The author discusses how the Japanese concepts of "honne" and "tatemae" relate to productive business relationships and sound decision-making.
The author posits that temperance in a business environment is not a natural state. Most people tend to cut corners or break the law when they suspect no one is looking. This article offers several strategies for in-house counsel seeking to encourage self-restraint in the running of an ethical business.
A survey polling general counsels as to whom the general counsel the reported. Provides information regarding when the general counsel is more likely to report to the CEO, CFO, or President of the company.
This QuickCounsel shows how to rethink boilerplate provisions in contracts.
This is a detailed reference list for the 2014 ACC Annual Meeting Session 106: Employment Law Update.
This sample provision illustrates how to incorporate a necessary element of a comprehensive FCPA program into your company’s compliance library and is designed to help compliance professionals ensure they have considered all of the issues. Certification language for third-party compliance must clearly state parties’ responsibilities in agreeing to not engage in corrupt conduct.
This is a sample company privacy policy.
The Guidelines provide details and guidance on policy implementation, including identification of appropriate certified or recognized standards by nationally-recognized, third party organizations, exemptions, performance standards for equipment, information on safer chemical handling and cleaning procedures, and other pertinent information.
Certification of disclosure in connection with the filing and related certification of the company's Form 10-K. Provides the information the Form 10-K must accurately and completely describe. Includes a sample form of a contingent liability report query. Also includes an appendix for use in preparing reports on contingent liabilities.
This Latin American briefing feature in the July/August issue discusses how unions and employers are impacted by the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Colombia.
Third-party litigation financing is on the rise. Such financing presents new issues and challenges for in-house counsel. This panel discussion will offer information on third-party financing in the United States and in other jurisdictions (e.g., Hong Kong), including both regulation of the industry and how such financing should affect a litigant's approach with respect to settlement considerations, discovery, and dispute resolution strategy.
Most companies have key business suppliers upon which they rely. In these relationships, comprehensive agreements are created to memorialize contractual understandings and provide indemnity rights/obligations if things do not go as planned. What do you do if your key business supplier or franchisee does not meet expectations and causes your company a large loss in breach of the protective agreement? Should you write it off as the cost of doing business? Should you retain counsel and sue for indemnity at the risk of souring the relationship and losing future business? Panelists will address approaches that create a satisfying middle ground to enforce indemnity rights and potentially strengthen business relationships.
The most critical issues facing companies today are legal issues. It's no longer just a good idea for CLOs to be at the executive table, in the boardroom, and reporting to the CEO - it's essential. Learn more about how 1,300 peers view their role in the boardroom and with the CEO. Find out what is trending in department costs, law firm turnover, spend, work allocation, and more.
Lists the five essential elements of an effective internal controls/fraud prevention program outlined by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO). If adopted by a company, these elements would aid in 1) efficient and effective operations, 2) accurate financial reporting, and 3) compliance with laws and regulations.
It’s a bad day, the eve of your company’s merger. You are a high-profile corporate lawyer working for a global brand and you just learned that personal data believed to have been stolen from your cloud computing account has been posted on WhoNeedsTheLaw.com, apparently exposing your name, entire work email inbox, phone number and scandalous images secured by a hacker accessing the camera on your laptop computer. The data includes a private dialogue between you and the outside company about the liabilities of taking on the merger. What would you do? This interactive session will cover emerging executive liability issues and test how effectively you can navigate risk with real-life scenarios and video vignettes.
This is a sample form of revolving credit promissory note.
Reflecting While Moving Ahead- Ms. Stein considers the growth of ACC over the past 25 years, remembering what has been accomplished and what is still to come.
This page provides a summary of EPA’s Interim Approach to Applying the Audit Policy to New Owners which became effective August 1, 2008.
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