Tag: White Paper
Cyber Insurance Basics: What Businesses Need to Know
Insurance
Cyber insurance programs are necessary for small, mid-size, and large businesses to help them manage the risks from data breaches, writes Jonathan Reich, a Womble Carlyle attorney in the firm’s Winston-Salem office.
Make Sure Employees Transfer IP Ownership Before Parting Ways
White Paper
An article published by Zuckerman Spaeder describes a case that illustrates how easy it is to blur the line between an employee’s intellectual property and that of an employer.
SEC Action Warns Against Restrictive Confidentiality Agreements
White Paper
A recent enforcement action by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissionagainst KBR serves as a warning to companies that efforts to silence potential whistleblowers through restrictive confidentiality agreements will not be tolerated, report two Dechert LLP lawyers.
What Makes a Promise Legally Binding? Considering Consideration
Article
You likely understand what an offer and acceptance are (even if you don’t know all the legal caveats), but what is consideration?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wisconsin Court Confirms Importance for Businesses to Timely Report Insurance Claims
Whit9e Paper
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently issued a decision that drives home the importance for businesses and individuals, as policyholders, to immediately report claims to their insurance company.
Protecting the Identity of LLC Members, LP Partners, Part II: Strategies for Discovery
Thompson Coburn offers some pointers on how to safeguard the identities of business owners when an opponent has issued discovery requesting a copy of the organizational chart and/or information on the identities of the LLC members or LP partners.
White Paper: Analysis of the Decision to Engage the Bid Protest Process
White Paper
Watson & Associates LLC has posted a complimentary white paper analyzing considerations involved in the bid protest process.
Contract Lifecycle Management Buyer’s Guide
Guide
Apttus is offering a free guide to help companies choose the right contract lifecycle management solution.
FERC Enforcement – What to Expect in 2015
White Paper
Bracewell & Giuliani has posted a white paper taking a look at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) Office of Enforcement and what market participants should expect in 2015.
How Offshore Drilling Companies Realize ROI on an EAM Software Investment
White Paper
Oil & Gas IQ has posted a white paper on how enterprise asset management software can play a role in software project ROI for drilling contractors as well as specific, discrete steps to take during implementation.
8 Roadblocks to New Enterprise Legal Management Implementation
E-BOOK
This e-book from Bridgeway Software discusses the obstacles that can hinder your department’s ability to successfully integrate new enterprise legal management software, Bridgeway says.
