Counsel News and Events for Attorneys and Executives

Three Dynamics Reshaping Renewables and the Grid

Three Dynamics Reshaping Renewables and the Grid

On-Demand
DNV GL gathered views from more than 1,600 energy sector participants across 71 countries on a scenario in which renewables account for 70% of power sector generation.

Continue Reading »

Understanding the Processes of Government Contracting

White Paper
The government not only actively seeks out small business participation when it buys products and services, but it also goes to great lengths and spends lots of money in outreach programs to find good, qualified small businesses to be its suppliers.

Continue Reading »

Licensing for the Government Contractor

Licensing for the Government Contractor

On-Demand
A free on-demand webinar from Thompson Coburn explains the background, the issues, and the rules that apply to licensing in the government arena.

Continue Reading »

Taking Control of Cybersecurity: A Practical Guide for Officers and Directors

Taking Control of Cybersecurity: A Practical Guide for Officers and Directors

White Paper
The paper describes practical steps that officers and directors should ensure are in place or will be in place in their organizations to prevent or respond to data security attacks, and to mitigate the resulting legal and reputational risks from a cyber-attack.

Continue Reading »

When Does a Company Have the Choice to Waive its Attorney-Client Privilege in the USA?

White Paper
Two Cozen O’Connor lawyers discuss in a white paper the waiver policies of U.S. federal enforcement agencies overseeing the financial services industry, including the DOG, the SEC Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Continue Reading »

4 Key Restructuring Considerations for Distressed E&P Companies

4 Key Restructuring Considerations for Distressed E&P Companies

White Paper
In an online interview, Latham & Watkins partner Mitchell Seider outlines some of the many significant legal issues associated with restructuring of distressed exploration and production (E&P) companies and their lenders.

Continue Reading »

Must Employers Provide Accommodations for Pregnant Employees?

Must Employers Provide Accommodations for Pregnant Employees?

White Paper
In light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc., employers have a little more clarity on whether they must make accommodations for a pregnant worker.

Continue Reading »

Texas Supreme Court: Failure to Wear Seatbelt is Admissible When Apportioning Fault

NEWS
The Texas Supreme Court overturned more than 40 years of precedent and unanimously reversed the Court’s long-standing prohibition on evidence concerning a claimant’s failure to use a seatbelt, says Matt Perkins of Perkins & Associates of Shreveport.

Continue Reading »

Oil Price Deflation and the Age of Abundance

White Paper
Strategy& experts examine in a white paper the impact $50 oil is currently having on spending within the oil and gas products and services space.

Continue Reading »

Integrated Reserves Analysis: Finding Opportunity in Low Oil Prices

Integrated Reserves Analysis: Finding Opportunity in Low Oil Prices

On-Demand
A free on-demand webinar offered by P2Energy Solutions shows how you can uncover hidden opportunities through reserves visualizations and get the most out of the current market.

Continue Reading »

HR & Compliance Web Summit

On-Demand
An all-day webinar presented by Paycor — and now offered on-demand — features a series of one-hour sessions focused on the topics that are most relevant to today’s business leaders, from the Affordable Care Act to employee engagement and retention. The series consists of six separate webcasts that can be viewed individually.

Continue Reading »

Top 6 Legal Risks of Electronic Signatures and E-Transactions

Top 6 Legal Risks of Electronic Signatures and E-Transactions

White Paper
A free white paper from Silanis Inc. discusses how a well-designed process, supported by new-generation electronic signature technology, can actually reduce the legal risks and increase the enforceability of e-transactions compared to paper processes.

Continue Reading »

Exploring the Role of Natural Gas in U.S. Trucking

Exploring the Role of Natural Gas in U.S. Trucking

On-Demand
The UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy has posted a complimentary webinar on role of natural gas on trucking in the United States, presenting new research by the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies.

Continue Reading »

M&A: Oil & Gas Activity in Review and Prospects for the Future

M&A: Oil & Gas Activity in Review and Prospects for the Future

On-Demand
How did the low-price environment impact merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for oil and gas companies in 2014, and what will low oil and gas prices in 2015 mean for the future?

Continue Reading »

Applications of Division Order Title Opinions in Oil and Gas Development

On-Demand
A free on-demand webinar posted by Steptoe & Johnson provides an overview of Division Order Title Opinions and how they can be utilized.

Continue Reading »

Falling Oil Prices: What You Should Be Doing

Falling Oil Prices: What You Should Be Doing

On-Demand
Warm Thoughts Communications presents a free on-demand webinar designed to help marketers make ends meet amid falling oil prices.

Continue Reading »

Global LNG: Adjusting to New Realities

On-Demand
Oil & Gas Journal presents a free on-demand webcast looking at how global LNG trade will be affected over the next 12-24 months by falling crude oil prices and changing patterns and pressures of demand.

Continue Reading »

How to Sell Solar to Your Local Bank

How to Sell Solar to Your Local Bank

On-Demand
Solar Power World offers a free one-hour on-demand webinar on financing small commercial and residential projects through smaller, less institutional funding organizations.

Continue Reading »

9 Things to Include in an Employment Contract

9 Things to Include in an Employment Contract

White Paper
A small business owner hiring an employee — maybe the first employee — might be confused about what should be included in an employment contract, writes Alex Lipton, a legal researcher at law technology platform provider Shake.

Continue Reading »

China Manufacturing Contracts: Ensuring Good Product

China Manufacturing Contracts: Ensuring Good Product

White Paper
Harris & Moure’s China Law Blog has a new article on what it takes to have a China contract that works — extolling the virtues of foreign companies having appropriate contracts with their Chinese manufacturers.

Continue Reading »

Top