A brief overview of the Chinese law on employment contracts. Includes a review of the different types of employment arrangements, the peculiarities of each, and some issues to consider in termination, severance, and non-competition clauses.
This QuickCounsel will cover who will be included in the Order's definition of "critical infrastructure" from the private sector, what specific standards will be adopted to enhance cybersecurity, and what incentives will be created to encourage private sector adoption of the selected standards.
An overview of no-warranty clauses in Europe. Includes a review of the benefits, risks, and limits of no warranty clauses.
This Quick Overview summarizes federal legal obligations and constraints on the use of background checks in the employment context in the United States.
This QuickCounsel discusses the strategic immigration planning that needs to happen for athletes who wish to remain in the United States after their playing days are over.
A brief overview of forum selection clauses in Europe, including statutory limits, international limits, and their use in international transactions.
This brief overview (QuickCounsel) examines the use of interpreters in civil litigation in the United States, focusing in particular on depositions, including the use of "check" interpreters. The article concludes with thoughts on how to handle commonly occurring interpretation issues.
This Quick Overview discusses the importance of planning ahead for crisis and how the Board can play an integral role in appropriate and helpful crisis management in the United States.
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 QuickCounsel provides a summary of several commonly overlapping technology systems -Document Management, Contract Management, Records Management and Knowledge Management Systems- and explains their similarities and differences, as well as how they interrelate.