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This template is intended for use by any organizations who would like to join together to approach a technology vendor about common issues and concerns, especially as it relates to information governance and discovery.

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.

This session provides in-house counsel with a view on what mediation is, its benefit, how it differs from arbitration, and when and at which state of a dispute mediation can be used. Speakers focus on a practical and lively approach to the topic, with real examples.

Learn key data regarding diversity in the legal profession in the United States.

This Quick Overview addresses the toppling of corporate giants that occurred during the subprime mortgage crisis and subsequent recession, and how investors became increasingly wary of corporate leadership and how it might affect the value of their shares in the United States.

This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses whether or not a company may require employees without work e-mails to provide their personal e-mail address. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Employment & Labor and Small Law Department ACC Networks.

This brief article (Quick Overview) focuses on the tax treatment of damages through the study of direct and indirect taxation in different European legal systems (civil and common law).

This QuickCounsel reviews some options for structuring multinational software licences and considers key issues that vendors and customers need to address in the licence agreement.

This article describes a decision by the Singapore High Court (Towa Corporation v ASM Technology Singapore Pte Ltd & Anor [2014] SGHCR 16.

This is a sample cloud privacy and data security addendum.

Judicial Redress Act

Formal introductions are important in Hong Kong. When meeting a client for the first time, there
is a protocol for exchanging business cards. You shake hands, and then present your card with both hands, holding the top edge. Read this article for more tidbits on doing business in Hong Kong.

This is a sample letter regarding cease and desist for infringement on a domain name.

If you’re an executive on your first-ever visit to the region, these are among the questions you inevitably ask: What am I supposed to wear? Can I shake hands with a Middle Easterner of the opposite sex?

This is a technology helpdesk for lawyers regarding Excel.

Negotiation skills and techniques are essential tools for any in-house counsel professional. Whether discussing vendor contracts or settling lawsuits, knowing the intricacies of the craft of negotiation is vital. Yet our intentions and focus in negotiation are often interrupted by subconscious, psychological or cognitive biases. These normal, yet irrational, reactions to negotiation counterparts and their narratives can significantly disrupt both parties’ objectives. This session will use a panel of negotiation, psychology, and academic experts who will identify typical, predictable cognitive biases, present how these biases affect negotiations, and provide suggestions on how to manage their effect. From the “Lake Wobegon effect,” to attribution error, to diagnosis bias, fun videos and real-life examples will be used as we engage in the Brain Game.

This is a sample drug, alcohol, and contraband policy

This is a sample written information security policy to create effective administrative, technical and physical safeguards for the protection of personal information.

Numerous states prohibit employers from disciplining or discharging employees for off-duty conduct. A growing number of states have legalized the use of medical marijuana and/or recreational marijuana. An even larger number of states have limited an employer’s ability to use social media, criminal background checks and credit reports when making employment decisions. These ongoing changes to the law, combined with the National Labor Relations Board’s increased oversight, make it increasingly difficult for employers to take adverse employment action against an applicant or employee for conduct that does not occur in the workplace. This session will provide attendees with an update on the law in this evolving area, guidelines for compliance, tips on avoiding litigation and optimal positioning for a positive outcome if litigation is commenced.

Learn how to conduct a compliance investigation; understand the importance of having a formal investigations protocol in place; discuss the various roles in-house counsel may be called upon to play during a corporate crisis as a result of an investigation; and discuss FAQs and common lessons learned during compliance investigations.

Normally the appeals process begins right after you’ve been on the receiving end of an unfavorable trial court decision. Take a different perspective and increase your odds of successful appeals with the authors’ in-on-the-ground-floor approach.

Morrison has been held to no more onerous requirements for
admission to the North Carolina bar than any citizen of North Carolina. Simply because he practiced in California, a state not having reciprocity with North Carolina, for four of the last six years, does not mean that his constitutional rights have been violated. He does not
meet the requirements of the North Carolina Board of Bar Examiners
Rule .0502(3), a valid rule. Thus, he must seek an alternative method
of gaining admission, such as taking the bar exam, as do all the other
North Carolina lawyers similarly situated. We are of opinion and hold
that Rule .0502(3) is valid.

This case deals with employees who were seeking backpay for time spent donning and doffing pieces of protective gear that they assert respondent United States Steel Corporation required workers to wear because of hazards at its steel plants

A recent court judgment concerning the legal obligation in Germany to pay a minimum wage of € 8,50 per hour can help employers deciding when to disburse bonus payments such as Christmas and holiday bonuses.

German Finance ministers look to decrease the activity of treaty shopping in order to benefit the taxpayer.