In September, Lexis® Practice Advisor brought together keynote speaker Michael L. Hermsen, partner at Mayer Brown LLP, and other expert panelists, including in-house counsel, to discuss both the positive and negative implications of the JOBS Act and how it has changed the capital-raising process...

By Eric Bourget, J.D., Lexis® Practice Advisor Business & Commercial -- In the secured lending context, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) establish the contractual framework within which the parties may disclose confidential information to one another during the due diligence process...

The Lexis® Practice Advisor resource center is a self-serve portal built especially to help in-house attorneys find the valuable information they need to handle transactional matters. Lexis Practice Advisor includes coverage of key in-house transactional topics including Financial Restructuring &...

By Rich Ehisen, State Net Capitol Journal Amidst concern over employee privacy rights, a growing number of states have restricted the access of employers to their workers' and job applicants' social media accounts. As of May 22, six states this year have adopted such laws. Oregon...

When it comes to business financing, a prudent company may seek counsel on a number of options depending on the nature of the funding sought and particular business needs. Accordingly, on any given day, counsel may be called upon to discuss nuances of financing a business through the sale of equity or...

From the LexisNexis® “This is real law” editorial team Thomas Edison was an astute businessman. He is repeatedly credited for things he did not actually invent , which by itself attests to his capacity for improving on the impractical or undeveloped ideas of others and reaping the...

Antitrust Division: Rules on Spectrum Access Will Promote Consumer Welfare By Susan Winchurch, J.D. The Department’s Antitrust Division says it is going to bat for smaller wireless carriers, suggesting in an April 11, 2013, filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that new...

Corporate Confidentiality Agreements and Trade Secrets Have you reviewed and assessed the strength of your corporate confidentiality agreements lately? If an unfortunate instance of possible or actual misappropriation of corporate trade secrets, proprietary knowledge or confidential information were...

Dos and Don’ts for Employer Social Media Policies By Christopher P. Calsyn Crowell & Moring LLP Employers continue to live in a state of uncertainty, wondering if the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) will declare that their social media policies or practices violate the...

Contracting in a World of Data Breaches and Insecurity: Managing Third-Party Vendor Engagements By David Katz Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP One only has to log on to their favorite news aggregation website to read the most recent and shocking headlines describing the disastrous, costly...

Questions Still Exist Regarding Attorney-Client Privilege in Corporate Setting The question of what constitutes privileged communication in the modern corporate setting is an increasingly important topic in today’s world of e-mail and e-discovery, which was the topic of a recent Webinar entitled...

Doing Business in China: Idiosyncratic Laws, Unwritten Customs, Unfamiliar Partners For U.S. companies, China is rich with business opportunity but fraught with business risk. American companies seeking to cross this border need to invest time and energy in due diligence to avoid costly mistakes and...

The Race is On: “First to File” Takes Effect March 16, 2013 Inventors: warm up, stretch, and don your running shoes. On March 16, 2013, the gun goes off and the “race to the patent office” starts. Under the recent America Invents Act, this is the date on which the U.S. converts...

States have key role in making Affordable Care Act work — By Lou Cannon , State Net Capitol Journal Winston Churchill famously described a crucial British military victory in North Africa during World War II as "not the end...not even the beginning of the end" but "perhaps, the...

Another Setback for Health Insurance Exchanges: Why Should Employers Follow these Developments? By Nita Garg, Barnes & Thornburg LLP Controversy erupted when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded a contract to Quality Software Services Inc. (QSSI) to construct an integral part...

Could Its Leisurely Innovation and ‘The Vietnam Alternative’ Dull China’s Edge? If the cost of doing business in China goes up due to increasing wages and a more muscular currency, will companies start going to other countries where the costs are more attractive? Come to think of...

Recent FedEx® Export Enforcement Underlines Need for Proper Export Controls for All Companies Shipping giant FedEx’s recent agreement to pay $370,000 in fines to settle allegations that it violated U.S. export regulations by shipping computer equipment to a company in Dubai that allegedly...

Proper Communication is Key to Maintaining Reputation After a Cyber Breach No matter how careful your company is with its computer systems, no matter how many safeguards may be in place, statistics show that it still may be a victim of a cyber attack. Once that attack occurs, however, how you communicate...

Silence Is Golden? According to the EEOC, Perhaps Not By Julie Loring A common practice among employers when investigating an employee’s complaint of harassment or discrimination is to instruct the employees involved to keep the matter confidential. Confidentiality during an investigation...

Copyright 2012 ALM Media Properties, LLC All Rights Reserved Further duplication without permission is prohibited Business Crimes Bulletin August 1, 2012 Wednesday Clients in Cross-Border Investigations; Considerations Relating to Privilege BYLINE: Robert J. Anello This era of...

In-House Counsel Should be Aware of Foreign Laws on Attorney-Client Privilege Before Crisis Hits As multinational business transactions become more common and faster than ever, many attorneys are grappling with fundamental differences in the laws of the United States versus those of other countries...

Get There First With the Most: The Importance of Venue In Non-Compete Disputes By Michael P. Elkon In one of his most famous routines, George Carlin described the way that football terminology borrows heavily from the military , especially in comparison to the more pastoral game of baseball. If...

Is Barclays LIBOR Settlement Hatching Institution’s Rebirth? At one time the sun never set on the British Empire. Now it appears the sun won’t be setting soon on Barclays Bank’s efforts to rehabilitate its image. A quick scan of the Barclays’ website reveals the Bank’s...

Challenges and Issues in Creating a Social Media Policy By special guest author Kathy Vanderziel, vice president, senior counsel for The Capital Group Companies, Inc. As social media use continues worldwide, many companies have implemented a social media policy, or are in the process of doing so...

EEOC Trains Sights on Criminal Background Checks, Cites Discrimination By Abena Sanders According to a survey conducted by the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) in 2010, more than 90% of employers use criminal background checks to screen some applicants or employees. More than 70% of...