Learn about key trends to watch in privacy and data protection in New Zealand in 2023.
This Leading Practices Profile, which updates 2010’s Leading Practices in Privacy and Data Protection: What Companies Are Doing, examines the data security and privacy practices of six companies with operations spanning the globe.
The General Counsel Excellence Report highlights <br />the growing commercialization of the role and the <br />increasing opportunities for savvy corporate counsel.
This paper highlights the value and importance of a direct reporting structure between the General Counsel (GC)/Chief Legal Officer (CLO) and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), as well as direct access by the CLO to the Board of Directors (BOD). When a CLO can directly influence and shape corporate strategy and culture they are reflecting and reinforcing the values of their organisation.
This article on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) reviews the principal U.S. tax considerations influencing M&A transaction structuring. Following the discussion are “Deal Points” on important considerations in the purchase or sale of a business: what to do, and what at all costs not to do.
As companies become more global both in their thinking and practice, how do in-house counsel lead the way for success? In this article, learn how to integrate cultural understanding to better succeed in a new jurisdiction like Asia-Pacific.
This article highlights the issue of public distrust of Artificial Intelligence (AI), with nearly half of Australia’s population believing AI will harm them. The resource summarizes then summarizes the key points made in a landmark review released by the United Kingdom's (UK’s) Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation regarding bias in AI.
In this article, the skills and expertise need to succeed as a 21st century General Counsel (GC) as are examined.
This article explores how increased opportunities and regulation surrounding data has impacted Hong Kong businesses. This resource was produced in March 2019.
This article focuses on one of the three principal types of transactions used in merges and acquisitions (M&A), a Stock Purchase, and discusses specific issues and attributes of Stock Purchase deals, and in section III, reviews the common elements of Stock Purchase Agreements, the main transaction document used to put a Stock Purchase deal together. Following the discussion are “Deal Points” on important considerations in the purchase or sale of a business: what to do, and what at all costs not to do.
This publication focuses on pivotal legal and regulatory developments in and affecting Hong Kong and the region over the past year, and highlight what to watch out for in the coming lunar Year of the Rabbit.
In this multi-jurisdictional guide, explore an overview of key legal issues, rules and developments regarding fintech across a range of jurisdictions.
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).
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.
Learn about the implications of climate risk for the financial sector, financial risk, litigation, and greenwashing.
In this member profile, Freya Smith discusses how to build an in-house team from the ground up.
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.
New vision and skills for new times. Progressive in-house lawyers at all levels are looking to do more than provide legal advice. To do that it is essential to develop "non-traditional" business skills and to know how to apply these in new ways of working.
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.
Social Media and the In-house Lawyer - Drawing the line and managing the risks - presentation held in Tasmania 22 February 2017.
As the nature of in-house counsel's responsibilities change, so do their work environments. In this article, learn how to keep in touch, interact and succeed with a physically dispersed team.
This material provides an overview of the various factors that a foreign investor should consider when establishing a business in New Zealand.
This is a sample drug and alcohol policy for FMCSA-covered employees
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