Many companies work with on-call employees. This arrangement can benefit both employer and employee due to its flexible model. In the Netherlands, there are a variety of contracts that define the type of on-call employee working at a company. Learn more about their work structure and obligations.
Audits by governmental agencies are on the rise, and compliance with the ever-changing and increasing number of regulations is challenging. Employee benefit plans could impose liability for your company’s employees who serve as fiduciaries, your board or your company. In a Jeopardy! format, this session will examine the top six sources of liability and top six best practices to avoid liabilities from employee benefit plans for welfare, retirement and executive compensation plans and specific issues for multinational companies.
Shareholder activism focused on generating trading profits for the activist investor continues to occur on an unprecedented scale in the U.S. At its core, financial activism challenges the primacy of the corporate board, its role as the principal overseer of management, and its vision of the best interests of the company and its shareholders. The dynamics of the U.S. financial markets today allow management less time to deliver results, and impose higher expectations on the board in the performance of its duty of oversight. These dynamics—combined with favorable market conditions for M&A and capital raising and diminished trust in incumbent boards and management teams—have contributed to a multi-year boom for financial activists.
This publication provides insights into trends in SEC staff comment letters issued during the year ended 30 June 2015 in the United States.
It has been two years since inter partes review (IPR) went into effect. Now, patent challengers finally have a viable option for review of a patent without downsides like expensive discovery practices and the requirement of standing.
Overview of the types of playbooks you can create for better contract management and how this relates to Contract Lifecycle Management.
Typical intake sample that can be customized for your organizational and legal department requirements.
In a time where social justice issues are attracting greater awareness, it is important to recognise how in-house counsel area uniquely positioned to guide their organisations in supporting these important issues.
This blog focuses on U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published framework to guide regulatory decision-making on the use of digital health technologies (DHT) in clinical drug trials. DHTs include a wide array of technologies, including software applications that run on a phone, wearables, and environmental sensors, among others. As DHT becomes more sophisticated, the technologies have the potential to play an even larger role in health care, including clinical research.
605 - In-house Response to Auditors' Requests for Information: Does This System (Still) Work?
A good reputation is precious, both in the corporate world and your private life. However, after a dispute a reputation can be damaged quickly by social media content and negative information on the Internet. This article shows what you can do to prevent this.
This article addresses when non-directors are permitted to represent a legal person and what the consequences are when unauthorized representation occurs in the Netherlands.
This article discusses how to protect your reputation on social media.
This article discusses which body of a Dutch limited company (BV or NV) is permitted to appoint or dismiss a director and the consequences of the dismissal decision.
Employers’ should be aware of the brave, committed, yet sniffling, sick, and ultimately contagious worker who has the flu and chooses to come to work. An employer has a duty under the Occupational Health and Safety Act1 (the “OHSA”) to “take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker” (s 25(2)(h)). Permitting a sick employee to continue working may compromise your duties to your other staff. It may also subject your company to financial liability under the OHSA and unwanted inspections by the Ministry of Labour. Flu season is in full swing and if you do not take preventative measures to protect your workers from an illness in your workplace, your workers may take matters into their own hands.
Many non-U.S. companies which own U.S. subsidiaries prefer to operate in such a way as to avoid jurisdiction in the U.S. courts. In order to minimize the chances of becoming a defendant subject to jurisdiction in the U.S. courts, there are certain steps – a checklist of Do’s and Don’ts – that foreign parent companies can take.
Planning on a merger, acquisition or division of (part of) a business in the Netherlands or any other EU country? Then be aware of the EU law which sets out the strong position of employees in case of a transfer of undertaking.
While the threat of an impending “doomsday” virus may seem like an outlandish prospect, real-world examples like Swine Flu and Ebola raise the question: How would your company respond to such an event? Through an understanding of key employment regulations, in-house counsel can develop precautionary strategies to help mitigate the risk of the next global health crisis.
As the baby-boomer lawyers retire, legal departments in the United States will be looking to replenish their teams. Unfortunately, decreasing numbers of law school graduates means that there will be a smaller pool of talent ready for in-house work. Legal departments must meet this challenge by changing their hiring practices. Learn tips for recruiting and retaining this emerging crop of millennial lawyers.
Immigration reform continues to be one of the hottest and most controversial debates in the United States. Issues concerning immigration can, and likely will, hit your legal department. Corporate counsel need to understand the immigration process and be prepared to navigate it.
This article discusses the US Securities and Exchange Commission's rule implementing Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires listed companies to implement clawback policies to recover incentive-based compensation received by current or former executive officers in the event of certain financial restatements.
Getting Away from the Hourly Rate - Ready Set Go Part 4
Business process models ensure a unified purpose in a corporate function, assure consistent quality of service, and direct individuals in their day-to-day activities. This article presents a model for delivering legal services that meets both the corporate vision and the demands imposed by the legal system.
Motion of Association of Corporate Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in support of Citco Bank Nederland N.V. Dublin Branch's petition for a writ of mandamus.
This article addresses how the management of a company has to consult the works council with respect to a number of important decisions.
Situated in the heart of Europe, Switzerland is a top location for data centers and cloud services. In Switzerland, privacy and data protection are respected both by law and in practice. Learn more about why Switzerland is such an attractive location.
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