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Ten tips for attorneys in small law departments of closely-held corporations to balance their role as counsel, proficient advisor, skilled negotiator or zealous advocate and corporate employee officer, board member or director, and comply with their ethical obligations (with a US focus).
A sample form of preliminary legal due diligence requests in connection with the purchase and sale of capital stock, but could be readily modified for an asset purchase transaction. Focuses on legal due diligence and assumes the acquiring company and/or its accountants will separately make business and financial due diligence requests.
Discusses ACC's response to and position on the FAS 5 Exposure Draft, and what proposed amendments to the FAS 5 ACC has put forth.
Discusses standard 10b5-1 plan parameters, advantages and disadvantages of such plans, provides ten things you should know about 10b5-1 plans and includes a sales plan sample form.
State Attorneys General (AG) have emerged as the “new” regulators of note. Even if a business is compliant with federal regulations and inquiries by federal regulators, it still may face substantial exposure from investigations and litigation brought by state AGs. Yet, few companies address state AGs in their legal compliance and government relations programs. This article highlights the ever-expanding areas of law and commerce that AGs have targeted and provides tips on how to address AG-related litigation and policy initiatives in a company’s legal compliance and government relations programs.
Discusses a study in which unfamiliar participants demonstrated they could identify top-performing companies based on photos they were shown of their chief executives.
Read this 2009 Communicator Award-winning article! <br/>Discusses how legal doctrines shape the corporate social responsibility (CSR) debate, enables in-house counsel to recognize CSR for what it is and why it is important and suggests ways to deal with it in your role as corporate attorney.
Hopefully your company will never have to defend itself against a proxy contest brought on by a major activist shareholder. However, if you do find yourself drafting a settlement agreement for use in settling a proxy contest, refer to this article—which lists 10 elements that the agreement should contain—during its structuring.
Discusses what happens to the attorney-client privilege when the interest of a parent corporation and its affiliated companies diverge and ultimately become adverse, and provides useful guidance for corporate counsel representing corporate families.