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This is a confidentiality and acknowledgment agreement between a company and recipient.

In this Sample Trade Secret Policy, in-house counsel can review informative language about trade secrets and how to define them for potential new employees in the United States.

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 sample form is a basic letter of intent for an acquisition.

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

This is a confidentiality agreement involving a company as agent and on behalf of certain funds and accounts.

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.

Testimony of Mark B. Sheppard, 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 is a sample services agreement where consultant agrees to perform certain professional real estate consulting services in identifying and recovering overcharges in its occupancy and utility costs.

This is a sample litigation hold memo.

This is a sample convertible promissory note.

This is a sample arbitration agreement.

Work-life balance and other issues still challenge women GCs.

This is a sample services agreement between a California based corporation and an individual consultant.

Bribery and corruption, embezzlement, conflicts of interest, data breaches, workplace bullying: Internal investigations often are complex and high-stakes undertakings. Cross-border investigations raise additional challenges. In this session, through hypothetical situations and an overview of related scientific research, attendees will learn how to guard against the most common mistakes organizations make when investigating allegations of wrongdoing. You will also walk away with practical information that will help you execute lawful, effective investigations — including tips related to data protection, witness interviews, and cultural and language differences.

A review of legal privilege for in-house counsel in various jurisdictions around the world.

This is a sample amended and restated employment agreement between the company and its executive regarding the state of New York.

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

The capital markets for corporate securities suffer from an inherent information asymmetry. As a way of both improving the quality of and bonding the credibility of its disclosures, so as to reduce its cost of capital, a company will hire various outsiders—such as an outside auditor and underwriters—to function as reputational intermediaries.

This article details how international arbitration proceedings are governed in Switzerland.

This is a sample receivables purchase agreement regarding Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy.

The changing landscape of the American legal profession brings with it an ever-evolving set of concerns for attorneys and their employers. Over the past three decades increased lawyer mobility and the growing trend towards moving legal work in-house has fueled ethical and business-related concerns. These concerns include the need for confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property and other proprietary information, the potential for economic harm to the employer and the individual attorney respectively, and the increased potential for conflicts of interest. As a result, the past decades have also seen a marked increase in the use of anticompetitive covenants and consequently litigation related to anticompetitive covenants. This article attempts to predict the final outcome of the legal status of non-compete agreements as applied to in-house counsel.

The Corporate & Securities Law Committee and the Employment & Labor Law Committee of the Association of Corporate Counsel ("ACC") are pleased to have this opportunity to provide comments on behalf of ACC with respect to the proposed amendments to the proxy statement executive compensation disclosure rules which the Securties and Exchange Commission (the Commission) published in the Federal Register on February 8, 2006.

This is a sample employment agreement between a company and its President and Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director specific to the state of Colorado.

To better understand the state of work-life balance among in-house lawyers, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), the world’s largest organization dedicated to corporate counsel, reached out to more than 30,000 lawyers. This study explored the perceptions, experiences and intentions of in-house counsel by tenure, department size, industry, region, gender, caregiving status and other key metrics. Findings from this study provide insight into how organizations and leaders can benefit from the positive business outcomes of encouraging and fostering a climate of work-life balance for corporate lawyers.

This holding considerably relaxes the requirements for listed stock corporations downgrading their listing from the regulated market segment to the unregulated market segment or completely delisting from a stock exchange. This new delisting regime will, in particular, be relevant for companies seeking cost savings in restructuring scenarios as well as for companies with a small free float.

This is sample agreement between an artist and a purchaser who desires the creation of a work of art. It includes specifications for scope of work, date of delivery and ownership of the work.

This is a sample sales representative agreement between a company and partner.

We are often asked questions about whether certain steps are necessary for procedural fairness. For example, do we need to put written allegations to a respondent? What if someone attends an interview with a lawyer? How long should we give an employee before asking for a response to allegations? There is often no simple answer. A number of factors are relevant in determining whether there has been procedural fairness.

A review of reorganization procedures under Brazilian bankruptcy law.