This sample compliance plan is intended to sensitize company personnel to potential legal problems and concerns so that those problems and concerns can be promptly identified and investigated, and then addressed or corrected.
February 15, 2007
This is a sample guarantee agreement between a guarantor and a guarantee trustee.
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”.
Learn what training and information your law department should provide to its business-side clients so they can do their jobs and minimize the time the law department spends on routine, reactive issues. Learn also how to teach your attorneys to train their clients.
This is a sample master purchase agreement.
An agreement providing for the delivery of a computer software license. Includes definitions, terms for delivery, license charges, and other common provisions such as force majeure.
This is a sample convertible promissory note where the borrower is a Nevada based corporation.
Cover the basics of investigating internal complaints, preparing and responding to government inspections or investigations, and avoiding retaliation claims; Discuss how your peers use incentives to improve employees’ conduct, best practices for termination and severance agreements; and Discuss key practical tips for managing employment litigation.
This is a sample master license agreement between vendor and corporation.
A quick reference guide for comparing terms favorable to a buyer and a seller.
Getting Away from the Hourly Rate - An Efficient Team Maximizes Value Part 3
This article provides steps for preparing for the inevitable arbitration.
Read Phil Strauss' wisdom on calling on the past chapter presidents for help in running an ACC Chapter.
Duck duck goose. You might think that this is a game that ceases after kindergarten. Not really! Somewhat more sophisticated multilayered variations of chasing and choosing games continue in transactional happenings.
Seven lawyer interview questions to pose to make sure that the interviewee has the skills, experience, and character traits that fit your needs.
Read this article to learn more about the impact on Implied Warranty claims handed down in the judgment in Momax, LLC v. The Rockland Corp.
Discusses managing expectations and partnering with the right local counsel for joint ventures.
Discusses the Akzo decision and its effect on communications between in-house lawyers and their business clients.
This study found that companies targeted for board representation by hedge fund activists demonstrated a boost in their short-term stock performance. The study also found that over the longer term, targeted companies showed a dramatic improvement after the intervention, for up to five years after a hedge fund activist obtains at least one board seat.
Within the context of the international and European proposals on the resolution of banking crises, the French government published a draft banking law that proposes to ring-fence certain speculative banking activities, and to introduce a number of measures for the prevention and resolution of banking crises under French law.
This worksheet should be used in conjunction with Managing Change – A Preparation Workbook and serve as a planning document and communication piece for any change management initiative
A note from the author: A disclaimer is appropriate. I have not done any scientific or other empirical research for this article. These reflections are personal based on more than 20 years’ experience dealing with joint ventures and strategic partnerships.
Learn ways to promote better time management in your legal department.
This article contains three trends that are having an impact on today’s law offices — and legal careers.
This article shows how choosing a company name is not that simple from a legal perspective in Germany.
As employers increasingly choose to allow employees to work remotely, even as the workplace restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic wane, in many cases those workers are located outside of the employer’s regular work state. As a result, questions arise as to what laws, and state and local compliance obligations, apply.
How has the Great Recession permanently changed the perceptions of multiple generations about the workplace? How has it rearranged their priorities and goals for their professional lives? This panel discussion will address the most notable changes in the workplace -- and corporate legal departments -- in the wake of the recession and lessons learned by both employees and employers. Using an interactive approach with the audience and role-plays, our panelists also will explore generational behaviors and gaps in the workplace, myths vs. reality, and will provide legal managers with timely advice to help them manage, motivate and retain talented employee teams of all generations, both now and in the future.
This policy covers acceptable practices for obtaining and using the corporate credit card.
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