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Discusses leveraging contract language to maximize protection of intellectual property and examines escrow programs in action.

Discusses a few of the most prominent examples of disastrous records mismanagement and best practices to gain control of your records.

Provides general background information including events preceding the backdating issue and underlying economics and damage issues. Addresses what in-house counsel needs to know and what to expect when the SEC or DOJ want to look at the books, records and files of the company.

Provides a review of the basic legal and practical components for any company undertaking a private offering and provides insights into the important features in any private placement, including a discussion of available registration exemptions, the essential matters to address in offering materials, and aggregation of offerings.

Using a software license as a case study, this program guides you through the key licensing issues, explains the problems which can arise in major trading jurisdictions in Europe and Asia and gives you practical guidance on how to address them.

This webcast highlights differences in contractual approaches between Europe, Asia and North America and is a must for US counsel who have responsibility for drafting or reviewing international employment contracts.

Discusses merger reform, the interface of
intellectual property with antitrust laws, data privacy, and spam and
spyware.

ACC Chicago and McDermott Will & Emery November 10th Webinar Handout Materials, "Consumer Protection: Establishing and Protecting Your Competitive Position."

Discusses emerging approaches for using technology to find the information most important to you, when you need it.

A panel of in-house counsel from small, medium, and large departments will share strategies used in developing and monitoring law department budgets. The topics to be discussed include putting in place a plan and a budget, putting in place a fee structure that indents performance, etc.

Discusses the differences between the ways branding, design rights and patents work in Europe and the way they work in the U.S.

This webcast discusses the FMLA in light of the overall leave management challenge and absence management challenges.

Discusses mandatory harassment training both in California and outside the state of California. Includes critical components of the regulations and best practices.

Discusses numerous aspects of responding to EEO agency charges, including an overview of the administrative process, investigating charges, dealing with agency investigators, and drafting position statements and focuses on the practical aspects of understanding the charge process and what federal, state and local agencies are really looking for to complete a charge investigation, with particular emphasis on obtaining a "no reasonable cause" determination or a dismissal of the charge.

Discusses what records must be retained, the format and purposes records should be kept and retrievable, how litigation, investigations and audits affect the retention process, and how organizations comply cost effectively with e-discovery requirements.

Discusses the important aspects of the new proposed regulations under 409A.

This session focuses on the broad range of nonprofit, complex organizational structures that create affiliate organizations to maximize the scope of permissible activities under the tax exemption and other laws, how such organizations are structured, and relevant legal issues.

This webcast will examine attorney-client privilege erosion. Includes government efforts to force corporations to name names, withhold indemnification, and undermine joint defense options. Also includes pro-active strategies for how you can help prepare and protect your client from the inevitable waiver requests and larger strategies for pushing back against inappropriate auditor and government agency demands.

This webcast was held to orient members with energy legislation policy and examine the context in which the 2005 energy bill is being considered. It also discusses the legislation's potential business consequences.

This webcast involved a discussion by in-house counsel and administrator panelists from small, medium and large law departments who shared their insights regarding electronic billing systems. After a brief presentation, significant time was devoted to answering questions about this rapidly growing new technology.

Discusses the threat of organized labor to your organization, your industry, your geographic location, and your workforce.

A webcast that provides the answers to common questions related to the benefits of an ACC membership such as getting CLE credit, finding out what other departments are doing, and information to help respond to a client request, and more.

This webcast transcript discusses ethical issues you may not realize you are confronting, from both the in-house perspective as well as outside counsel's defense after the violations are prosecuted, and how to find resources that offer guidance on the applicable ethics rules.

With compliance and records retention becoming such a high priority, this webcast uses a diverse group of speakers to suggest ways of improving these areas and making the retention and compliance less of a headache.

Discusses practical career progression tips including how to rise through the ranks of the law department and how to maintain and enhance your skills.

The webcast provides an introduction to key aspects of the Chinese environmental regulatory system and clarify the more confusing aspects of this system.

Discusses recent legislation in the U.K. and how U.S. parents may protect themselves from its U.K. defined benefit pension plan.

Provides the fundamentals of technology escrow. Covers key issues to address in minimizing client risk when licensing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications, the challenges or risks surrounding off-shore development and licensing, challenges or risks surrounding exclusive supply agreements, verification of the content of escrow deposits, and escrow and verification service case studies.

Discusses the latest DOL guidance on Form 5500 Annual Return/Reports of Employee Benefit Plans regarding service provider fee disclosures, the status of proposed amendments to DOL regulation regarding statutory services exemption, disclosure of fees to participants and DOL’s position on gifts, gratuities and entertainment directed to plan fiduciaries.

Focuses on the practical and legal
implications of the Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as they relate to litigation holds.