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Articles
Charles A. Volkert, Esq.
11/15/2011

This article gives an overview of the results of the 2012 Robert Half Legal Salary Guide.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… Trends By Charles A. Volkert, Esq. Charles A. Volkert is executive director of Robert Half Legal, a leading … legal departments, according to research conducted for the 2012 Robert Half Legal Salary Guide. Opportunities … markets, can be accessed at http://www.roberthalflegal.com/salarycenter. Association of Corporate Counsel, ©2011, …
Articles
Peter Chow, Squire Sanders
02/25/2014

You are an American company expanding its business into China. You have just clinched a highly coveted multi-million-dollar deal, documented in a one hundred-page contract that seems to cover every conceivable hiccup. But that lucrative deal, which took months to close, may not be as airtight as you imagine. If a dispute arises between your company and your Chinese business partner, how can you resolve it? The Chinese business may have assets in China, but again it is difficult to enforce a US judgment in China: The two superpowers do not yet have reciprocal arrangements to recognize judgments from each other’s courts. This article explains how to manage and resolve disputes in China, and, where possible, avoid them altogether.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: China
… Chinese business may have assets in China, but again it is difficult to enforce a US judgment in China: The two … AND RESOLVING BUSINESS DISPUTES IN CHINA squiresanders.com North America Cincinnati / Cleveland / Columbus / Houston … claim before the Chinese courts is simply not available. For example, those drafted for US. domestic use which provide …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
03/20/2017

This is a sample Software Development Kit license agreement.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… and Contracts SDK License Agreement March 20, 2017 This is a sample Software Development Kit license agreement. … CONTAINS THE LICENSE AND SUPPORT TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COMPANY SDK (AS DEFINED BELOW) LICENSED BY COMPANY CORPORATION. BY CLICKING "I ACCEPT THE TERMS IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT" AND PROCEEDING WITH THE …
Advocacy Filings
Shawn Neylan, Stikeman Elliott LLP
10/26/2007

The Competition Act ("CA") is federal legislation of general
application related to all aspects of competition law in Canada, including merger review. The CA sets out the relevant monetary and (where applicable) shareholding thresholds that trigger a pre-
merger notification requirement. The CA also allows the Commissioner of Competition (the "Commissioner") to challenge a transaction if she believes it raises substantive competition issues, whether or not there is a pre-merger notification
requirement.

… Elliott LLP October 25, 2007 The Competition Act ("CA") is federal legislation of general application related to all … CALGARY VANCOUVER NEW YORK LONDON SYDNEY www.stikeman.com C O M P E TI TI O N – IN V E ST M E N T R E V IE W … (sneylan@stikeman.com) STIKEMAN ELLIOTT LLP OCTOBER 2007 For any information concerning this article, please contact …
Articles
Mark Roellig
01/01/2009

An article focusing on developing the business savvy of the legal department to the benefit of the business as a whole.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… How to Make Your Legal Organization a Strategic Asset for the Business Author Mark Roellig January 1, 2009 An … Legal Organization A Strategic Asset for the Business An In-House Legal Department Can Add Significant Value to a … use for lawyers who talk to me in the third person — this is not about what ‘you’ can do, this is about what ‘we’ can …
Program Materials
Cassandra Becker, Harva Dockery, David Fredrickson, Scott Posner
10/19/2015

The session will cover important recent US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) developments since the 2014 ACC Annual Meeting. The program will review significant enforcement actions and trends as well as recent SEC developments related to cybersecurity, conflict minerals, social media, whistleblowing and disclosure reform. Presenters will also examine those sections of Dodd–Frank that matter most to corporate and securities lawyers in their day-to-day practices, including providing advice to management and board members. They will review the network of regulations that have been adopted pursuant to those sections, and report on the status of regulations not yet adopted by the SEC. The session will be a fast-moving program; come equipped with a working knowledge of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act.

Resource Details
Source: Meetings
Region: United States
… that matter most to corporate and securities lawyers in their day-to-day practices, including providing advice to … process 2 AGENDA • Cybersecurity has become a chronic risk for many public companies • Potential cost of a cyber-attack … Asadi decision, aligns with SEC - direct reporting to SEC is not required for retaliation protection – Circuit split – …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
02/04/2017

This is a sample management agreement where Company 1 holds all management rights in connection with the Property.

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… and Contracts Management Agreement February 4, 2017 This is a sample management agreement where Company 1 holds all management rights in connection with the Property. Resource Details Interest … and Company 2 desire to enter into an agreement to provide for the management of the Property in accordance with the …
Articles
John W. Borg and David F. Herr
11/01/1998

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.

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Source: ACC Docket
Region: United States
… Borg and David Herr Often cases are appealed after someone is disappointed by result Many appeals are accompanied by … rules are similar in this requirement These rules exist for number of reasons not the least of which is an appellate … first blush Weigh also the expense of an appeal with its com plexity of issues or size of the appellate record against …
Advocacy Filings
Circuit Judge Widener (Judge Shedd and Judge Kelley concurring)
06/15/2006

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.

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Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… Morrison has been held to no more onerous requirements for admission to the North Carolina bar than any citizen of … situated. We are of opinion and hold that Rule .0502(3) is valid. Resource Details Interest Area: Compliance and … Morrison had practiced in a State which did not have com- ity with North Carolina, namely California. On February …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
06/12/2018
7 pages

Taxonomy introduction and instructions on building a taxonomy as part of your department’s Knowledge Management program.

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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Source: Resource Library
Region: Global
Audience: Legal Operations
… problem when it comes to classifying information assets for the organization as a whole – in the absence of a … similar things in completely different ways. The solution is to adopt a uniform classification system that will work … project Foundational steps – get senior leadership buy-in and build your communication and project plan …
Program Materials
Mark Harrington, Debbie Hoffman, Alex Santos, Lance Wolf
10/18/2016

This program will explore the best practices for companies that manage vendors and cybersecurity concerns. Some of the significant questions to be addressed include: What are some best practices for vendor due diligence? How can vendor cybersecurity risks be addressed and mitigated, both contractually and otherwise? What role, if any, should in-house counsel have in vendor management?

Resource Details
Source: Meetings
Region: United States
… Program Materials Best Practices for Vendor Management and Cybersecurity Author Mark … contractually and otherwise? What role, if any, should in-house counsel have in vendor management? Resource Details … Executives think adopting outsourcing via the internet is a critical business model The Age of Change. The Risk At …
Articles
Ashurst LLP
06/04/2014

Credit funds are increasingly marketed to French insurance companies (entreprises d'assurance). Other similar institutions, such as contingency institutions (institutions de prévoyance) and complementary pension institutions (institutions de retraite complémentaire), also appear as an important source of debt financing. Learn more about this here.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: France
… to specific prudential regimes applicable to them, when it is intended that such investments be admitted to represent … the reserves of managed risks (réserves des risques gérés) for complementary pension institutions. With respect to … in credit funds by French in... http://www.ashurst.com/publication-item.aspx?id_Content=10339 1 of 4 6/3/14 …
Articles
Monica R. Chmielewski, Foley & Lardner
11/27/2014

This article addresses how the development and use of mobile technologies and devices is expanding at an incredibly fast pace and is changing, and in fact revolutionizing, the way patients and healthcare providers interact.

… the development and use of mobile technologies and devices is expanding at an incredibly fast pace and is changing, and … in a highly regulated space may prove to be a challenge for mHealth technology developers and entrepreneurs. … contact Beni Surpin at 858.847.6736 or bsurpin@foley.com. … This article addresses how the development and use of …
Articles
Contoural, Inc.
12/15/2018

If you have your records management policies and processes, Information Governance roadmap, tools, and technology in place, you may think you are done. We are not there yet. The most overlooked and critical piece of records management and large Information Governance programs is employee behavior change management.

Resource Details
Region: United States
Audience: Legal Operations, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
… management and large Information Governance programs is employee behavior change management. Resource Details … technologies, but if employees are not using them all is for naught. What does work is implementing a change … deletion. To read the white paper, visit www.contoural.com to Hire, Train, Manage, and Develop Objectives for a …
Articles
06/01/2018

This article discusses the opportunities and challenges of highly disruptive technologies and how the lessons learned from roads already taken remain relevant and instructive.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… If a newspaper compositor or longshoreman working in the sixties had been transported fifty years back in time, … Effects of automation in the lives of longshoremen . It is virtually impossible to overstate the impact of computer … composition sounded what ultimately was the death knell for a craft stretching back to the Middle Ages. …
Articles
Frederick J. Krebs and Susan Hackett
03/01/2000

ACCA’s policy pursuits can provide you with ammunition for proving the value of in-house counsel to the corporate bottom line.

Resource Details
Source: ACC Docket
Region: United States
… ACCA’s policy pursuits can provide you with ammunition for proving the value of in-house counsel to the corporate … membership . … ACCA Advocacy Agenda Frederick Krebs Esq is president and chief operating offi cer of the American … DC 20036-5425 tel 202.293.4103 fax 202.293.4701 WWW.ACCA.COM … ACCA’s policy pursuits can provide you with ammunition …
Articles
Ronald F. Pol
12/01/2008

This article challenges the view that outside counsel are more effective gatekeepers than their in-house colleagues, addressing Professor Kim's analysis and applying it to firsthand experiences.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Law Department Management
Source: ACC Docket
Region: United States
… harm was often regarded as a more significant factor for law firms than individual law- yers, but with intense com- petition, firms may now be more concerned to develop … lock- step compensation models in which partner income is shared across the client base, but sanctions for failing …
Peer Practice Examples
08/10/2015

A list written for internal champions of legal project management to overcome six common objections to it.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Law Department Management
Source: Resource Library
… to Legal Project Management - A List of Suggestions for Law Firm Project Management Champions August 10, 2015 A … in escaping from the old ones.” – John Maynard Keynes It is natural for people to resist changing their normal way of … 26th floor Boston, MA 02110 800-49-TRAIN www.legalbizdev.com info@legalbizdev.com … A list written for internal …
… Member Flash Poll — Talent Management and Job Security For the last chapter of the COVID-19 Member Flash Poll Series , ACC reached out to in-house members to inquire about the effects of the pandemic … of surveyed members (51 percent) reported that their job is safe and are not concerned at all about losing it. …
Program Materials
Steve Harmon <br />Senior Director, Legal Services <br />Cisco Systems, Inc. <br />Nancy Jessen <br />Managing Director <br />Huron Consulting Group, LLC <br />Joseph West <br />Associate General Counsel <br />Walmart <br />
10/26/2010

If you’re ready to move to value-based fee structures, you probably know that data and metrics are key to determining fee structures and benchmarking your legal spend. In this session, we’ll examine what data is needed to map to a suitable fee structure, and consider data mining techniques and technology options.

… Outside Counsel Management: Leveraging Data and Technology for Successful Value-Based Relationships Author Steve Harmon … your legal spend. In this session, we’ll examine what data is needed to map to a suitable fee structure, and consider … at ACC: +1 202.293.4103, x338; legalresources@acc.com Tuesday, October 26 2:30pm-4:00pm 701 - Outside Counsel …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
01/26/2023
23 pages

This is a sample services agreement between a company and supplier, for the manufacturing and supply of medical products.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… Company and Supplier (US) January 26, 2023 23 pages This is a sample services agreement between a company and supplier, for the manufacturing and supply of medical products. … and conditions hereinafter set forth. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, promises, rights …
… )( IN RE PETITION OF ESTHER KIOBEL, Petitioner, For an Order … order. For the reasons stated herein, Kiobel's petition is granted. BACKGROUND In the early 1990s, Kiobel and her …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
03/30/2015

German Software License Agreement

… THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into and effective as of the [EFFECTIVE DATE] … (3) or more core processors without upgrading the licenses in accordance with [LICENSOR]'s then-current fees and … customer to design, develop and/or test new applications for Production Use. "Documentation" means [LICENSOR]'s …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
03/30/2015

Software License Agreement (Germany)

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: Germany
… THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into and effective as of the [EFFECTIVE DATE] … (3) or more core processors without upgrading the licenses in accordance with [LICENSOR]'s then-current fees and … customer to design, develop and/or test new applications for Production Use. "Documentation" means [LICENSOR]'s …
Articles
Allen and Overy
09/16/2016
4 pages

This article provides ten practical steps that in-house counsel and HR teams should consider now in order to be prepared for an employment contingency plan regarding Brexit.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Employment and Labor
Source: Resource Library
Region: United Kingdom
… and HR teams should consider now in order to be prepared for an employment contingency plan regarding Brexit. Resource … ACC Member? Request a trial membership . … www.allenovery.com Brexit – employment contingency planning steps July 2016 … Consider carefully what you can say in light of what is actually known and what comfort, if any, can be given on …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
ACC Energy Committee
10/29/2014

A case study on joint ventures in Africa. This resource includes a chart to help align discussion of potential issues and organize thoughts and questions.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Energy and Public Utility
Source: Resource Library
Region: South Africa
… Forms, Policies, and Contracts Case study - Joint Venture in Africa Author ACC Energy Committee October 29, 2014 A case … Committee Panel on International Joint Ventures Jane Smith is a new employee at EEM Inc. a US industrial manufacturer of … started some weeks ago in the position of a sales person for the company. The new role of Jane is to be responsible …
Articles
Bjarne Tellmann
04/01/2017

In his latest column, Bjarne Tellmann advises in-house counsel to consider three rules before getting a technology upgrade.

Resource Details
Source: ACC Docket
Region: United States
… on this article? Visit ACC’s blog at www.inhouseaccess.com/ acc-docket. Bjarne tellmann svP & generAL CounseL … nology can accelerate in-house performance. Often, this is an area where simplicity gets overlooked in favour of … have a highly inefficient contract man- agement process, for example, address the underly- ing roadblocks before you …
Articles
James A. Nortz
05/01/2010

Columnist James A. Nortz compares the forces of nature and the forces of corporate governance and business ethics.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics
Source: ACC Docket
Region: United States
… procedures and compliance manage- ment systems. It is certainly true that these essen- tial features of … in companies may be possible if those of us responsible for developing and implementing such systems follow the … the ACC Docket. He is available at james.a.nortz@bausch.com. Fundamental Forces of Nature and the Policy Myth By …
Checklists
Walker House
02/04/2004

A step-by-step review of how to procedurally arrange a corporate scheme in the Cayman Islands.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: Cayman Islands
… Association of Independent Law Firms. http://www.lexmundi.com CAYMAN ISLANDS SCHEMES OF ARRANGEMENT PROCEDURAL … sanction of the Scheme. The Court will allocate a date for the hearing of the Petition usually 8 to 12 weeks … classes along with the commercial reasons why the Scheme is to the benefit of those concerned. The commercial case for
Articles
Erica Williams, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
10/06/2020
3 pages

This article outlines several essential skills that general counsel and other legal team leaders should possess in order to aid them in making difficult challenges that will help their company minimize risks and withstand other future challenges.

Resource Details
Region: United States
Audience: Deputy GC, CLO / GC
… Articles GCs Need Three Mission Critical Skills for Navigating Legal Challenges Author Erica Williams, … further use, please contact permissions@bloombergindustry.com … and other members of the team know how their work is tied to the overall purpose and vision of the …
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