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Into the Global Services Pool: Building Efficient, Responsive, and Functional Cross-Border Legal Departments

Globalization is a powerful force in today’s business climate. Driven by the need to grow and encouraged by technological advances, companies throughout the world are tapping market opportunities beyond geographic and national boundaries. Although globalization offers tremendous promise, it also presents companies with many new challenges. This article offers a glimpse into the myriad of issues that surround those decisions and outlines how some global company law departments have structured themselves in response.

Securing Global Patent Protection

Formulate a strategy that will provide protection for your company's intellectual property.

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Corporate Legal Departments: Doing More With Less in a Global Age

Read this informative article from ACC Alliance Partner, Robert Half Legal, and find key points on how to do more with less in a global age.

Doing it Right – Overseas Compliance Programs Take on New Importance in a Global Economy

This article focuses on conducting an internal investigation in order to develop and effective corporate compliance program.

PROGRAM MATERIAL

Navigating Global Compliance: Establishing Rules for Taking the High Road in the Borderless Corporation

For global companies operating across multiple jurisdictions, establishing a single set of compliance policies and guidelines that can be used around the world is a daunting challenge. With increased corporate focus on compliance activities comes a new need to coordinate with other corporate non-lawyer-led functions, such as a Chief Compliance Officer and staff, or internal controls/audit functions. Given the number of players on the field, differences in how each function understands the proper performance of their work, and increasing complexity of regulation, the reality is that there are growing opportunities for both structural confusion and compliance mandates falling through the cracks.

Successfully Preparing Your Company for Global Business

The law department must take a leadership position in preparing a corporate client for global business. Counsel should play a substantial role in the audit of the company for assets required to do business globally and should take the lead in acquiring the expertise and identifying resources for the information necessary to prepare the client. From this program, take home feature audit checklists and get examples of ways gaps can be filled in the client's resources in order to minimize the risk of operating outside of the US. In addition, you will learn steps to become better prepared to manage the provision of legal services needed for global business.

SAMPLE form & Policy

Global Policy Manual: Employee Background Investigations - Substantial Authority Employees

This policy explains the procedures for processing background investigations for prospective Substantial Authority Employees, and for existing Substantial Authority Employees' annual disclosure of background information. The purpose of this policy is to prevent the hiring and retention of Substantial Authority Employees with a known propensity to commit crime or fraud, and to ensure compliance with the provisions of the U.S. Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and other applicable state and federal law.

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Top Ten Tips To Protect And Enforce Your Company's Copyrights In The Global Marketplace

Read these ten tips on how to protect and enforce your company's copyrights in the global marketplace.