In this guide, explore fundamental elements such as the regulatory body, registration and exemption requirements, securities marketing regulations, sponsor or agent engagement requirements as well as any disclosure requirements and relevant considerations when dealing with the diverse mix of societies, cultures and economies within the Asia/Pacific region.
This session will discuss proven strategies for general counsel to protect their companies in high-exposure litigation through effective pursuit of contractual indemnification and insurance recovery. The panel will discuss key considerations in the negotiation and enforcement of indemnity agreements so that expected indemnities provide adequate insulation for large-scale losses and exposures. The session will pay particular attention to strategies for successfully obtaining insurance coverage for high-stakes litigation after your insurer denies coverage.
In dispute resolution, the bottom line often is the bottom line. Arbitration was conceived to be a less expensive alternative to litigation, but recent trends have chipped away at its effectiveness, making arbitration an increasingly expensive proposition. In this presentation, veteran arbitration and commercial litigation attorneys will offer battle-tested strategies for controlling costs during arbitration proceedings. Specific topics they will address include selecting an arbitration service provider, pre-arbitration planning, use of motions, prehearing briefs, opening and closing statements, witnesses, exhibits, attorneys’ fees, and common mistakes that add unnecessary expense.
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This is a sample document retention schedule.
This article shows how you, as a member of the in-house legal department, can determine and implement the best records/information retention and litigation hold policy for your company, so that it can efficiently and properly respond to any inevitable e-discovery request?
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This article lists 10 practice tips for creating a defensible process for executing legal holds.
This program will keep you from being court sanctioned. It will discuss how and when to implement legal holds, what to include in a legal hold to prevent court sanctions, how to make responding to legal hold requests more efficient, and when to hand the ball off to outside counsel. Ever wonder about the structure of a legal hold (what to include, what to leave out), how to initially respond to a legal hold request from an external party in order to retain the ability to negotiate scope and costs in the future, or how to seamlessly hand the claim off to outside litigation counsel? You will find out all of this and also receive examples of good and bad legal holds.
Conducting discovery efficiently and effectively can significantly reduce litigation costs and enhance the chances for successful dispute resolution. This panel discussion will deal with discovery best practices, including litigation hold management, recent changes to the discovery portions of the US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and techniques for managing and reducing the costs of discovery.