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Ten Things: Creating a Good Contract Playbook
Sterling Miller
7 pages

Contract playbooks help the legal department, executive team, and sales understand which contracts are acceptable and which contracts the company will walk away from. This article walks through the process of creating a contract playbook.

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts, Law Department Management
Region: United States
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Please join ACC Northeast and Majmudar & Partners, one of India's largest law firms, for this practical webinar on commercial contracts in India.

This webinar will cover legal and practical nuances relating to execution of commercial contracts with an Indian party, and will touch upon key legal issues on confidentiality, protection of intellectual property, restrictive covenants, anti-corruption, limitation of liability, indemnification, and damages.

Neerav Merchant, Partner and Head of Disputes at Majmudar & Partners will lead the discussion that will focus on the critical aspects relating to choosing governing law and dispute resolution mechanism as applicable for contracts with Indian counterparts, along with execution formalities, including, stamp duty, registration and electronic execution of contracts, coupled with other related aspects vis-à-vis Indian contracts

Please plan to attend this webinar and gain practical strategies to help navigate this complex environment.

Register below.  Dial-in information will be provided 24 hours in advance of the webinar.

Discussions to help you 

  • Anticipate, Identify, and Analyze key issues raised by often-litigated clauses, including:
  • Indemnification
  • Arbitration
  • Fee-shifting
  • Successor liability
  • Enforceability of term sheets and preliminary “agreements to agree”
  • Material adverse events
Implied and Express Warranties and Warranty Clauses in Contracts

A list of resources on warranties in commercial agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and consumer contracts.

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts, Corporate, Securities, and Governance
Region: Global, United States, United Kingdom, South America
India’s Growing Role in AI Innovation: Notes for In-house Counsel
Pakhi Garg
17 pages

This article discusses India's rapidly evolving artificial intelligence ecosystem, including some key areas where AI is likely to have the greatest impact and strategies for in-house counsel.

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts, Intellectual Property, Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Region: India, Global
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AGENDA:

  • 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.—Check-in / Light Breakfast

  • 9:00 a.m to 9:30 a.m.—Introduction to Negotiation; the Circle Chart Tool

  • 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.—The Seven Elements: A tool for preparing, negotiating, and evaluating outcomes

  • 10:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m.—Break

  • 10:40 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.—Negotiation Simulation and Group Preparation Exercise

  • 11:30 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.—Debrief the Exercise

  • 12:25 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.—Concluding Remarks

  • 12:30 p.m.—Lunch

Please join us on April 30th for a half-day training on negotiation and conflict resolution. Kyle Glover, a partner at Pierce Atwood LLP and an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law, will provide tools and tested best practices that will enable participants to sharpen their skills on negotiating and resolving conflict on behalf of their clients and business partners more effectively, and deepen their understanding of negotiation strategies, as well as techniques for improving the negotiation process and outcomes.   
 
The training will begin with a presentation on the key strategies in preparing for and approaching negotiations, with concrete tools for each phase of the process:

  • Preparation;
  • Negotiating with a Counterparty; and,
  • Evaluation of Negotiation Outcomes.

Attendees will participate in a tabletop exercise in order to apply the concepts provided. Following the simulation, the group will participate in a discussion on the negotiation exercise to focus on taking away the strategies and tools for everyday application.

A light breakfast and lunch will be provided.

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We’re lawyers, not accountants, right? The impact of financial reporting standards during mergers and acquisitions
Andrew Turner (Eversheds Sutherland)
2 pages

This article briefly discusses the necessity for lawyers to have an appropriate level of financial and accounting knowledge in order to understand and articulate financial principles.

This resource was originally published on the website of Eversheds Sutherland on September 13, 2023.

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts, Financial Services, Corporate, Securities, and Governance
Region: South Africa
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Auto Workers Strike: 7 Implications for In-house Counsel
Association of Corporate Counsel

Thousands of US auto workers went on strike in September 2023. Learn about the implications in-house counsel need to keep in mind for US employers and global businesses.

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts, Employment and Labor
Region: United States, Global
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