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This is a sample master services agreement between a client company and a vendor company.

Consumer product manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers take heed. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has been among the most active government agencies in the last four years. Companies must be proactive to ensure regulatory compliance and to protect their brand. This article suggests means to proactively design an effective product safety and regulatory compliance program.

Much has been said of the expanded role that in-house counsel is now expected to carry out in public companies. Modern law departments must go beyond providing legal advice as needed, and are expected to collaborate directly and offer leadership to their board of directors. Learn how board governance has changed in the last 15 years and how in-house counsel must adapt.

With the booming growth of international business comes a boom in international business disputes. In-house lawyers for companies doing global business need skills in all aspects of international arbitration, including counseling, contracting, and the arbitral process. But they need to be aware that the international arbitration process involves procedures unfamiliar to most American lawyers. For example, court selection and arbitration clauses that are effective for domestic transactions do not work well in international deals. This HandsOn will offer you a guide to the key features of international arbitration law, and some tips on how to make your arbitration a success.

Outsourcing company services that require sensitive data to third parties does not relieve your organization of liability. Far from it — entrusting sensitive data to a vendor can increase your risk of a data breach and drive up the associated costs of the fallout. However, if you conduct due diligence and verify that your vendor can handle confidential information with care, you bolster your company’s defense if a breach occurs due to the vendor’s negligence.

A discussion about transitioning from private practice to that of a corporate legal department.

This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with comprehensive jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guidance to enforcement of foreign judgments laws and regulations around the world.

This Quick Overview discusses how businesses must be prepared to handle the risks and consequences of storing large quantities of customer and client personal information digitally in the United States.

As athletes and other public figures use their careers to bring awareness to social movements and other world events such as the Charlottesville tragedy, the implications of social movements on employee relations remains a hot topic that poses challenging issues for employers related to diversity, inclusion, and free speech. This Quick Overview shows a few of those related topics and some practical suggestions of ways employers can address these issues in the workplace in the United States.

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.

This article summarises the legislative framework for the protection of personally identifiable information (PII).

If your company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or joint venture, and one of the businesses involved has activities in Europe, be careful. The European Union (EU) recently put into effect new and tougher rules governing mergers. We guide you through the maze of an EU competition review with this article.

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 convention center agreement between City and Corporation.