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This Top Ten discusses the most important topics in due diligence that a General Counsel should know in 2015. This article is relevant beyond 2015.

Canadian M&A activity was moderate in 2013. The weakened natural resources sector, which had helped Canada outperform other economies through the recession, contributed to an overall drop in M&A levels as the total number and aggregate value of Canadian deals, and Canada’s share of global M&A, decreased. However, powered by a strong domestic economy, Canadian companies’ outbound M&A strengthened relative to inbound acquisitions and the U.S. was again by far the most popular target country. Against that backdrop, we answer some frequently asked questions on Canadian M&A and discuss the trends that Blakes sees unfolding in 2014.

The overall costs and burdens of ediscovery for any company can be hefty to say the least. When companies "de-duplicate" only within the records of individual custodians, they often end up paying lawyers twice to review the same document from multiple custodians. This adds significant cost for the company and frequently raises serious ethical issues.

This is a sample channel license agreement.

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.

Armed with recent amendments to the statute that initially targeted contractors, the government has also recouped millions of dollars using the False Claims Act to battle healthcare fraud. But just what does that have to do with your company and its employees?

Today, more cases are going to trial for shorter durations. In such a scenario, lawyers must present information to jurors in a concise, streamlined manner; in essence, they must become masters of the short story. This article explores the benefits of compressed trials and offers practitioners insight into how they can tailor their strategies to ensure a positive outcome for their clients.

This is a California form of Promissory Note drafted to be secured by a Deed of Trust.

This is a form of guidelines to be used when engaging outside counsel. It is tailored towards litigation transactions.

These are sample Partial and Final Mechanic's Lien Waiver forms (Illinois).

This brief article (Quick Overview) focuses on the tax treatment of damages through the study of direct and indirect taxation in different European legal systems (civil and common law).

This multi-jurisdictional guide explores an overview of key legal issues, rules and developments regarding class and group actions.

Topics covered include court procedures, time limits, remedies, costs and funding.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a practical guide to a Q&A that gives an overview of the legal system; foreign investment, including restrictions, currency regulations and incentives; and business vehicles and their relevant restrictions and liabilities in the United Arab Emirates.

This is a sample employee video recording and photo release form.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of arbitration, recent trends, arbitration agreements, legislative framework, and procedure in the United States.

These guidelines detail the standard terms of engagement between Freescale and outside counsel. Section 1 addresses effective communication, including the company's expectation that counsel allow sufficient time to review and consider counsel's advice and work product prior to deadlines. The remaining Sections address handling confidential/proprietary information, budgets, staffing, retention authority, litigation planning, non-litigation planning, procedures for addressing potential conflicts of interest, media policy, professional fees, invoice timing and format, and policies on expenses.

A company’s board of directors has fiduciary duties, including a duty to oversee all aspects of the company’s risk management efforts. This article will focus on how in-house counsel can help educate and engage the board of directors with regard to data security.

The following Statement of Principles was endorsed by the National Center for State Courts General Counsel Committee and is commended to businesses and courts throughout the United States as a means of promoting jury service.

This is a sample interview authorization form.

This is a crisis management simulation hypothetical from the 2012 ACC Annual Meeting Session 803.

As smoke from wildfires in Canada drift through Canadian provinces and the United States, what facts and tips should in-house counsel consider? Learn from this curated selection or resources.

A brief summary of Fannie Mae's remote telecommuting policy.

Based on responses from 1,800 in-house counsel in 53 countries, the 2017 ACC In-house Trends Report covers trending topics such as the inside-outside counsel relationship, career mobility, professional development, department resource allocation, cybersecurity, professional privilege, and more.

This presentation will cover recent cases and give in-house counsel practical tips for deciding which scheme of protection to use regarding subject matter eligibility for patents, copyrights and trade secrets. Cases will include recent US Supreme Court decisions on patent- eligible subject matter and the Federal Circuit case deciding scope of copyrightability in Oracle v. Google, among others.

In this article, in-house counsel can learn how to make the best strategic decisions in the face of Brexit.

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, staffing firms added more than 786,000 jobs to their payrolls from June 2009 to July 2012. There are many reasons for the growth of this particular industry. Temporary help services provide flexibility and a way to avoid overstaffing. Learn the legal ins and outs of hiring temporary workers.

In the 2013-2014 term, the US Supreme Court issued unanimous decisions in six out of seven patent cases. It is important to understand how these decisions will affect US patent law.