Top tips for protecting IP for in-house lawyers - presentation held in Melbourne 15 August 2017.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a clause for inclusion in a shareholders' agreement relating to a joint venture company incorporating a list of matters in respect of which the minority shareholder has veto rights in a global context.
Quantifying the value that a particular department adds to the business enterprise isn’t always an easy task — just ask in-house counsel. Law departments are often viewed as expensive cost centers that do not enable the function of the business. If you’re facing roadblocks when it comes to demonstrating the value of your legal department, perhaps you need to take another route.
Sherri Sampson, general counsel of GMAC, shares her thoughts on developing an effective legal department, collaborating with business partners and adapting to globalization.
The dilemma: As general counsel, how do you become involved in the strategic development side of your company, while maintaining the neutrality necessary to deliver effective legal advice? To achieve balance, a tremendous degree of effort and discipline is required, and maintaining it is a continuous struggle. Read this article and boost your role as GC.
ABA Task Force on Attorney-Client Privilege concerning the Proposed Federal Rule of Evidence 502 Issues of Implied Waiver.
This sample policy describes how eligible employees are permitted to use certain of their personally-owned computing or mobile devices (“POMD”) for work.
This is a sample professional services agreement.
More and more nonprofits are striving to have a global footprint. Expanding operations across borders poses unique challenges to US-based nonprofits. From opening and closing offices to moving assets, grantmaking, and managing data issues, this session will take a deeper look at the legal and business aspects of managing overseas operations.
A guide on contract interpretation in a US context.
The aim of this Guide is to provide you with basic information regarding the taxation of transactions taking place – or involving entities established – in a number of EMEA jurisdictions.
In this brief article, employers in the United States that are grappling with "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) issues can find helpful tips and advice to resolve any problems.
So you've selected the brilliant lead trial attorney you need for that big case that just got filed against your company. But what about the case manager? Using a case manager--not simply inside counsel who oversees or monitors the case, but an actual attorney-manager who coordinates all the players and the strategy? You can save money by focusing on the result, not just the legal issues.
This article provides a brief overview of Canadian employment and labor law.
This program identifies key considerations for contract negotiations on behalf of entities that both provide and receive unique goods and services and have distinctive business needs. This is a high-level discussion regarding the tactics and approach to reach a resolution that meets the needs of your organization. The panelists will share strategies for successful negotiations when the other party is unfamiliar with the landscape of the industry. This program will not focus specifically on the rules or regulations of one industry.
This is a sample employment agreement between the company and its executive related to the state of Nevada.
New England Legal Foundation, NELF, amicus brief, Textron v. US, 1/10
This is a sample non-compete agreement among a parent corporation, a subsidiary of the parent corporation, and a stockholder.
This panel will discuss a rational and balanced approach to contracting major IT implementation projects. Service providers will seek to focus on scope of service and shifting project risk to the customer by limiting their liability contractually. In-house counsel will also seek to limit their company’s contractual risk, seek to push for ownership of intellectual property created during the project and require short implementation timelines. The panelists will explain how these opposing needs can be balanced, how to select IT service providers and lessons learned.
On March 5, 2013, the Brussels Court of Appeal issued a landmark judgment recognizing that, under Belgian law, legal advice rendered by in-house counsel (and related correspondence) benefits from a protection equivalent to legal privilege. The Judgment was given in a case opposing telecommunications incumbent Belgacom to the Belgian competition authority. Pursuing a long-time effort in defense of in-house counsel privilege, Cleary Gottlieb represented pro bono the Belgian Institute for Company Lawyers as intervener in support of Belgacom.
This is a sample computer, e-mail and internet usage policy.
This is a sample notice of privacy practices policy.
This sample policy covers employees who are permitted to use certain personally-owned mobile devices for work.
This directive was a desire to create appropriate means to ensure that judicial and extrajudicial documents to be served abroad shall be brought to the notice of the addressee in sufficient time.
This article is a white paper on data transfer to the U.S. and the effects derived from the judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) regarding Safe Harbor.
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