804 How to Respond to a Government Investigation/Inquiry: The First 30 Days. This discussion covers important topics such as protecting applicable privileges, dealing with letters of investigation, and more.
This Leading Practices Profile (LPP) presents themes, trends and leading practices of general counsel at the helm of six legal departments located in the Asia-Pacific region. The resource explores how the roles of general counsel and in-house counsel in that region have evolved from legal advisors to trusted business partners. It also provides leading practices for the success of legal teams of global organizations located in the Asia-Pacific region.
This article aims to provide the fintech industry in Hong Kong with a comprehensive study of the key features, benefits, risks and potential of Distributed Ledger Technology (blockchain).
This InfoPAK explores the case law and best principles for handling workplace investigations into employee claims of harassment and other alleged improper treatment in light of the defense provided in Faragher v. City of Boca Raton and the shield that is the attorney-client and attorney work product privileges. This InfoPAK is meant to provide an overview of the Faragher defense (especially in light of recent developments in case law) as well as the salient privileges, and then provide employers with insight on the best practices for protecting the Faragher defense as well as, where possible, the privileges, while proactively addressing employee concerns.
This program will focus on a series of case studies involving in-house lawyers who got into trouble for (allegedly or actually) violating legal ethics rules, acting improperly in response to government investigations, and assisting their employers in perpetrating fraudulent or criminal acts. We will review the case studies, discuss what the lawyers involved could have done to avoid trouble, and tease out steps that you and your law department can take to protect yourselves from the potential pitfalls highlighted by the case studies.
This is a detailed outline of the 2011 ACC Annual Meeting Session 305. It covers risk management principles, root cause analysis, and enforcement of international contracts.
This Top Ten article contains some predictions about corporate governance, regulatory risks, boundaries of the employer-employee relationship and other issues that professionals in the corporate legal department may be working on this year.
This short article explains what types of licensing and procedures are required under Brazilian law in order to exploit natural resources, and the competence of each of Brazil's federative entities to issue licenses.
In the first part of this Quick Overview, we examined how the feedstock of industrial projects in the United States should be procured so as to enhance bankability. In this third and final part, we address the purchase of the project's future production and other considerations that may affect bankability.