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Acquiring assets from an insolvent business involves important business and legal considerations. This article contains information you should consider before moving forward with an acquisition in Canada.

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.

This is a sample notice of HIPAA privacy practice.

Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, the resulting health, social, business and economic impacts have tested the metal of many organisations worldwide. This article explores the role of the General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer (GC/CLO) in guiding an organisation through times of crisis or turmoil.

This is a sample operating agreement, single member with manager in the state of Delaware.

The new Brazilian Competition Law entered into force in May 2012, and, among the several changes introduced by the new law, the most significant is the adoption of a pre-merger review system. By adopting a pre-merger review system, Brazil aligned itself with jurisdictions in the United States and Europe. This article considers the impact and timing of the review system, and it also provides an overview of the other changes; in particular, those concerning administrative proceedings related to anticompetitive conducts.

This is a sample consulting agreement where the consultant agrees to have regular consultations with company management.

This is a sample escrow agreement which involves an estate sale of real property.

Ben Heineman's model for the modern inside law department is now widely followed in major corporations in the United States and, increasingly, in Europe and Asia.

This is a sample anti-corruption policy.

The COVID-19 pandemic launched the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) into the national spotlight. The agency is using its platform to roll out increased enforcement. This article discusses proactive measures employers should take to avoid enforcement actions.

A severance agreement, in letter form, including a release and a covenant not to sue.

Checklist of forms, agreements, and considerations necessary to complete joint ventures and protecting intellectual property rights.

This is a product liability/recall scenario.

This is a sample purchase order where the Seller certifies that it is engaged in an independent business and will perform its obligations pursuant to the PO as an independent contractor and not as the agent or employee of Purchaser.

This is a sample contract review and signing authority policy.

This is a sample non-compete agreement between a buyer and seller.

Whether to decide on a potential settlement or evaluate how legal risks may impact the long-term value of corporate strategies, in-house counsel are frequently expected to demonstrate business acumen and sound financial decision-making skills. During this session, experienced faculty from Boston University Questrom School of Business will help you sharpen your ability to make choices that rely on a rational financial-decision making process rather than the proverbial gut feeling. Faculty will discuss how to take into account external and internal factors that affect the longer-term profitability of the organization, in order to identify the decision that offers the best value. Faculty will also explain step-by-step how to understand the balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flow, and how to identify red flags that signal financial difficulties or accounting problems.

This article from Womble Bond Dickinson assesses some of the drivers of supply chain disruption in the U.S. and Europe and considers what businesses can do to mitigate the risks. These issues are likely to impact all sectors, however, they have particularly impacted the construction industry in recent years.

Several experienced in-house counsel will oversee an interactive game show-style session designed to engage and educate new in-house counsel. The questions (loosely based on the New to In-house Committee’s InfoPAK: New to In-house Practice: US & Europe) will focus on what every in-house lawyer should know about the law and their dual role as corporate counsel and a valuable business partner.

Discuss how to approach contract negotiation and drafting across jurisdictions and legal systems. Gain insight into techniques and tools to monitor and manage the risks involved with having contracts across several jurisdictions. Identify resources that in-house counsel of international businesses implement to manage such risks, such as country managers, outsourcing, risk guidelines, documented authority delegation and reporting. Discuss challenges and best practices in enforcing contracts across jurisdictions.

Learn key potential implications of the significant decisions released by the US Supreme Court in the closing days of its 2023 term.

This resource is an overview of dispute resolution practices in the Cayman Islands.

This article focuses on the different value-based approaches and what it takes to not just make them work, but thrive. It stresses the need for a true partnership to develop between in-house and outside counsel. When a true partnership is formed, waste is eliminated for in-house counsel, while profits are maintained, and sometimes even enhanced, for outside counsel. The article delves into the need to diverge from the "I hire the lawyer, not the firm" mentality and place emphasis on the product that is the practice group instead. Finally, it touches on a few misconceptions concerning alternative fee arrangements and how to best measure the value from those arrangements.

<p/>This ACC Value Challenge resource is part 3 of a 3 part series. To view the other resources in this series, please click here:</p>
<p class=><a id=CP___PAGEID=1365185| href=/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1365185>ACC Value Challenge: Facing Up to the Challenge - The Case for Change (Part 1)</a></p><p class=><a id=CP___PAGEID =1365193| href=/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1365193>ACC Value Challenge: Facing Up to the Challenge - Law Firm Metrics (Part 2)</a></p>

It's a thorny set of questions that, in an era of hyper-scrutiny on SEC filings, carry more weight than ever: How do you decide when a litigation matter must be disclosed on financial statements and to shareholders? And for how much?

This article speaks to improve Boards’ gender diversity by refining succession processes.

This article addresses cross-border global workplace law perspectives regarding sexual harassment.

This article will focus on how to successfully manage software licenses in highly virtualized server environments.

This article shows how requiring admissions of wrongdoing in settlement may have broad-reaching consequences, very much akin to a finding of liability after trial in any civil fraud action.

This article probed whether senior executives and board members were undertaking basic cyber governance activities, such as reviewing privacy and security budgets and top level policies, establishing key roles and responsibilities for privacy and security, and reviewing security program assessments in the United States.