A social media policy is highly desirable for setting clear standards in the workplace, but employer regulation of employees' out of work activities must be reasonable. Read this article to learn how you can use a social media policy for your employees.
A case study on joint ventures in Africa. This resource includes a chart to help align discussion of potential issues and organize thoughts and questions.
Brazil's 2014 Anti-Corruption Law introduces administrative and civil liability on legal entities for illicit acts practiced against local and foreign public administration. Learn more about how this law will be enforced. This article is in Portuguese.
To prevent losing legal professionals to competitors, here are three major factors that affect retention rates and tips on what you can do to help your best people want to stay with your firm.
On 19 March 2013, under file No XI ZR 431/11, the German Federal Supreme Court clarified the circumstances in which an investor may have a misselling claim against a “direct bank” (i.e. a bank holding an account for the deposit of securities on an execution-only basis only).
The purpose of this brief note is to help market participants make contingency plans where the political crisis involving Ukraine results in sanctions and embargoes, exchange controls, expropriations and the break up of Ukraine. It focuses in particular on the legal impact these events might have on financial contracts, such as bond issues, bank loan agreements, deposits and investments. It does not deal with wider political and economic consequences, such as the impact on a country’s economy and its banking system.
On 31 August 2012, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed amendments to the Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China (the Amended Law), which entered into force on 1 January 2013. The Amended Law strengthens the Chinese arbitration regime in two important respects: narrowing the statutory grounds upon which PRC courts can refuse enforcement of domestic arbitration awards, and allowing parties to arbitration proceedings to apply to the PRC courts for interim measures before the commencement of those arbitration proceedings.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently emphasised the importance of its responsibilities in relation to the prevention of financial crime within those sectors of the UK financial services industry that it regulates. The term “financial crime” encompasses a broad range of areas that are relevant for UK and international financial institutions, including: data security, money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery and corruption, fraud and sanctions breaches.
This is a sample non-compete agreement between a buyer and seller.
This is a sample subordination and attornment provision for a landlord/tenant agreement.