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This resource from Latham & Watkins will help you navigate the US portion of a global IPO.

Checklist, US, OSHA

This article discusses Asia mergers and acquisitions, understanding the differences between English and US approaches.

This InfoPAK is designed to help a company understand three areas of US law that regulate efforts to influence government decision-making: campaign finance law, lobbying disclosure law, and gift law. In this day and age, a successful company often needs to: (1) participate in selecting those who control government; (2) know what disclosure consequences arise from lobbying government; and (3) avoid nasty pitfalls relating to developing friendships in the government sector. Originally published in September 2009, updated in September 2015.

This checklist presents key issues regarding the U.S. International sanctions regime and their impact on energy markets.

This article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision that “clarified” and changed the religious accommodation standard under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act that employers and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have relied upon for more than 46 years.

This is a U.S. Tax primer on dual status individuals.

A list of resources and a brief description of materials and websites with information on relationships with outside counsel.

Approximately 40 US states require charitable solicitation registration, and navigating the maze of laws and registration/renewal regulations can be laborious. While many nonprofits outsource registration management to law firms or specialized companies, others elect to complete registrations on their own. For nonprofits seeking to do this work in-house, learn some pointers that help guide counsel through the nuances and pitfalls of charitable solicitation registration.

This is a sample response letter in reply to a claim that a photo on a company's website infringes a copyright, such as a claim from a copyright troll.

On June 7, 2022, US Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced a bipartisan bill to regulate the cryptocurrency/digital assets market. While the Lummis-Gillibrand Bill will no doubt undergo substantial amendments before - and if - it becomes law, its bipartisan provenance points to likely directions for U.S. crypto/digital assets law and regulation. This article explains why some of the Lummis-Gillibrand provisions are revolutionary.

The US Supreme Court sided with a football coach who asserted the right to pray on a football field after a game, and held there was no bar to the prayer. These resources discuss what this means to employers.

This is a sample employee handbook with state specific appendices.

Global sanctions can present challenges to in-house counsel because sanctions can potentially impact the foreign businesses and individuals a US company may deal with. Geopolitical events can also affect a company’s interactions with vendors in other countries, which can in turn affect a US company’s customers and investors.

This interactive session will take participants through a case study involving a traditional business trying to compete with a disruptive online competitor. Faculty will guide attendees to identify ways in which the traditional business could use disruptive technology in its own operations and will focus on the legal issues that the traditional business must resolve to migrate to more innovative service offerings. Key issues discussed will include: How can the traditional business learn from its disruptive competitors to become more flexible? What regulatory issues could impact the transformed business? Is the new business proposition lawful? What is the applicable legal framework for the business? How will the traditional business implement the new arrangements (i.e., can the transformation be carried out in-house or will external resources be required)? What will be the key legal challenges in the operation of the transformed business?

Unclaimed property examinations and new types of regulatory inquiries will pose major challenges for US companies in 2024.

This article discusses litigation, enforcement, and regulatory trends related to unclaimed property.

This matrix outlines the main US TCPA rules regarding marketing calls, texts and fax to landlines and cellphones.

This article highlights 10 key takeaways for US companies regarding the EU AI Act, which imposes a comprehensive regulatory framework for AI systems. With its extraterritorial scope, the EU AI Act may impact US companies placing AI systems in the EU market or whose AI outputs are used within the EU.

Many US states have adopted laws restricting an employer's ability to prohibit employees from possessing firearms. Employers should be aware of these top ten points when considering policies prohibiting their employees from possessing firearms during work time or on the employer's property.

Privacy laws are proliferating. This session will discuss how to implement a global privacy compliance program to address the EU Directives, as well as current updates and implementation of key country privacy laws, such the Personal Information Privacy Act in South Korea and similar laws in Malaysia and other Asian countries. This session will also address equally important US state law privacy developments.

This article deals with the European Union Unitary Patent System and what it means for US companies.

The panel will discuss US Supreme Court decisions from the past term, as well as cases slated to be heard next term, and their potential impact on business, touching on such important areas as IP, securities, class action, etc. Panelists will include in-house counsel, a government lawyer and lawyers who previously worked in the solicitor general’s office.

This article discussed the U.S. Supreme Court's recent 6-3 decision that the use of race in admissions by Harvard College and the University of North Carolina (UNC) is unconstitutional.

ACC Letter to US Department of Labor: Request for Administrator Interpretation Regarding "Volunteers" and Meeting

This resource includes two sample bylaws (Sample A - Bylaws of Association and Sample B - Bylaws of Organization). It also includes a brief overview of some of common elements included in bylaws.

A template letter notifying an eCommerce platform that protected IP is being sold on their website without the permission of the IP owner.

These are the top ten "new frontier" questions and misconceptions about Title III of the US American with Disabilities Act.