In her Small Law column, Maryrose Delahunty tells readers why they should tune out the negative words and amp up the positive ones.
Todd Silberman compares learning martial arts to functioning as a small law department practitioner.
Don't make the same mistakes Wall Street Executives did, learn from them. In-house counsel involved in executive compensation matters often find themselves in the cross-fires of competing legal, ethical, political, relationship and self-interest issues. Facing the specter of increased government oversight, boards and compensation committees grapple to fairly compensate, motivate and engage their executives while balancing shareholder and public perception of run-away compensation. This game show format will train attendees to recognize key issues and understand how to avoid the pitfalls of ethical and legal situations. Attendees should emerge able to provide better support and insight to their executive team, board members, HR and coworkers.
Discusses standard 10b5-1 plan parameters, advantages and disadvantages of such plans, provides ten things you should know about 10b5-1 plans and includes a sales plan sample form.
This snapshot of ACC surveys notes top areas of concern for Brazilian legal departments and hiring trends identified by Chief Legal Officers worldwide.
While international arbitration has become the preferred means of resolving international commercial disputes throughout the world, complaints about delays and costs have become common. Various arbitral institutions have responded to this by offering an option to conduct arbitrations on an expedited or "fast-track" basis.However, while expedited procedures have been taken up with enthusiasm, they are not suitable for every type of dispute, as Ben Giaretta and Michael Weatherley explain.
The article explains the prohibition on mandatory retirement for both employees and employers in Canada.
This article discusses EPA webinars call eDisclosure, The Agency's plan to modernize the implementation of the Audit Policy and the Small Business Compliance Policy.
Guiding a legal department in today’s fast-paced environment sometimes feels like being in a NASCAR or Formula 1 race. Speed is required. Agility is a must. Despite that, a recent Corporate Executive Board study found that nearly 70 percent of GCs believe their departments aren’t sufficiently adaptive and responsive. How can legal leaders address this critical issue? One key tool is the departmental strategic plan. This program will discuss the formation and execution of cohesive strategic plans with clear objectives that keep up with today’s fast-paced world. The result? A turbocharged strategic plan that drives high performance through the final lap while avoiding yellow flags along the way.
This session will raise common ethical issues faced by in-house counsel and discuss best practices for handling those issues, while helping you comply with MRCP 1.13 regarding organization as client.
The rising wealth of Southeast Asian countries provides not only a market for Western products but also a source of capital to finance Western firms. Many Western companies have discovered Asian stock markets, particularly the Singapore and Hong Kong stock exchanges, to be an attractive source of equity capital and have begun listing their stock on these exchanges. These stock listings, whether primary, secondary or dual listings, can provide significant benefits, but there are downsides. Learn the practical issues that need to be considered in deciding which Asian stock exchange is best suited for your company’s stock listing, as well as the regulatory issues that must be navigated in issuing equity shares on these exchanges.
These are additional materials and resources regarding professional responsibility issues faced by in-house counsel.
Five years ago, the DuPont Legal Model was a concept. Today it is a reality that has changed the company’s practice of law in a global, market-driven economy. Like the rest of the corporation, DuPont’s legal practice is managed to make money, not prove principles. Thomas Sager, of DuPont, explains how the model has brought DuPont’s legal department prominence as a leader of the survivors of the tumultuous nineties.
The author provides examples of successful and not-so-successful fixed fee retainers, highlighting the two critical factors for making them work.
CPBO CLO Letter to the CA Bar 12.04.17
A license agreement in which licensor has developed and owns software and licensee wishes to obtain a license to the software, and the licensor wishes to grant such a license for the purposes set forth in this agreement. Software is provided to licensee in programmer form ("object code") and user oriented symbolic form ("source code").
A letter terminating a prior sale and purchase agreement between two Hong Kong companies.
In this Sample Exit Interview Form, a United States Company is categorizing access to tools and information from the former employee.
This article is a case law regarding the Foreign Corruption Practices Act.
Two recent federal court cases have strengthened manufacturers’ commercial free speech rights.
Testimony of Andrew Weissmann, Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Regarding The Thompson Memorandum's Effect on the Right to Counsel in Corporate Investigations Tuesday, September 12, 2006
This article discusses four actions that nominating and governance committee chairs can take to support more active board engagement in strategy development in the United States.
In this article, Versata claimed that Infosys was using the DCM software not only to develop functions for Ameriprise, but also to develop a competitive product.
Implementing changes in fee structures should not happen in isolation. Changes to value based billing affect only one factor in the value equation. Implementing value based billing is an opportunity to examine working relationships and processes to drive efficiency. It is a step to a Value Based Relationship.
Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure – the procedural rules that govern the life of a case in the federal trial courts – are on the horizon. On June 3, 2013, the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure (the “Standing Committee”) approved for publication a report containing proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure(the “Report”). On August 15, 2013, the Report was released to the bench and bar for a six month public comment period, which includes a series of public hearings held in Washington, D.C., Phoenix, Arizona, and Dallas, Texas.
Work-life balance and other issues still challenge women GCs.
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