The Legal department provides essential services, policies, standards, and procedures to support EBSCO’s business units. These resources are crucial for ensuring compliance, mitigating risks, and enhancing operational efficiency. Business leaders are required to integrate these offerings to maintain consistency and uphold our organizational values.
Policies
Anti-Corruption Policy
Policy prohibiting the payment of anything of value by persons or entities to foreign government officials or employees of state-owned enterprises to obtain a benefit.
Policy Details >>Record Retention Policy
Policy on how long business records are kept, where they are stored and how they can be destroyed.
Policy Details >>Standards
Anti-Corruption & Prohibited Payments Program
BUs that conduct business outside of the US must maintain a program supporting compliance with anti-corruption
Standard Details >>Privacy Program
For international operations, implementing this program is required to ensure compliance with anti-corruption laws and prevent prohibited payments.
Standard Details >>Services
When you see this checkmark that denotes a Service that is required. While all Policies, Standards, and Procedures are required some services are optional.
Corporate Secretary & Corporate Governance Services
Business units must utilize our services for managing corporate records, filings, and entity-related matters. This includes maintaining minute books, filing annual reports, and handling entity formations/dissolutions.
Service Details >>Compliance Oversight & Consultation for Required Areas
It is essential to consult with our team for guidance on critical areas such as bribery, corruption, cyber incidents, privacy, and record retention to ensure compliance and protect our business.
Service Details >>Services
When you see this checkmark that denotes a Service that is required. While all Policies, Standards, and Procedures are required some services are optional.
Acquisition/Divestiture Support
When engaging in business acquisitions or divestitures, business units are required to involve our legal services for advice, structuring, and documentation.
Service Details >>Litigation/Government Investigation Management
All litigation and government investigations must be overseen by our team to safeguard our interests and ensure effective resolution.
Service Details >>Contract Drafting and review for enterprise level contracts and working agreements for key employees
For enterprise-level contracts and key employee agreements, it is mandatory to have them drafted and reviewed by our department to ensure they meet our standards and protect our interests.
Service Details >>Intellectual Property
Business units must engage with us to manage all intellectual property matters to protect and leverage our innovations and brand assets.
Service Details >>Breach Management & Remediation
Business units must engage our cross-functional team for managing cybersecurity incidents. This service combines Technology & Information Security expertise with Legal oversight to provide unified vigilance, tailored response options, and external component management. It's required for immediate breach response, forensic investigations, threat actor negotiations, and post-incident remediation to ensure organizational resilience and asset protection.
Service Details >>Discipline Experts
