This brief resource (Quick Counsel) explores the meaning and implications of a "joint and several" clause in a contract.
In this short article, explore an overview of regulations and issues relating to the use of e-Signatures, with a focus on the European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
This panel of securities litigation and regulatory enforcement counsel will review recent insider trading trends in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada. The panel will review how the courts and securities regulators have dealt with insider trading cases and provide practical tips on how in-house counsel can protect their corporation if proceedings begin against an employee for insider trading.
This article analyzes three court cases claimed to contain "ambiguity" or "ambiguous words."
This presentation describes the purpose of a whistleblower program.
Securities regulators in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada are reviewing and making new changes to policies and rules relating to whistleblowing. This panel will review key changes to whistleblower policies implemented by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, UK Financial Conduct Authority, and Canadian provincial securities regulators. Attendees will also receive practical advice on how in-house counsel can protect their corporations and ensure that they are in compliance with changing whistleblower policies.
This is a discussion paper on financial options to assist in the battle against online IP Piracy in the United Kingdom.
DSAs provide co-licensees with a greater degree of security in the event of a decommissioning default. If a party to the DSA falls into financial difficulty, its security is called upon and the funds are held in a trust until the decommissioning is completed.
In most cases, firms do not acknowledge disability groups as protected minorities under the title of diversity. As a result, those with disabilities receive the bare minimum in protections from the US Department of Labor, and often struggle to defend themselves against employment discrimination or workplace exclusion. Why have people with disabilities been overlooked from diversity protections and how can in-house counsel play a pivotal role in changing this for the better?
This sample agreement is drafted on the basis that the Service Provider owns the rights in the software that is to be maintained, and that the Customer has entered into a software licence agreement with the Service Provider authorising the Customer to use that software