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This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide to a Q&A that gives an overview of the legal system; foreign investment, including restrictions, currency regulations and incentives; and business vehicles and their relevant restrictions and liabilities in the United Arab Emirates.

This resource reviews key provisions of the CFPOA, FCPA, UK Bribery Act, OECD, Brazil’s new law, provincial laws/regulations.

Agreement for the distribution of office equipment.

After a long negotiation with an international distributor, you may get the final draft of an agreement, and read the provisions quickly, assuming they are just boilerplate. Don't make this mistake; as standard as some of the provisions may be, in an international context, boilerplate language has the potential to be dangerous to your client.

There was a time not too long ago when managing the legal
department of a company was seen as different from manag-
ing other aspects of the business. Law departments often were not held to the same management standards, because, after all, how could you possibly budget for legal costs that were outside of your
control? But in the past few years all that has changed. Law departments are now responsible for meeting the same
rigorous standards in terms of controlling costs and showing value. At the same time, the business and regulatory environment has put even more work on the plates of in-house lawyers.
As a result, managing an in-house legal department has become an
increasingly complex job. We are now responsible for delivering legal advice, being effective managers, serving as the conscience of the corporation, and beyond that, giving strategic business advice.

Take a short introductory quiz and learn 12 Dos and Don't for a company's outbound calling practices under the US Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).

This article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision that “clarified” and changed the religious accommodation standard under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act that employers and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have relied upon for more than 46 years.

In this presentation from the 2016 ACC Annual Meeting, learn about sustainability disclosures in filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Find tips for working with corporate colleagues and outside auditors to obtain information critical to making accurate and defensible disclosures that will highlight company accomplishments without creating unnecessary litigation or enforcement risk.

Under the Brazilian legislation, a Limitada must be managed by one or more individuals resident in Brazil (whether partners or not), appointed by the partners in the Articles of Association or in a separate corporate document.

This presenter speaks about trends in Brazilian contaminated site liability.

ACC Chair Patricia R. Hatler reminds in-house counsel that they play a vital role in their clients' international expansion and risk management.

Understand the big risk: how OFCCP, EEOC and private plaintiff’s counsel use big employer data. Learn how to inventory and assess what data is kept by your company and third-party vendors: Are your company and vendors requesting and/or keeping more than they should? Are your company and vendors running statistical analyses they should not without proper protection? Learn to comprehend what the statistical analyses show – where are your hot spots? Discuss how to protect your company now against potential systemic discrimination claims.

With a basic understanding of privacy principles under your belt, focus on the practical steps that organizations should take from the moment that the enforcement agency calls through the publication of the report of findings. Discuss the meaning of “cooperation” and international differences regarding credit for cooperation. Highlight types of conduct to avoid when dealing with regulators that could raise red flags. Explore the latest trends in international data protection regulator cooperation. Leave with detailed checklists and materials designed to equip attendees with the answers to common questions from internal stakeholders.

In order to support the creation of start-ups in Germany, legislators have been working to develop special fixed-term contracts for employee hiring.

This article describes how companies usually deal with recall campaigns in Brazil.

This concise checklist contains the rights of witnesses in white-collar investigations. General Counsel and corporate executives based in the United States can review this resource to learn their rights on a chance that they may be called by law enforcement or regulatory investigators.

This checklist includes key issues for employers to consider regarding return-to-work and COVID-19 vaccination policies in the United States.

This QuickCounsel highlights concerns that big data projects could result in illegal exclusion of certain groups, such as low income populations, from benefits made available to others.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from responses posted on the IT, Privacy & eCommerce Forum addresses a carveout for Intellectual Property infringement within the limitation of liability in the United States.

This quick overview (QuickCounsel) describes how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") regulates the pre-marketing process for drugs and medical devices, and the steps that must be taken to obtain FDA authorization to market these products.

A presentation on incorporating sound science in environmental policy and rulemaking.

Discuss the various roles in-house counsel tend to play, and how they are affected by attorney-client privilege rules; learn about attorney-client privilege rules from around the world and how they apply in the compliance context; discuss in depth the Professional Conduct Model Rules 1.6, 1.13 and others as appropriate; and discuss the pros and cons of non-lawyers assuming compliance roles.

Side letters are another way to clarify issues in a primary contract. In this publication, you can learn more about how to create one, what exactly they do and why they get a bad reputation sometimes and how they are generally viewed in Europe and the United States.