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Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Copyright Protection in Cyberspace: IP on the ’Net

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Conducting Business Online - What General Counsel Need to Know

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Career Development: Recruiters, the Net, and Beyond Finding Your Next Job

Presented at ACCA?s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Advertising, Sponsorship, and Endorsement: Distinctions for Tax Exempt Organizations

Presented at ACC's Annual Meeting 2000; Program - A Global Overview of Product Content Rules, etc.

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - A Comparative Analysis between U.S. and European Competition Laws

Presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - A Comparative Analysis between U.S. and European Competition Laws

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - A Comparative Analysis between U.S. and European Competition Laws

Review of the effect of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct on corporate counsel. Addresses issues such as when corporate counsel's conduct is governed by the rules and when corporate counsel is conflicted out.

An outline providing guidance on how to structure international strategic alliances. Includes tips on framing relationships and complying with U.S. and Foreign laws.

America’s increasingly graying workforce means that a growing number of employees have protected status under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and parallel state provisions. However, a declining economy may cause corporate downsizing and other related measures--activities which can significantly affect these employees. And because of the declining economy, older employees may be uninterested in retirement and even seeking new employment. All of these and other factors may create a legal minefield for your organization when it comes to dealing with protected older workers. What to do? Our experienced panel shared their solutions.

Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover have created uniform data security standards for any business that accepts credit cards. This program provided an overview of these requirements, how they evolved, what is required, who is impacted, what happens if there is a breach, drafting suggestions for agreements with vendors impacted by PCI, suggestions for making sure your business is compliant, and a look at the future direction of the standards. Compliance is challenging and costly, but noncompliance can result in intense negative publicity, huge fines, and a loss of consumer confidence.

Your typical day may involve managing litigation, drafting a contract, supervising a real estate closing, and answering questions about the FMLA. The next day the list is totally different. How do you take your existing skill set and use it as the foundation and springboard to handle a multitude of substantive practice areas—some of which may be entirely new to you—with ease and confidence? Where do you go or to whom do you turn for help and guidance? Learn practical strategies, pointers, and resources from a panel of lawyers who can help smooth out what otherwise may be a bumpy ride.

Trademarks are an area of legal practice that many corporate counsel seek to bring in-house to reduce fees for outside counsel. In this program, a panel of in-house trademark attorneys provided a detailed overview of trademark practice in-house, including a review of global trademark clearance processes, when and how to file for federal registration rights, and how to file for foreign trademark rights. The panel also highlighted important updates in US and foreign trademark laws.

Handout - Protecting Trade Secrets – Considerations Under A New Normal Of Business Operations

Handout - "The Reopening Playbook: Addressing Key Privacy and Employment Risks" webinar presented by Baker McKenzie and ACC Chicago June 4, 2020.