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An overview of issues related to the acquisition of a brand in an M&A deal. Focuses on issues in a post-acquisition context.

This article is a review of the public competition enforcement in Switzerland.

This article discusses how and when to use special committees in corporate governance matters and offers practical tips for dealing with the issues facing special committees, especially in interested fiduciary transactions.

LEADING PRACTICES IN COMPENSATION PROGRAMS AND RETENTION STRATEGIES FOR IN-HOUSE LAWYERS: What Companies are Doing

In this article, in-house counsel can learn more about investing in businesses based in the Philippines and developing commercial relationships. This resource was published by Meritas in February 2018.

How do in-house counsel deal with ethically sensitive situations before they rise to a legal risk? Panelists will examine real-life ethical issues anonymously submitted by participants and examine ethical risks and possible solutions. Audience perspective and participation is welcome! While not limited to an examination of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, this session will discuss selected rules in the context of the scenarios presented such as MRPC 1.6 (Confidentiality of Information); 1.13 (Organization as Client); 4.1 (Truthfulness in Statements to Others).

2011 ACC Annual Meeting session materials which give an overview of legal project management. Includes tips re. scoping, budgeting, team planning, execution/management, and post-project reviews.

No, this isn’t a futuristic discussion of how technology will replace your staff (so tell the kids to go back to their homework - you can handle this one yourself). John H. Ogden, of Werner & Pfleiderer Corporation and Krupp USA Financial Services imparts his down-to-earth strategies for making a virtual department out of part-time attorneys, legal research firms, contract attorneys, networking, and retained counsel.

This program will address key issues in contract drafting, negotiation, execution and management. Such issues will include the role of counsel in the drafting process, drafting techniques with regard to recitals, definitions, primary and economic operating provisions, representations and warranties, and convenants and conditions. A discussion will also be held on how a legal department can become a better facilitator in the contracting process. It is expected that the presenters will include both inside and outside counsel, and the attendees will be provided with realistic examples from which to develop additional skills.

D&O insurance can play a critical role in funding bet-the-company litigation and protecting the company's directors and officers. Seemingly innocuous differences in policy wording can make a critical difference in determining whether coverage is in fact available when a claim is made. This session will address policy wording, which requires special attention when coverage is purchased, negotiating strategies with your proposed insurance carrier and key provisions, which may come into, play once a claim is made.

This article will summarizes the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence, explains the CFPB’s proposal and its legal basis, and outline steps companies can take to address the regulation before and after it goes into effect.
(Editor Note: CFPB enacted the final rule on July 10, 2017. On Oct. 17, 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled the CFPB's funding mechanism was unconstitutional. On Nov. 14, 2022, the CFPB filed a writ of certiorari with the US Supreme Court requesting review of the decision in the 2022 term.)

Digitalization imposes, and almost automatically requires, the use of electronic signatures. An overview of the North American legal framework illustrates certain technicalities and misconceptions related to e-signatures.

Read Part Two of Ron Pol's column on customer service- his ten points on dealing with poor customer service.

Bob Feldman discusses an equestrian contract case dealing with a boilerplate anti-assignment provision. The case is current enough to be of interest to
high tech practitioners, as well as provocative enough to grab the attention
of all who dabble in contract land.

Measuring and tracking return on investment (ROI) can be a constant priority for law departments. However, the tools used to measure ROI can vary depending on your law department's size. This article highlights the tools small law departments can use to demonstrate value.

Take an appropriate cone and slice through it continuously at an angle. What do you get? A curve. Choose one of three: An ellipse, a parabola, or a hyperbola—depending on how you angled your slice. These three curves are famously known as the conics, no doubt because of their quite conical origin. Read More . . .

Read this article and learn which terms to avoid when freshening up your resume.

Being an in-house attorney is a lot like being a parent. Parenting skills are of greatest use to in-house counsel
when it comes to saying “no.” Or more accurately, the trick is getting your client to say “no.”

Are the convoluted indemnification clauses that have grown as they have been passed down through the ages necessarily the most clear? Read what Bob Feldman has to say about the topic.

Outlines examples of the tolerated practices that invite the kind of self-dealing and corrupt practices by corporate directors and officers and provides corporate governance practices that will maximize the risk of costly and crippling corporate scandals.

Discusses how a cultural inventory can help identify opportunities to improve working relationships, internally and with key providers.

Phil Strauss gives advice on how to avoid allowing perception of your legal department from becoming reality.

Fewer female chief executive officers have the weapons corporations typically use to fight off hostile takeovers than their male counterparts. While that’s won their companies the approval of good governance watchdogs, it’s made them more vulnerable to activist investors.

Sample non-disclosure and invention assignment agreement for intellectual property.

How should employers classify employees after the enactment of California’s AB-5? In this checklist, learn more about the historical context of employee classification and how AB-5 can impact your company.

Intake form to assist effective contract review request, routing and creation.

This risk assessment framework is intended to assist you in identifying the key internal and external competition risks facing our business.

"Being a CLO for a small law department is more than just adopting the title. It is being part of what makes your company thrive." Read more of Sarena Straus' thoughts on practicing in a small law department.

The key to managing projects is to realize that you can’t “do” a project; rather, you can only “do” an action. That’s right—one action at a time. Of course, knowing which actions to take, in which order—that’s the tricky part!

This Career Path series on Maxims of Corporate Success now faces the most important topic of all: Managing Yourself.