This article provides an overview of the False Claims Act (FCA).
In this article you will learn about, the types of FCA cases in health care, damages and penalties under the FCA, and cooperation considerations for companies and individuals under government scrutiny.
In today’s regulatory landscape, corporations must be ready to tackle export control investigations with expertise and diligence.
This checklist outlines essential steps for navigating potential compliance issues.
Check out these three checklists to help avoid hiring problem employees, manage those toxic employees already in your workplace, and fully document conduct and behavior in response to a charge or litigation brought by a problem employee.
This resource provides an overview of the legal review process, templates, playbooks, and technology related to contract lifecycle technology.
CPD is available; A certificate of completion will be automatically provided upon completion of the course.
CLE credit may be granted in jurisdictions where self-filing is allowed. Please consult your jurisdiction for their self-file or independent study rules.
DE&I initiatives have big ambitions, but day-to-day work and organisational complicity can present challenges to driving meaningful and sustainable change. Our speakers will show what in-house legal teams are doing to build their DE&I programmes successfully, how they are measuring success, and what you could do to make your DE&I efforts more effective.
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CPD is available; A certificate of completion will be automatically provided upon completion of the course.
CLE credit may be granted in jurisdictions where self-filing is allowed. Please consult your jurisdiction for their self-file or independent study rules.
With Sustainability becoming an integral part of every company's business model and ESG being on the high-priority list of top management, in-house counsel should identify areas where they could carve-out a proactive role inside their organisations to contribute to their business longevity, in a context of constant evolution of legal and regulatory landscape.
CPD is available; A certificate of completion will be automatically provided upon completion of the course.
CLE credit may be granted in jurisdictions where self-filing is allowed. Please consult your jurisdiction for their self-file or independent study rules.
These days cyber-attacks and their prospective impact on personal (and business) data are viewed as a critical risk by most organisations. In-house legal teams need to be well equipped with data security governance skills, particularly with regards to cloud and other app's usage, to be able to mitigate the underlying risks and react accordingly under GDPR rules.
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Election of leaders for 2023-2024. The nominees will introduce themselves and provide information about their backgrounds and experience with ACC and the Intellectual Property Network.
Leaders will discuss their roles for the Network, so if you've thought about volunteering, or wondered about the roles in the surveys the ACC is sending out, you can learn a bit more and find contacts if you are interested in collaborating on an IPN project.
Discussion of the U.S. Copyright Office notice of inquiry on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI) and the ACC's opportunity to respond and advocate. Amy Chai of the ACC Advocacy Office will join us to discuss this opportunity for the ACC and individual members to make our voices heard.
In this Webcast, Mark Diamond and Tom Mighell from Contoural, along with Stacey Shaw from Careington, will discuss how organizations can create modern and more compliant records retention schedules that better handle both paper and especially electronic information. They will also cover how to privacy-enable your schedule.
This program originally aired on November 9, 2023. Please note that the on-demand format of this program is not eligible for CLE/CPD credit.
The employment relationship is a complex, rapidly changing area of the law. This survey program will cover the basics such as investigating internal complaints, responding to government investigations, addressing ADA and accommodation issues, managing overtime pay and FLSA classification compliance, handling leave issues, and avoiding retaliation claims. The course will also cover emerging issues such as social media, diversity programs, genetic information discrimination, and class action waivers.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high level overview of the domestic mining sector, its regulatory structure and ownership, the environment and health and safety. It covers foreign ownership and tax issues ans proposals for reform in India.
Negotiating a contract is a hybrid legal and business function that is often performed by business people with no formal legal education. During contract negotiations, different rules and obligations apply to a lawyer depending on whether the party on the other side of the table is represented by counsel. Learn about these rules so as not to be caught on the wrong end of a deal.
Something is clearly broken in big law. Despite the business imperative for diversity, law firms that corporations retain for significant issues just aren’t meeting the need to increase the number of diverse attorneys.
In this article, the use of bonds is a common feature of government contracts in Nigeria where the government wishes to ensure that persons who submit bids for such contracts have requisite technical and financial resources to perform their obligations thereunder.
This is a sample buyer purchase order terms and conditions.
International arbitration is a popular and well-known method of dispute resolution among in-house attorneys. What is not so well known are the tools and tactics needed to create successful resolutions. Read on and find the key facts of international arbitration.
When government action or public controversy affects corporate practice, commercial speakers must be wary of exposure to massive civil penalty suits. Even when speaking honestly and in the best interest of the public, accusations of deceptive and misleading conduct may surface. This article presents three tips to keep in mind, before you’re punished for speaking your mind.
By learning how to effectively manage third party subpoenas, in-house counsel can avoid the undue burden of fighting someone else’s legal battle.
This program is being co-sponsored by the Litigation Network
As more ‘every-day’ companies intersect with non-traditional finance, digital assets and AI and data-driven platforms and services, we are seeing many more clients coming to us for assessments and audits of their policies and procedures, as they increasingly discover vulnerabilities that are being exposed by a growing number of internal/external pressures, including frauds and data breaches. Join Katie Mills (Los Angeles) and Benjamin Bathgate (Toronto), and Javier Alvarez (New York), Managing Director, Forensics Digital Assets Leader for an inside look at how in-house compliance and litigation risk assessments are changing with these new pressures, and how your legal, risk and compliance departments may need to evolve to keep pace!
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Consumer product manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers take heed. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has been among the most active government agencies in the last four years. Companies must be proactive to ensure regulatory compliance and to protect their brand. This article suggests means to proactively design an effective product safety and regulatory compliance program.
The crime of fraud is considered a serious fraud if committed against government property or object of value. This may result in a serious punishment such as imprisonment.
The purpose of this plan is to provide a comprehensive Disaster Recovery-Business Continuity Plan (DRBC) for a company to minimize any impact upon continuity of services to customers or employees in the event of a “major business productivity breach.”
In-house counsel often function in multiple roles and can be asked for all kinds of advice — some legal, some business and some personal. This can make for a challenging ethical landscape. It is important for in-house counsel to review what they are ethically responsible for as legal professionals.
“Can we do it?” “Should we do it?” “How can we justify budgeting for it?” and “Can we rely on it?” are questions that your product development or marketing team may ask you prior to launching a product or service.
This is a sample code of business conduct and ethics policy.
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