This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a Q&A which gives a high level overview of the key practical issues including the level of activity and recent trends in the United Kingdom market.
Meta was fined €1.2 billion on May 22, 2023 by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for breaching the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This article discusses some of the takeaways from the record-breaking fine.
Need help advising nonlegal managers about the questions they should and -- more importantly -- shouldn’t ask job candidates? This article provides a handy checklist for them and a discussion of the relevant law for you.
From July 1, 2016, every Dutch company with a minimum of 50 employees is required to have a whistleblowers regulation - a procedure on how to deal with internal reporting of suspicions of wrongdoing within a company. This article outlines what the regulations must contain.
This articles describes the criteria for a transfer of undertaking when planning a merger, acquisition or division of a business in the Netherlands.
In the Netherlands, employers are required to try and find placement for employees within the company before dismissal is enacted. This document helps discern if the same standards are applied to expats in foreign nations.
A brief review of a chairman's obligations under UK law in poll and proxy voting scenarios.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (“DSIT”) in March 2023 published the Data Protection and Digital Information (No 2) Bill (“DPDI2”). DPDI2 aims to make a number of changes to the UK data protection regime.
This article discusses what this change actually means for business, both financially and legally.
Anti-cartel enforcement has evolved substantially in Europe in recent years and the EU Commission has consistently reaffirmed its position by punishing hard-core cartels and imposing record-level fines. Companies can manage cartel investigations by setting preventive internal checks and establishing an effective antitrust compliance policy and specific guidelines for employees. Are you ready for an unannounced dawn-raid inspection visit?
A sample compensation and leadership development committee charter. Sets forth the purpose, membership requirements, duties and responsibilities of the compensation and leadership development committee.
James Nortz provides three strategies to help promote ethical conduct within the corporate environment.
In his best-selling book, A Brief History of Time, physicist Stephen Hawkings has a chapter entitled “The Arrow of Time” in which he posits answers to the following two questions: “Where does the difference between the past and the future come from?” and “Why do we remember the past and not the future?” Read on to find out what impression this made on the author.
The author discusses how the Japanese concepts of "honne" and "tatemae" relate to productive business relationships and sound decision-making.
Why are General Counsels (GCs) being overlooked for board roles, even though many are company secretaries to their company’s boards of directors and have the most experience and exposure to the boards? In this article, find out more about how this happens and ways to move forward.
Learn practical suggestions for making smart hires for your legal department.
In-house lawyers are always searching for opportunities to streamline a process. Often, a streamlined process equates to efficiencies within the legal department and higher productivity of the in-house lawyers and paralegals. Read this article to find out more.
A member-submitted memorandum drafted to provide a non-profit organization's legal department a CASL overview.
A conversion of a legal entity into another legal form may offer advantages, such as more opportunities for raising capital or expansion or more opportunities for commercial operations.
Helpful tips to consider before you begin negotiations.
This article discusses warranties and indemnities in acquisition agreements in the Netherlands.
This program will feature interactive discussion with the audience to include such questions as: Does my license cover use on servers? How does virtualization affect everything? What do you do with source code? Are source code escrows helpful? What about escrows for software as a service (SaaS)? What is the effect of the trend limiting liability of vendors for intellectual property infringement? What is the effect of open-source software incorporated into a commercial product? What effect is the American Law Institute's Principles of the Law of Software Contracts having? What else do I need to worry about?
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high level overview of the lending mark, forms of security over assets, special purpose vehicles in secured lending, quasi-security, negative pledge, guarantees and loan agreements in the Cayman Islands.
Which form of dispute resolution is best for your contract? Hear from in-house counsel and experts the pros and cons of different methods of dispute resolution from their experience and help inform you as you decide which form to use in your contracts.
During a webcast on 12 May 2020, former General Counsel Rich Cohen shared his personal career development tips, including how he leveraged his ACC membership. ACC has compiled Rich's advice into this Top Ten resource to assist in-house counsel in their personal and professional journey.
This article addresses whether a court should require a company to establish a supervisory board so that the general meeting of shareholders will lose part of its powers.
Corporate art collections, private individuals and museums lend art to one another. This brief article discusses the
benefits and risks involved in lending art.
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