In this article, in-house counsel can learn more about investing in businesses based in South Africa and developing commercial relationships. This resource was published by Meritas in 2017.
This Quick Overview is intended to provide a thumbnail sketch of some of the laws and regulations impacting incentive compensation for retail bankers, mortgage loan originators, insurance agents, and brokers and dealers. It will also provide some practical tips regarding the design of incentive compensation plans in the United States.
Our job description as in-house counsel often includes common themes: (i) assisting our company in achieving its business goals and (ii) ensuring that our company does not take on undue risk. This Top Ten is designed to help you identify and evaluate these common risk exposures that arise in commercial contracts.
A discussion about transitioning from private practice to that of a corporate legal department.
This is a checklist for professional liability coverage for telemedicine providers.
These ten issues reflect the current focus on compliance within the industry in the US, as well as what we expect going forward in 2020.
The Insurance/Reinsurance Guide to Global Business is meant to be a quick reference for in-house counsel conducting business across the world.
Review various types of business insurance including D&O, E&O and special lines of coverage. Learn to understand standard policy clauses, insurers' interpretation of those clauses and practical steps you can take to maximize your company's insurance recoveries.
In recent years, companies specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have been increasingly coveted acquisition targets. Foley & Lardner have provided insight into the AI field transforming our approaches to key issues. Accordingly, it is no surprise that AI has emerged as a prime sector for M&A activity. This guide helps breakdown how to approach risks and rewards in dealing with the rising importance of Artificial Intelligence.
Before shredding that belligerent letter, make sure you won’t be destroying your chance to avoid a lawsuit. The Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) requires consumers who seek to recover damages to send a written demand and wait 30 days before initiating action. Defend yourself preemptively by knowing how to identifying demand letters and understanding the CLRA.
As hiring outside contractors becomes a more popular alternative to onsite employment, worksite losses because of contractor incompetence have risen substantially. Does your company carry its contractor’s liability? Before disaster strikes, learn which contractual provisions and preventative measures serve to better protect your client’s interests.
When it comes to the professional sports industry, the business case for the general counsel position is clear. From providing business-oriented advice to detouring clients around risk, the general counsel is an indispensible role that can save the company money.
Report addressing multi-jurisdictional practice issues such as reciprocal admission and pro hac vice rules.
Contract boilerplate - choice-of-law, forum selection, integration, severability and survival clauses - are standard and necessary provisions in employment agreements. These clauses are so common that they're often recycled from one agreement to the next - sometimes with just a few keyboard clicks. But beware: Dangers may be lurking in these commonly used provisions.
Bring your own device (“BYOD”) is an organizational policy that allows employees to use their own mobile devices to access the organization’s information, including personal data collected by the organization in Hong Kong. For the purpose of this leaflet, personal data collected by an organization is referred to as “organization-collected personal data.”
Your operation has made the transition to a paperless legal file environment. Now you wonder how to gain efficiencies and savings to truly become a modern law office. This session, applicable to any size legal operation, will explore practical options available to your department. Hear speakers’ firsthand experiences with document management systems and software such as SharePoint and Adobe Pro, and the challenges encountered during the transition to a paperless environment. Panelists from corporate and litigation practices will describe how they make use of technology and digital information to improve trial practice and corporate practice results; and explore the<br />ethical considerations that may arise relating to cross-jurisdictional practice, electronic file sharing and storage, document retention and destruction.
In this article, in-house counsel can learn how to make the best strategic decisions in the face of Brexit.
This document sets forth the legal support areas that in-house legal counsel should focus on in order to allow the business team to concentrate their efforts on their key business initiatives. Deliverables will include the optimization of the provision of legal services, the conduct of a gap analysis to identify on a timely basis future legal support requirements and to implement legal cost-saving initiatives. Company can maximize its corporate capabilities by having the legal function become an important driver of competitive advantage.
In China, establishing a well-known trademark is a tool that offers a much broader scope of protection to trademark owners than those offered by normal registered trademarks. Learn about how to take some next steps when applying for this status.
This article outlines the issues that are likely to define the 2016 proxy season based on trends from the 2015 proxy season.
This article provides basic information only and cannot be treated as an exhaustive overview of any specific legal or business issue.
You are an employer who requires your employees to execute restrictive covenant agreements containing reasonable non- competition, non-solicitation and non-disclosure provisions in order to protect proprietary interests. One of your employees is resigning to work for a direct competitor in violation of his restrictive covenant obligations. Learn what you can do to protect your company.
Legal risks can have a domino effect — financial failure in one institution may trigger others. The Basel Accords are banking laws recommended to regulators as a way to create a globally harmonious approach to financial and operational risk. These recommendations signal a shift from problem solving to problem prevention.
Swiss arbitration laws have been newly revised to be shorter and more concise. In this Quick Overview, the authors discuss these newly revised laws and how in-house counsel can navigate the Switzerland's international arbitration system.
In managing a global workforce, companies need to know varying regional regulations, balance the law with corporate policies, and understand cultural differences and how law and policy can be practically applied. Let this article be your guide to meeting the employment and labor challenges of a multinational company.
Those who have ascended to the top of the in-house profession are not "lucky," rather they have made their own luck through self-awareness, development plans, branding, and clear objective-setting. Set yourself up to succeed by investing in yourself and taking smart risks.
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