Whether you call it a workshop, clinic, debate or something else, this program will be interactive. The program presents two negotiation scenarios. The first scenario will include a negotiation involving a software company and a vendor. The second scenario is similar but includes a product company and a vendor. Each scenario will take the audience through a role-play exercise of negotiation, focusing on the key IP provisions (indemnity, warranty, ownership, choice of law, etc.) of a contract, and will provide valuable insight from both the customer’s and vendor’s viewpoints as to the importance of and need for those particular provisions in a contract.
This ACC Top Ten contains tips which are designed to ensure that you are running the most effective and efficient international legal team, taking into consideration the challenges that are faced when dealing with team members who are stationed around the globe.
For the inaugural issue, author D. Casey Flaherty introduces himself and what he hopes to accomplish in his column. He positions himself as an advocate of technology but does not see it as a substitute for lawyers in their role as trusted advisors.
Bad news hits front pages and TV screens every week: Ever-larger data breaches affect millions of trusted companies' customers. The good news is the buyer’s market for cyber insurance; businesses can shop not only on the basis of price but for policy terms that cover actual risks. Traditional lines of coverage (including crime, property, general liability and directors and officers) can provide coverage when a breach occurs, although new exclusions are pushing more businesses toward specialty policies. In this evolving market, it’s essential to analyze existing coverage and terms offered in competing cyber policies. This session will spotlight key policy provisions to demand and others to avoid. The panelists will view cyber insurance in the risk management context, including prevention and post-breach planning. They will outline an approach to cyber security equally focused on human factors: building staff awareness and the right protocols.
Discusses the lack of certainty, lack of predictability, and further considerations of FRE 408 that deals with the admissibility of evidence and settlement negotiations.
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.
Selected cases and materials related to arbitration.
A European in-house counsel compares life and work as an in-house counsel in the U.S.
Discusses the Akzo decision and its effect on communications between in-house lawyers and their business clients.
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Between legislation and major court decisions, the patent landscape has changed drastically over the last several years. In light of this, companies should look at their patent strategies holistically, from all angles, including prosecution, licensing, litigation, and post grant procedures and the interplay among them. For instance, patents must have claims with detectable infringement and be capable of withstanding validity challenges in different forums. To obtain patents like these, it is necessary to understand every step of patent prosecution, how patents are enforced in federal court, and how patents are defended at the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Likewise, companies facing litigation or post-grant challenges, such as inter partes reviews, need the technical knowledge of patent prosecution that attorneys who have prosecuted patents possess. This program will provide a view from the trenches with a number of war stories and perspectives from the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Silicon Valley office and in-house and outside counsel alike.
In these tough economic times, actual or threatened corporate downsizing has forced in-house counsel to take stock of their careers as well as their future in general. Am I valuable enough to the organization to avoid the next layoff? Do I have the passion to take my in-house career to the next level? Or is my passion focused on something different? If so, how do I make the leap? This program seeks to provide a new perspective as in-house counsel look ahead to an uncertain future. After discussing how best to remain marketable in a down cycle, our panel of both former and current in-house counsel who have found other pursuits or undertaken new ventures will share unique insights on how to make sure you remain passion-powered!
What are the options available to U.S. companies for providing legal services to overseas clients? Examine the advantages and disadvantages of the models currently in use to choose the right fit for your company.
This article deals with the legal aspects of intellectual property protection in Poland.
This is a sample OSHA violation complaint.
This is a sample promissory note for value received where the maker is a Nevada corporation.
Discuss the various roles in-house counsel tend to play and how they are affected by attorney-client privilege rules.
This is a template for a business plan for the creation and management of a new legal department.
This is a sample land purchase agreement.
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