Nonprofits now exist under increased scrutiny from state and federal regulators. Regulators from the IRS to state attorneys general are closely monitoring the activities of nonprofits to ensure they are acting as worthy stewards of the public trust. Learn what you can do to help your organization create and execute an effective ethics and compliance program and what to do when the regulators knock at the door. Participants left with a roadmap to address these issues.
The global expansion of criminal risk for international companies and their executives progresses with lightning speed: some countries are setting even more stringent standards than in the US. Cooperation between international agencies is growing. The EU arrest warrant now allows arrest by foreign prosecutors without the need for a court process and extradition from the US is a real possibility. Given the high financial and reputational damage that criminal liability causes, in–house counsel need to understand the risks that their global companies and executives face. In this presentation, practical illustrations were used to demonstrate the risks and possible counter-measures in a wide variety of legal areas.
An overview of employment law that will be relevant to in-house counsel. Provides a brief guide to wage & hour, performance management, discrimination, EEOC processes, FMLA, reductions in force & WARN Act, traditional labor law, independent contractors, affirmative action plans, EEO-1 reports, and employee privacy.
An overview of corporate ethics regulations and the value of an internal compliance program. Includes brief guide to compliance program elements, U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Sentencing Organizations, and a sample audit of a compliance program.
The webcast discusses the top ten online legal issues for nonprofits and what your organization should be doing to stay out of trouble.
This webcast includes advice on protecting your patent portfolio, recommendations on keeping track of patents filed in your industry and by your competitors, insights on monitoring patents trends and tools and solutions for being successful in IP asset management.
This webcast addresses the interplay between confidentiality agreements, residual clauses and feedback agreements and discusses best practices, legal language and a standard form feedback agreement.
Discusses new developments for accelerating U.S. and foreign patent prosecution including the patent prosecution highway program, acceleration of U.S. applications, and the impact on a global patent strategy.
This webcast discusses security, one of the most critical issues in complex sourcing and technology relationships, and it provides an overview of the lifecycle of the security issues in complex technology, services and sourcing transactions.
This webcast transcript examines digital issues in the workplace in light of the "Millennial" generation of employees.
This webcast transcript addresses the systemic discrimination enforcement strategies of both the OFCCP and EEOC and provides listeners with practical approaches to avoid adverse findings when under audit or investigation by the agencies.
Discusses how technology, economic pressures, demographic shifts and politics are changing the landscape of EEO law and impacting your workplace.
This webcast transcript discusses important opinions on patent law and provides practical guidance on patent litigation, opinions, prosecution, and licensing.
This webcast transcript focuses on the key issues that corporate counsel should be addressing with senior management team and board of directors on a proactive basis to help meet the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities created by the current unprecedented conditions in our financial markets.
Discusses the acquisition and divestiture process, focusing on three phases: preparing for a transaction, completing a transaction, and integrating a transaction. Also includes practical tips for a successful transaction.
Tailored to counsel of the small market cap public companies, this webcast transcript focuses on disclosure practices for compliance with '34 Act reporting and related obligations. Learn when, whether and how you can scale internal controls procedures, periodic reporting requirements, disclosure committees, compliance programs, and when you might choose not to.
This webcast transcript addresses issues applicable to the pre-employment screening process and onboarding. Some specific topics include FCRA compliance and state law tangents, the legality of different types of background checks, and issues with using public source checks such as google and myspace.
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