This “best practices” document was drafted by the Cybersecurity Unit to assist organizations in preparing a cyber incident response plan and, more generally, in preparing to respond to a cyber incident in the United States.
This is a sample packing and fulfillment agreement.
This resource outlines six fee structures used in value billing and the incentives created by each structure. Sample engagement terms are included.
A sample checklist to help as you move through a joint venture.
While there is no one size fits all model for internal investigations, there are several important considerations that commonly arise and can be managed to avoid pitfalls like those noted above. The purpose of this paper is to discuss some practical considerations for dealing with six such considerations.
This article lists 10 practice tips for creating a defensible process for executing legal holds.
Lawyers are often viewed as great thinkers but not great managers—and legal successes can be significantly minimized or obliterated by leaving carnage along that road to case resolution or project completion.
A recent trio of hotly contested proxy fights in Canada involving Norton Rose Fulbright’s Special Situations team helped further clarify and define the rights of a board of directors to determine the timing of a shareholders' meeting.
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) published statistics regarding the use of its emergency arbitrator provisions. These show a record number of emergency arbitration applications received by the SIAC in the last year, in an increasingly broad range of sectors. Overall, the SIAC has handled 34 emergency arbitrations since this procedure was introduced in July 2010. It is a system that has been proven to work well, in itself; but there remain issues with emergency arbitration, particularly in the enforceability of emergency arbitration awards, as Ben Giaretta and Michael Weatherley explain.
This article contains a summary of the main aspects of the withdrawal right in Brazil.
This article discusses the Securities and Exchange Commission's filing of a record 807 enforcement actions in FY2015 and obtaining orders totaling $4.2 billion in disgorgement and penalties.
Global corporations face a host of challenges when doing business abroad. Among them is whether to agree to submit a dispute to an international arbitral tribunal or to consent to the jurisdiction of a foreign court. Once these decisions are made, however, how are the resulting rulings enforced? Discover the unique challenges associated with transnational enforcement of a valid award issued by a court or an agreed-upon arbitral tribunal and how to effectively resist transnational enforcement of a fraudulent or deficient judgment.
In this article, learn how to manage litigation by implementing benchmarks to create a system for evaluating, tracking and controlling litigation costs.
Non-profits as well as most businesses in the United States are formulating plans to reopen. In this article, in-house counsel will learn how to consider potential liability risks as their employees return to work. This article was originally published in July 2020.
This is a sample non-compete agreement between a corporation and its employee.
The author discusses a time when his company failed to comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Agency’s Process Safety Management standards. For years, he blamed the leadership of others; however, in this article he reflects on the role he played.
Deng Thiak Adut needs little in the way of introduction – child soldier, man of hope, Dinka-Bor survivor, advocate, 2016 NSW Australian of the Year, brother, son, and now, soon to be father. And despite all that has been written about this remarkable young man who has overcome unthinkable adversity, he doesn’t feel his story is an exceptional one.
Good Faith for In-house Lawyers - presentation held in Melbourne 22 June 2017.
This article explains how classical moral philosophy is an imperfect tool for solving real-world ethical issues and often leads to contradictory and absurd conclusions. The author takes a different approach to making sound, ethical business decisions; read this article to learn more about it.
The author uses the Open Compliance and Ethics Group’s 2012 “Governance, Risk Management and Compliance” Maturity Survey as a springboard to discuss the three critical areas that companies focus on when trying to improve their GRC system: information pipelines, dashboards, and checks and balances.
There is a beast on the loose. It is an ever-changing, constantly expanding monster of unimaginable size and complexity that spans the globe. It can’t be bargained with and it takes no prisoners. The beast is fierce. It is pitiless. It is unrelenting. It is ... the law.
The author provides a systems view analysis of workplace misconduct that goes beyond the traditional “blame and change” approach to handling complaints.
Business Ethics columnist offers a defense of Scrooge, the infamous miser from “A Christmas Carol,” on how he truly is an “ethical” man of business.
This Value Practice Resource describes how Squire Sanders challenges its attorneys to remedy disconnects between costs for outside legal services and value the client receives.
Proposed rule requires registration of Virginia in-house counsel not licensed in the Commonwealth, includes CLE requirements, professional responsibility exam and character and fitness application.
Guidelines developed by Royal Bank of Canada for their Demand Management practices used to engage outside counsel.
Sample position description for chief compliance description.
Swiss Executive Employment Agreement
This article discusses the unanimous US Supreme Court decision that has effectively disavowed the long-standing de minimis standard in Groff v. Dejoy, clarifying Title VII's undue hardship standard to mean "substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of its particular business."
Show results exclusively from the ACC Resource Library with customizable filters