This session will help you to establish the value of having an IP program, how to get your senior business leadership to buy in to this and how to implement thorough training. Faculty will share tips on effectively communicating with your business partners and executives.
This course is about the legal ramifications of and how to set executive compensation in a non-profit organization. Our panel of nonprofit specialists will examine compensation issues facing nonprofit executives and board members. Learn how to determine appropriate compensation and the consequences of providing compensation to board members for certain executive activities.
The Digital Revolution has made copying easier and transmitting copies simpler. As copyright law meets the personal computer and the Internet, join us for a discussion on making sure your company is up to this 21st century legal challenge.
In recent years, record numbers of companies have faced the challenges of restating financials for past periods. Included among them is addressing the legal and accounting issues directly involved in restating the financials, while managing the involvement of regulators and enforcement officials, as well as the expectations of stakeholders such as shareholders and employees. Join our panel of in-house experts who have been through the process as they share their observations about how the process can be made more manageable. You will take home concrete solutions advise your client during this difficult period in your company’s life.
Without proper preparation, the deposition of your executive team could deliver disastrous results. But can you get them to sit still long enough to prepare them? The recent SEC and justice department stock option investigations have reemphasized the importance of witness preparation and the potential damage that can result from witness testimony gone awry. Learn how to avoid the pitfalls and traps from our panel of litigation specialists as they cover such topics as SEC and independent committee interviews, trial testimony, keys to a successful defense, and much more.
A follow-up on to 2006’s popular program, this year’s discussion will focus on the practical approaches to licensing IP from the licensor’s perspective. We’ll focus on the legal issues involved in licensing approaches to different types of intellectual property (e.g., patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets), what the most heavily negotiated provisions are, terms that are most problematic, and practical tips on negotiating IP licensing from a licensor’s perspective.
Three federal agencies have released final regulations on what is allowable as part of company wellness programs including premium discounts, health risk assessments, and more. The regulations are required reading to avoid ERISA, HIPAA, ADA, and IRS issues. Allow our panel of seasoned counsel to highlight the requirements of the regulations and the interplay between applicable statutes, and identify best practices throughout the country to (legally) help control health costs. Every plan sponsor will find this to be a helpful overview on a current concern as employers will no doubt be developing their programs, or tweaking them, in 2007 to come into compliance by 2008.
Three federal agencies have released final regulations on what is allowable as part of company wellness programs including premium discounts, health risk assessments, and more. The regulations are required reading to avoid ERISA, HIPAA, ADA, and IRS issues. Allow our panel of seasoned counsel to highlight the requirements of the regulations and the interplay between applicable statutes, and identify best practices throughout the country to (legally) help control health costs. Every plan sponsor will find this to be a helpful overview on a current concern as employers will no doubt be developing their programs, or tweaking them, in 2007 to come into compliance by 2008.
Three federal agencies have released final regulations on what is allowable as part of company wellness programs including premium discounts, health risk assessments, and more. The regulations are required reading to avoid ERISA, HIPAA, ADA, and IRS issues. Allow our panel of seasoned counsel to highlight the requirements of the regulations and the interplay between applicable statutes, and identify best practices throughout the country to (legally) help control health costs. Every plan sponsor will find this to be a helpful overview on a current concern as employers will no doubt be developing their programs, or tweaking them, in 2007 to come into compliance by 2008.
Latin America, with its numerous jurisdictions and varying labor laws and requirements in each can make even the most experienced employment counsel's head spin. This overview presentation will provide a comparative review of labor law in the varying countries, identify the common issues and requirements, highlight the differences among the various countries in Latin America and reveal the impact that these laws and requirements can have on a company doing business there. Discover actions your company can take to avoid common pitfalls in the region whether you are just starting to do business there or already have large functioning operations.
Explore four key issues facing nonprofits today. Learn how your organization can successfully survive a Data Breach, manage Intellectual Property Risk, counsel your clients on Political Activity and Structure Your Nonprofit Organization for maximum effectiveness. Keep your organization out of the headlines with these important updates.
In today’s increasingly litigious environment, corporate counsel must be able to navigate their company through class actions and other complex litigations that challenge the very integrity of the company’s goods and services. Such cases are filed every day, and represent billions of dollars of potential liability. You’ll hear from experts, including general counsel of some of the largest companies in the US, who have prevailed in high-stake litigation including defeating efforts to certify nationwide class actions in federal and state courts throughout the US. Our speakers will share their secrets and innovative defense strategies to help you overcome the challenges posed by such high-stakes, difficult cases, to mitigate the potential exposure they represent, and to manage litigation costs.
Often that the press only writes about IP worse case scenarios. Our discussion is intended to focus on more real world legal issues that corporate practicitioners confront and how to learn from them. Our panel of IP veterans will cover such topics as learning from IP challenges and how to confront them and how to set expectations of management on IP issues.
How do you create enforceable contracts with users of your web site? What happens when users are worldwide? Are privacy policies really contracts and do you need one? What are the major elements of a use agreement? Should you incorporate privacy policies into your use agreement? What issues should you consider when linking to another company’s Internet property?
Securities litigation and derivative actions pose significant threats to corporations. Our panel of experts will review the cases and discuss the trends, focusing on the lessons that can be learned to help securities lawyers and litigators work together to prevent these actions in the first place. Join in the discussion and share your thoughts regarding several recent high-profile cases, in which in-house lawyers have been held accountable for securities law violations of their companies. Take home practical advice on how corporate practitioners can best manage these risks.
Prosecutors call it "three hots and a cot." Others call it "Club Fed." No matter what it’s called, today’s prosecutorial zeal often has one common goal: corporate officers leaving the executive suite for an eight by ten cell. The risks of running a business in today’s environment are far greater than the already formidable downside of potential business failure, and even unintentional missteps can result in a costly investigation, an enforcement proceeding, or a criminal indictment. Also, as the recent options backdating scandals have shown, the risks run all the way to the general counsel's office. This panel will draw on the experiences of white-collar and enforcement veterans to demonstrate how you can protect yourself and your corporate executives from costly mistakes when interacting with auditors, regulators, whistle-blowers, audit/special committees and prosecutors.
As business becomes more global, so too should the focus of IP strategy. Our panel of IP experts will focus their discussions on emerging markets, such as China, Singapore, and India as well as developments in more mature markets such as the UK and Germany. Our program will teach you how to use legal IP protections, other than patents, (e.g., trade secrets) to assist a company in protecting its intellectual property, even when IP enforcement laws differ from those of the US.
Law managers must develop the management and relationship skills that aren't taught in law firms or in law school. How can you be more than just a manager and become an effective leader in your department? Here is your chance to learn! Become an expert in developing leadership qualities within your legal department and help improve job satisfaction among your team. Take home methods to become more involved with corporate strategy and committees. Plus receive valuable tips on developing a law department business plan.
The law department must take a leadership position in preparing a corporate client for global business. Counsel should play a substantial role in the audit of the company for assets required to do business globally and should take the lead in acquiring the expertise and identifying resources for the information necessary to prepare the client. From this program, take home feature audit checklists and get examples of ways gaps can be filled in the client's resources in order to minimize the risk of operating outside of the US. In addition, you will learn steps to become better prepared to manage the provision of legal services needed for global business.
What is the connection between the environmental activities of your company and Sarbanes-Oxley or other corporate legal requirements? What does sustainability mean for companies, and what are the current benchmarks for such a company? How can an environmental management system (EMS) be used to identify potential environmental law risk and improve bottom line performance at the same time? What must Board members and senior management know regarding these issues, and how can in-house counsel most effectively communicate that information to them? Take this opportunity to explore these far reaching concepts through open discussion, using hypothetical situations. You'll return home with the practical training you need to deal with potential issues in this area of law and how best to communicate it to your senior management and the board.
In today's business world almost nothing is more important than hiring the right person. Hiring the right person means pre-employment screening and background checks are imperative! Employers are responsible for ensuring: the accuracy of information provided by an applicant, meeting your employer required obligations within the hiring process, preventing turn over, and eliminating employer liability within the hiring process. Failure to conduct appropriate pre-employment screening measures can lead to significant liability and risks. This substantive overview will cover the laws that every employer needs to know and what the company must DO prior to a candidate starting work. This program will include the potential pitfalls under state and federal law, requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the law regarding emerging use of social networking sites, such as MySpace, and Megan's Law lists to screen potential employees.
Using plaintiff lawyers for corporate high-stakes litigation is fast proving to provide strategic advantages for both large and small corporations. With the risks and fees associated with litigation soaring, in-house lawyers have successfully employed the plaintiff's bar to maximize recoveries and minimize costs. Take home real-life insights where Corporate America has used plaintiff lawyers with great success.
Many compliance and intellectual property issues faced by corporations require the use of outside private investigation firms. The ethical rules that apply to counsel engaging private investigators need to be considered along with the boundaries of acceptable activity and use of resources. There are also practical aspects to the engagement and management of private investigation firms to ensure compliance with the law and the avoidance of liability and embarrassment to the company and its directors and officers. Take this opportunity to explore the ethical rules that apply to legal counsel engaging private investigators, the activities they may or may not engage in, licensing requirements of private investigative firms, and practical tips for managing the activities of PIs and their subcontractors to control costs, ensure compliance with law and avoid liability and embarrassment to your corporation.
Canadian CCU 2007: Everyone likes to talk about "partnerships" with outside counsel, but often we do not focus on building effective and mutually beneficial relationships. Learn how. Topics included ethical issues and requirements for engagements, billing and cost containment, and legal work product.
Canadian CCU 2007: This fast-paced overview of the basics you need to know to provide legal advice to your marketing and advertising departments will cover legal issues such as regulators and their hot-button issues, how to run a sweepstakes, how to challenge a competitor's ad, claim substantiation and comparative advertising, dealing with emerging mediums such as branded entertainment and blogs, and email and web advertising. Walk away from this exercise with the legal knowledge you need to handle a wide variety of circumstances and the ability to trouble-spot issues before they can become problematic for your company.
Canadian CCU 2007: You can be the smartest and best-educated lawyer in the world, but if you can’t communicate your thoughts and analysis in a useful way all of your intelligence will be of little use. In order to effectively communicate with your in-house client you need to be able to explain legal issues and risk in an understandable way and temper that analysis with good judgment and a thorough understanding of your client’s business needs.
The following outline is intended to provide short overview of some of the issues at the heart of this discussion topic. Enterprise Risk Management is a broad topic that includes areas of risk that may not typically fall within the purview of the legal department except in more incidental ways. This outline focuses primarily on those aspects of risk management that may be most likely to impact the law department and your role as CLO on a day-to-day basis. There may be issues that we have not identified or perspectives on the identified issues that are not adequately represented in the outline: you should feel free to raise these additional thoughts as you like.
2007 ACCE Annual Conference: Is your company tempted by the prospect of saving big money by outsourcing technology service, customer call centers, and human resource functions to India or Eastern Europe? You may want to think before you jump. Our panel of outsourcing experts shared practical advice on conducting due diligence, structuring outsourcing agreements, drafting contracts, and minimizing risks.
Corporate practitioners new to in-house will benefit greatly from this conflicts of interest primer. We'll take an in-depth, corporate setting view of the subject and focus on best practices for resolving conflict issues raised by Sarbanes-Oxley and other relevant governance, legal, and compliance requirements. Our experts address the significance of the conflicts issues in the corporate world and best practices for resolving the matter should it arise.
CCU 2007: Your supervisor is standing in your office tapping his/her foot looking for a document needed NOW. What do you do? With our rapid document retrieval tips and techniques, you'll be handing that document over in a speedy, quick process and moving on to the next crisis without a second thought. (paralegal track)
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