Learn about changes to Iowa privacy law, effective January 1, 2025, to protect consumer data.
Timothy Phillips, senior counsel at the American Cancer Society, discusses a variety of tax issues facing charities and nonprofits.
A perspective on mergers and acquisitions in Europe in 2022 and 2023.
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).
Learn about the implications of climate risk for the financial sector, financial risk, litigation, and greenwashing.
This is a list of materials with links regarding in-house pro bono and the role of the chief legal officer.
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.
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.
In-house counsel have amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to contend with, and the high costs of complying with them tend to come from the legal department's pocketbook. Learn about how to recover from the cost of ediscovery.
On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission finalized a rule, by a vote of 3-2, abolishing the vast majority of employee covenants not to compete across the United States.
While certain health care providers will be exempted from the rule, many will not. As such, and if the rule survives legal challenge, health care industry participants should carefully consider how the rule will impact their recruitment and retention strategies going forward.
It pays to be in shape - just ask an administrator in charge of health care benefits. As costs continue to rise for insurance coverage, companies are implementing 'wellness programs' to improve the quality of life for their staff and reduce business expenses in the long run. How can you help to ensure that employees don't make themselves - and your company - physically or financially sick? This article offers up some realistic remedies.
As the availability and popularity of social media spreads, corporate America is faced with the inevitability of its employers participating while in the workplace. This trend poses new risks in data security, information management and compliance challenges, while legal and IT teams are left with the task of adapting to the subsequent business and legal threats.
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.
A list of "things" corporate counsel throughout the United Stats were glad they knew or wish they had known when they first started. Includes topics such as contracts, employment, intellectual property, litigation, and corporate dynamics.
Addresses the dangerous power that Kasky threatens to unleash on the business community and suggests how you, as in-house counsel, can stem the tide of this unwarranted expansion and help protect your company from having to defend against a meritless but costly lawsuit.
Following the collapse of Enron and other high-profile employee-owned companies, you need to revisit the issues surrounding employee buyouts before your company implements such a plan. This article will outline new regulatory proposals and help you avoid potential pitfalls.
Hurdles await any company seeking to expand its footprint outside of currently-known geographic territories. Explore key potential pitfalls and means to navigate your way to success by leveraging a global mindset at all phases of your next multinational contract negotiation.
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.
This article deals with legislation requiring private or government entities to notify individuals of security breaches of information involving personally identifiable information.
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.
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