403 03 Civil Rules Advisory Committee Report to Standing Committee
This article is a memorandum to the Standing Committee by the Civil Rules Advisory Committee.
This article is a memorandum to the Standing Committee by the Civil Rules Advisory Committee.
The policy conclusions expressed in this report address the mechanisms of public corporation governance in the United States, with particular emphasis on the role of lawyers. The aim of the report was to examine public corporation governance mechanisms to determine how they might be modified in ways that would enhance corporate responsibility.
Because in-house counsel are often legal generalists, the need for someone with specialized experience may often arise in the law department. James R. Buckley has had to venture into the outside counsel world to find talent to assist Lockheed Martin in a few legal matters. Here are some tips and insights into working with outside counsel and cultivating relationships with outside counsel.
One of the most important topics in corporate compliance and governance compliance is subsidiary management. In our expanding global economy, the challenges of managing subsidiaries are complex, fraught with risk, and can quickly become an administrative nightmare. In this panel, compliance and governance professionals will discuss their experiences in managing entities across the world, working with agents and outside counsel, and managing tax issues. The program is aimed at identifying lessons learned, improving work practices, and reducing the risks and expenses your organization faces in maintaining entities around the world.
This article discusses how corruption is one of the critical challenges multinationals face when doing business in China, and how pharmaceutical companies and the healthcare industry have been hit hard by the Chinese anti-corruption campaign.
This is a sample industry-academic consulting agreement where the consultant is a faculty member of the institution.
The ability to effectively manage outside counsel is essential to the success of in-house lawyers. Learn tips on selecting, evaluating, comparing, and retaining the outside counsel that best suit the organizational needs of your company. Develop lists of providers and criteria for preferred legal service providers and specialized firms, implement alternative billing models, and use legal project and process management techniques with your outside counsel to streamline your engagements.
This is a sample non-compete agreement between a company and its employee.