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GCs have a great opportunity to evolve their roles into that of a "lawyer-statesman." Learn to lead with concern about both private good and public interest.

This is a sample form of guarantee agreement.

This is a sample Sales Agreement between a hotel and a group where the hotel agrees to hold the space listed in the agreement on a tentative basis until a certain date.

This is a sample Independent Contractor Agreement.

Discuss what key IP rights and risks you should be mindful of; Learn to take the necessary steps to protect valuable corporate assets on a national and global scale, and how not infringe on the intellectual property rights of others; Learn to spot and respond to common issues in advertising, trademarks, licensing and other areas so that you leave empowered to respond accordingly; and Discuss the ins and outs of nondisclosure agreements and receive a few samples to take back to the office.

This publication has been prepared to provide an overview to foreign investors and business people who have an interest in doing business in Turks & Caicos.

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This is a sample consulting agreement between a company and an independent contractor.

Learn which regulations may impact your normal course of doing business (e.g., how confidentiality clauses in settlement agreements with clients and employees could run afoul of FINRA rules and whistleblowing laws). Discuss unique challenges facing the financial sector on the interplay with social media and advertising, securities offerings, loan application communications, the Community Reinvestment Act and more. Explore how your organization may be impacted by non-financial focused regulation such as HIPAA, state ban-the-box rules and the JOBS Act.

These are "Strawman" termsheet definitions.

This is a sample master professional services agreement.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from questions and responses posted on the New to In-house Law eGroup, addresses an employer issuing a termination notice for breach of contract based on subcontractors failure to meet construction schedules.

This TopTen suggests a ten-step process for in-house lawyers to follow in making the transition from awareness that a new law has been adopted, or an existing one changed, to adopting sustainably compliant business practices.

This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from questions and responses posted on the Employment & Labor Law eGroup,* addresses whether an employer requires documentation from an employee's physician to return to work after taking a medical leave/short term disability.

Our job description as in-house counsel often includes common themes: (i) assisting our company in achieving its business goals and (ii) ensuring that our company does not take on undue risk. This Top Ten is designed to help you identify and evaluate these common risk exposures that arise in commercial contracts.

This multiple tab spreadsheet provides a data capture form, with definitions and a template for data input fields (provides guidance on WHAT to track to generate metrics). Also included: dashboards for Metrics and Expanded Metrics.

This Guide is a summary of the law and procedures relating to restructuring trusts in Bermuda. It should be read in conjunction with the Appleby “Guide to Trusts in Bermuda”.

This is a sample agreement regarding information that is proprietary, non-public or confidential concerning the Company.

This is a sample HIPPA Privacy Policy

These are sample selected model clauses for software license agreements.

This is a sample confidentiality agreement between two companies where one company has subsidiaries.

IP and Innovation - presentation held in Melbourne 23 May 2017.

This article details the recommendations proposed by the task force and how they represent significant modifications to the Model Rules on issues that will have a substantial effect on corporate lawyers

In this article, in-house counsel will learn more about Legal Professional Privilege in Australia. Some areas that will be explored are: in-house counsel’s ethical responsibilities, employment contract tips, top tips for maintaining legal professional privilege, and internal education material.

This is a sample confidentiality agreement between two companies where the recipient desires that the company provide certain information in order to enable recipient to evaluate the possibility of entering into a definitive agreement with respect to the acquisition of the company by recipient.

This white paper explores how the GC can be leveraged as a corporate culture influencer, and how their standing and stature vis-à-vis the CEO and other C-suite executives should be a topic of board inquiry.

Make sure your new value-based fee structures with law firms are successful by focusing on forging long-term relationships, goal alignment, and solid project management. In this session, we’ll discuss how to assess firm project management capabilities, and ways to manage the outside counsel interface over the life of a matter to ensure you are satisfied with outcome. We’ll cover tools and techniques of successful project management, such as defining scope, requirements and milestones up front, conducting progress assessments along the way, ensuring the budget is on track (and how to anticipate and deal with variances), and concluding matters with assessments that foster continuous improvement.

While union membership continues to decline, there is no shortage of new legal issues. This panel will provide an in-depth analysis into new legislation and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions related to unfair labor practices, union elections, protected concerted activity in non-union environments and more. Discover the effect of the NLRB decisions on use of email and social media in the workplace for union and non-unionized work locations. Geared for the in-house attorney with responsibility for labor law, yet broad enough for all attorneys with employment responsibilities.

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill generated an unprecedented volume of requests from litigants, Congress and governmental agencies—nearly 650 in a two-day period. The rulings of the district court and court of appeals, as well as the pending motions and appeals in the Macondo litigation, could dramatically impact the drilling and insurance industries. They present several issues of first impression with regard to jurisdiction, interplay between federal and state environmental law, liability under key federal environmental statutes, indemnity/risk allocation, fines and penalties, additional insured coverage and proper and ethical management of the hundreds of document and information requests in litigation and governmental investigations. Compliance is key. Parties and individuals who violate legal mandates will be held accountable. Learn how these rulings can be crucial to in-house litigators for crisis response and preparedness, and to transactional counsel who negotiate agreements within these evolving parameters.