A summary of ACC’s 1999 efforts to support your ability to practice effectively and efficiently. Read and to share this article with your clients.

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

This is a list of helpful questions and answers to consider when dealing with arbitration procedures in the UAE.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide to joint ventures, including practice notes and standard documents for cross-border deals with detailed drafting notes highlighting the main legal, commercial and negotiating issues in Hong Kong.

This is a sample consulting agreement between a company and consultant.

This sample follows daily progress on an employee's projects.

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.

This article deals with cross-border financial services investigations and gives an overview of the answers across 11 key jurisdictions, and seeks to assist firms in navigating the differing regimes.

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.

Are you familiar with your company’s D&O liability insurance and indemnification program? If not, now might be the time to look into it. Read this article and ensure your officers and directors are protected from all threats — real and potential. After all, your CEO will only want to hear one answer to that question: Yes.

How do in-house counsel deal with ethically sensitive situations before they rise to a legal risk? Panelists will examine real-life ethical issues anonymously submitted by participants and examine ethical risks and possible solutions. Audience perspective and participation is welcome! While not limited to an examination of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, this session will discuss selected rules in the context of the scenarios presented such as MRPC 1.6 (Confidentiality of Information); 1.13 (Organization as Client); 4.1 (Truthfulness in Statements to Others).

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 briefing considers the areas of the judgment that are likely to invite challenge on appeal and the practical points to take from the judgment on the assumption that it is upheld.

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.

Patent enforcement proceedings in Peru.

An IP bulletin from McDermott Will & Emery on patents in an international setting.

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.

Morrison has been held to no more onerous requirements for
admission to the North Carolina bar than any citizen of North Carolina. Simply because he practiced in California, a state not having reciprocity with North Carolina, for four of the last six years, does not mean that his constitutional rights have been violated. He does not
meet the requirements of the North Carolina Board of Bar Examiners
Rule .0502(3), a valid rule. Thus, he must seek an alternative method
of gaining admission, such as taking the bar exam, as do all the other
North Carolina lawyers similarly situated. We are of opinion and hold
that Rule .0502(3) is valid.

Rather than mandating that board members become cybersecurity experts themselves, the well-established framework for public company governance demands that boards oversee effective processes to identify and mitigate cyber risks within a company.

This Internet Postings Policy applies to employees who use internet postings.