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Bringing a drug to market requires an extraordinary investment. In-house counsel at biotech and pharmaceutical companies routinely face the challenge of developing an IP strategy that maximizes an investment’s return. This is especially difficult when the market for approval of a drug is relatively small. This article provides an overview of the regulatory frameworks for orphan drugs in the United States and other developed and emerging markets.

Some countries have either banned or are proposing to ban the use of certain ingredients and flavours on the basis that they make risky products more appealing. Learn how this could affect your company’s brand.

Drafting and negotiating purchasing agreements can be a daunting endeavor. Hopefully, you’re usually involved in the process from the beginning, but that may be wishful thinking. You need to make sure you’re up-to-date on the commercial and legal implications of common terms and conditions. Ask the right questions early on to avoid asking for an aspirin later.

A former employee is suing your company for improper termination. As in-house counsel you meticulously plan your company’s defense,including a detailed checklist of all discovery requests. But it all turns upside down when you discover that the IT department purged crucial emails and documents from the plaintiff in keeping with the company’s document retention policy. What now?

By broadening the power of appeal granted to both parties, in-house counsel can make arbitration more appealing for those wanting to avoid the courtroom.

This is a sample End User License and Services Agreement used in connection with equipment.

These are sample terms and conditions for conventions, trade shows and assemblies.

Fracking sits at the intersection between US energy and environmental policy. It offers both transformative economic opportunities and energy security, as well as novel environmental regulatory challenges. This program will provide an overview of the key subsurface environmental and land use issues, as well as the regulatory and legislative efforts being undertaken at the state and federal levels, along with related litigation. Faculty for this program will consist of in-house experts who are responsible for fracking projects, outside counsel who have litigated fracking matters, and government attorneys who help develop and enforce regulations related to fracking.

In this article, various Hong Kong government initiatives and economic relief packages are explained. This resource was produced April 23, 2020.

This QuickCounsel presents the pros and cons of conducting business activities through the most popular forms, i.e., limited liability company, joint-stock company, limited partnership, limited joint-stock partnership, registered partnership and professional partnership in Poland.

This report summarizes the discussions among in-house counsel and leading experts at the 2016 Lex Mundi Emerging Africa Conference in Cape Town in March 2016. The wide range of topics discussed included underlying growth drivers and investment trends, implementing growth strategies in line with local development objectives, changing regulatory frameworks and structuring of transactions to satisfy broad stakeholder interests and public concerns.

This is a sample services agreement between a company and supplier.

Followers of the financial press will not have failed to note the prominence of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) developments in recent years, whether through regulatory proposals, statements from asset managers concerning ESG, or industry/sector changes. As such, much has been written about the movement away from a shareholder economy toward a stakeholder economy, and the need to “build back better” as part of COVID-19 economic renewal packages.

This is a sample consulting services agreement where the consultant is a supplier-type organization.

Schaeffler v. United States, Brief for Amicus Curiae, Association of Corporate Counsel in support of Petitioners-Appellants

"the "Getting the Deal Through" reference guide for M&A professionals"

This brief focuses on issues that create additional personal liabilities for in-house counsel and defense counsel in general; the zealous representation, level of communication and overall relationship
of in-house counsel and their clients; and Document retention policies and the resulting liabilities for those who administer them.

The need for project development is driven by two factors - the expanding role of in-house counsel and the expectation of efficiency and predictability. In order to provide the necessary direction, continuity, and coordination to matters, the legal department must embrace project management. <br><br>Download the PDF, or view the interactive, digital edition at <a href="http://www.accvaluechallenge-digital.com/accvaluechallenge/acc-guide-to-project-management">www.accvaluechallenge-digital.com/accvaluechallenge/acc-guide-to-project-management </a>

This publication has been prepared to provide an overview to foreign investors and business people who have an interest in doing business in Honduras.

A review of some of the legal issues inherent in job title inflation, with particular focus on ostensible authority and independent contractors.

This QuickCounsel examines Brazil's new Anticorruption Law, compares it to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the "FCPA") and to the UK Bribery Act 2010 (the "Bribery Act"), and offers suggestions for corporate compliance departments that will need to prepare their companies to comply with the new law.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from responses posted on the New to In-house eGroup addresses whether omitting a legal title is ethical.

This Quick Overview provides a discussion and definition of a term sheet: the initial key document that sets out the structure of a venture capital transaction within the United Arab Emirates (UAE).