The employment relationship is a<br />complex, rapidly changing area of the law. This survey program will cover the basics such as investigating internal complaints, responding to government investigations, addressing ADA and accommodation issues, managing overtime pay and FLSA classification compliance, handling leave issues, and avoiding retaliation claims. The course will also cover emerging issues such as social media, diversity programs, genetic<br />information discrimination, and class action waivers.
This program covers how to select and work well with a corporate monitor. Learn about federal agency trends in requiring monitors and how to make the engagement successful according to the organization, the monitor and the government.
Attend this session to learn about the risks in acquiring international real estate and managing a foreign acquisition or disposition; compare and contrast US practices with those presented in foreign jurisdictions.
Acquire insight into the most significant legal issues encountered by companies in industries with the most experience in Africa -- oil, gas and mining -- in various regions; and learn how to address the challenges presented by these unique and vital environments.
How does an in-house attorney focus on risk analysis in contract negotiations? Look at metrics and quantitative methods of analyzing deal points to determine if best practices are truly the best solution for a given situation.
Your client just finalized a deal to sponsor a team, venue, league or personality. Now it is time to begin activating. What does your client need to know to get all the benefits of their agreement? What could go wrong? How can you help make the sponsorship a success for everyone? Our panel of experts walk you through the process of managing sponsorships from sponsorship agreement execution to expiration!
Learn how to structure joint venture agreements and negotiate of shareholder and partnership agreements, with a special focus on agreements between industry competitors. Explore post-agreement management of overnance procedures and joint venture exit mechanics.
Learn about defending corporate designee depositions when there are no available witnesses personally familiar with the deposition topics; as well as strategies to attack or limit such depositions and practical advice on how to select and prepare a witness if one is required.
This seminar will cover: getting the company ready for an IPO; the key items necessary for an efficient, risk-minimized offering, including tips, traps and lessons learned from GCs; and the IPO process.
This session will highlight key considerations in deciding how to handle a range of employment disputes and include special discussion about whether and how to participate in the government agency processes, including fact-finding and agency mediation.
This session will discuss key decisions issued by the NLRB, its rule-making and other agency actions that could have a critical impact on employers, particularly those who are non-union.
This issue-spotting seminar will give you a high-level overview of key issues and trends relating to employee benefits plans. The goal is to enable you to spot potential problems, understand the framework and clarify the murky benefits plan language. Learn when to call in an expert.
A practical guide to dealing with security and privacy breaches, this session will reveal how to address incident response procedures. The presenters will serve as actors in a hypothetical scenario of a company breach.
Learn which approaches are practical and cost effective; and what to include in the agreement, especially with regard IP ownership and data security. Learn such new vocabulary as “9s,” “SLAs,” “response times” and “penalties”? Prepare yourself for efficient negotiations with providers and customers.
Learn the difference between traditional and non-traditional advertising, rules governing who can object to an advertisement and why you should comply with advertising law guidelines. This material discusses the role the FTC plays in advertising, rules for advertising substantiation and materiality, and how intellectual property rights affect such hot topics in advertising law as online behavioral advertising, endorsements and testimonials.
Deep within the Dodd-Frank Act lies a surprise for companies that use tin, gold, tungsten or tantalum in their products: a requirement to disclose whether you use these minerals and, if so, whether they come from conflict mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo or surrounding countries. An unrelated but similar requirement is found in California's Transparency in Supply Chain Act: a requirement to disclose efforts to
combat human trafficking. This session will explore these new forms of compliance requirements and how your program must respond to and manage these new obligations.
Learn lessons from the EPA, OSHA, the Clean Air Act and more. A panel of experts will share their experiences in compliance programs and the tools and techniques they have successfully used. They'll discuss who should be at the table, effective interview and fact-gathering techniques, what risk assessments can and should produce, assessing risks created by third parties, avoiding risks from risk assessments and considering ethical consequences.
Learn how US companies can mitigate FCPA and other risks -- including the safety of your employees -- in frontier markets, and what unique challenges you will face in conducting investigations there. Focus on issues of employment, privacy and other laws in countries with immature legal systems, security considerations and political interference. This part of the presentation focused on Asia.
The goals of this presentation are to demonstrate department’s value with compelling law department management reports, build presentations that effectively tell your story, and ensure current/accurate data for your reports.
A presentation on how diversity affects retention decisions.
A presentation on corporate legal ROI.
908 Sarbanes-Oxley: Why Should Privately Held Companies Care?
906 - Evaluating a Discrimination/Employment Termination Lawsuit
811 REPEAT PERFORMANCE: You Have a Code of Conduct - Now What? Running an Effective Compliance Program
Learn the suggested approaches to selling your nonprofit board on governance practices and the rationale behind it all.
711 New Ideas in Compliance Strategies: Educating Nonlegal Managers About Their Legal Responsibilities. Document includes an OFCCP Compliance Evaluation Checklist.
706 Managing Employee Performance & Attendance Issues. A discussion on employee evaluations, leave, and dealing with misconduct.
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