Federal Trade Commission Guidance to Multi-Level Marketing Companies
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforcement investigations will often target an industry that recently has been the subject of staff guidance. Earlier this year, FTC staff issued Business Guidance...
View ArticleGDPR and Data Maps
As corporations deal with the latest milestone in compliance, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), data maps will prove useful for getting rid of personal data that falls in scope of GDPR...
View ArticleWhat Story Will Your Metrics Tell?
The need for analytics was spurred by the 2008 financial crisis. Legal spend was seen as overhead and a necessary evil. To better manage expenses, corporate clients became focused on cutting costs for...
View ArticleA Pitch for Boutiques
In the post-recession era of “do more with less” the pressure is on to find alternatives. Focusing on alternative legal service providers is one strategy; but there is another strategy to consider —...
View ArticleDevelopments in Corporate Litigation Finance
The origins of the litigation finance industry lie in the distressed litigation space. Now the industry has become mainstream, and litigation funders have been increasingly focused on advertising the...
View ArticleCanadian Disclosure Obligations for United States Cannabis Companies
In October 2017, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Staff Notice 51-352 for companies with United States cannabis-related activities. It provided some long-sought commentary on...
View ArticleTip Sheet for Commercial Leasing Transactions
For various reasons, leasing space is more advantageous than buying space, so commercial leasing transactions are part of every thriving business. An advantageous lease adds value; a disadvantageous...
View ArticleDue Diligence for Socio-Economic Risk
Today, investors and their diligence teams face the challenge of emerging socio-economic risk exposures. These risks are varied, and they are growing out of our divided cultural and business...
View ArticleGender-Biased General Counsel Bonuses Need Fixing
Although female general counsel have a base salary that is, on average, 6.3 percent lower than their male counterparts, it is in their bonuses that the real disparity comes to light. Male general...
View ArticleU.S. Companies and London’s AIM Exchange
The London Stock Exchange’s AIM market is the world’s leading market for high-growth companies, popular with international companies that wish to source their equity capital financing needs from...
View ArticleDesign Patents Overlooked in Many IP Portfolios
Many consumer products companies have long taken advantage of the protection afforded through design patents. Companies in other areas — heavy industry, electronics and, most notably, medical devices —...
View ArticleProtecting Your Company’s Domain Name
Nearly all successful businesses maintain an online presence, often incorporating the company’s trademark into the domain name. It is highly advisable to monitor the use of your trademark on the...
View ArticleGDPR Makes the EU’s Regulatory Reach Global
The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) expands the scope of the EU’s data privacy regulatory framework to cover companies that process or control the personal data of employees or other...
View ArticleSoftware Patents Still Valuable After Alice
The 2014 United States Supreme Court decision in Alice Corp. Prop. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int’l imposed a heightened standard for patent eligibility — a two-part test that has led many software patents to be...
View ArticleProtecting Investments in IP and People
Even if you have no products that compete with another company, that company can be your competitor for employees. And competition triggers antitrust laws. The Antitrust Division took numerous...
View ArticleEverything You Own in a Box to the Left
Building legal risk metrics throughout the ordinary course of business provides added value for corporations of all types. It gives leadership better insight into the workplace culture so that harmful...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Get Ahead Using E-Discovery Analytics
The challenge in e-discovery has been to develop technology that accurately collects, processes, searches and presents information. That goal has been largely accomplished. But in just the last few...
View ArticleYou Should Be Worried About Embedded Leases
The new lease accounting standards (FASB ASC 842 and IFRS 16) introduce rules as to how companies identify and measure the value of leases, and how they report them on corporate balance sheets. Nearly...
View ArticleFresh Perspective on Expert Selection
An expert can make or break a company’s case and is often a critical component in effective advocacy. It is critical to ensure that the expert is not only the best credentialed available but also able...
View ArticleHundreds of Climate Suits Being Litigated
Hundreds of climate change lawsuits are working their way through United States courts, using arguments grounded in several different legal theories: tort, fiduciary duty, securities laws and...
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