This resource presents ten key considerations about developing an effective Document Retention Policy (DRP) that can be used in the United States.
This Quick Overview will point out some procedural and substantial rights granted by the European Convention on Human Rights with respect to business matters.
This short article provides an overview of judicial reorganization proceedings and regulatory changes in Brazil.
This Leading Practices Profile, an update to ACC’s 2011 Crisis Management and the Role of In-House Lawyers: Company Leading Practices, features the leading business continuity and crisis management plans of four entities that share plan aspects, including core components, operational strategies, and lessons learned. The Profile also addresses the law departments’ role in prevention planning, training, risk assessment, crisis management, and continuity planning.
This Leading Practices Profile, an update to ACC’s 2009 The Role of the General Counsel in Canada LPP, describes practices implemented by the law departments of six organizations in Canada regarding law department structure, the professional development of their in-house lawyers, the selection and management of external service providers and the use of technology. Those practices were designed and intended to enable those departments to provide higher-value legal service to their respective organizations. Four of those organizations are private enterprises; one is an international, not-for-profit corporation and one is a statutory agency of a provincial government.
This article outlines how the "Reptile Theory" can be conceptualized as a planning strategy that gets plaintiff attorneys to focus early in the case on crafting the themes that will be honed through deposition, voir dire, and eventually the opening.
In this Top Ten are some important points for foreign purchasers to consider before entering into negotiations to buy land in Australia.
This checklist shows the steps employers should take before starting a workplace investigation.
This Checklist outlines a few key items that independent contractors can provide the company to show the that relationship is classified correctly and avoid misclassification of workers, which may result in significant liability to the employer.
This note provides a very brief description of user-friendly guidance provided by US federal agencies on compliance with data privacy laws.