Transaction standards and approaches
for mergers and acquisitions are not harmonized across jurisdictions. The vagaries in legal systems range from how diligence is used to allocate risk among the parties to the effect of post-closing remedies in a purchase agreement. Learn what levers you need to pull as in-house counsel in order to move the deal forward.
For items containing electronic parts there has been a rise in counterfeits. Recent regulations promulgated by the Department of Defense (DOD) address how to avoid procurement of counterfeits. Read this article if your company is a manufacturer or distributor of electronic parts.
Whenever commercial or industrial property is sold, leased or financed, the checklist of due diligence items includes a Phase I environmental site assessment (Phase I). This article explores what Phase Is are and why we do them.
Companies who distribute products including open source software (OSS) must comply with the terms of the license agreement(s) corresponding to that open source. This Quick Overview explains what open source software is, what obligations and potential risks arise from the use of OSS, and how OSS risk can be managed.
This QuickCounsel will address the role of social media in adhering to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines.
Chinese people can be very indirect in expressing what they want. When you offer your Chinese guests tea, it is not unusual that they say no in the first instance and agree to have some when you ask them the second time.
Anybody can supervise people, tell them what to do and, in the end, get the work done. But that is not leading. Read the author’s take on what true leadership takes and where it starts.
Following the United States Supreme Court's recent opinion in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., recognize that certain closely-held, for-profit stock corporations can hold religious beliefs.
This primer discusses market trends and recent case law. It also provides an overview of the statutory framework and substantive law underpinning the insolvency regime in England and Wales.
He won the European championship of American football as a strong safety ... two times. For several years, he was a constant envoy to North Korea. More recently, he offered assistance to the Japanese after the Fukushima nuclear disaster and facilitated the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria during a vicious civil war. Karim Hammoud, senior legal officer of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, is a lawyer on a macro level.