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Based on responses from 1,800 in-house counsel in 53 countries, the Global Perspectives: ACC In-house Trends Report covers trending topics such as the inside-outside counsel relationship, career mobility, professional development, department resource allocation, cybersecurity, professional privilege, and more.

A sample timeline for preparing and issuing a proxy statement. Includes specific dates and task description.

Review of the relevant laws and regulations governing mergers and joint ventures in Brazil.

The existence of a legal framework, to govern intellectual property rights, is widely recognized and appreciated in the oil and gas space. However, because of the relatively non intuitive regulatory schemes relating to creation and ownership of intellectual property rights, commercialization opportunities can easily be missed. This article highlights potential pitfalls for an oil and gas technology company in Canada and suggests ways at circumnavigating these pitfalls.

CA In-house Rules Letter 12.01.17

This presentation discusses aspects of keeping digital contracts.

This article looks at how Big Tech is taking the initiative to set out its own vision. With companies like Microsoft published their 10 fairness principles, Australia’s homegrown global tech player, Atlassian, has also published their ‘8 principles for sound tech policy’; the article examines and provides insight into the 8 principles.

This check card is a printable resource with practical advice for the dos and don'ts of dealing with worker classification.

June 2008: The Movers & Shakers

This Checklist sets out the procedures for appointing a director of a private company and a company limited by guarantee.

Business Ethics Columnist James A. Nortz discusses the social dynamics of organizations that are teeming with corruption.

A credit application with a personal guaranty clause included. Permits #1 company to sell merchandise to #2 company on credit or other
terms, without binding #1 company.

This article discusses the increasing growth of blockchain technology in various areas. Specifically, it also highlights that Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has issued a license to a cryptocurrency firm to operate a virtual asset trading platform involving security tokens and that there cold be more licenses issued in the future.

Sample job descriptions for various levels of Knowledge Management business analysts.

Problems and disputes can happen at any organization. Being in-house counsel means you have to create the right environment to overcome these issues. In this article, learn how to create the right organisational structure for you company and more.

Courts and administrative agencies, including the US National Labor Relations Board, are expanding the definition of “employer” to allow liability for employment obligations to cross corporate lines. Various legal theories, including joint employer, single employer, and alter-ego theories, are being used to treat nominally separate corporate entities as one employer for liability purposes. The result of this definitional expansion is that affiliated companies are being found liable for labor and employment law violations of subsidiary or sister companies, including violations of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, wage and hour, discrimination, and whistleblower laws, among others. Many corporate structure forms are put at risk, including holding and operating companies, parent-subsidiary relationships, private equity management-portfolio company relationships, general and limited partnerships, independent contractor relationships, and joint ventures. This session will address the factual and legal bases for disregarding corporate separateness in the labor and employment law setting and suggest practical strategies to minimize or avoid liability.

This ACC Guide provides an overview on trade secrets in the United States. It will explain the legal framework that in-house counsel can use to inform, protect, and provide guidance when dealing with trade secrets, intellectual property usage, and what you company might face in attempting to protect certain information.

The author reflects on the reasons in-house counsel have to be thankful.

A sample contract between advertising agency and a company for the services of the advertising agency. Contract provides for the scope of services, compensation, method of payment, property rights to any product, and an arbitration clause.

This agreement arises out of an investigation by the Division of Enforcement ("Division") of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") into possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and books and records and internal controls provisions of the federal securities laws by Ralph Lauren Corporation ("Respondent") from approximately 2005 through 2009 ("Investigation").

A broad overview of EU data protection regulation, impact on business, application to cloud computing, and related contractual provisions.

This article addresses how institutions have increasingly become alarmed at the vulnerability of their data to unauthorized disclosure driven by an employee’s desire to cash-in through a multimillion-dollar whistleblower award.

Read our interview with ACC Board Member, Gary Cohen, on his best practices and techniques for using the talent around us, both in-house and outside, and using the best legal practices of others.

This article delves into a joint statement that was issued by the Federal Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and federal banking regulators, which clarified the due diligence obligations of banks under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), examining some of the provisions within the BSA.

This article provides expert insights into the rapid advancement of regulatory technology across the legal sector. RegTech stands for Regulatory Technology and its use can save your company time and money.

Briefing on investment protection and investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms in international agreements

Bob Feldman explores which boilerplate clauses are worth keeping in contracts.

Predicting consumer trends with social media is arguably very similar to predicting the movement of a swarm of locusts. If possible, how could this information affect your legal department?

Guide to the legal consequences of maintaining temporary employees.