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Steps to take in conducting an internal investigation. Includes guidance on initial meetings, determining whether an investigation is necessary, nature of the controversy, planning the investigation, conducting the investigation and interviews, assessing credibility of interviewees, and making recommendations.

Sample employee intellectual property assignment agreement

A flow chart guiding employers through relevant health and safety regulations.

Learn best practices and receive actionable advice on compliance program benchmarking and monitoring, including: how to compile critical compliance program data to accurately assess and measure program effectiveness; key takeaways that can (and should) be gleaned from a benchmarking exercise; and using compliance software to establish and maintain a cost-efficient and effective compliance program (includes meeting the “Morgan Stanley” defense). Learn how to design quantifiable, meaningful metrics that your Audit Committee and enforcement agencies will understand and appreciate. Discuss the criteria you should be benchmarking your program against, as well as the key monitoring priorities. Learn how to collect the data and begin using it to improve your compliance program.

Organizations are oftentimes quick to designate a legal counsel as the conscience of the company. But are we? And should we be? Just how separate should legal and compliance be? This session will scrutinize the dynamic of the in-house lawyer who simultaneously serves as the company’s ethics officer. Are the roles of lawyer and ethics officer symbiotic — or potentially conflicting? Our panel will evaluate the pros and cons, the risks and the benefits, of wearing both hats along with such related practical issues as budgetary considerations, lines of report, and relations with HR and internal audit.

A checklist for guarding against loss of trade secrets.

Change management basics – setting the stage, deciding what to do, making it happen and making it stick. From ACC Value Challenge workshop, Legal Service Management, July 2010: www.acc.com/legalservicemanagement

Conducting discovery efficiently and effectively can significantly reduce litigation costs and enhance the chances for successful dispute resolution. This panel discussion will deal with discovery best practices, including litigation hold management, recent changes to the discovery portions of the US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and techniques for managing and reducing the costs of discovery.

This article is about Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations: challenges and strategies for white collar attorneys and their clients.

This is a sample guarantee agreement.

This is a sample sponsorship agreement.