While these findings specifically relate to the private sector, our experience suggests that they are also relevant to the public sector and non-governmental organizations, both of which encounter many of the same fraud and corruption issues.
This is a sample form of payoff letter.
Companies in the energy industry continue to face scrutiny from federal securities regulators and private securities class action lawyers on numerous fronts. Energy industry participants should be particularly mindful of the following enforcement initiatives and shareholder litigation trends.
This is a collection of the key environmental policies and ordinances of the County of Santa Clara applicable to County Operations, Purchases and Real Property
“Green building” is the practice of siting, designing, constructing, operating, maintaining and removing buildings in such a way as to increase the efficiency of resource use – energy, water and materials – while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment.
This study looks at the fundamentally different experiences of law students when it comes to racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds, and provides information about how these differences may impact their professional opportunities.
For questions about the report, please contact centerforwomeninlaw@law.utexas.edu or info@nalpfoundation.org.
To say compliance is a challenge for employers facing increasingly stringent pay transparency, pay reporting, and pay equity requirements is an understatement.
This article explores the issues in setting and publicizing salaries that meet your organization’s goals and legal requirements as well as recent trends in enforcement.
Changing Top Jobs: Start by Listening, Set the Tone and Expectations, Learn the Business and More...Insights from Thomas Sabatino, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for United Airlines, Inc.
In this presentation, in-house counsel will see how outsourcing impacts their business models along with risks and solutions.
An underwriting agreement of a sale of stock of a Chinese/Taiwanese corporation to several U.S. underwriters.
Discusses whether in-house counsel may move to a competitor company and the requirements of ethical compliance.
A key takeaway from this article is the need for corporations to continue to invest in the development of compliance programmes in the European Union, Middle East and Africa.
Covers mediation processes and the difference between mediation and arbitration.
A recent Portuguese law implemented important modifications to tourism. This article aims to highlight in a non-exhaustive manner the changes that are of most consequence.
The author tackles the following issue: Are modern, full-service law firms going the way of film cameras and print encyclopedias? Is the legal industry moving toward total dissolution?
China is well known for her authoritarian decisiveness in policy making and her effectiveness in policy implementation with a centralized political control contrasting sharply with a decentralized economic policy. This comprehensve article examines two key aspects of this formulation. First, how has the authoritarian characteristic affected China’s anticorruption enforcement; and, second, how is China different from other countries, authoritarian or otherwise, in this regard?
This article provides a guide to the legal framework of the capital market in Switzerland.
ACC Legal Operations Maturity Model Change Management: Key concepts when preparing a discussion, conversation, or work-shop.
A foreign corporation which desires to change the legal representative of its branch
office in Korea must register such change with the court registry office having jurisdiction
over the location where the branch office is situated. These are instructions and sample forms for change of legal representative of Korean branch office.
On March 6, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission approved final rules requiring companies to disclose certain climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports.
This resource explains the requirements set forth in the final rules and sets forth practicalities and next steps for compliance.
This advanced-level program will provide invaluable insights on how to deal successfully with the complex issues that companies face when managing subsidiaries in Europe and Asia. The experienced international lawyers on the panel will discuss issues that include successfully handling the crises and potential reputational damage that could occur when a foreign subsidiary’s activities are alleged to involve dishonest or illegal business practices, as has happened recently in the European Union and China, or that may result from threats of civil or criminal actions at home or abroad.
While the SFC's consultation conclusions may soften the proposed requirement or adapt to industry comments, it is unlikely to be "scratched" from the field in its entirety. Potential change on this front, and the need to incorporate some form of suitability criteria into client agreements is therefore likely to be a starter in the Year of the Horse.
Following the 2014 midterm elections, health care reform in the United States continues to evolve and unfold. This session will discuss the latest developments in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), including Medicaid, Medicare, health care exchanges (marketplaces) and accountable care organizations; and reveal what health care reform may bring in 2016.
An audit committee, compensation committee, corporate governance committee, and executive committee evaluation based on long term results, committee responsibilities, committee operations. Ratings range from strongly agree to strongly disagree.
See who's moving up in the world of in-house law.
A satellite network agreement between a Delaware limited liability company and a Dutch corporation. Includes as exhibits of coordination and inter-system coordination agreements.
Resource Transition Guide and Checklists - Guidelines and Checklists to be used where Lawyers are Leaving Positions
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