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A well-managed diverse legal department is likely to perform better in this changing environment because a diverse workforce enables the organisation to offer a wider range of resources, skills, ideas and energy to the business, providing a competitive edge and seizing the benefits of resourcing from a wider pool of talent. This session will give you an understanding of the importance of diversity and you will learn how creating a well-managed diverse legal team can help bring more innovation and increased performance and creative problem-solving derived from a greater blend of perspectives and opinions.

This presentation discusses regulation and the State, data privacy and security, drivers of change, economic and social, and ethical compliance.

Learn best practices and receive actionable advice on compliance program benchmarking and monitoring, including: how to compile critical compliance program data to accurately assess and measure program effectiveness; key takeaways that can (and should) be gleaned from a benchmarking exercise; and using compliance software to establish and maintain a cost-efficient and effective compliance program (includes meeting the “Morgan Stanley” defense). Learn how to design quantifiable, meaningful metrics that your Audit Committee and enforcement agencies will understand and appreciate. Discuss the criteria you should be benchmarking your program against, as well as the key monitoring priorities. Learn how to collect the data and begin using it to improve your compliance program.

Learn practical tips with your peers on handling key provisions such as indemnification, limitation of liability, insurance, warranties, change management, delivery and acceptance, price, payment and performance guarantees; Discuss boilerplate pitfalls and other common contract drafting challenges; Gain a deeper understanding of how your peers handle contract negotiation; Learn practical negotiating tips and discuss common negotiation challenges; Discuss relevant ethics rules that may apply in contract negotiations; and Discuss how to manage tensions between business and legal within your organization during the negotiation process.

Discuss the involvement of non-lawyers (e.g., paralegals) in contract review; Explore what contract approval processes your peers have in place; Discuss what systems your peers have in place to manage contracts’ life cycles from conclusion to termination; and Share and learn from your colleagues best practices on how a legal department can become a better facilitator in the contracting process within your organization.

An experienced panel of experts will provide a summary of the highlights in labor and employment law thus far in 2015, and benchmarking on practical solutions related to trending issues.

This panel will discuss copyright compliance as it relates to social media in an interactive session, asking the audience to evaluate scenarios involving employee use of social media for sharing information or obtaining third-party content for use in marketing or promotional campaigns. The session will combine a review of recent regulatory and legal opinions on the topic from around the world with a candid look at situations encountered everyday by in-house IP counsel. The session will include tips and tricks to help you determine whether content on social media is free to use and share, using examples from YouTube, Google Images and Flickr, among others. This session promises to be fun as we take a look at the use in a corporate setting of music, movies and text obtained by unsuspecting employees from social media sites.

So your CEO has finally recognized that the company needs a compliance program, and naturally turns to you, the lawyer. Where do you start? How do you determine that you've identified the compliance risks, complied with all the applicable laws and regulations, and adequately addressed the risks? This session will describe the essentials of a compliance program including risk assessments, policy development, communications, training, establishment of controls and monitoring and testing of controls. Presenters will offer firsthand experiences (some positive) and best practices, incorporating MRCP 3, A-C privilege, MRCP 1.16 and MRCP 1.13 for ethics.

For many years, the United States drove global anti-corruption efforts through vigorous enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. More recently, other jurisdictions have begun to assert themselves in the anti-corruption arena. Brazil joined those countries in 2014 by enacting a tough new anti-corruption law. This program will cover the main aspects addressed in the new law such as the penalties imposed, incentives for companies to establish and enforce effective compliance programs, leniency provisions and incentives for companies to self-report violations, impact on multinational companies doing business in Brazil and how they can prepare their existing compliance programs, impact on companies conducting internal investigations in Brazil and other relevant aspects.

The panel will discuss effective crisis management and exit strategies and will provide practical advice on how to successfully deal with crises such as political instability, international terrorism and pandemics in the countries where your company operates.