means for employees or other persons to communicate to management any concerns that they may have regarding compliance with laws, regulations, policies or the company code of conduct.
ACCs Employment and labor Law Committee (the ELLC,) seeks delegation of authority from the Board of Directors to engage in advocacy activities as contemplated in the ACC guidelines adopted June 23, 1993. Any advocacy activities undertaken pursuant to this delegation of authority will be consistent with the requirements stated within this document.
Five common ways legal professionals misuse their networks, and guidelines for making sure this doesn't happen to yours.
New security measures to protect company's information are being tested throughout the world. With General Data Protection (GDPR), employees have a right to see where privacy and security meet. In this article, new security measures are discussed within the frame of GDPR.
This guide from Latham & Watkins and KPMG is designed to provide a roadmap to help navigate the financial statement requirements of the US federal securities laws.
This resource lays out an in-depth process for conducting internal investigations. It was part ACC's 2012 Compliance and Ethics Training Program.
This article covers the issues that corporates should be thinking about now, and assess the likely impact of Brexit on different aspects of business following the United Kingdom vote to exit the EU which has caused significant market volatility.
The enforcement actions provide early clues on how the SEC’s “risk-based data analytics” may flag public companies for investigation.
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