Compliance With Anti-Bribery and New Data Privacy Regulations
The Legal Intelligencer
October 3, 2012
For many years the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has been the dominant anti-bribery regulation affecting multinational companies. More recently, the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010 has been in the spotlight, with a broader jurisdictional reach and subject-matter scope. Complying with these and other anti-bribery laws often requires companies with global operations to transfer data across borders. Full Text
The Effects of Social Media on the Workplace
The Legal Intelligencer
September 26, 2012
Giving your opinion on politics or complaining about the boss to your friends via Facebook is so commonplace and rampant that few people probably stop to think about the consequences of their posting. Full Text
General Counsel's Role in a Financially Distressed Company
The Legal Intelligencer
September 19, 2012
On April 25, we published an article in The Legal titled "Identifying Signs a Company is in Financial Distress." That article addressed the issues that general counsel should look to for indications that a company is either in or sliding into a financially distressed situation. Full Text
How to Protect Intellectual Property When Crowdfunding
The Legal Intelligencer
September 12, 2012
The passage of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act) into law in April and the recent successes of the online funding site Kickstarter have raised crowdfunding's profile in the public consciousness. Crowdfunding is a way of raising capital from a large number of small donors. Full Text
Applying Patent Teachings in Products Liability Cases
The Legal Intelligencer
September 5, 2012
In a products liability design defect action, evidence establishing the defectiveness of a product is paramount to a plaintiff's case. Some jurisdictions require the plaintiff to bear the burden of offering evidence of a safer design (often defined as a "reasonable alternative design" or "feasible alternative design"). Full Text
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