ACC Chicago and Ogletree Deakins handout materials for MCLE programs on August 17 & 18, 2022, Benefits, Leaves, Pay, and Accommodations Post-Dobbs.
ACC Chicago and John R. Cesario, Senior Counsel, ARDC Chicago program on The Rules of Professional Conduct and National Trends in Disciplinary Law on June 30, 2022 via Webinar.
This fast-paced overview of everything you need to know to provide legal advice to your marketing and advertising departments and 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 boot camp 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.
ACC Chicago and Eversheds Sutherland handout for March 8 & 9, 2023 programs, The Big Chill on Non-Competes.
Competition laws around the world vary greatly. Corporate practitioners need to be familiar with these laws and how they could affect your company's business. This session will provide an overview of global competition law with a focus on harmonization within the EU and a comparison with Eastern European models.
The fundamental responsibility of the Board of Directors is to promote the best interests of the Company and its shareholders by overseeing the management of the Company’s business and affairs. In doing so, directors have two basic obligations to the Company and its shareholders: (1) the duty of care, which generally requires that directors exercise appropriate diligence in making decisions and in overseeing management of the Company, and (2) the duty
of loyalty, which generally requires that directors make decisions based on the best interests of the Company and its shareholders and without regard to any personal interest.
You've taken the plunge and are determined to build a dedicated compliance function. Explore key strategies and tactics for implementing and maintaining a compliance program that fosters ethical, legal, and productive operations while also minimizing business risk. Review the impact of recent legal and business developments on compliance strategy. Learn how to maintain leadership buy-in and commitment, and avoid common pitfalls that make a compliance program difficult to maintain.
It's back and it's better than ever. In 2001, the list was begun with only 10 things you should know as in-house counsel. Not just for general counsel, these issues have not gone away, and now the list has grown to 250 things. Our outstanding panel of in-house counsel will share their list of things they were glad they knew-or wished they'd known-when starting out. Gain guidance in such key areas as employment law, intellectual property issues, corporate governance, securities law, and litigation.
Whether you manage litigation, advise your company's officers and directors, or negotiate leases or other contracts, recent developments in the law of insurance coverage and claims must be taken into account. Our panel of litigation management attorneys and insurance professionals will summarize 30 of the most critical legal developments on the issue, and show you how to incorporate them into your practice and extract the most out of your company's insurance dollars.
"Sanctions and Export Controls: Best Practices and Considerations Regarding Russia" handout from June 7, 2022 MCLE program by ACC Chicago and Faegre Drinker.
Discusses which works are copyrightable and which works are not, when copyrights attach to works, and the pros and cons of registering a copyright. Also discusses how to protect copyrightable works using best corporate practices and how to avoid violation of others' copyrights associated with advertising, images, formulas, websites, and music.
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