The changing landscape of the American legal profession brings with it an ever-evolving set of concerns for attorneys and their employers. Over the past three decades increased lawyer mobility and the growing trend towards moving legal work in-house has fueled ethical and business-related concerns. These concerns include the need for confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property and other proprietary information, the potential for economic harm to the employer and the individual attorney respectively, and the increased potential for conflicts of interest. As a result, the past decades have also seen a marked increase in the use of anticompetitive covenants and consequently litigation related to anticompetitive covenants. This article attempts to predict the final outcome of the legal status of non-compete agreements as applied to in-house counsel.
1 January 2014 saw the implementation of Basel III in the European Union (EU) via the Capital Requirements Directive IV (CRD IV) and the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). These twin pieces of regulatory reform represent the biggest change to capital requirements for financial institutions since the financial crisis. The combined reforms introduce new capital, leverage and liquidity requirements, whilst also introducing new concepts such as capital buffers and imposing regulatory frameworks on securitisations, derivatives trading and remuneration policies. Read this series of briefing papers on the impact of CRD IV and the CRR.
In this insight report the author comments on global M&A activity and trends across different sectors and markets and offer our view on how the market may develop in the months ahead.
This is a review of the availability and process of mediation in 21 jurisdictions across the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe.
China is at a turning point. Propelled to be the world’s second largest economy by thirty years of exponential GDP growth, China now faces a slowdown and significant macro-economic questions. Compounding this is the constant, and dramatic, evolution of the global economic landscape. China’s response will determine its own role on the world stage for at least the next thirty years and significantly impact the rest of the world.
This primer provides an overview of how the competition legislation is currently enforced in the UK by the OFT. The OFT has noted that detecting and taking enforcement action against cartels is a priority and there is likely to be high financial penalties for taking part in cartel activity.
This primer provides an overview of cooperation with other jurisdictions in the application of the EU competition rules together with an understanding of the jurisdictional limitations, affirmative defences and exemptions. It discusses in detail the framework principles for the Commission’s leniency policy set out in the Commission Notice on Immunity from Fines and Reduction of Fines in Cartel Cases (the Leniency Notice).
Under Russian labor legislation, relevant employment duties and obligations should be defined in the employment contract. It is important that these duties and obligations are broadly defined because an employee cannot be required to perform tasks outside of the scope of duties described in his/her employment contract.
This InfoPAK is intended to provide law students and recent graduates with information about the role of in-house counsel and how to pursue a career in this field.