This sample shows brewers what to use and the guidelines to follow when purchasing or placing advertising in magazines, television, radio, newspapers or digital media.
Once you get to know Swiss people and their numerous laws, which you should never bend or break, you will be very happy in Switzerland, particularly if you like outdoor activities.
Discusses corporate law department productivity including responding to the cost-cutting directive, productivity measures and reward systems, outside counsel, the question of make versus buy, and more.
Many Swiss operations of international groups benefit from special tax regimes. Switzerland will introduce significant changes to these special tax regimes in order to be compliant with international standards and to maintain its attractiveness as a location for international business. This article is addressed to tax directors of international groups with operations in Switzerland.
"Put it in writing." Those four words used to be sage advice to parties looking to ensure their legal rights. The advent of technology and the essential reliance on computers to conduct business have made the traditional battle of the forms notion almost obsolete. Today, thanks to shrinkwrap, clickwrap, and other electronic agreements, there are a myriad of ways to form a contract, and even more ways to modify it. In a nutshell, contract management has become much more difficult in the digital age.
This short resource provides an overview of the issues and obstacles that may arise when acquiring, selling, or renting out real estate in the Federal Republic of Germany.
This article explains the process of determining which investments a firm should undertake. Examples of investments include buying a new piece of equipment, increasing advertising expenditure, increasing research and investment expenditures, or acquiring another firm.
This article addresses the aim of the advisor in a due diligence exercise not to stop the client from taking all risks. Rather, it is to assist the client to make an informed decision on whether to buy and, if so, on what terms.
Check out this 2014 Tabbie and International Crystal Clarion Award-winning article! Hiring managers often look for indicators that signal a person’s character and work ethic. Because people offer much information about themselves in online profiles, websites like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter should be the perfect places for employers to turn for usable information. Be warned: When using social media to determine whether an individual should be hired (or fired), privacy and anti-discrimination laws may apply. This article offers a few guidelines on safe and effective ways to use the internet in employment decisions.
Learn about the joint statement of Ofcom and the CMA to develop coherent approaches to online safety and competition in the UK.
These guidelines will help you talk about your involvement with the corporation in an open and transparent way.
Cutting legal costs is still a high priority with many a CEO, and there's a new tool to do so: procurement analyst, or strategic sourcing professional. With novel ideas about the best vehicle(s) for buying professional services, their ideas that can either make CLOs uneasy or excited. Learn what strategic sourcing can do for your department's budget, before the CEO comes knocking with a sourcing consultant in tow.
This article shows changes in the regulatory, legal and political framework of Switzerland’s financial sector in the last few years, the consequences of which have not yet fully unfolded.
Anti-cartel enforcement has evolved substantially in Europe in recent years and the EU Commission has consistently reaffirmed its position by punishing hard-core cartels and imposing record-level fines. Companies can manage cartel investigations by setting preventive internal checks and establishing an effective antitrust compliance policy and specific guidelines for employees. Are you ready for an unannounced dawn-raid inspection visit?
After detailed consultation over the past two years, ASX recently announced its new mFund Settlement Service (mFund), which enables investors to buy (ie apply for) or sell (ie redeem) units in unlisted registered managed investment schemes (funds) through ASX participants.
In this Top Ten, in-house counsel will ten important points to consider when employers want to recruit people from states that are not part of the European Union (EU) or of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) to work in Switzerland.
This article addresses how pharmaceutical companies take precautions against activist firms when using their shares as currency for an acquisition. These bans have gone largely unnoticed by the activist managers, who say shareholders may be harmed when a company limits who can buy its shares.
This InfoPAK (now known as an ACC Guide) provides a "question & answer" guide to corporate crime, fraud and investigations in Switzerland. This guide gives a high level overview of matters relating to corporate fraud, bribery and corruption, insider dealing and market abuse. In addition, it summarizes money laundering and terrorist financing, financial record keeping, due diligence, corporate liability, immunity and leniency, and whistleblowing.
This sample provides ground rules for participating in online communications.
An overview of asset valuation, including asset based valuation, income based valuation, and market based valuation.
Use of social media and online marketing is becoming a mainstay in corporate communications. This resource outlines questions to consider when dealing with the ever-present world of social media marketing.
With over 2.55 billion people using websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, social media websites have become popular venues for many online marketing campaigns. With this QuickCounsel, learn more about the appropriate laws to consider when dealing with social media.
Increased online trading between the United States and Europe has also heightened the need for increased caution in matters of privacy and data protection. And while there are no hard and fast rules about ecommerce between the two unions, the smooth sailing of trans-Atlantic transactions may become a bit bumpy. Enter the EU Safe Harbor as a possible solution.
Learn about the Digital Markets Act that came into force on 1 November 2022 in the European Union, targeting unfair practices in the online platform economy.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a Q&A that gives a high level overview of the main trends and significant deals in Swiss construction plans.
This Top Ten outlines ten steps to fight against online defamation and restore your or your company's reputation after you or your company have been the victim of online anonymous defamation (US focus).
Recent developments have further increased pressure in the EU for Safe Harbor reform. There is a risk that, in the short-term, the Safe Harbor Program will be amended or even replaced by a more burdensome program. By the end of this year there will hopefully be more clarity on the future of the Safe Harbor Program. As long as the EU Commission’s and Switzerland’s adequacy decisions on Safe Harbor stand, the Safe Harbor Program remains an attractive tool for allowing data transfers from a data exporter based in the EEA or Switzerland to a US based data importer.
Sample abbreviated rules for advertisements on online banners, tv and radio, and print.
At the Plainfield Healthcare Center in Plainfield, Ind., a nursing assistant was subject to unfair practice because her employer honored its patients’ racial preferences. Ensure your employees’ protection from third- party harassment; a judge won’t buy that the customer is always right.
The principles and guidelines contained in this policy should be applied to all online activities.
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