This policy explanation delves into some FAQs for Tenant Company Administration guidelines.

To better understand the chief legal officer’s perspective, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) contacted 9,489 individuals holding the title of chief legal officer or general counsel, gathering responses from 1,289 CLOs in 46 countries. The ACC Chief Legal Officers Survey examines the practices, trends and changes in the role of the CLO by key segments such as industry, compensation, gender and region.

It's a necessary, yet burdensome, expense for most legal departments. Discovery is much more than a drain on your financial budget: it protects your company from the reckless release of attorney-client or work-product protected information. Ensuring that the process is as cost-effective and efficient as possible, however, gives counsel more bang for their discovery buck.

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act recently came into force in India. Ever since India’s economy opened up in the early 90’s and the number of women in the workforce increased dramatically, a law for the prevention of sexual harassment seemed likely. Nowadays, it is not uncommon to read newspaper stories about a high profile CEO being sacked by the board for sexual harassment charges. This article takes a close look at the impact of this law.

Due to lockdowns from the COVID-19 pandemic and associated disruptions, many in-house lawyers find themselves working from home – or at least not working from their offices. But it’s important to remember that the American Bar Association’s Rules of Professional Conduct apply no matter where you are physically located. This resource will provide five tips for maintaining your professional ethical obligations in this unprecedented time.

Eighth edition of the Getting the Deal Through Anti-Corruption Regulation Guide, a volume that provides international analysis for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.

Review of the relevant laws and regulations governing mergers and joint ventures in Brazil.

Learn more about the distinction of being a tenured residential and retail tenant and one without an agreement.

In this QuickCounsel, we explain clauses and their existence in certain contracts that are usually based in informal social protocols or customs. We hope that this resource will help with drafting these clauses by providing examples and advice.

A presentation on the do's and don't's of human relations.

Helpful tips to consider before you begin negotiations.

This paper examines recent and developing fines and settlements resulting from the seven corporate sins of corruption and bribery, money-laundering, sanctions-breaking, conspiracy, tax evasion, sharp practice, and mistreatment of customers.

Business leaders in the C-suite are awakening to the fact that aligning business strategy with intellectual property assets is critical to success. IP asset alignment is central to any strategic plan or initiative. In this session, faculty will role-play typical scenarios in which four strategic initiatives are issued from the C-suite (i.e.., competing in a technologically hot area, recovery from genericide with a withering brand, entry into a heavily patented market, treading through copyright issues for a content critical business model). Faculty will discuss how IP assets are part of the issue at hand, what legal options are available in order to implement the initiatives, and how the IP assets need to be positioned to ensure success.

This article points out that in all rent regimes (retail space, business accommodation space and housing accommodation) changes in rent are possible with the cooperation of the counterparty or through a procedure before an independent body in the Netherlands.

This article discusses EU Commission decision approving the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-US DPF”) as a valid transfer mechanism for sharing personal data from European Economic Area countries (those in the EU plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) to the United States.

This article provides a brief overview of Canadian employment and labor law.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) goes beyond being compliant and ethical in today's business world. While more and more companies may just be realizing the value of CSR, The Timberland Company has been involved in this area for some time. This article describes their commitment to CSR.

ACC submits letter to Supreme Court Rules Committee of Illinois