This material covers legislation and regulations in Europe that focus on abuse of dominance in a marketplace.
Updated information regarding merger control in competition law in Europe.
Coverage of the currant regime and the new regime which is set to take the lead in June 2010.
Certain simple principles will help you know where to start and how to be successful if you are called upon to implement an integrity management program. This material provides practical, implementable suggestions that will allow you to lead this process confidently.
Companies are looking for ways to cut energy costs and become more energy efficient. Some are developing their own onsite power sources, such as wind turbines. The panel will address the rules and economic incentives applicable to onsite energy projects. The panelists will describe their experiences and offer practical guidance and advice on potential pitfalls. The interactive panel will show how a company’s management team should pitch a power project idea to its board of directors. In addition, the program will address how in-house counsel can navigate through the ethical dilemmas associated with representing the company while managing potential conflicts of interest and dealing with its board in areas such as fiduciary duties, due diligence obligations and maintaining confidentiality.
This panel will examine how companies can best handle issues surrounding international dispute resolution, including how to leverage bilateral investment treaties in jurisdictions that have a tendency to favor local businesses and investors, and enforcing arbitration in difficult jurisdictions.
Given the compliance expectations of regulators and the increase in enforcement actions by BIS, DDTC and OFAC, it can be a challenge to stay safe in a global business environment. Should you monitor your international charitable grantees? Does your due diligence of business partners consider risks of trade sanctions or anti-terrorism laws? This program on legal compliance with the FCPA's under-recognized cousins seeks to provide an overview and general primer into trade sanctions, import-export and anti-boycott compliance -- for large and small companies. The program will explore the critical elements of a global compliance program -- including identifying your vulnerabilities, and monitoring the compliance of third parties -- and offer insight into recent enforcement actions.
Whether you already own ‘em or want to buy ‘em, what it the actual business value of a patent? This session will discuss how to value a particular patent, cost effective patent mining, and portfolio mapping strategies, techniques and tips.
This panel will review new trends in FCPA enforcement and how global organizations are handling anti-bribery compliance in an increasingly complex world. Our panel features diverse participation by in-house counsel, representatives from enforcement agencies and global organizations that deal with anti-bribery compliance. What lessons are emerging from the increasing aggressive enforcement of the FCPA? What are the emerging “best practices” in policy, due diligence, and training initiatives? What are the traps to avoid?
Join this session and learn the most recent employment law updates. Important employment-related case law and legislation will be discussed.
New economic realities demand that companies and brands act as good corporate citizens to connect with consumers. Traditional corporate philanthropy is increasingly eclipsed by “cause marketing” techniques, such as green marketing, donation-with-purchase, collecting contributions at checkout, online “voting” for charities, sale of donation cards and a myriad of others. Special charitable initiatives like Project Red have become global brands, themselves. In striving to do good while doing well, companies and brands need to be aware of the broad array of federal and state laws that can affect cause marketing efforts. These include commercial coventurer laws, professional fundraising regulation, IRS sponsorship and self-dealing guidelines, and general consumer protection laws prohibiting false or deceptive advertising. International campaigns introduce additional complications. This program will provide a structured overview and analytical framework for legal regulation of cause marketing programs, along with practical advice for compliance and best practices in this fast-growing field.
This EU Competition Law training course provides an overview of EU competition law and helps you recognize and deal with "red flags" — situations that present a risk of competition-law violations and legal liability.
After a summary of the most important laws and legal principles and a discussion of some situations that should trigger red flags, you'll play a game that presents situations for you to analyze. If you respond correctly, you will move through the game and earn a Certificate of Completion.
To access the EU Competition Law Training Course, visit <a href=http://www.ethicsxchange.com/topic/37382-eu-competition-law>www.acc.com/compliance</a>.
This Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) training course will help you understand issues involving overtime, how "exempt" employees are classified, independent contractors, and FLSA record-keeping requirements, among other things.
To access the Fair Labor Standards Act Training Course, visit, <a href=http://www.ethicsxchange.com/topic/35553-fair-labor-standards-act>www.acc.com/compliance</a>.
The U.S. Government, through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), uses economic sanctions and trade embargoes to protect the country's economy and enhance its security. Your Company must comply with all applicable sanction and embargo regulations or you — and in some cases the individual employees involved — will face substantial penalties. This 30-minute training course provides an overview of OFAC sanctions and their key provisions. It will help you recognize situations presenting a risk of legal violations and deal with them properly.
To access the Economic Sanctions and Trade Embargoes Training Course, visit <a href=http://www.ethicsxchange.com/topic/37383-ofac-sanctions-and-embargoes>www.acc.com/compliance</a>.
Every in-house practitioner has negotiated between one and a million contracts in his career. But do you excel in this element of your job or cringe when the occasion presents itself? Here is your chance to refresh everything you learned in contract law and forgot. Unlike law school though, in addition to the law, we'll send you home with a set of practical tools to manage the contract process including those that are difficult to negotiate. Topics will include tips on managing the battle of the forms, responding to overreaching and inapplicable terms and conditions, and setting up internal contract management processes and controls.
A must-attend for any in-house employment and labor practitioner. Leaders in the employment and labor legal arena will update you on the most important federal and state court decisions as well as legislative initiatives impacting in-house practitioners and their companies.
702 - 90 Tips in 90 Minutes: Law Department Best (and Worst) Practices
Brief overview of employment law developments as of 2003
What is Enterprise Risk Management? For each business risk, financial, products liability, compliance, data security, etc. your company needs to examine the relevant business processes, with the aim of achieving a balance between avoiding downside risk and embracing upside risk. This program takes a holistic approach and looks at ways a small law department can identify, prioritize and address different types of risk, and help align departments and functions to efficiently integrate risk management. We'll help you understand what ERM means, and offer practical suggestions for crafting a program to meet the specific needs of your company.
A paralegal track focused on in-house ethics.
This substantive overview will provide you with the information you need to provide an informed legal opinion about listing or delisting your company. You'll learn the legal requirements a public company must abide by in jurisdictions such as the U.K., France, Germany, and Japan, the trends toward consolidation in Europe, the economics of multiple listings as well as the arguments for delisting and the requirements to do so in several global jurisdictions. This program will also address delisting requirements and related registration issues faced by foreign private issuers in the U.S.
701 ABC's of Intellectual Property Due Diligence for M&A Transactions
Instead of shrinking in horror, let our panel of experts help you answer burning questions in the world of ediscovery including: Is that electronic evidence going to be authenticated and admissible in court? Isn’t there a better way to find the data I’m looking for? The court wants us to produce what? By when? How can you obtain an ediscovery order you can live with? How can you avoid discovery related sanctions? And, what was the judge thinking? A discussion of key cases since the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure which went into effect in January 2007 is included.
What alternatives do you have when confronted with a large technology vendor having a product or service which is mission-critical for your company? Mega-vendors frequently enjoy a much stronger bargaining position for many reasons including their saturation of your company’s IT environment. In extreme cases, the transaction may be so large or the services are so critical, that this approaches a “bet the farm” negotiation. Using real-world experiences, the panel analyzed a number of scenarios from each party’s perspective and offer alternative strategies, tips, and techniques to use in crafting a solution that is good (well …. at least not bad) for the relationship.
Given the cyclical nature of the insurance markets, which have compensated for recent disasters and increases in litigation by raising premiums substantially, numerous nonprofit organizations have struggled to better manage this process. Many have tried alternative arrangements such as insurance captives, which place the organization in an ownership position and more directly involved in the process. Other nonprofit organizations have reviewed their risk management practices and have come up with new ideas and concepts, including enterprise risk management. Join experienced counsel who have used these approaches for a survey of current risk management and captive trends, and determine whether such approaches may benefit your organization.
In today’s complex and ever growing global business landscape, the need for highly qualified in-house attorneys to support international operations is becoming increasingly more critical. This need is accentuated by the sobering reality that US-based companies face growing compliance issues beyond their jurisdictional borders. While reliance on outside counsel or expatriate attorneys should not be the business case for ongoing legal support in most cases, the demand for top in-house talent is and will continue to be extremely competitive. This panel of experts shared their insights and offered suggestions and alternatives for building and maintaining an effective and responsive legal team for your global business operations.
We all know there are new ediscovery provisions in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. But how can a small law department determine the best records retention policy and then manage the records to efficiently respond to the inevitable ediscovery request? What are the basics you must be prepared to address? How do you protect yourself and your IT department from being overwhelmed by burdensome requests? We addressed these issues and more in this program and provided checklists to help you manage the process.
Sarbanes Oxley gave jurisdiction over whistleblower complaints brought under this statute to OSHA and provides that corporate employees can file a complaint if they reasonably believe they were retaliated against for disclosing conduct that violates any provision of federal law relating to fraud against shareholders. Well, you just received a notice from OSHA notifying your company it is a respondent. What next? Learn the developments in SOX whistleblower case law, and strategies for managing whistleblower complaints to avoid high-profile litigation.
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