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This HIPAA Privacy and Security training course will explain our policy regarding the privacy and security of electronic healthcare information in compliance with HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

To access the HIPAA Privacy and Security Training Course, visit <a href=http://www.ethicsxchange.com/topic/35542-hipaa-privacy-and-security>www.acc.com/compliance</a>.

This Internal Controls training course is intended to increase your awareness and understanding of internal controls — what they are, why we have them, and how they affect your day-to-day job responsibilities.

To access the Internal Controls Training Course, visit <a href=http://www.ethicsxchange.com/topic/35539-internal-controls>www.acc.com/compliance</a>.

This Money Laundering training course will (1) help you to detect money laundering, (2) examine the laws that make money laundering a crime, and (3) inform you of reporting requirements and prevention measures designed to thwart this crime.

To access the Money Laundering Training Course, visit <a href=http://www.ethicsxchange.com/topic/35540-money-laundering>www.acc.com/compliance</a>.

This Preventing Discrimination and Harassment training course will help you recognize discrimination, harassment and retaliation and deal with them appropriately. It will address the following issues:(1) Why do you need to be concerned about discrimination, harassment and retaliation? (2) What are the key laws and policies that you need to be aware of? (3) What must you, as a supervisory employee, do to comply with and carry out our organization's responsibilities under these laws and policies?

To access the Preventing Discrimination and Harassment Training Course, visit <a href=http://www.acc.com/compliance>www.acc.com/compliance</a>.

This Preventing Workplace Violence training course includes information about (1) workplace-violence prevention, (2) risk factors, (3) how to identify a threatening situation, and (4) what to do if you're in or near one.

To access the Preventing Workplace Violence Training Course, visit <a href=http://www.ethicsxchange.com/topic/35558-preventing-workplace-violence>www.acc.com/compliance</a>.

This survey covers the results of the Laurence Simons group on in-house salary and benefits.

This resource discusses both federal and South Carolina state laws and policies regarding immigration, including the Immigration Reform & Control Act (IRCA). Additionally, the document includes relevant real-life examples.

This resource explains the trends in mergers and acquisitions in 2010, as well as the principles of and impacts on pricing (document in French).

This resource explains the basics and novelties of intellectual property (this document is in French).

This resource explains recent developments in the regulations of pharmaceutical drugs, including ensuring the transparency of clinical trials (this document is in French).

This material focuses on European anti-corruption requirements including new regulations like the UK Bribery Act 2010. It includes relevant information regarding these challenges and changes that affect corporate counsel and their clients.

This material helps you explore legal options to help your company define or update an open source policy.

The world is getting smaller and smaller and your company is looking beyond the national borders for new markets and resources. Unfortunately, there is a myriad of import and export laws and regulations you must navigate through, including OFAC, ITAR and FCPA to name just a few. Learn what you need to know to set a well-charted course for your company, maintain compliance and make the most of your cross-border commerce.

Through outsourcing, law departments can save money, improve law department productivity (and morale), and add more value to the business - IF you are careful to outsource the right things for the right reasons, select the right provider to meet your objectives, and manage the LPO/firm relationships well. Through a blend of instruction, mini-case presentations and small group exercises, you will develop the decision-making and management skills to lead successful outsourcing programs. Lessons learned through this crucible can be applied to additional outside resource management scenarios.

An article reviewing the stages of an effective internal investigation

An article reviewing changes in the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act regarding treatment of repeat offenders.

Records management is often not viewed as a responsibility of the general counsel's office, but records management decisions, and mistakes, can often raise a host of legal issues. This basics program will introduce in-house counsel to the basic elements of a records management policy including the law, review recent regulatory and judicial decisions that should influence a company's records management, and target the types of information that require special attention when it comes to preserving or destroying corporate records. An emphasis will be placed on automated information. Come build your records management checklist, learn what the greatest legal risks in this area are, and what recent and upcoming legislation and regulatory developments could affect your policies.

Shareholders are important stakeholders for every company; however, recent events have shown the risks and legal liabilities a company faces when dealing with them. Recent regulatory and legislative developments, such as new SEC rules permitting electronic proxy distribution, and the New York Stock Exchange’s action to eliminate broker non-votes, add complexity to these matters. Our expert panel will discuss a range of legal issues relating to conducting the annual meeting, proxy disclosure and solicitation issues, the legal response to possible shareholder activism, and the role of proxy service provider Institutional Shareholder Services in your company's relationship with shareholders.

More and more employees are qualifying for certain benefits deemed for domestic partners. This is a relatively new area for benefits coverage: here is a your chance to get a clear picture up close from your in-house peers as they share their expertise on current legal status of domestic partners and best practices. You will come away from this session with a better understanding of the legal rights, or lack thereof, of domestic partners and their family members to employee benefits and other HR matters. Plus you will take home forms for use in employee handbooks and other company documents.

The mandate of the in-house lawyer is to limit risk while at the same time helping to grow the company's business. How do you protect the company and ensure legal compliance without being labeled the "sales prevention department?" How do you encourage Sales and Marketing departments to include Legal in their business processes at the appropriate time? This program will explore specific, practical strategies designed to align compliance/risk management objectives with the business goal of driving revenue. Speakers will describe how to develop common ground with sales and marketing personnel to produce profitable business that also satisfies the company's compliance and risk management requirements.

In-house attorneys are learning about the benefits of hiring a professional coach, such as helping to set goals for your career, maximizing your strengths and learning from your weaknesses, developing a personal brand, understanding your client and having corporate political savvy, networking within and outside your company, leadership development, and improving all facets of your communication skills. An executive coach can facilitate fast-tracking your career with proven stress-reducing tactics and valuable information not taught in school. Our panel will share some of their secrets to help you gain the edge.

The hottest class action law suits all focus in on wage and hour. Don’t let it happen to you! Find out what you need to know to help eliminate significant liability in the ever changing, highly regulated, litigious world of wage and hour. You’ll find this program to be of great value as our panel shares with you what you need to conquer the basics of spotting the intricacies of wage and hour law early on. Our labor specialists will provide an overview of complex wage and hour laws facing corporations today, including those dealing with overtime with premium pay, daily overtime, rest and meal breaks and shift differentials. Plus, learn how to design an audit tool to uncover errors before they become lawsuits: a much needed asset for ALL employers.

"Patent litigation" - unfamiliar venues, strange procedures, and crippling potential downsides often come to mind with these words, and companies’ patent dockets continue to expand. This panel of patent litigation veterans will draw from their experiences to help you better address your next patent case, from practical tips to new case law that will drive the cutting edge of this important topic.

UBIT, Lobbying, political activity, and involvement in commercial ventures. Sound familiar? In-house counsel will appreciate this review of the major tax issues confronting nonprofits.

New regulations and ever-evolving standards are changing the relationship between companies and their auditors, and the way audits are conducted. What are the company's legal obligations when working with auditors? How can in-house counsel assist in the audit process? Who is in charge and what are the standards? What can be done when auditors change their minds? How can you best protect the attorney/client privilege in the audit process (e.g., minutes, litigation reserves)? Learn the answers to these and other pressing questions from our panel.

With intellectual property assertions from third parties becoming increasingly visible to companies, intellectual property indemnity provisions are more heavily negotiated and the focus of supply line and technology licensing agreements. Our licensing experts will discuss the key IP indemnity provisions that are often the most heavily negotiated. Plus they provide tips based on their past experience, share proven methods on how to negotiate provisions, and identify the most important ones to require.

ACC’s focus on privilege protection led us to look into the evolving (devolving?) relationship between lawyers and auditors for the company, but what we found takes us far beyond problems that arise in the context of auditor access to confidential or privileged files: additional dissatisfactions permeate the relationship. This program will present the results of this year’s examination of how to improve lawyer-auditor rapport and propose ideas to help facilitate the important work that lawyers and auditors should be working together to accomplish. We’ll look at privilege protection, contract terms, indemnification/liability assumptions, investigation techniques, and more.

With growing emphasis on controlling the costs of litigation, corporate counsel must demonstrate value using objective measurements. The emerging best practices for measuring the value of litigation management require metrics using methodology CFOs understand and in which they will have confidence. Our panel of law department leaders will demonstrate litigation management metrics and how they can be used in combination with risk analysis and early case assessment to improve litigation results. Plus they will share their experience with putting together a metrics program for the legal department, describe the various measurements that should be considered for inclusion and provide an overview on how best to collect and aggregate the appropriate data into reports for specific audiences, including finance groups.