This panel will discuss copyright compliance as it relates to social media in an interactive session, asking the audience to evaluate scenarios involving employee use of social media for sharing information or obtaining third-party content for use in marketing or promotional campaigns. The session will combine a review of recent regulatory and legal opinions on the topic from around the world with a candid look at situations encountered everyday by in-house IP counsel. The session will include tips and tricks to help you determine whether content on social media is free to use and share, using examples from YouTube, Google Images and Flickr, among others. This session promises to be fun as we take a look at the use in a corporate setting of music, movies and text obtained by unsuspecting employees from social media sites.
In-house lawyers in their role as legal advisors to corporations, government departments, or other bodies or organisations are no different from other lawyers. However, because the client of in-house lawyers is usually their employer, some unique ethical challenges can arise for them.
The Canadian market is an exciting opportunity for international investment, and many sectors are seeing employment with international companies as the new normal in Canada. This article discusses a few critical considerations for any employer entering the Canadian landscape.
This article outlines the benefits of replacing a reactive, ad-hoc discovery process with a proactive litigation readiness program that can substantially reduce the risks and costs of implementing legal holds, collecting relevant electronically stored information (ESI), and otherwise responding to eDiscovery requests for companies based in the United States.
The last three board meetings were ugly, but at least that maverick director is gone. He was nothing but trouble, always challenging management and questioning my legal advice. What? He has filed suit to enjoin the proposed acquisition, and he wants immediate discovery of my legal advice to the board? Preposterous! That's privileged, and he is not the privilege holder, the corporation is. He's out of luck. Or is he?
In this article, we consider some key aspects of the executive employment relationship and the legal considerations which may affect the drafting of contracts of employment for executive-level employees.
This is the Fraud Sections' Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement plan and guidance in the United States.
A chart that outlines Organizational Options for Specific/Isolated Events and the advantages and disadvantages to consider.
You are an American company expanding its business into China. You have just clinched a highly coveted multi-million-dollar deal, documented in a one hundred-page contract that seems to cover every conceivable hiccup. But that lucrative deal, which took months to close, may not be as airtight as you imagine. If a dispute arises between your company and your Chinese business partner, how can you resolve it? The Chinese business may have assets in China, but again it is difficult to enforce a US judgment in China: The two superpowers do not yet have reciprocal arrangements to recognize judgments from each other’s courts. This article explains how to manage and resolve disputes in China, and, where possible, avoid them altogether.
In this column, the author discusses to what extent counsel can advice a client who plans to meet with the opposing party.
John Villa discusses the applicable rules concerning ex parte interviews with your employees
An Exhibitor Contract Template that includes provisions for payment, setup, liability, and insurance.
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The following resource is an excerpt from the 2020 edition of GIR’s Privilege Knowhow, first published in December 2020. The focus of this excerpt is attorney-client privilege in Germany.
The Association of Corporate Counsel Chief Legal Officers 2017 Survey is a global study of the issues and challenges facing chief legal officers and general counsel in corporate legal departments.
This is a sample asset purchase agreement between a Thai company as the seller, individual shareholders of the seller, and a Thai company and a US company as the buyers. The sample includes a choice of US and New York laws and Thai courts.
This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses how to protect privileged information in internal email communication, under US law. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the community of the New to In-house Network.*
State Attorneys General (AG) have emerged as the “new” regulators of note. Even if a business is compliant with federal regulations and inquiries by federal regulators, it still may face substantial exposure from investigations and litigation brought by state AGs. Yet, few companies address state AGs in their legal compliance and government relations programs. This article highlights the ever-expanding areas of law and commerce that AGs have targeted and provides tips on how to address AG-related litigation and policy initiatives in a company’s legal compliance and government relations programs.
This presentation is on the Apparel Industry experience.
In-house counsel should keep immigration compliance in the front of their mind. While not as widely discussed or emphasized, the fact that the legal consequences of non-compliance are serious for organisations and reputational impacts can be just as damaging.
After graduating from Duquesne Law School in Pittsburgh, Pa., Kathleen Dohmlo was hired into the New Lawyer Development Program at Alcoa, Inc., where she was trained as a commercial attorney. Dohmlo has spent her entire career in-house. She has been with LANXESS for seven years and, prior to that, was with Bayer MaterialScience LLC for six years. In 2011, she was assigned to Singapore to establish LANXESS’ legal function for Southeast Asia. While it was no chore to settle into the landscape and layout of Singapore, cultural differences, particularly in the workplace, took more effort to overcome. Learn how she overcame those differences.
The key to long-term, sustainable business results in the Asia Pacific region is hiring and retaining the right staff.
Kenneth Fredeen, general counsel of Deloitte Canada and one of the signatories of the Legal Leaders for Diversity program, discusses the role of general counsel, its potential, and its tendency to be misunderstood and sometimes undervalued within an organization.
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Australia Trends Survey examines the practices, trends and changes in the in-house legal profession. Conducted annually, the ACC Australia Trends Survey is issued to all members currently working in-house, with the 2016 survey gathering responses from 303 in-house counsel operating in Australia.
Data breaches are serious issues. Australian and global in-house counsel need to prepare in advance for malicious attacks on their customers' data.
This Value Practice Resource highlights key elements of Nationwide's Approved Counsel Program (ACP) and gives insights to key success factors.
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