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James A. Nortz

There is a beast on the loose. It is an ever-changing, constantly expanding monster of unimaginable size and complexity that spans the globe. It can’t be bargained with and it takes no prisoners. The beast is fierce. It is pitiless. It is unrelenting. It is ... the law.

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Source: ACC Docket
Atiba Adams, Marc Gold, Smeeta Ramarathnam, Carol Ward

A list of additional resources and articles to supplement ACC's 2014 Annual Meeting session 104 - SEC Update.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
Erin Meyer, affiliate professor of organizational behavior, specializing in cross-cultural management, INSEAD
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This article focuses on the author's tool called "The Cultural Map" and the scales representing the management behaviors where cultural gaps are most common.

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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Source: Resource Library

A list of additional resources and articles to supplement ACC's 2014 Annual Meeting session 102 - Bridging Cultural Differences for Successful International Negotiations.

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Mark Webber

Like it or not, different territories have different laws. There are 28 states in the European Union and across these states there are tranches of relatively harmonised laws in certain areas. The basic underlying laws of contract and case law or codes which aid their interpretation are, however, all different. Nearly every in-house counsel has faced the task of tackling an impending overseas deal when only local state law governed terms are at hand. Staring down the barrel at an unknown legal system, a familiar scene plays out: localise or push ahead with what we've got?

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Vatican City
Ádám Illés, Partner, Director for Hungary

Hints on how to have clear legal sight if you, as an executive officer, might face liability, and how to prepare yourself to avoid or handle the different liability issues an executive officer might face.

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: Hungary
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

This InfoPAK provides a primer to assist corporate counsel in recognizing issues related to government funded research and practical tips for managing the many related requirements and obligations.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Canada, China, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States
Mary Grams, Senior Marketer at Thomson Reuters

Bitcoin poses serious risks for inexperienced investors, but Bitcoin also promises a simpler, cheaper, private way to transact online, and advocates argue that Bitcoin can be a democracy and economy builder. This Top Ten will cover questions and issues surrounding this trendy virtual currency.

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Interest Area: Financial Services
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
Ann G. Fort and Robert R. L. Kohse, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

This QuickCounsel presents how a company's reaction to a third-party patent licensing demand carries significant risks for the future and can also make a favorable outcome more or less likely.

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Interest Area: Energy and Public Utility
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States

Preliminary findings of a five year perspective on the progress of women and visible minorities in senior leadership roles in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Canada
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