Join this deep dive discussion regarding domestic and international arbitration and its importance to you as in-house counsel. This panel discussion will cover every aspect of arbitration like seat, confidentiality, managing time and costs, best practices, and avoiding pitfalls. Plus, explore new complications in the industry like the "Doordash" problem, mass/class arbitration, and comparisons of international venues.
Compliance is not what it used to be. COVID-19, a rise in nationalism, the embracing of the digital world, and constantly changing employee needs and expectations has forced legal compliance beyond the borders of regulations and antitrust. Join this program to learn more about compliance's new look in Asia and how in-house counsel are expected to manage the ever-changing landscape. This session will include a live Q&A with the panelists.
About 85 percent of new senior in-house positions come out of networks and personal relationships both internal and external. And the real secret is many companies never post these opportunities. Having a "Whisper Network" that refers you to opportunities leads to advancement. During this program, we will discuss the wonders of a Whisper Network, how they work, and how to how to create and leverage one.
Maybe you're new to legal operations, or you just want to learn a different way of working. Join our fantastic panel of speakers to learn how to properly prioritize your work, make data driven decisions, and EXECUTE!
Erin Hormozi
Legal Operations Specialist, TIAA
Brenda Myrfield
Legal Operations Manager, Pentair
Becky Sullwold
Legal Operations Manager, Polaris
Remote working has changed the shape of ethical obligations around internal investigations. In this session, panelists discuss efforts to preserve attorney-client privilege and work product protections in the new normal of remote and teleworking. The discussion will cover managing internal investigations ethically, disclosing information to government investigators, conducting a social media investigation, and preparing for remote witness interviews and depositions.
In this new, ever-evolving hybrid world, learn how you can use trade secrets to protect your intellectual property. This session discusses the increase in trade secret litigation, the tension between patent and trade secret cases, and the culprits of trade secret misappropriation. Panelists will share practical tips, best practices, sample documents, and a checklist for guarding against loss of trade secrets.
As the world enters a new economic climate full of office redefinition, knowing your way around a commercial lease negotiation is as crucial as ever. After choosing which team to participate on, attendees of this lively session will break out into small groups to debate, discuss, and ultimately determine how to find compromise positions on some of the most often negotiated provisions within commercial leases.
There are many descriptions of what responsible AI is, but no answer is completely correct. Whether it is because of reputational risk, ESG, or new and proposed regulatory and legal frameworks, companies will need to ensure they embrace best practices with the design and deployment of AI tools. Join this TED-style talk to learn how AI can help your business succeed and how to understand and mitigate the risks it poses.
There have been a significant number of federal, state, and local employment developments over the last year. Join this expert panel as it highlights legislative developments and judicial opinions in key areas, including pay transparency, privacy, paid and unpaid leave legislation, pay equity, new bans on noncompetes, laws related to accommodations, biometric information privacy, equal pay, hairstyle discrimination, and marijuana use.
Whenever commercial or industrial property is sold, leased or financed, the checklist of due diligence items includes a Phase I environmental site assessment (Phase I). This article explores what Phase Is are and why we do them.
We are often told that a defined strategy is needed to achieve success in business. But is an articulated strategy enough? I would argue it is not. There must be shared understanding and alignment across the organization on the desired outcomes for that strategy while also ensuring that resources are enabled and inspired to succeed. This is where an empowered Legal Operations function comes into play.
This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) discusses, in a US context, whether to ask a terminated employee to sign a separation letter ahead of termination and another agreement for severance and release at the end of the transition period, or to combine both items in one document. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Employment & Labor Law ACC Network.
This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from questions and responses posted on the Employment & Labor Law Forum, addresses companies that permit advanced vacation and retrieving negative vacation balances from employees that leave the company.
This sample integration chart contains fields based on task, assignment, designated point of contact, start and end dates.
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) teamed with John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, one of the longest-standing corporate governance centers in academia and globally recognized thought leader in the corporate governance field, interviewed Kenneth C. Frazier, president and CEO of Merck & Co., Inc., on leadership, corporate culture, and the evolving role of the general counsel.
During the interview with ACC President and CEO Veta T. Richardson and Ann C. Mulé, associate director of the Weinberg Center, Frazier discussed his views on the role of the general counsel as an invaluable asset to corporate leadership. He touched upon how to build leadership credibility with the C-suite, board of directors, and within the wider legal community, as well as offered his thoughts on key governance issues.
The pandemic paused or slowed jury trials in jurisdictions across the globe and shifted the established process like never before. As the trial volume rebounds, attorneys must ponder what themes and strategies remain, and what new arguments and tactics have emerged. This panel will discuss post-pandemic trial trends including per diem arguments in support of damage calculations, the impact of social inflation, and nuclear verdicts.
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