Employers today in the United States offer a robust menu of employee benefits, many subsidized heavily under US federal and state tax laws. But these subsidies often come with many strings attached.
As in-house counsel, we are sometimes called upon to review and/or negotiate leasing agreements. However, many of us lack real estate experience. This lack of experience can lead to being locked into an agreement with unfavorable terms for a long time. This Leasing Agreements Primer will provide a basic level of knowledge for in-house counsel, including clauses that should be included, clauses that can cause trouble and pitfalls to avoid.
Getting Away from the Hourly Rate - The Counterproductive Effects of Billing Time Part 2 of 4
Some agency regulators or enforcement authorities will request your client’s privileged communications. This session will explore the circumstances under which your business runs the risk of that exposure and how your company can respond. The panel will discuss how regulators and enforcement authorities now approach privileged communications; what the approaches imply for how in-house counsel should communicate with their clients; and from the perspective of an enforcement authority, what options in-house counsel have in responding to requests for privileged information.
This program will keep you from being court sanctioned. It will discuss how and when to implement legal holds, what to include in a legal hold to prevent court sanctions, how to make responding to legal hold requests more efficient, and when to hand the ball off to outside counsel. Ever wonder about the structure of a legal hold (what to include, what to leave out), how to initially respond to a legal hold request from an external party in order to retain the ability to negotiate scope and costs in the future, or how to seamlessly hand the claim off to outside litigation counsel? You will find out all of this and also receive examples of good and bad legal holds.
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An assessment of leadership success factors including strategic leadership, business acumen, relationship management, personal attributes, and execution results.
This document’s purpose is to illustrate possible metrics to be considered when measuring an Intellectual Property Portfolio.
This is a sample key employee agreement.
This is a sample employment agreement between the company and the President of its subsidiary.
This case arises out of Defendant IE's alleged breach of a teaming agreement which it entered into with Plaintiff Cyberlock for the purpose of obtaining a contract award from the federal government.
UK Technology License Agreement
This is a sample form of guarantee agreement between a company and a financial institution.
Flow chart for reporting up the ladder, as required by Sarbanes Oxley.
Sample time management matrix.
This is an amendment and restatement of an employment agreement originally dated, between the Company and Executive (the Existing Agreement ), which amends and restates an employment agreement originally dated, between the Company and the Executive.
This resource is a checklist of five points to guide individuals on how to transition from one job to the next.
This is a sample certificate of formation for the state of Delaware.
A coalition of companies and investors released a draft framework for reporting on sustainability and financial information in a combined format.
Jan/Feb's See This highlights the most interesting tidbits from the latest ACC Research — this time from the feted Cybersecurity survey.
This paper is a study of antitrust compliance programs in China through interviews with Chinese practitioners and professors.
This is a sample master services agreement between a limited liability company and a contractor.
FRC Letter UK Seat at the Table
Getting Away from the Hourly Rate - Clearing the Hurdles Part 1
This article examines how the Chinese National Intelligence Law (“NIL") applies differently to Chinese parent companies compared to companies owned by non-Chinese parent companies.
This article addresses whether outside investigative counsel are subject to the up-the-ladder reporting requirements of Part 205 or whether they ultimately retain control over that decision.
Makes the case for reform of our civil justice system and suggests action items for in-house counsel to influence the change.
You have been the very picture of prudence. You run every important decision by your primo outside counsel so that, if anything goes wrong, you have a chip shot "advice of counsel" defense. Well, something has gone wrong. Your tax shelter goes awry. Your securities filings are attacked. Your internal investigation is challenged. Your interpretation of a contract is held in bad faith. Your lawyers send in the A-team litigators for your defense. So far, so good. But wait! The plaintiff has subpoenaed your trial lawyers' firm? What's this business about implied waiver?
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