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As the globe shrinks, formal disputes become ever more costly and our ability to interact with others around the world becomes easier, the use of ADR to resolve business disputes has become more acceptable. Not sure how to implement ADR in your international contracts or through a program at your multinational organization? Let our seasoned panel of international counsel help! You will learn about some ideal contract approaches and common pitfalls that undermine international ADR programs. Our discussion will include such items as how various countries' laws, cultures or circumstances create a compelling case for the use of ADR, the various ADR options and their comparative benefits, and some factors influencing choice of governing law and jurisdiction.

Benchmark with your in-house peers leading practices in risk mitigation. Take this opportunity to learn the law of compliance hot topics including avoiding pitfalls (including options backdating), e-discovery, antitrust issues, bribery, tools for uncovering and addressing compliance challenges, and much more.

Negotiating is part of everyone’s daily lives, whether you choose to accept that truth or not. Why not excel at it! This program material gives insightful guidance on successfully handling all phases of the negotiation process including acquiring information from an adversary, negotiating for a competitive advantage, and identifying the best methods for closing the deal. Particular focus is placed on avoiding pitfalls and distilling the differences in cross border transactions.

You may not be a criminal defense lawyer but did you know that the Federal Bank Secrecy and Anti-Money Laundering laws put you on the front line of law enforcement? Learn what you need to know now to advise your client about identifying suspicious transactions, record retention requirements, training obligations and more, and make sure your company stays in compliance.

Metrics are important not only to the sales function or the marketing department, but to the legal function of a company too. Such measures for the legal department can help evaluate performance of both the individual lawyer as well as the department, and drive behavior to show the value of the legal function to the broader company. Join with our legal managers who have developed real-world, usable metrics as they share their best practices to effectively measure the performance of staff.

Should the legal department manage the company's risk insurance program? If your department does, you’ll find this program will provide you with the legal knowledge and strategies for handling the risk insurance program, from negotiating policy renewals, developing relationships with underwriters, and incorporating brokers into your risk management team.

In the post-SOX world, nonprofits are struggling to identify and adopt financial management best practices. Attorneys can no longer rely on the CFO to be solely responsible for financial management. Take this opportunity to learn what the law says about internal controls, internal auditors, audit and finance committees, reporting on your 990, reporting to watchdog groups, executive compensation, investment oversight, board and spouse travel, reasonable board perks, and much more.

How can you be sure that you and your staff gain the compensation and other rewards you need to keep you motivated and employed at your current company? Learn from our panel of experts from small, medium, and large departments how they worked with their managements and human resource professionals to address compensation issues including creative approaches when the money wasn't there. You will take home tools for assuring that your compensation program is legally compliant, competitiveness of compensation, increased appreciation for the value and selection of non-monetary rewards, how to educate your HR department to the unique needs of your department and what the pitfalls and strategies are that can lead to a more representative sampling of comparable positions.

Everyone likes to talk about "partnerships" with outside counsel, but often we do not focus on building effective and mutually beneficial relationships. Learn how. Topics will include ethical issues and requirements for engagements, billing, and legal work product.

Standards of business conduct are becoming increasingly important, as is getting acceptance and engagement across multiple jurisdictions. Why do some jurisdictions dislike the whistleblower phone line? How can a cross-border company manage local sensitivities? Our panel will examine how some of the largest companies tackle this on a global basis, with lessons and experiences for all to share.

In today's corporate climate, in-house practitioners must be prepared to oversee or conduct internal investigations. Regardless of how or why the need may arise, counsel must be aware of and comply with the various requirements for conducting an effective investigation. Our program will provide you with the proper techniques for initial preparation, actual performance of the investigation, assembling the necessary investigative team, and much more.

What possibly could be more upsetting for a company than a notice of violation from an environmental agency? Receiving a notice that a citizen lawsuit will be filed in 60 days alleging an environmental violation. Many federal and state environmental laws contain provisions allowing enforcement by individuals acting as private attorneys general on behalf of the general public. Our expert panel will address the elements of a citizen lawsuit, and then focus on the current state of the law. Plus you will learn ways in which in-house counsel can best defend against citizen suits, avoidance strategies, settlement best practices, litigation tactics, and more.

As China becomes more integrated into the world economy, and both a major market and supplier, large and small companies from around the world are doing business with Chinese companies or in China. Your company may already be doing business in China or may be contemplating such a move. This program will offer a breakdown of the legal advantages and disadvantages to conducting business in China. We'll cover recent changes in Chinese laws, results of recent lawsuits, tips on opening relationships, and developing successful business strategies.

This refresher course will bring you back up to speed on common principles you will need to know when working on European contracts. Your international peers will cover such contract issues as terms and conditions, which rules of law apply, distribution and sales laws, governing law, remedies, and soft factors when negotiating contracts in Europe. Plus the panel will review the pertinent sections of SOX and provide examples of how companies have developed compliance programs to benefit their contracting efforts.

902 - Common Issues in Dealing with Sales & Marketing Reps and Distributors

808 - Challenges of the New Attorney Professional Conduct Standards

611 - Attorney-Client Privilege & Attorney Work-Product Doctrines in an In-house Setting

The images of lawyers in film impacts the professional behavior of lawyers and the perception of lawyers by the public.

Basic guidelines for developing a compliance program, taking into consideration changes to traditional programs due to the internet and sentencing guidelines. Also gives tips on training employees.

Discusses the evolving role of corporate counsel, adding and assessing the value of law departments, and communicating that value. Also discusses synchronizing business & legal priorities.

Discusses benefits of using intranets and what types of information to display on them.

General information and tips on getting up to speed as a new general counsel, including employment/HR issues, IP issues, and contracts.

Presented at ACCA/GCCA European chapter 2002 Annual Meeting. This presentation was part of the program on buying distressed companies.

This paper explores the legal issues raised by the employee who is out on leave for a workers' compensation injury and either requests an indefinite leave or stays out on leave indefinitely. In many such cases, the employer is plunged into doubt and confusion as to how to handle such a situation, fearing a claim of retaliatory discharge under ADA, FMLA and state workers? compensation laws. The purpose of this article is to set out a basic structure for approaching this quandary.

Program Material: Sample Client Surveys (Deere & Co., Sears, International Paper Law Depts.)

Presented at ACC's Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Defining the IP Attorney’s Role in the E-Commerce Revolution

Program - Career Development: Marketing for the Mature Job Seeke Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000

Presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Averting Disaster: How to Turn Around a Run-Away Jury

Presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - A Comparative Analysis between U.S. and European Competition Laws

With the increase of corporate globalization, potentially relevant evidence can reside in many countries. From foreign language and computer language barriers, to privacy laws and safe harbor issues, counsel encounter numerous challenges when litigation is anticipated. It’s critical to understand the rules and regulations that govern the access to and the use of foreign data. This session will examine ethical issues and practical solutions for cross-border e-discovery, including e-discovery vs. e-disclosure — managing conflicts between US and foreign laws and procedures, cross-border, multi-language e-discovery requirements — managing data from collection and translation through review and production, and cost containment — managing the costs of e-discovery while data volumes and legal complexities explode.