The employment relationship is a<br />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<br />information discrimination, and class action waivers.
This program covers how to select and work well with a corporate monitor. Learn about federal agency trends in requiring monitors and how to make the engagement successful according to the organization, the monitor and the government.
Acquire insight into the most significant legal issues encountered by companies in industries with the most experience in Africa -- oil, gas and mining -- in various regions; and learn how to address the challenges presented by these unique and vital environments.
Your client just finalized a deal to sponsor a team, venue, league or personality. Now it is time to begin activating. What does your client need to know to get all the benefits of their agreement? What could go wrong? How can you help make the sponsorship a success for everyone? Our panel of experts walk you through the process of managing sponsorships from sponsorship agreement execution to expiration!
Learn how to structure joint venture agreements and negotiate of shareholder and partnership agreements, with a special focus on agreements between industry competitors. Explore post-agreement management of overnance procedures and joint venture exit mechanics.
This seminar will cover: getting the company ready for an IPO; the key items necessary for an efficient, risk-minimized offering, including tips, traps and lessons learned from GCs; and the IPO process.
This session will discuss key decisions issued by the NLRB, its rule-making and other agency actions that could have a critical impact on employers, particularly those who are non-union.
A practical guide to dealing with security and privacy breaches, this session will reveal how to address incident response procedures. The presenters will serve as actors in a hypothetical scenario of a company breach.
Learn which approaches are practical and cost effective; and what to include in the agreement, especially with regard IP ownership and data security. Learn such new vocabulary as “9s,” “SLAs,” “response times” and “penalties”? Prepare yourself for efficient negotiations with providers and customers.
Learn the difference between traditional and non-traditional advertising, rules governing who can object to an advertisement and why you should comply with advertising law guidelines. This material discusses the role the FTC plays in advertising, rules for advertising substantiation and materiality, and how intellectual property rights affect such hot topics in advertising law as online behavioral advertising, endorsements and testimonials.
Deep within the Dodd-Frank Act lies a surprise for companies that use tin, gold, tungsten or tantalum in their products: a requirement to disclose whether you use these minerals and, if so, whether they come from conflict mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo or surrounding countries. An unrelated but similar requirement is found in California's Transparency in Supply Chain Act: a requirement to disclose efforts to
combat human trafficking. This session will explore these new forms of compliance requirements and how your program must respond to and manage these new obligations.
Learn lessons from the EPA, OSHA, the Clean Air Act and more. A panel of experts will share their experiences in compliance programs and the tools and techniques they have successfully used. They'll discuss who should be at the table, effective interview and fact-gathering techniques, what risk assessments can and should produce, assessing risks created by third parties, avoiding risks from risk assessments and considering ethical consequences.
The goals of this presentation are to demonstrate department’s value with compelling law department management reports, build presentations that effectively tell your story, and ensure current/accurate data for your reports.
A presentation on corporate legal ROI.
908 Sarbanes-Oxley: Why Should Privately Held Companies Care?
811 REPEAT PERFORMANCE: You Have a Code of Conduct - Now What? Running an Effective Compliance Program
Learn the suggested approaches to selling your nonprofit board on governance practices and the rationale behind it all.
711 New Ideas in Compliance Strategies: Educating Nonlegal Managers About Their Legal Responsibilities. Document includes an OFCCP Compliance Evaluation Checklist.
Ever wondered about your potential malpractice liability? This session will address these concerns using real-life litigation and investigation examples. Potential areas for discussion include traditional exposures arising out of employment, corporate governance, international, and privacy practice areas. Non-traditional exposures will also be addressed, including potential malpractice arising out of pro bono work, moonlighting, and the provision of personal legal services to employer personnel. Issues will be discussed by a panel consisting of a mock general counsel and in-house counsel who raise the matters with their boss.
Faced with increasing budget constraints, legal departments are looking at technology solutions to help them do more with less. But, how do you find answers to the questions you have about maximizing usage of the systems you already have, or about new systems you may be considering? The session will address prevalent questions collected through ACC listservs and spontaneous questions and comments from the audience, which will allow for candid feedback from industry experts. The panel will help you sort through issues and solutions regarding available technologies — including integrations between and among systems — involving matter management, e-billing, contract management, digital signatures, and document management systems.
Learn the right tips for dealing with contract negotiation in Eastern Europe.
This material covers emerging trends in private damages actions and
Commission White Paper on private
damages actions.
This material highlights differences within the region, addressing litigation in local courts vs. arbitration, validity and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards or judgments, and costs of duration of proceedings.
This session will offer in-house counsel the opportunity to bolster their skill in drafting settlement agreements, whether for “simple” two-party civil disputes or more complex litigation covering a variety of practice areas. In particular, focus will be on releases, use of conditional promises, confidentiality provisions and interaction with court filings.
As we approach a new decade, how can legal departments help their companies navigate the issues that arise in this ever-evolving industry? With many companies acting as both providers and purchasers of software solutions, this session will explore how in-house counsel have had to grapple with significant changes in the legal and business landscape facing the software industry, and how these changes have impacted countless business decisions and revenue generation.
So your company is considering or is involved in an M&A transaction, either as buyer, seller or as part of a merger. You know that each party has a complex technology infrastructure that will need to be understood and either transitioned out or combined. This program will provide a step-by-step approach to addressing this matter.
Our experienced panelists will discuss legal issues associated with conducting pre-hire screening, including a discussion of how to manage testing programs post-Ricci, how to respond to the recent focus by regulators and legislators on limiting criminal background checks and credit checks, and how to conduct contingent offer medical evaluations.
Today’s economy brings both challenges and opportunities. While the current financial environment makes it clear that little can be done to fully protect against a potential bankruptcy by a customer, landlord, licensee or tenant, you can “be the solution” by proactively moving to mitigate risk or even benefit from the event. Join us at this session for an update on how to handle bankruptcy in a way that will best help your company.
In this age of electronic networking and socializing, counsel need to understand how to use networks such as LinkedIn, Martindale-Hubbell Connected or ACC tools effectively to learn new skills, discuss issues, compare notes or job-hunt, etc. This session will also provide a primer on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Second Life and whatever may become the next hot site, so counsel will be able to understand what employees may be doing.
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