Our experienced panelists will discuss legal issues associated with conducting pre-hire screening, including a discussion of how to manage testing programs post-Ricci, how to respond to the recent focus by regulators and legislators on limiting criminal background checks and credit checks, and how to conduct contingent offer medical evaluations.
Today’s economy brings both challenges and opportunities. While the current financial environment makes it clear that little can be done to fully protect against a potential bankruptcy by a customer, landlord, licensee or tenant, you can “be the solution” by proactively moving to mitigate risk or even benefit from the event. Join us at this session for an update on how to handle bankruptcy in a way that will best help your company.
Executive compensation, increased communication and transparency for shareholders are among the hot-button issues in economic reform. Say on Pay Proposals — non-binding proposals included in a company’s proxy materials that call for an annual shareholder advisory vote on a company’s executive compensation program — have become more widespread as momentum is swinging toward allowing shareholders more access in matters of compensation. This panel will address recent developments in executive compensation as they relate to Say on Pay Proposals and will explore ways companies can position themselves to prepare for mandatory shareholder input on executive compensation. In what promises to be a lively and relevant discussion, the panel will discuss issues such as the federal guidelines on compensation, severance, and clawbacks, proper disclosure of employment agreements and other “golden parachute” agreements, SERPs, and mandated compensation risk disclosure.
In this age of electronic networking and socializing, counsel need to understand how to use networks such as LinkedIn, Martindale-Hubbell Connected or ACC tools effectively to learn new skills, discuss issues, compare notes or job-hunt, etc. This session will also provide a primer on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Second Life and whatever may become the next hot site, so counsel will be able to understand what employees may be doing.
Generally, wage and hour collective actions require no showing of intent but can result in enormous damages awards. Complex rules, compliance vulnerability, an aggressive plaintiff's bar and a sluggish economy keep the claims for unpaid overtime, off-the-clock work and misclassification of workers, roiling. Vulnerable pay practices and policies are commonplace, and the DOL Wage and Hour Division, with increased funding and staff, is working overtime to enforce the law. In this session, wage and hour specialists and class action practitioners will explore recent developments in rules and enforcement, and emerging trends in class and collective actions.
Now that counsel knows what social networking sites are out there and how to effectively use them, this program will provide tips on how to protect your companies from the issues that might develop.
Esteemed jurists from the world-renowned Delaware Supreme Court and Delaware Court of Chancery are joined by leading members of the corporate bar to share their outlook and insights on regulatory reform in the corporate finance arena, examine the upgrade of corporate governance, review key corporate law cases and share revelatory insights into their impact on US and multi-national companies. Benefit from insights into the potential impact of regulatory changes on your organizations and learn about increasing governance and compliance demands. Plus, gain firsthand insight into the judicial decision-making process, the effect of recent judicial decisions in the corporate arena and how they may impact corporate decision making –– all while interacting with the panel.
An introduction to international accounting standards with special attention to section 39, which is related to recognition of financial assets and liabilities. What is the process for derecognition of financial assets and liabilities related to financial instruments sales, etc? Learn how the discrepancies between the US Financial Accounting Standards and IAS could impact your company.
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Guide to in-house training. Includes reasons for training, sources of need for training, potential training areas, the role of the legal department, various forms of training material, and measurement of success.
Overview of the EPA's presence on the internet. Includes review of EPA information available online and its use of the internet to communicate with citizens. Also includes a white paper examining emerging concerns about the adequacy of procedural protections in government information programs.
An overview of legal developments related to employee participation committees. An employee participation committee is essentially any kind of workplace employer-employee committee that deals with workplace issues.
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This Outline review some of the Division's significant recent activity involving financial fraud, financial reporting, the responsibilities of officers, directors, employees, and accountants, and the foreign corrupt practices act.
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Most of us would agree that litigation is both undesirable and inevitable. Not even the most
cautious companies are immune from lawsuits. Law departments must therefore gear up for
battle by developing strategies for the efficient and effective handling of cases. Through trial
and error, I have uncovered some practical and useful litigation strategies for small law departments. While these strategies will not guarantee victory, they should help to maximize your resources, focus your attack, and make the litigation battle a little less agonizing.
Scholars and business people have proposed a variety of definitions of strategic thinking, including: the ability to
define and create purpose and models, the ability to go from chaos to concept, and an understanding of knowledge
creation.
With the increasing use of and reliance upon consultants to perform work traditionally performed by employees, all in-house counsel need to know how to protect their corporate clients from misappropriation of valuable data and trade secrets. A panel of experts will address such topics as: confidentiality, protection of intellectual property, and computer security concerns in the context of non-employee disclosures.
Overview of legal developments as of 1999. Includes examination of relevant case law, investigative template for anti-trust factfinding, and an article analyzing the changing legal trends.
This outline covers election-related activities which may be pursued by corporations and labor organizations. One of the core provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, is Section 441b, which prohibits corporate expenditures and contributions in federal elections. The prohibitions apply to both independent expenditures and contributions made out of general treasury funds.
The following are observations about some of the differences between new construction, and remedial construction contracting.
ACC Value Challenge: Chapter Initiatives
Provides an overview of commercial arbitration. Includes a summarization of relevant case law, international agreements, and sample arbitration provisions.
General Counsel and other lawyers in corporations possess a variety of skills and have a wide knowledge base of corporate finance, governance, and compliance. This experience often reflects many hours in the board room as well. But what does it take to get to the other side of the board table—to be a member of the board itself? In this presentation, board members explained how they made that leap, what the experience was like, and the pros and cons. It could be the next stop on your career path!
So many employment laws and regulations to comply with; so little time. You don’t want to make a misstep. But how can you make sure your client meets them all and gets the rest of the work of the company done as well? Triage. Triage. Triage. Address those problems that are the most significant sources of risk by taking steps to make sure they don’t arise. This learned panel shared what those areas of concern are and how you can implements solutions to reduce the legal risk associated with them.
OSHA: The very acronym strikes fear in the hearts of in-house counsel — indecipherable standards, surprise inspections, byzantine enforcement processes. But help is on the way! ACC’s panel of OSHA experts — with four decades of cumulative experience, and a former OSHA chief — present a host of practical do’s and don’ts for avoiding the biggest compliance traps, surviving an inspection, appealing a citation, interpreting standards, and staying abreast of OSHA’s latest targeting strategies, regulatory actions and recordkeeping & training requirements.
A PowerPoint presentation on the basics of contract law. Great reference for presenting contract issues to salespeople and other non-legally trained employees.
Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Immigration Law Primer
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