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Many companies have good internal anti-corruption policies, but may be exposed to potential liability due to the acts of others who they engage to assist them in foreign markets. Hear about best practices in how to avoid such possible exposure in the appointment and use of agents and representatives in foreign jurisdictions.

This timely presentation will no doubt provide welcome guidance for those companies who have been affected by employee leaves of absence, particularly for military service. We'll provide you with an update of the latest legal issues surrounding employee leave including establishing an effective compliance program, handling difficult leave issues, and accommodating military leave matters involving veterans and reservists. This session will include a review of recent USERRA guidance, as well as a look at policies used by leading companies.

What are the cutting edge legal issues you should be aware of surrounding technology licensing? Our panel of experienced corporate practitioners will provide guidance on legal trends for which in-house counsel should be proactive. These include the legal issues relating to the potential death of the perpetual software license, protecting your IP, the pitfalls of customization, joint technology ownership, open source software, and globalized support.

With the risks associated with litigation soaring, corporate practitioners would be wise to consider the more efficient dispute resolution alternatives currently available. This nuts and bolts session will provide you with information on three key topics, evaluating the legal case for domestic and foreign ADR, drafting legally sufficient language to include in arbitration clauses of a contract, and reviewing the variety of ADR service providers available to act as mediators in order to choose the best approach for your case.

This 2004 winner is back with updated information to take you to the next level of your management career. Using hypothetical problems in an interactive setting you will learn best practice solutions to law department management problems. The updated checklist you take home from this class will be an invaluable resource to use in your everyday management role.

Includes a checklist and ACC's Leading Practice Profile: Adding Value and Moving Beyond the Cost Center Model

General information on market definition, merger enforcement by the FTC, and a general guide to antitrust laws.

This Bulletin provides the Canadian Competition Bureau's views about corporate programs designed to ensure compliance with the Competition Act.

Checklist for drafting 3rd party supplier contracts; model clauses for software license agreements; Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act; sample software development license; article - Online privacy issues.

Overview of developing trends in data technology and its application in legal departments.

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Ideas for Launching Local Chapter-based Pro Bono Efforts

Presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Negotiating Cross-Cultural Transactions

Presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - International ADR - The Future of Cross-Border Disputes

How do you handicap the likely result of a “make or break” jury trial? What can you do as in-house counsel to present the facts strategically and influence the outcome? This program put you in the frame of mind necessary to “think like a trial lawyer” and answered questions about trial strategy, witness examination, and evidentiary rulings. You witnessed a mock trail and volunteered to participate as a juror on one of several empanelled juries. Finally, our presenters discussed how they have applied their trial experience to their role as in-house counsel in shaping the facts, conducting investigations, and knowing when and why to settle.

When it comes to green, the focus is no longer just on cars and smokestacks. Society at large—legislators and regulators in particular—are focusing on the third largest cause of greenhouse gases: commercial office and retail buildings. Learn from a panel of authorities about the types of environmentally enlightened actions and purchases that commercial-building owners and occupants will volunteer (or be required) to make—and how those actions and purchases affect the legal department. Learn also about your role in the implementation of and compliance with green concepts, ranging from LEED certification of buildings, to carbon offset purchases, mandated reductions in energy consumption from IT networks and data centers, and commercial clean tech applications. Effective internal strategies were included.

Don’t miss this session if your responsibilities involve the review and creation of NDAs, or sales, vendor, license or other types of contracts. If you’re still using basic technology (e.g., Word and email) to manage your contract processes, you’re missing out on the emerging world of enterprise contract management. Technology is now available to help companies automate and improve the entire contract creation and management life cycle, and doing so can bring tremendous value to your organization. This panel helped you sort through the available alternatives, discussed how contract management can fit into a broader technology strategy, highlighted some of the major challenges to contract management at the enterprise level, and suggested courses of action that in-house counsel can take to keep their clients delighted.

Allegations are being made from unauthorized practice of law to conflicts of interest. From where do these accusations arise and how are they resolved? How should a lawyer respond when confronted with an allegation of impropriety originating from an adversary, the judiciary, legislatively, or from a committee within a bar association? What steps can you take to quickly bring to the decision maker’s attention the plethora of ethics and ABA opinions, treatises and authoritative decisions that support, justify, or authorize the actions challenged? Become more knowledgeable about what drives such an allegation and what you can do if faced with this dilemma."

Compliance in Asia: It is harder than you think. Each country in Asia has its own compliance issues and in-house counsel must be alert to them. You must know how to spot the main red flags and to determine what is coming next. And, you must handle these issues effectively and with consideration of the cultural impact of your proposed solution. This session was a straight talking, direct and open assessment of what goes on and what to look out for.

This program material discusses in great detail the amendments to the Canadian Competition Act.

The role of in-house counsel continues to evolve and so do the career opportunities: have you thought about where you want the next stage of your career to take you? Here is your chance to learn from the experts as they explore the methods on how to get there from here including a list of dos and don'ts. Learn how to build the skills and networks you can rely upon to further your career.

An overview of how a multinational company like The Body Shop goes about protecting its brand. The presentation will cover global trademark protection strategies, internal education of employees on brand use, the dangers of brand abuse and how to maintain brand integrity within the market place.

Almost every day we see headlines about privacy or personal and financial info and data security issues in either the public or private sectors. Leaks or theft of such info are costly in terms of revenue and reputation.

One preventative measure is to have and enforce appropriate policies:
* Internal - e.g. what customer and other info employees can access) and
* External - customer lists and information, what you can keep and what you can't keep, technology and other suppliers handling confidential or other high risk info. Appropriate policies can help to create a privacy culture in your business.

Presented at the ACC Greater New York Chapter Ethics Marathon on June 19, 2007, this document provides guidance on how to conduct investigations, in light of Hewlett Packard.

Ogilvy Renault December 2005 power point presentation on Secondary Market Liability.

Entering the global marketplace requires U.S. companies to contend with complex issues under U.S. federal law, as well as with the laws of foreign jurisdictions. Conversely, foreign companies entering the U.S. must contend with the regulations of both their home jurisdiction and the U.S. These issues pose real challenges and involve real costs. This material provides an introduction to key issues you can expect to encounter as your company expands its markets and operations. Through awareness and planning for the legal issues that lie ahead, your company can keep risk to a minimum.

Survey of the changes to Congressional Ethics and Lobbying Disclosure Rules as of January 31, 2007.

Surveys stages of internal investigations.

In-house counsel are typically good at the technical skills of their jobs. However, a busy in-house attorney often neglects networking activity. Networking isn’t just about finding jobs anymore! A good network can save you time by helping you identify outside counsel and vendors, find a form you need on short notice, or make you look like a hero to your client since you have had an opportunity to vet your ideas. Whatever your needs, effective networking is a must have skill. Our panel of your peers will explain what it takes to effectively network and run you through some short hands-on exercises to help you build that network. Be sure to bring your business cards to this program because you will need them!

It is estimated that well over 90% of all data is electronically stored information (ESI), mostly consisting of what we save on our laptops, desktops, and servers. Alarmingly, one of the largest concerns facing organizations today is how to manage and limit ESI for necessary discovery and pending litigation. Studies indicate that discovery and document review incur between 58-90% of litigation costs. Our e-discovery experts will provide simple metrics and models that can define how streamlining evolving e-discovery technology with pioneering methods in offshoring first level document review can project future cost savings and efficiencies that can ultimately save your client over 70% in litigation costs and change the cost/benefit analysis of the litigation. Plus we’ll review ethical considerations and the pros/cons of such an approach and how to vet and select a service provider.

In these days of increasingly complex technologies and a need for technology to interface effectively, industry standards are becoming increasingly important. Couple this with the increasing importance of standards, companies are finding that intellectual property has a large role in setting these standards. Join us for this open dialogue on the standards war as our panel discusses the nuances of joining a standards body, potential IP licensing and ownership ramifications of a standards body’s intellectual property rights policy, practical issues surrounding essential patents, patent pools, the distinctions between reasonable and nondiscriminatory (RAND) licensing terms, and current IP trends in this area.