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To succeed, multinational employers entering into and doing business in China must sharpen their employment-related business strategies to leverage opportunities and mitigate risk. We examine six common labor and employment traps and how to avoid them.

Creating and implementing a compliance program can seem like a looming prospect for any small legal department. However, don’t get intimidated by the process. By following the “10 Hallmarks for a Successful Compliance Program,” in-house counsel can implement a system that effectively safeguards against compliance risk, without breaking the budget in the process.

This guide provides an overview of the legal framework for food safety in China.

The business landscape is experiencing an unprecedented period of globalization. Domestic enterprises now outsource internationally on a large scale and establish partnerships in far-flung locations where business terms may be advantageous. These companies must deal with unfamiliar laws and operational standards. In tandem with this push to globalization, employers find their business operations and ethics scrutinized more closely both domestically and abroad.

This is a sample mutual confidential disclosure agreement.

This is a sample workplace violence policy.

As the role of legal operations has gained recognition for its organizational impact, a structured framework for career development is still lacking.

This resource sections sets forth a career development framework. It also includes references to supporting material for additional learning and development.

This briefing is the first in a series that will look at legal aspects of the Solvency II regime and their implications for firms. It considers the legal framework of Solvency II, how near each element of the framework is to completion and what needs to happen next, how Omnibus II has changed the previously published regime, the transitional relief that firms can expect to get from 1 January 2016, and how Solvency II will be applied to insurers and reinsurers in the UK.

Read how Textron’s law department became a team by abandoning business-as-usual and implementing a Six Sigma program. After a series of Six Sigma-delivered revelations, Textron counsel redefined their priorities and saw a 20 percent raise in customer satisfaction in just one year. Explore this case study and apply your own Six Sigma program.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a memorandum of understanding relating to a two-party proposed 50:50 international joint venture, where both parties intend to contribute existing businesses to a newly formed joint venture company, applied to a global context.

In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in January, federal sentencing guidelines became discretionary. So, are you and your company off the hook? The short answer: You and your company still have to satisfy the guidelines' requirements, or risk being mauled in court by federal prosecutors and judges. Read why and how not to be a victim.

This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses different response options available when charges of discrimination are brought against a company. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Employment & Labor Law ACC Network.

801 Mock Negotiations of Warranties, Limitations of Liability, & Indemnification. This document includes a sample blending agreement, nonprofit government contractor source code license agreement, force majeure provisions and more.

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 is a sample severance agreement setting out the terms of the benefits provided by the employer in exchange for claims relinquished by the departing executive.

This case law is an order on Plaintiff's two motions to compel depositions.

This article addresses the Department of Justice's issuance of the Yates Memorandum setting forth policies regarding the investigation and prosecution of individual wrongdoers in the context of corporate investigations.

This council has brought together experienced compensation committee chairs from Fortune 500 companies with key shareholder representatives, regulators, and other stakeholders to discuss ways to strengthen corporate governance in general—and compensation committee oversight in particular.

This is a sample cross purchase agreement where it is the desire of the Shareholders to place reasonable restriction and safeguards upon the transfer or alienations of the common stock of the Company and to provide for the orderly termination of its activities in certain events.

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?

This brief resource outlines some of the most common errors made in filing construction liens in Florida.

This article provides topical and current insights from leading experts on the tax issues and opportunities in their respective jurisdictions.

Banner Health Amicus Brief

In this article, in-house counsel can learn more about investment in Hong Kong businesses and commercial relationships. This resource was published by Meritas in February 2018.

This is a sample services agreement between a vendor company and a non-profit.