Power point presentation and includes a sample "Notification of Litigation" letter, retention agreement for litigation letter, outside counsel retention policy, and a sample work plan format for litigated matters.
Budgeting for a private company.
Power point presentation on the emerging duty of good faith
Provides a list of pertinent issues for the new manager.
Class Action suits in Canada
807 - Keeping Up with Social Responsibility -- A Primer on Standards, Surveys, & Investment
703 The Law of Europe: A Grand Tour. Ideal for corporate counsel providing legal advice relating to business activities impacting the European Union, this document draws examples from three key legal areas: Employment and Labor Law, Corporate Responsibility, and Data Privacy. Learn through practical examples as well as from interactive case studies and the in depth knowledge and expertise of the panel.
Effectively Managing Public Relations for High-Profile Litigation. Includes a checklist designed to help in-house counsel consider steps to improve management of media-involved legal matters, talking points, as well as a discussion on public relations management.
710 - Is Open OK? Managing New Open Sources, Resources, Risks, & Rules
707 Environmental Incidents: Preparation, Response, & Investigation. A discussion of how to deal with an environmental incident based off a detailed hypothetical.
A discussion on risks faced by not-for-profits and how to analyze and insure the risks of your not-for-profit.
606 How to Build a Successful In-House Dispute Resolution Program for Companies of All Sizes
603 - Sarbanes-Oxley One Year Later: The Impact on Foreign Issuers
506 Establishing & Maintaining an Effect Best Employment Practices Audit Program
Annual Meeting 2006: The scope and reach of the US Patriot Act is daunting and pervasive; it reaches across borders and oceans. Its net casts beyond the realm of counter-terrorism and catches and impacts legitimate commercial activities. Its effects are felt not only by foreign customers of US corporations but also by customers of subsidiaries and affiliates of those companies. Many Canadian companies, for example, are now reviewing their traditional relationships with subsidiaries of US companies. Learn what constraints foreign/Canadian regulators have imposed on entities dealing with US companies, what impact the Patriot Act has had and will have on the awarding of contracts to US companies, and what terms are required in proposals and contracts in order to avoid disqualification or breach.
Annual Meeting 2006: Short on staff, short on funds? How can a small law department leverage technology and manage knowledge to be successful, stay legally compliant, and handle work flow? A panel of your small department peers will share with you the benefits of using intranets and other available technology to its fullest potential and gain efficient and economical results.
Annual Meeting 2006: Increasingly, officers, directors, and employees are being named as individuals in litigation and enforcement proceedings. This session is designed to give you legal knowledge on when and how to indemnify these individuals. Our panel of experts will explain the law and work through the plethora of issues that need to be considered.
Annual Meeting 2006: You may have heard that everything about bankruptcy changed this year. While the reality is a little less drastic, there were major changes to the code. Are you prepared? If you want to keep up with recent legislative changes and the constant barrage of judicial decisions this is the session for you. This session will cover the basics of the new code provisions and significant changes. It is a basic level course for non-bankruptcy lawyers to help you spot issues and know what to look out for.
Annual Meeting 2006: Corporate scandals are not limited to the for-profit world. A crisis could occur in any organization, including one serving your community. Learn the lawyer’s role in putting in motion a plan of action should the need arise, including a public relations effort designed to respond effectively and protect the organization and its constituency.
Annual Meeting 2006: Many US employees have no idea of the exposure they are facing by managing overseas business dealings, or worse, being registered as officers or managers of non-US companies. Not only do numerous US and non- US laws hold an employee personally liable for certain statutes occurring outside the US, but civil law countries do not recognize a business judgment rule defense to personal liability. Think you or others in your organization might be exposed but don’t know how to proceed? This comprehensive discussion will use hypothetical scenarios to teach you how to counsel your staff about personal liability issues, how to set up legal safeguards to avoid those liabilities, and how to deal with ethical issues related to employees’ personal liability issues vs. your duty as counsel to the company.
Corporate generalists will benefit from this update on the law regarding advertising in established and emerging marketing channels. Learn the status of regulation at the state and federal levels on such issues as telemarketing, direct mail, fax, internet/e-mail, and television. Attendees will also hear from a representative from the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection on its enforcement priorities for the year ahead.
Ranging from key technology licenses central to a business model to operational IT licenses for office software, every company’s counsel must advise on inbound licensing. This nuts and bolts course will take the perspective of and focus on the legal issues involved in licensing including coordinating licensed rights from different vendors with the licensee’s business model, impact of standard provisions on the licensee’s operations, and must-have contract clauses for licensees.
Designed to meet the needs of the busy and time-constrained in-house counsel, this panel will give a list of the top 10 best EH&S management practices that in-house counsel can immediately adopt and implement at their respective companies. While these plug and play procedures will be generic in nature to allow for use in a variety of industries and businesses, the panelists will give concrete examples of how these can be applied at other companies and how these measures will meet your legal obligations.
In recent years, hedge funds have taken on the mantle of the corporate raiders of the 1980s as they have shaken up the capital structures, boardrooms, and business plans of publicly traded companies across the investing spectrum. When your CEO turns to you for legal advice on fending off these new barbarians at the gate, what will you say? Our panel of in-house finance experts will explain the motivations and modus operandi of "activist" hedge funds, suggest practical advice to give to senior management in the event that a hedge fund enters your company's financial or managerial picture, and help you become fully versed on the advantages and disadvantages of teaming up with hedge funds when considering financing or M&A opportunities.
Fear drives much of the agenda for internal investigations particularly in the post-SOX world. Whistleblowing has become a common office cooler topic at many companies. Whether from a whistleblowing event or normal review process, investigation findings can be a valuable source of business intelligence, risk management, and quality improvement, but how do you conduct your investigations properly? Learn how to establish an effective process for receiving and evaluating whistleblower reports, your ethical obligation when faced with whistleblower reports, how to use whistleblower reports to meet your legal obligations and how to deal with SEC while maintaining your legal ethics and your loyalty to your client.
A key issue for in-house counsel, this subject is probably raised on a daily basis in many law departments. Are you aware of all the options, benefits, and drawbacks? If not, you will want to stick around for this session where leading practitioners on the subject will discuss the negotiation, implementation, and management of fixed fee and other alternative billing arrangements from the perspective of both in-house and outside counsel. Specifically you will learn about the different types of fixed fee and alternative billing arrangements, how best to negotiate such agreements including which services, fees, and costs should be included, the pros and cons of these billing arrangements, and how to manage these arrangements successfully so that both the client and outside counsel benefit.
What are the hot employment issues facing companies doing business in Europe today? If you don’t know and your company conducts business there, this European employment update is for you. Take this opportunity to brush up on laws regarding unions, privacy, non-compete clauses, works councils regulation on hazardous substances, and much more.
Annual Meeting 2006: Corporations face a wide variety of labor and employment laws. These vary significantly from state-to-state, often are contradictory, and sometimes are counter-intuitive. The sheer volume of statutes, regulations, and court decisions makes it very difficult for employers to understand the range of legal obligations that exist. The result is that your company may unwittingly be close to violating‚ or may already have violated‚ a law you did not even know about. Our panel of labor experts will guide you through the minefield of lesser-known employment laws that can wreak havoc in the workplace and correct employment law myths many take as truth.
Looking for an update on managing an organized workforce or tips to prevent employment organization? If so, this session is for you. Our labor experts will first provide an introduction to the laws that govern collective bargaining and then present tactics and tools to use to prevent a workforce from organizing as well as legal methods to prevent a union from driving a wedge between you and your organized employees.
Should the law department take the lead role in compliance? What is the impact of the legal codes of ethics on attorneys working in the compliance function? Our corporate practitioner panel will share with you their insights to understand the relationships among law, internal audit, finance, external auditors, and any independent compliance departments and their outside advisors, appreciate the legal and ethical issues that can arise among parties involved, and propose viable solutions to making the effort work. We will take a particular look at the ethical obligations of lawyers and relate these to the working relationships lawyers have with other staff departments.
Show results exclusively from the ACC Resource Library with customizable filters