Movie lawyers lead tough lives, particularly corporate lawyers. From the 1976 film Network to the 2007 film Michael Clayton, the fantastic situations of our big screen counterparts offer real world lessons. Using short film clips of ethically challenged movie lawyers to illustrate the requirements of the rules of professional responsibility, Hollywood's portrayal of corporate counsel enables us to demonstrate practical requirements of the rules of ethics. By drawing on familiar movies, this session enhances audience interaction and provides very tangible examples of the rules in action. From negotiation ethics to privilege, dealing with employees to document retention, audience participants will be encouraged to opine regarding their views of the movie lawyer behavior, and the panel of both in-house and outside counsel will draw from the film examples to present other hypotheticals and examples that will keep the program grounded in real world application to the practicing lawyer.
An overview of the process of licensing music, videos, and photos. Includes a discussion of basic copyright law, the Fair Use Doctrine, and other intellectual property issues.
Examine today's most meaningful metrics and acquire the tools to determine which metrics matter most for you and your organization.
With its rapidly growing economy and expanding middle class, India has become an increasingly attractive market in which to invest and do business. While there has been a liberalization of the Indian economy, regulatory constraints and other challenges remain. Learn about the key bureaucratic, regulatory and legal considerations of making investments, creating joint ventures and distributing products in India, including protecting technology transfers to India and selecting suitable dispute resolution mechanisms.
Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - International Distribution from A-Z
Handout for ACC Chicago and Mayer Brown webinar, Negotiating Technology Deals, on May 24, 2023.
Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Copyright Protection in Cyberspace: IP on the ’Net
Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Conducting Business Online - What General Counsel Need to Know
Presented at ACC's Annual Meeting 2000; Program - A Global Overview of Product Content Rules, etc.
Presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - A Comparative Analysis between U.S. and European Competition Laws
An outline providing guidance on how to structure international strategic alliances. Includes tips on framing relationships and complying with U.S. and Foreign laws.
Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover have created uniform data security standards for any business that accepts credit cards. This program provided an overview of these requirements, how they evolved, what is required, who is impacted, what happens if there is a breach, drafting suggestions for agreements with vendors impacted by PCI, suggestions for making sure your business is compliant, and a look at the future direction of the standards. Compliance is challenging and costly, but noncompliance can result in intense negative publicity, huge fines, and a loss of consumer confidence.
Your typical day may involve managing litigation, drafting a contract, supervising a real estate closing, and answering questions about the FMLA. The next day the list is totally different. How do you take your existing skill set and use it as the foundation and springboard to handle a multitude of substantive practice areas—some of which may be entirely new to you—with ease and confidence? Where do you go or to whom do you turn for help and guidance? Learn practical strategies, pointers, and resources from a panel of lawyers who can help smooth out what otherwise may be a bumpy ride.
Trademarks are an area of legal practice that many corporate counsel seek to bring in-house to reduce fees for outside counsel. In this program, a panel of in-house trademark attorneys provided a detailed overview of trademark practice in-house, including a review of global trademark clearance processes, when and how to file for federal registration rights, and how to file for foreign trademark rights. The panel also highlighted important updates in US and foreign trademark laws.
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