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Discusses how to provide a beneficial, engaging global legal conference.

This article lists the five customer requests you should not agree to, and some suggested actions you should consider instead when fulfilling conflict minerals and customer requests. The article relates to 2014-2015 regulatory disclosures to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding conflict minerals (in connection with the US Dodd Frank Act).

Effective September 4, 2013, the Government of Manitoba proclaimed into force The Public-Private Partnerships Transparency and Accountability Act. The Act applies to all major capital projects undertaken by public sector entities in which a P3 procurement method is used. The term “public sector entity” includes municipalities and other local government entities as well as the Government of Manitoba.

This is an act to amend Title 8 of the Delaware Code relating to the General Counsel Corporation law.

Embedded within the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are significant employment litigation risks that have virtually nothing to do with the structure or content of health insurance plans. Read on to learn more.

When developing a records retention schedule or creating a data map, it is often useful to create an inventory of all the types of information in the enterprise. This article provides an overview of how to inventory that information.

Demonstrating the Value of the Legal Team: Create a True Competitve Advantage for the Enterprise

Teeming with natural resources, sunshine, fertile lands and an educated workforce, Guatemala mirrors its Central American neighbors in both resources and the dichotomy of its socioeconomic structure. However, rampant crime and corruption, coupled with a byzantine legal landscape, can sometimes outweigh the advantages of this Central American nation of 15.7 million, the most populated in the region.

In-house counsel are constantly called to manage the many challenges that come across their desks while remaining compliant in a scenario of ever increasing regulations. General Counsel and Chief Legal Officers from leading international companies will gather at this dedicated forum to share innovative and forward thinking ways to address their evolving roles. Come to this session if you would like to gain insights into the complexities and challenges some of your in-house colleagues are dealing with or if you would like comfort that you are not alone in tackling such matters.

The author discusses a case involving a contract with an anti-modification clause, and how "always" can come to mean "sometimes."

This checklist shows how the reputational and legal risks associated with not being in control of corporate data should be enough to capture the attention of the corporate C-suite.

This is a sample non-exclusive independent contractor agreement.

As legal departments expand their roles as business partners and compliance advisers, we have seen roles develop outside of the traditional attorney discipline. As with subject matter expertise, certain skills from other professions can assist the department to be more effective. This program will explore the strategic use of program managers, paraprofessionals, and other business experts to enable the delivery of legal services across the legal department and organization more broadly.

The session will cover important recent US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) developments since the 2015 ACC Annual Meeting. The program will review significant enforcement actions and trends as well as recent SEC developments related to the Volcker Rule, shareholder proposals, and the rule for pay ratio disclosure. This program will also examine those sections of the Dodd-Frank Act that matter most to corporate and securities lawyers in their day-to-day practices, including providing advice to management and board members. The session 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. This will be a fast-moving program; come equipped with a working knowledge of the Securities Exchange Acts of 1933 and 1934.

Learn how the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's policies and regulatory functions may change in the wake of the US Supreme Court's 2024 decision overturning the Chevron doctrine.

Word version of the sample Model Contract Clauses to Protect Workers in International Supply Chains, Version 2.0, developed by the Working Group to Draft Model Contract Clauses to Protect Human Rights in International Supply Chains American Bar Association Section of Business Law.

This is a sample sales agent agreement between a company and an agent to serve as the company's sales representative in a territory.

Kenyan Employment Agreement

This is a sample non-compete agreement between two corporations where one corporation is a publisher.

Agreement for the financing, design, construction, and operation of a project. Includes provisions regarding financing, property developments, scope of works, program and progress, operation and maintenance, land, environmental protection, project monitoring, and other considerations.

This is a sample employment standards and practices employee handbook.

An extensive discussion on how to prepare and handle yourself at board meetings.

This article shows how continued growth across the GCC has given rise to more hiring of dedicated In-House Counsel.