Discusses how companies can leverage outside counsel to support internal business objectives.
If your company outsources or is thinking about outsourcing legal services, this program provided practical guidance about some of the issues that you may need to address. This included analyzing whether it is truly cost-effective to outsource in the first place. The panel discussed some of the areas of the in-house practice of law that have been outsourced the most, as well as some areas which may be future prime candidates for outsourcing, and which industries have experienced the most outsourcing activity and why. The various types of fee structures and negotiation strategies were explored as well.
Wondering how your company’s corporate governance practices and activities stack up against your peers or best-in-class companies? Find out from knowledgeable ACC members. This course discussed the design and collection of data on corporate governance measures and also identified the different sources for securing comparative data.
Who buys your company’s energy? An increasing number of companies have energy managers tasked with purchasing energy and managing the related costs. This program included a review of what in-house counsel need to know about arrangements for purchasing and managing fuel and electric service agreements. Panelists included representatives and in-house counsel from the North American Energy Standards Board, commodity markets, large end users, and energy suppliers. The discussion covered available contract models, market structures, and credit and financing issues common to energy supply agreements.
In view of the extremely high financial cost and drag on a company involved in patent litigation, this panel discussed best practices for dealing with patent litigation in house more efficiently. It also highlighted alternatives to costly litigation, including arbitration, mediation, and International Trade Commission actions, with particular emphasis on how recent court decisions and legislation may have an impact on your strategies dealing with patent.
Each term, the Supreme Court issues decisions of interest to the American business community on issues ranging from arbitration to labor and employment to product liability. How did the court shape the business environment in the cases it decided this year? Which cases are on the docket and will be decided over the coming year? Join a distinguished panel of Supreme Court litigators and court watchers as they discuss these questions and the impact of a new administration on the composition of the court.
During this session, the distinguished panel will discuss the recent developments and emerging trends in D&O liability, indemnity and D&O insurance coverage issues.
This program material discusses organization structures for compliance, different departments for compliance issues, working with the legal department, systems for reporting complaints, and systems for processes and managing an internal
investigation.
This material focuses on the class actions and their impact on Europe and European businesses
This material covers data protection, product recalls, and eDiscovery.
Whether facing the imminent bankruptcy of your own organization or that of a supplier or customer, this program will provide you with the basics you need to navigate the world of insolvency.
During this session, a distinguished panel will discuss the recent developments and emerging trends in liability issues for directors and officers, focusing on different liability issues posed by class action litigation, derivative litigation and regulatory action.
This session will give a detailed presentation on negotiating an IP deal with a German company, covering the initial business model and strategy, a brief summary of US and European/German commercial and IP law, contract examples, and tips for closing the agreement.
This session will give a detailed presentation on negotiating an IP deal with a Chinese (PRC) company, covering the initial business model and strategy, a brief summary of US and Chinese commercial and IP law, contract examples, and tips for closing the agreement.
This Avoiding Insider Trading training course will help you understand the law and avoid the serious civil and criminal penalties that can result if you trade (or help others trade) in stock based on "inside" information.
To access the Avoiding Insider Trading Course, visit <a href=http://www.ethicsxchange.com/topic/35536-insider-trading-regulation-fd>www.acc.com/compliance</a>.
This Canadian Competition Law training course provides an overview of Canadian competition law and helps you recognize and deal with "red flags" — situations that present a risk of competition violations and legal liability.
To access the Canadian Competition Law Training Course, visit <a href=http://www.ethicsxchange.com/topic/35560-canadian-eu-competition-law>www.acc.com/compliance</a>.
This Conflicts of Interest training course will explain what conflicts of interest are and how to avoid them. It will also help you maintain the highest levels of integrity and fairness in the way you conduct business on behalf of our organization. After reading the material, you'll have a chance to play an online game that presents hypothetical scenarios for you to analyze. As you answer the multiple-choice questions correctly, you'll move through the game and earn a Certificate of Completion.
To access the Conflicts of Interest Training Course, visit <a href=http://www.ethicsxchange.com/topic/35530-conflicts-of-interest>www.acc.com/compliance</a>.
An overview of computer viruses, email phishing scams, and other risks posed by hackers. Includes tips on how general counsel can protect their company.
Find out what executives say about etiquette in the workplace, and learn how to tend to your network in just five minutes a day. You will gain better insight into your social networking style through interaction with panelists, including an engaging quiz.
The genesis of the vast majority of corporate scandals erupting over the last decade has been financial bad behavior. Thus, it behooves in-house counsel to understand the basic how, what, when, where, and why of financial statements, balance sheets, and accounting principles. Otherwise even in the best-case scenario in-house counsel might find himself/herself fiddling while Rome burns, or worse, active or passive participants in financial mismanagement. The good news is that you don't have to become an accountant to understand these concepts, but you do have to educate yourself. Financial Immersion does just that. This knowledge will make you a better partner to your clients and a more informed guardian of the corporation's reputation.
The ability to effectively manage outside counsel is essential to the success of in-house lawyers. Learn how to select, evaluate, compare, and retain the outside counsel that best suits the organizational
needs of your company; develop lists and criteria for preferred legal service providers and specialized firms; understand key terms and provisions of engagement letters and firm guidelines; conduct conflict checks and handle outside counsel waiver requests; implement alternative billing models; and how to optimize the use of technology and knowledge management with your outside counsel.
This panel discussion provides insight in how to plan, prepare, coordinate, and implement a document collection no matter the size or scope. The program covers how to collect and process hard copy information, electronically stored information, and other types of data. It also covers what paralegals need to consider in order to process and get the information their team needs from the data set after the document collection is complete. The paralegal is the front line of defense when finding, collecting, and processing documents. This panel provides insight for the new paralegal to the senior paralegal when confronted with having to collect documents in litigation and non-litigation settings.
This Participants' Briefing Book includes a discussion outline and suggested resources on the topic of FCPA enforcement - success strategies.
This session will give you an introduction into the complexities of electronic discovery. It will provide you with some suggested practical tips and watch-outs. It will put E-discovery in the total context of document and data management in general within a global corporation. Following this session you should be able to identify most pitfalls if faced with E-discovery and know what to do and how to (proactively) minimize risk and efforts in dealing with it.
Designed for small law practitioners, this program asks CLO Club participants to work within groups of ten to respond to a hypothetical problem: the CEO and CFO have asked the CLO to develop a plan for taking a more proactive role in ensuring financial compliance and they want advice on spotting and preventing financial fraud, how to better manage the audit process and auditor contract negotiation, and what to do to ensure that the board is properly engaged in reviewing the company’s financial processes. After developing a plan to respond to this request, each table will report its proposed game plan for the consideration of the group. A general discussion of the groups' reported best practices will ensue.
The highly regulated nature of financial services firms poses unique legal issues for the in-house lawyer charged with ensuring the adequacy of directors and officers insurance. Here is your opportunity to issue spot challenges and identify new insurance product offerings and trends with your peers. Benchmark the most important elements to look for and negotiate in D&O insurance for a financial services firm.
Do you know everything you need to analyze for hiring purposes when considering candidates under a non-compete and what you should have in your own non-competition agreements? What process do you have in place to ensure a prospective candidate is even eligible to be hired: she or he might not be if he is under an active non-competition agreement? Are you properly protecting your own company's business, confidentiality, competition, and trademark interests? Is your company's non-compete agreement enforceable? If you want help with any of these answers, this is a must-attend program for you. Our panel will cover the laws governing non-compete agreements and the duty of loyalty. Plus you will learn about enforcement trends and drafting tips in light of recent court cases and legislation, how to avoid litigation when potential employees are subject to covenants to not compete with or solicit from their previous employer, and the ethical issues surrounding lawyers signing NCAs.
Feel like you are in the old Abbott & Costello, "Who’s on First" routine when conducting international negotiations? Well you aren’t alone. This updated version of the popular 2004 program will teach you new tips to minimize communication misunderstandings during the negotation process. Our panel of international experts will engage in an interactive role-play of negotiations in varying countries and provide tips for translation issues when working in dual language contracts, tactics to expedite/delay negotiations, options or selective disclosure/protection of intellectual property, methods to disagree without killing the deal, interpretation of body language, and variations of "yes", "no", "it’s not my decision to make", and "you’re wasting my/your time".
Is arbitration too expensive? Does mediation prior to litigation simply delay the inevitable? Are executive escalation clauses just a waste of time? Not necessarily. A skillfully worded ADR clause in your contract - drafted before any dispute arises - can address these and virtually any other objection any party might have to alternative dispute resolution. This panel will draw on years of experience with ADR clauses, effective and otherwise, to provide you with broad negotiation strategies and specific contract clauses to help you save you time, money and effort in your next dispute.
A year after the new electronic discovery rules were enacted, many companies and their counsel are seeking better answers to the ever-evolving problem of electronic discovery. This panel will explore best practices in all three segments of the electronic discovery minefield, from securing documents and other information before it's too late to gathering what's needed when it must be gathered to analyzing information efficiently and effectively.
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