This QuickCounsel discusses how companies faced with subpoenas for documents in discovery disputes under US law may position themselves to invoke the Foreign Sovereign Compulsion Doctrine, in light of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
50/50 raffles conducted at sporting events are an easy way for organizations to raise funds for charity. Participants purchase tickets at a low, predetermined amount and the holder of the winning ticket is awarded half of the proceeds from ticket sales. The other half of the pot is awarded to a charitable organization.
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This checklist is a tool and guide to necessary and optional elements to negotiate and document the principal agreement or deal document in an international or cross-border joint venture (“JV”) between a U.S. party or parties and one or more non-U.S. parties.
It may sound like an odd declaration to make, but in the present state of the economy there is no such thing as a secret. This article discusses the vulnerability of a failed businesses’ private data. What happens to the once personal — and considerably privileged — information of former clients, customers, employees and patients?
This article focuses on how to treat intellectual property (“IP”) and rights to IP in U.S. M&A transactions, particularly in the technology and life sciences sectors, in which IP often accounts for a substantial amount of Target’s value in the deal.
These are Title 15, Commerce and Trade statutes and regulations.
Are you an old-story leader or a new-story leader? Find out where you stand in the spiritual awakening that is stirring in the workplace and why you should care.
The information revolution is responsible for quantum leaps in productivity and economic prosperity, but a downside has been the rise in a whole new class of crimes. With 8 primary elements, the comprehensive privacy protection and information security program described in this article is centered on people, processes, and technical management that is standards-based whenever possible.
This is a sample drug and alcohol policy for FMCSA-covered employees
This is a sample temporary employment services agreement where Company 2 is in the business of providing temporary personnel, skilled, unskilled, and professional, as required.
Learn about the metaverse and related legal issues.
Learn how to establish a "Made in USA" compliance program and avoid liability.
This panel will discuss what goes into planning and managing significant litigation that has the potential to be successful or ruinous to your company, with no middle ground. Topics will include informing your board of directors, setting strategy, managing the public relations aspects of such a case and how the amounts at stake impact settlement strategies (e.g., whether to hire jury consultants).
Commercial companies sell billions of dollars’ worth of goods and services to the federal government every year. And for many companies, government sales represent only a small portion of annual revenue.
Government contracts contain risks and liabilities not present in commercial contracts. For example, a contractor giving false or misleading information to the government risks criminal liability, and could be suspended or debarred from public contracting — and breaching a government contract may have the same consequences.
A company with even one government contract should have a compliance plan to manage federal sales risk. That plan should address all the clauses referenced in the contract. Not all clauses present the same risk. This article highlights a few high-risk clauses to consider when developing a government contract compliance plan.
This is a list of materials with links regarding in-house pro bono and the role of the chief legal officer.
The tools you need to be an efficient, effective corporate counsel.
This guide presents a general overview of health law in jurisdictions throughout the world.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high-level overview and practical analysis for public procurement issues and procedures in Canada.
This article explores how increased opportunities and regulation surrounding data has impacted Hong Kong businesses. This resource was produced in March 2019.
This articles shows how content theft sites and malware are exploited by cybercriminals to hack into internet users' computers and personal data in the United States.
Imagine you are in house at a digital/eCommerce company and your business team approaches you with plans to start selling internationally. They regale you with grand promises from global payment providers: "They'll take care of everything—local website, language translation, exchange rate, payment facilitation, etc. It's plug and play!" Not so fast. Before you get moving, there are a myriad of other essential pieces to consider: Will you be shipping physical products - if so, how and from where? Have we thought about customs duties, local product regulations, corporate tax implications, terms and conditions, and IP rights? Are there marketing and advertising restrictions in local countries? What data protection and security issues will we face? Join this session to delve into the many issues consumer-facing companies should address when seeking to expand globally.
In this ACC guide (InfoPAK), explore an overview of key legal issues that can arise from modern advertising campaigns and promotions under US law, and learn practical tip to address these challenges.
This QuickCounsel (Quick Overview) outlines what companies could have done and should be doing to protect their data against cybersecurity threats.
In this Quick Overview, in-house counsel can learn about important Intellectual Property terms that are often used when working with outside counsel in the United States.
Increasingly, non-IT companies are becoming "accidental" licensors, licensing their internally built accounting, inventory, human resources, supply chain, or other software systems in order to capitalize on these developments. If your company becomes a software licensor, you may encounter many important and problematic legal issues relevant to the modification, distribution, and protection of your code. They include the permitted use of open source code in commercial applications, clean room development, government rights in software created with government funds, intellectual property protection for software, reverse-engineering, and encryption export controls. This article analyzes these questions and more through familiar hypothetical scenarios.
Those baby boomers just won't quit! Working, that is. What challenges face companies wanting to employ older workers? Some of the hurdles include planning for employees who want flexible schedules to meet family demands, as well as financial concerns such as social security earnings limitations.
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