Corporate Counsellor's Deskbook

The fifth edition of The Corporate Counsellor's Deskbook offers insightful analysis of the key areas of the law of critical interest to in-house counsel and corporate law departments, as well as outside firms and attorneys who represent corporate clients on a regular basis.

The authors provide step-by-step guidance on issues such as:

# Employment agreements and executive compensation
# Managing complex litigation and litigation budgeting
# Implementing internal procedures to protect against insider trading and internal file controls
# Taking advantage of alternative dispute resolution formats
# Counseling on employment law and intellectual property
# Noncompetition agreements
# Import regulation and customs compliance
# Environmental law concerns.Additional topics in the Fifth Edition include:

# Internal corporate investigation and the need to preserve confidentiality
# Indemnification and insurance of corporate officials
# The process of going public and the reporting obligations of publicly-held corporations.

1. Internal Corporate Investigations: Implications of the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine
2. Indemnification and Insurance of Corporate Officials
3. The Corporation¿s Obligations to Protect Against Insider Trading
4. Counselling on Intellectual Property
5. Noncompetition Agreements
6. Managing Complex Litigation and Litigation Budgeting
7. Alternative Dispute Resolution
8. Corporate Law
9. Employment Law
10. Executive Compensation
11. Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Law
12. The Corporate Counsellor and Antitrust
13. Import Regulations: Customs Compliance and Trade Remedies
14. Export Control Compliance in a Dynamic Regulatory Environment
15. Real Estate Law for the Corporate Counsellor
16. Environmental Law Concerns for the Corporate Counsellor
17. Government Contract Fraud and Government Contract Compliance Programs
18. Advances in Law Department Technology