Any lawyer faced with negotiating an outsourcing agreement will benefit from both the best practices and practical solutions shared in this session. From the perspectives of experienced in-house counsel for the customer and service provider as well as outside counsel, the presenters will analyze and debate each side of the most contentious, key provisions in outsourcing agreements. Topics include planning for termination with a focus on termination for cause and convenience, benchmarking, material change provisions, and transition assistance requirements; drafting the scope of services to be performed with a focus on the line between in-scope services, on the one hand, and out-of-scope services and potentially costly change orders, on the other hand; constructing effective service levels; pitfalls to avoid in drafting limits of liability and indemnity provisions; and modeling intellectual property ownership and licensing.
Annual Meeting 2006: In part 2 of this two-part series, our panel will review the current case law and discuss the new proposed amendments to the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure. In addition, the panel will review the Sedona Principles and give practical tips to ensure compliance with the law.
A strategic IP management program is essential to increasing the value of your company’s innovative power. How can your IP be used to invigorate the business and enhance your company’s competitive position? Using real-world experiences, our panel will share their perspectives on how to develop an effective strategy for leveraging and protecting your company’s IP assets.
For global companies operating across multiple jurisdictions, establishing a single set of compliance policies and guidelines that can be used around the world is a daunting challenge. With increased corporate focus on compliance activities comes a new need to coordinate with other corporate non-lawyer-led functions, such as a Chief Compliance Officer and staff, or internal controls/audit functions. Given the number of players on the field, differences in how each function understands the proper performance of their work, and increasing complexity of regulation, the reality is that there are growing opportunities for both structural confusion and compliance mandates falling through the cracks. Discuss how recognized compliance leaders at global companies are navigating this maze, and bring back ideas on strategies you can use immediately within your company.
Almost every private company is looking for an exit strategy for its investors — most often by means of an IPO or an acquisition by a much larger, usually public, company. Accordingly, most exit scenarios entail a transition into the public company realm. That transition can be rocky, or with some advance planning, you can make it smooth and look like a star. This session will look at public company regulations and best practices as they apply to private companies in transition. Our panel of seasoned corporate practitioners will provide the perspective of private companies preparing for exit scenarios, as well as public companies evaluating private companies as acquisition candidates. Topics covered will include board and committee governance, financial reporting infrastructure, executive and equity compensation, risk management, D&O insurance, employee policies, officer and employee education and others.
The decision of whether to litigate or arbitrate poses a number of legal questions. For example, in-house litigators are regularly asked to decide which is the best forum for a matter to be heard. Is this case better for arbitration or litigation? What are the pros and cons of arbitration v. litigation? Our panel of seasoned litigators will answer all these questions, plus give practical advice on drafting arbitration clauses to maximize your chances of enforceability and success.
Annual Meeting 2006: Great lawyers are not necessarily great managers. In this session, learn how to get better performance out of your employees. Our panel of management specialists will explore real and specific performance issues, including both the positive and negative you likely encounter on a regular basis.
Leadership is not the same as management, and in today's culturally and geographically diverse work environment effective leadership requires not only solid management and technical skills but an appreciation for and sensitivity to differences in business and legal cultures. Our panel of international legal leaders will present lessons learned and practical suggestions on how to overcome geographic, organizational and cultural barriers in order to build an integrated global law department, while taking into consideration differences in legal systems around the world.
Annual Meeting 2006: If your company makes use of or develops free or open source software (FOSS), this session is for you. Our technology counsel will provide an overview of what FOSS is, legal issues concerning such software including litigation, patents, different licenses, warranties, and indemnification involved, where and how FOSS is generally used, and risks and benefits involved with licensing and using these types of software. You will also receive an update on proposed changes to the General Public License (GPL) and take home a list of the legal issues to be aware of to keep your company out of trouble.
As in-house counsel for your company, one of your many roles may be to provide support and guidance to the board. But you need to stay on top of the trends in order to provide the best legal advice possible. Here is your chance to get up to speed as this course will teach you about current best practices in board process, director communication, and on-boarding new directors. You’ll also take home practical tips on the hottest legal issues affecting directors today, including duties and liability, D&O insurance, and corporate governance.
The SEC has been busy making new rules in the post-Dodd-Frank year. Come to this session to get caught up on the most important issues the SEC has tackled in the past year. Subject to calendar changes at the SEC, topics covered will include whistleblower programs, say on pay and say when on pay, pay for performance, compensation committee independence, credit ratings, swaps and derivatives, and other important developments.
Test your employment law knowledge as our distinguished expert panel highlights significant, interesting and weird employment & labor law decisions and legislative developments.
How much information is enough? What your Board of Directors really needs to know about your compliance program, why they need to know it, and how to tell them. Leave this session with practical tools you can implement back in the office including, examples of reports, scorecards and other tools for Board reporting.
This program will explore what companies are required under SEC guidance, or may soon be required (by regulation or consumer demand), to disclose regarding how much carbon their products have generated, the chemicals used in their products, the origin of product materials and the well-being of the workers making their products. This may soon be required of the entire supply chain for products.
An overview of Chinese legal developments related to mergers and acquisitions and foreign invested enterprises.
An overview of the legal issues typically faced by a foreign investor looking to establish and do business in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with a particular emphasis on the UAE.
Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) have been on the top of the agenda for management and in-house counsel during the last years and trade compliance may or may not be getting the attention merited by the current complexities of this area of law. This will certainly have an
implication on the current trade compliance landscape and how in-house counsel should respond to it. This session will bring more clarity to the current status and provide concrete recommendations for your daily
operations.
This program provided a platform to share legal risk management approaches and to discuss potential best practices. The materials cover what was shared during this presentation.
An overview of the process involved when public companies merge or are acquired. Includes survey of M&A market trends, the use of tender offers, and common problems in public company M&A's.
Discover the critical factors to consider in deciding whether and how to form a joint venture with a Chinese partner or to invest in a wholly-owned foreign entity, including issues arising from Chinese foreign ownership restrictions, as well as issues relating to technology transfers, protecting IP, leasing property, hiring staff, dealing with local governments and establishing banking relationships in China.
Learn how to integrate the acquired management and workforce and the potential impact of local particularities on the timeline, and understand how to rationalize the combined business and reorganize the combined business's legal structure. Look at coordination of these various functions and the role of corporate and external counsel in preparing and implementing an integration plan.
This material teaches how to handle specific requests from foreign government officials, deal with due diligence red flags, manage travel expenses and per diems, and address charitable donations and community development initiatives.
A giveaway may be deemed to be a sweepstakes or contest; worse, it could end up being deemed an illegal raffle or lottery. Learn the differences between them, how to spot potential problems and how to help ensure that the campaign makes marketing, legal and customers happy.
Part 1 of a two-part Contract Drafting Program. This program will analyze and discuss warranty, epidemic failure and limitation of liability clauses. We will discuss how these clauses interrelate with each other in various types of commercial contracts and how they can be best drafted to suit your needs. The program will focus on drafting skills, and samples, good and bad, will be provided and discussed.
This program materials helps in-house counsel involved in M&As understand the ways in which tax issues might impact corporate transactions.
The 2012 proxy season will be surveyed for the most typical shareholder proposals that made it onto the ballots, and the underlying substantive merits of keeping the status quo versus adopting changes will be explored.
This program focuses on best practices regarding duties, compensation and independence of the lead director.
This interactive session will bring a complicated subject to life with many examples and case scenarios. Learn how the ADAAA has dramatically changed how employers must approach sick and injured employees.
This material includes a sensible and streamlined process for partnering with Information Technology counterparts to create and implement records retention rules and policies into a records management solution.
Learn how to coordinate with IT, human resources, legal department and business units; ensure employment policies and compliance program; acquire the necessary insurance, and work with law enforcement agencies.
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