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This is a sample lease agreement with landlord being a limited liability company.

In-house counsel’s increased strategic and business-focused responsibilities frequently result in greater challenges to corporate privilege claims. Attorneys and corporations need to take precautions in all forms of communications to preserve attorney-client privilege.

Companies defined as “foreign private issuers” enjoy a number of important advantages under special SEC rules and accommodations.

When corporate abuses or illegal actions force an internal investigation of a senior staff person, your number one priority is to act promptly. Learn more about whistleblowing, the pathway to a successful investigation, and attorney-client privilege and you can limit your company's liability.

This advanced-level program will provide invaluable insights on how to deal successfully with the complex issues that companies face when managing subsidiaries in Europe and Asia. The experienced international lawyers on the panel will discuss issues that include successfully handling the crises and potential reputational damage that could occur when a foreign subsidiary’s activities are alleged to involve dishonest or illegal business practices, as has happened recently in the European Union and China, or that may result from threats of civil or criminal actions at home or abroad.

The following flowchart is designed as an internal guide to assist managers in making a preliminary assessment of whether a job position may qualify for exempt status under the FLSA. This document is only designed to be a tool to assist in the implementation of new job positions. This flowchart does not take applicable state law into account which may impact the exemption analysis.

This article summarises the legislative framework for the protection of personally
identifiable information (PII).

This article summarises the legislative framework for the protection of personally<br />identifiable information (PII).

705 Mergers! Acquisitions! Integrating the Law Departments after It Happens. A discussion on the merger process, integrating legal departments, and post merger culture.

An anti-corruption policy should be customized to the needs of the specific organization. The nature of the policy will depend on the specific needs of the organization based on its business and where it operates. The policy below is merely an example and provided for information purposes only and does not constitute legal advice.

This is a sample employment agreement between the company and its employee where the company is engaged in the business of providing Internet and software-based document authentication services, tele-health services and related business enterprises.

Need to know what your staff is doing when they’re on company time but away from the office? GPS systems are standard-issue features on virtually all vehicles and PDAs, yet few employers are using the technology to monitor company activity or property. This article explains how employers can implement GPS tracking without infringing on individual privacy rights.

Armed with new tools to police environmental regulation, officials from around the world are beginning to exercise new strategies to ensure company compliance with climate risk disclosure. How can in-house counsel combat this trend and avoid the possibility of becoming a target?

Discusses the basics of an American lawsuit against a European company and examines traditional notions of comity, the Hague Evidence Conventions and the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Aerospatiale.

Chart includes the basic principles of compliance, the responsible party, and status, and includes supplemental appendix materials.

This alert contains an overview of current rules on access to clinical trials data, an overview of the anticipated legislative changes and provides a summary of the issues that the new regulation may bring, including concerns raised by the industry.

Inter Alia December 2007- News, notes and Datebook Information for ACC

In this session, a panel will provide an overview of the major recent cases and trends in patent, copyright, trade secret and trademark law with particular emphasis on how they affect in-house practice.

We all have lists of policies and procedures we'd like to see updated, revised or implemented. But how do you prioritize a long list of must-haves, knowing that in reality you won't get to all of them right away? Is a document retention policy more or less important than a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act policy? What about policies that depend on other organizations, but often involve (or are driven by) legal, like information security and privacy policies, business continuity plans, etc.? Which ones can be safely patched together or temporarily left alone, and which need to be addressed immediately? This session will give you the information to prioritize policy needs for your company so that you don’t look back and second-guess your choices.

When borrowing or lending money internationally, a system of laws and taxes need to apply. However, figuring out if your lender country, in this case BVI, has authorised share capital can be confusing. Read through and learn more on this subject.

A sample contract in which a company incorporated outside Kuwait wants to appoint a Kuwait company as its sole agent in Kuwait.

Being a leader is a complex role. In this article, in-house counsel can learn many different aspects to leadership and how to integrate those attributes into their own work-style.

Instilling a corporate culture where each individual feels comfortable raising integrity concerns is crucial to the early identification of misconduct or other inappropriate behavior. In this article, learn how a new study has shown light on compliance behavior within the legal world and how to integrate that impact into your department.

This article highlights some of the key findings from that report and introduces a framework developed to help general counsels future-proof corporate legal departments.

This interview with Jonathan Maphosa provides tips and insights on practicing law in South Africa from the perspective of an in-house lawyer.

News, notes, & datebook information for the corporate counselor, May 2007

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview of privacy rules and principles in Hong Kong.