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This article addresses key issues for in-house legal regarding compliance with SRA requirements.

As organizations increasingly consider moving data to the cloud, they seek to protect the security, privacy and privilege of this data while managing related risks. This session will include interactive exercises and a simulated negotiation to examine the requirements of corporate, governmental and international data owners for the management and protection of data hosted in the cloud. The panel will offer strategies for negotiating cloud contracts from both provider and customer perspectives.

This is a sample standard non-disclosure agreement between a discloser and its affiliates, and the recipient.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview of privacy rules and principles in Brazil.

The author shares his thoughts on why companies should live up to their mission statements.

This policy describes how the use of Devices for work purposes is subject to the Company’s approval and its rules and conditions concerning the use and maintenance of such devices.

Interviews with legal leaders of Fortune 50-ranked companies who were asked to share insights on what they value most in working with firms, value-based fee structure models, other types of practices they're implementing that focus on value, legal spend and savings from implementing value practices and more.

Download the PDF, or view the interactive digital edition at www.acc.com/GCValueInsights.

Outsourcing outside of the United States is attractive to many companies. This article concentrates on the supplier/vendor transaction, discussing the important role that contracts play in this practice.

This is a sample company employment handbook.

In this article concerning corporate governance, questions are answered such as: What should executive directors know? What should outside directors know? What systems should they set up for better enterprise risk management? How can chairs create a balance against imperial CEOs? Can lead or senior directors create sufficient balance? Should most outside directors understand the business? How much time should they spend on the function? How independent must they be? What about diversity? Should their pay be lower? What are the stewardship responsibilities of shareholders?

In this article regarding insurance, answers to questions addressing the parties’ Information Duties under Swiss statutory law rather than the duty of utmost good faith in the narrow sense (which has not been implemented in Swiss law).

Evaluate various career paths for GCs endeavoring to climb higher or take a different route.

This issue includes articles on class actions, employment, and tax issues in Canada.

In-house counsel are trained lawyers with an extensive legal vocabulary at their fingertips. Sometimes, that legal speak can get lost in translation to non-legal personnel. In this article, learn how to leverage your expertise to communicate with internal and external shareholders more efficiently.

This blog explores physician recapitalization transactions and how complex they are and their myriad issues. At Foley, in our representation of both investors in, and sellers of, physician practices, we note how often tax issues become gating items that drive the structural aspects of the transaction.

Organization’s records retention schedules need to be synchronized with assurance current and emerging privacy laws . Records retention laws and regulations may require companies to retain records for a certain number of years, driven by literally thousands of record retention regulations. These requirements may override consumer deletion requests of their personal information.

In an era dominated by technological advancements, the legal industry has not been immune to the allure of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. Proponents of AI in legal operations often herald its potential to revolutionize the profession, promising increased efficiency, accuracy, and cost-effectiveness. While AI undoubtedly offers numerous benefits, it is essential to recognize its limitations and acknowledge that technology alone will not solve all the complex issues inherent in legal operations. Read this article to learn more.

This is a sample lease agreement between a limited liability company and a corporation, both based in Delaware.

This sample outlines the key concepts and recommended practices for creation of a Data Security Policy - a key component of managing sensitive information.

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview of privacy rules and principles in Hong Kong.

This white paper explores the reasons that defensible disposition programs stall out, and outlines several strategies to help organizations “push the delete button” with confidence.

This is a sample of data map design strategies.

In-house lawyers in their role as legal advisors to corporations, government departments, or other bodies or organisations are no different from other lawyers. However, because the client of in-house lawyers is usually their employer, some unique ethical challenges can arise for them.

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.

This program will review lessons learned in international litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) with a focus on Mexico. Most multinational corporations now have significant operations located in Mexico and, despite the business’s best efforts, may unfortunately find themselves embroiled in a legal dispute there. We will review the applicable legal recommendations for arbitration, mediation and litigation, including issues such as law firm selection, supervision of Mexican litigation, expected time frames for resolution, discovery, substantive and procedural concerns, institutional arbitration options, enforcement issues, etc. In-house counsel with experience in Mexican disputes will offer their insights and recommendations based on their experiences in-country.

After an evidentiary hearing and careful review of the record, including the parties' post-hearing supplemental briefs, exhibits, and proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, the court made findings of fact and conclusions of law in the Stolt-Nielsen case.