This article pertains to attorneys who work with LPO providers regularly, as well as those who might be considering using LPO for the first time.
This booklet contains two discrete but complementary dispute resolution procedures offered by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
Because every business has employees, buy-sell agreements involve employees. This article provides a practical guide to the necessary, and not-so obvious, labor and employment issues that should be on in-house counsel’s “radar screen” when conducting merger and acquisition due diligence.
This article discusses key developments in the regulation of business function outsourcing and labor dispatch in five Asian countries: China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam.
Ellen Pekilis is general counsel of CSA Group, an internationally- accredited standards development, and testing and certification organization headquartered in Toronto, Canada. In this article, she shares her experience working for an independent, not-for-profit member-based association dedicated to advancing safety, sustainability and social good.
On the transparency front, it was a busy summer for the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). In the wake of recent ‘Sunshine’ legislation in France and other EU countries, and pending transparency trials before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), EFPIA adopted no less than two brand new transparency documents: a Disclosure – ‘Sunshine’ – Code and joint Principles for Responsible Clinical Trial Sharing. It also significantly strengthened the advertisement commitments in its existing Code on Interactions with HCPs.
A review of the recent interest and penalties amnesty related to the Brazilian state sales tax on companies importing goods. Includes discussion of how companies can reduce outstanding liabilities and resolve pending litigation.
A review of "moral damages" inflicted upon on employer by its employee. Acts such as unsuitable behavior, bad procedure, competition and, in particular, the violation of professional secrecy can give rise to "moral damages."
A guide to doing business in Canada. Includes review of trade and investment regulation, foreign investment rules, environmental laws, and bankruptcy.