This is an article on "The Principles of Community Oriented GPL Enforcement."
Template technology implementation charter and high-level project plan.
A sample subcontractor agreement between a contractor and a United Kingdom company. The company is a worldwide consultancy business, and it has agreed to appoint the contractor as a contractor on a non-exclusive basis to provide professional services on the terms and conditions set forth in this agreement. Provisions include: contractor's fees, contractor's expenses, indemnification, termination, status of relationship, etc.
An area of growing interest among corporate legal departments (and law firms) as a means of improving efficiency is the use of contract automation.
How many employees have you had off work sick in the last year? Do you struggle to manage these absences? Would more detailed medical information about each employee's condition help you? Two recent cases provide useful guidance for employers in obtaining, and using employee medical reports.
This is a very basic, plain-English set of bylaws for an Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(6)-type organization, i.e., a trade association or professional society or similar.
In this article, learn how to respond if you receive a software audit request.
company consulting agreement from Cyprus
When do you need acquired business financial disclosures in a prospectus under the SEC's amended rules?
In addition to the professional requirements, and the risks of sanctions or adverse decisions, corporate counsel must avoid the high costs of excessive collection and processing by outside vendors -- and the resulting increases in review costs as well.
An experienced panel of in-house counsel, savvy in the ways of internal politics, will discuss successful methods of law department integration, as well as softer skills in developing relationships within the business necessary for the integration of the legal department as a true business partner adding value. All legal departments face the pressures of lowering expenses as a “cost center” while rarely showing value in the traditional sense a business team is familiar with: revenue generation or “profit.” Panelists will share experiences and stories of success and failure, answer your questions and invite you to share your own stories.
This overview discusses Hong Kong’s less regulated employment laws compared to China and other jurisdictions.
DSAs provide co-licensees with a greater degree of security in the event of a decommissioning default. If a party to the DSA falls into financial difficulty, its security is called upon and the funds are held in a trust until the decommissioning is completed.
This sample or model is a very basic version of an agreement with, or charter for, a chapter or affiliate.
This is a sample employment and post-employment activities agreement.
Goal oriented decision making can sometimes lead to ethical pitfalls and failures. In this article, in-house counsel can learn some tips about how to avoid a narrow focus that can lead to untenable positions.
This is a sample form of collateral assignment of acquisition documents by a company to a lender, in the context of secured financings used to fund the acquisition of assets or stock of a third party.
This is a sample confidentiality, non-disclosure and non-circumvention agreement between two companies.
STATEMENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE COUNSEL (ACC)
BEFORE THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION
Testimony presented by Linda Madrid, 3/17/04
As we have learned, disaster can strike anywhere and at any time, and when it does, it is usually too late to plan for it. This program will focus on the role of a company’s legal department in the planning and execution of a successful crisis management program. This panel will contemplate what worked and what didn’t work at several companies following a natural or unexpected disaster, including unexpected challenges, contingency planning that was ineffective and things that were learned as a result of having to “work on the fly.”
ACC Comments on Proposed Advisory Opinion in Scharrer v. Fundamental Administrative Services
Andrea Jung discusses her rise to the top and challenges women CEOs face.
An overview of the amended law regarding exempted Segregated Portfolio Companies (SPCs) in the Cayman Islands.
Training presentation for educating employees on how to write audit and incident reports for workplace safety and health.
Like it or not, numbers matter. This is particularly true in workforce affairs. What numbers? Pay, demographics and performance ratings, to name just a few. Knowing your organization’s numbers—and when to look at them, how to interpret them and what to do with them—can help you guide your organization proactively through events ranging from the routine administration of compensation and benefits to the most extraordinary corporate transaction. This session will cover best practices, including proactive pay equity studies, adverse impact analyses related to reorganizations and reductions in force, hiring and other employment actions. It also will highlight the latest statistical issues in litigation.
A final order determining the revocation of a Conditional Leniency Agreement to have been fundamentally unfair.
In the context of cross-border transactions, whether acquisitions, investments or financings, it is important to understand the implications of using established transaction agreement precedents in multiple jurisdictions; including the use of the binding and non-binding letter of intent (LOI), the signed and unsigned agreement, the obligation to negotiate and execute in good faith, the application of the miscellaneous clauses and especially whether you think your agreement is the “entire agreement.” In Canada, there are two legal traditions (English Common Law and Quebec Civil Law), which in certain circumstances differ from US common law; these differences must be noted before entering into negotiations. The standard form contract or boilerplate may burn you if you are not careful. Panelists will review the traditional transaction steps between offer or LOI to the definitive agreement and specific provisions that are drafted the same but used in different jurisdictions.
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