Occupational safety poses one of the largest threats to a company while it may also be among the most preventable of workplace legal problems. Using an entertaining approach to a serious subject, our panel will identify warning signals that rouse OSHA's attention, recommend how best to respond to workplace safety crises and advise you on the latest OSHA compliance issues you should be considering.
Your company's tax-exempt status is valuable. Do you know the law well enough to protect it? Here you will learn the top ten things a tax-exempt organization's legal department should do to obtain and maintain its tax exemption and minimize liability for unrelated business income (UBI). Topics to be covered include how the nonprofit community has internalized the intermediate sanctions ten years after their release, fundamentals of the tax on UBI and UBI tax planning, legal prohibitions for charities and other tax exempt organizations, challenges to the tax exemptions of health care organizations, lessons learned by the IRS as a result of its recent tax exempt organization audit initiative, and revisions to the tax code being proposed in Congress.
Learn the fundamentals of disclosure required under the federal securities laws and relevant stock exchange rules from a panel of your in-house peers. This back to basics session will teach you about disclosures required in Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K, proxy statements, and Section 16 reports. Plus you will learn how the SEC staff conducts reviews and what shareholders expect in these disclosures.
Whether your company has lawyers outside the U.S. or not, there will come a time when you may need to deal with litigation, government investigations, commercial claims, or employment matters in another country. What are the best practices you should employ when working with outside counsel or your own legal staff outside of the U.S.? Our legal managers will share their lessons learned from the trenches and send you home with practical approaches to dealing with international legal issues.
Our panel of expert in-house counsel will provide a sound introduction to the methodologies for doing business in Mexico, Latin, and South America. The panel includes counsel who represent companies that regularly do business in these regions. Included in their presentation will be ideas for establishing a foothold, cultural considerations, advantages to the locations, and general contracting provisions, sending you home with a solid checklist of steps to follow to make inroads into the regions.
Companies and their law departments grow and change. What worked in the past may no longer work when a company changes, or when a department grows. Learn how the growth and change of the company and law department itself can affect the way in which you deliver services to your client. Our panel of experts will send you home with practical approaches to dealing with growth and change in your legal department (including how to develop a basic strategic plan to address day-to-day priorities) so you can maximize the delivery of high-quality service to your company.
Entering into a joint venture with a company outside of the U.S. is one way to expand distribution of your company's products. The legal requirements of joint ventures can be tricky anywhere, and unexpected rules may apply in the international arena. This session will cover the pitfalls of doing business via a joint venture in other countries including how to test the waters before committing, and forming strategic business alliances. Our panelists will provide a review of legal aspects of tax issues, internal pricing methodologies, and permanent establishment criteria.
Regardless of your company's line of business, you will have to negotiate IP agreements. We will send you home with the legal skills you need to know when negotiating your IP contracts. The program will include substance and strategy for both buyers and sellers. Learn to negotiate a broad range of legal agreements from both sides of the table including licensing, service, technology service, and much more.
Almost every company in the world these days maintains a website. Whether for informational purposes, or to engage in commerce beyond its traditional geographic region or customer base, ecommerce is growing. As the novelty of maintaining an ecommerce website wears off and with the ever growing acceptance of the internet as a mode of doing business, today's companies cannot afford to ignore the many online pitfalls they face if the legal department is not a part of the web team. The increasing number of laws and regulations aimed at ecommerce websites must be on the forefront of every ecommerce lawyer's mind. If you need a refresher on the issues involved or are just starting out, this session will provide you with a basic checklist of the do's and don'ts. More importantly, we'll send you home with a list of solutions to solve these issues should they arise on your company's site.
Where are companies legally required to draw the line in workplace privacy? If you don't know the answer to this question then this session is for you! Our presenters will examine the many legal issues surrounding employee privacy in today's workplace including employee monitoring, email and internet use, employee confidentiality, conduct outside the workplace, employee testing, personnel records, and much more.
If your company is privately held, it may not be legally required to implement certain risk management procedures, but it still needs protection. Risk management now means much more than buying insurance, and private companies face special challenges to handle these modern problems. Learn about the most common risks facing privately held companies, how to avoid these risks, and how to make sure your company is covered if something does go wrong.
Do you understand the legal significance of provisions that are included in your product distribution agreements? If not, join with your in-house peers as they conduct a mock negotiation demonstrating the legal impact of principal clauses and share information on antitrust issues arising from these negotiations. Take home proven, effective, and exhaustive strategies for negotiating sound product distribution agreements, including sample language agreements, to use in your daily practice.
With new laws and regulations looming on the horizon, the merger between the internet, broadcast technology, and telecommunications industries could have significant impact on how companies do business in the future. Hear from a senior governmental official and then join with our panel of technology experts to learn more on the complex legal and regulatory issues these changes present and understand the significance these regulatory decisions could have on your business.
The role of audit committees in corporate governance is continuing to evolve. We'll examine audit committee responsibilities and requirements, including independence and financial literacy requirements, oversight of the auditor, receipt of complaints, and development of audit committee charters. We will also consider the role of audit committees in crisis situations and issues related to audit committee member liability. During the program you'll also gain a broader understanding of the SEC's expectations of audit committees in corporate governance.
Smart companies measure results. In an era increasingly driven by metrics, it is essential for law departments to find or develop tools that provide some measure of the value of the work being accomplished. Our law management authorities will explain key performance indicators and benchmarking data for in-house counsel that can be used to measure and track the performance of a law department and how you can apply these tools to the performance of your own department.
Department of Commerce, Department of Treasury, Department of State. Where do you go to make sure your company complies with U.S. export control law? Answer, all three! Country sanctions, anti-boycott compliance, denied persons list, specially designated nationals list, debarred list: are these (and similar) terms familiar? If you are exporting, they had better be or your company could easily stumble and be subject to civil and criminal penalties. Think you do not export but you share technology with foreign companies or foreign nationals? Guess again-you may be an exporter. Do you need a license? Is your export "dual use?" Join your colleagues and government representatives as they teach you the law of export compliance.
Why do you need a dedicated compliance function? How do you convince the business people? How do you start from scratch? What compliance model fits your company? Creating a dedicated compliance program from scratch is a challenge. Benefit from those who have gone before you. In this session, experts who have been there will address why you need a compliance function, and the common legal and organizational questions, issues, and challenges that arise when creating a corporate compliance program that fits your organization.
The law now requires in-house counsel to report up concerns about company compliance or suspected or potential wrongdoing. Learn how legal departments in a variety of different companies are implementing reporting up policies. Our panel will provide a review of legal rules and best practices for establishing and maintaining reporting up policies as well as comment on how best to deal with regulators and discuss the most common situations that may give rise to reporting up obligations.
Are you prepared for the legal issues presented by the launch of your company's next hot product? If not, you'll want to listen in as we detail the steps you will need to take to ensure that your next product launch goes off without a hitch. Our product specialists will cover such legal topics as licensing, mining hidden IP rights, protecting new products including trademarks, patents, and trade dress, advertising rules, and FTC guidelines.
Everyone talks about being prepared, but preventing and recovering from a disaster takes more than talk. Our panel of experts will explain how to figure out what could go wrong, how to prepare for it, and how to recover afterward. The discussion will include best practice tips gained from real experience.
As you've navigated the course of your professional career, there have undoubtedly been times when you would have liked to have the advice of a woman lawyer who has been there, done that, and was willing to share. We've assembled an outstanding panel of women general counsel who are committed to offering that sounding board you've wanted and identifying ways to approach some of the unique challenges faced by women in-house counsel.
Tips for effective employee management. Includes review of successful fee management schemes, employee retention, and reviewing employee performance.
310 The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Offensive & Defensive Uses
311 You Have a Code of Conduct - Now What? Running an Effective Compliance Program
A presentation detailing the importance of doing your due diligence on a cross-border deal in an English-speaking country.
An overview of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
A presentation on the effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on the boardroom.
A presentation on how to protect yourself if your customer or your supplier is known to be having financial difficulties.
ACC's 2003 Annual Meeting presents a look at Shortcuts Through the Immigration & Expatriate Maze for Employees
A presentation on developments in class actions.
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