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Discusses key insurance coverage issues that insureds face after Hurricane Katrina.

Discusses 12 areas of risk when it comes to in-house malpractice insurance and discusses the conflict between you representing the company that may have a differing or adverse interest to either a director, officer, or employee.

Discusses cost-effective strategies for multi-national clearance of trademarks and international enforcement from both U.S. and European perspectives.

Examines the realities and myths of being in China, more specifically the ways in which a company can protect its intellectual property assets while still doing business there.

This program focuses on the most common employer concerns regarding reservists returning from overseas, and provides practical advice to deal with these problems.

Examines leading methodologies and discusses benchmarking data from hundreds of organizations in regard to corporate compliance programs, with particular emphasis on risk assessments.

A brief overview of employment law issues that commonly arise at non-profit organizations.

A webcast reviewing the Canadian legal and regulatory structure for electricity markets, the territory specific regulation in Alberta and Ontario, and generation investment in those two jurisdictions.

This webcast examined the effective use of arbitration and other ADR tools in international business. Topics discussed included how to create a binding commitment to the use of arbitration and other ADR tools in transactional and contract scenarios, cultural influences on the choice of effective arbitration and other ADR tools in different parts of the world, comparative benefits of the range of different tools that are available and factors influencing the choice of governing law and jurisdiction.

This webcast discusses 20 to 30 hot button legal issues involving foreign employment laws that often arise when working on in-house projects. Questions examined in the context of relevant examples and practice tips include: Which laws apply? How must recruitment, offers of employment, employment contracts, and termination of employees be handled? What effect will emerging anti-discrimination and data privacy laws have?

This webcast discussed approaches to compliance and implementing a program which adapts to the culture and size of a particular organization.

This webcast discusses the nuts and bolts of setting reserves.

Analyzes the SEC actions and criminal proceedings against inside corporate counsel for the past six years, and discusses the implications of the unique study on the risk management techniques for inside counsel.

Discusses investment and restrictions in the Chinese commercial sector.

This webcast transcript warns against letting subpoenas take you by surprise; get the skills that you need to handle subpoenas correctly.

Focuses on how compliance officers and others view risk management, how they proactively manage compliance and associated risks, specific principles and guidelines as a framework for analyzing risk, and case studies on improving business while lowering risk.

This webcast transcript addresses creative strategies, including the wider use of technology, the use of metrics, the development of sophisticated budgeting tools and true value-based billing models, being deployed by in-house and external teams to meet challenges head on and to redefine the quality and depth of their relationship as a consequence.

This webcast transcript examines changes to the Canada-US Tax Treaty that will affect withholding tax rates on certain cross border payments. The presenters provide insight on possible restructuring solutions and discuss changes to Canada's Income Tax Act as they pertain to the energy industry.

Reviews the fine points involved in enforcing and avoiding non-compete agreements by attorneys who regularly litigate these issues, as moderated by in-house counsel in an industry dependent upon the information and relationships that non-compete agreements protect.

This webcast discusses the practical effects of the FRCP amendments and how they promise to impact existing practices concerning the records management and eDiscovery practices.

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."

Explores respective roles of FERC and NERC, the status of standards being developed by the ERO and related enforcement developments. Discusses how to determine if your company is a "user, owner or operator" that is subject to the FERC reliability standards and penalties.