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.
This material contains a link to the Marsh & McLennan Companies Code of Conduct (in multiple languages).
This presentation outlines the phases of the change transition curve and what behaviors employees may exhibit in each phase.
Find Solutions to Real-Life Change Management Challenges That You Face
Steps to take in conducting an internal investigation. Includes guidance on initial meetings, determining whether an investigation is necessary, nature of the controversy, planning the investigation, conducting the investigation and interviews, assessing credibility of interviewees, and making recommendations.
Sample employee intellectual property assignment agreement
A flow chart guiding employers through relevant health and safety regulations.
Organizations are oftentimes quick to designate a legal counsel as the conscience of the company. But are we? And should we be? Just how separate should legal and compliance be? This session will scrutinize the dynamic of the in-house lawyer who simultaneously serves as the company’s ethics officer. Are the roles of lawyer and ethics officer symbiotic — or potentially conflicting? Our panel will evaluate the pros and cons, the risks and the benefits, of wearing both hats along with such related practical issues as budgetary considerations, lines of report, and relations with HR and internal audit.
A checklist for guarding against loss of trade secrets.
Change management basics – setting the stage, deciding what to do, making it happen and making it stick. From ACC Value Challenge workshop, Legal Service Management, July 2010: www.acc.com/legalservicemanagement
Conducting discovery efficiently and effectively can significantly reduce litigation costs and enhance the chances for successful dispute resolution. This panel discussion will deal with discovery best practices, including litigation hold management, recent changes to the discovery portions of the US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and techniques for managing and reducing the costs of discovery.
This is a sample guarantee agreement.
This is a sample sponsorship agreement.
This is a sample sales representative agreement between a company and partner.
Legal process improvement offers the greatest opportunities to increase efficiencies and reduce costs in a litigation process.
Legal process improvement offers the greatest opportunities to increase efficiencies and reduce costs in a litigation process. Techniques from traditional Lean thinking and Six Sigma principles can be combined and tailored for legal matters. (Seyfarth)
The development of the cloud service model delivers business-supporting technology more efficiently than ever before. The shift from server to service-based thinking is transforming the way technology departments think about, design, and deliver computing technology and applications.
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