The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is the world's largest organization serving the professional and business interests of attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations, nonprofits and other private-sector organizations around the globe.
A growing area of regulatory and legislative activity is data security. Aside from legal implications, data breaches can wreak havoc on a business, damaging customer or employee confidence. Most businesses collect and store personal information about their customers or employees. Is your organization prepared not only to safely handle customer and employee data, but also to respond appropriately in the event a problem develops? Learn where the law in this area is headed, and take home a step-by-step guide to best practices in preparing for and responding to data breaches.
Annual Meeting 2006: How do you advise the business to decide what to keep, develop, or retire after a merger or acquire? Conducting proper due diligence of IP assets is essential to making informed decisions. Review the applicable legal issues and benchmark with your peers the proper steps to follow in IP due diligence as well as the best methods for integrating IP portfolios after a corporate merger or acquisition.
The law department must take a leadership position in preparing a corporate client for global business. Counsel should play a substantial role in the audit of the company for assets required to do business globally and should take the lead in acquiring the expertise and identifying resources for the information necessary to prepare the client. From this program, take home feature audit checklists and get examples of ways gaps can be filled in the client's resources in order to minimize the risk of operating outside of the US.
As business becomes more global, so too should the focus of IP strategy. Our panel of IP experts will focus their discussions on emerging markets, such as China, Singapore, and India as well as developments in more mature markets such as the UK and Germany. Our program will teach you how to use legal IP protections, other than patents, (e.g., trade secrets) to assist a company in protecting its intellectual property, even when IP enforcement laws differ from those of the US.
Often that the press only writes about IP worse case scenarios. Our discussion is intended to focus on more real world legal issues that corporate practicitioners confront and how to learn from them. Our panel of IP veterans will cover such topics as learning from IP challenges and how to confront them and how to set expectations of management on IP issues.
Explore four key issues facing nonprofits today. Learn how your organization can successfully survive a Data Breach, manage Intellectual Property Risk, counsel your clients on Political Activity and Structure Your Nonprofit Organization for maximum effectiveness. Keep your organization out of the headlines with these important updates.
A follow-up on to 2006’s popular program, this year’s discussion will focus on the practical approaches to licensing IP from the licensor’s perspective. We’ll focus on the legal issues involved in licensing approaches to different types of intellectual property (e.g., patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets), what the most heavily negotiated provisions are, terms that are most problematic, and practical tips on negotiating IP licensing from a licensor’s perspective.
The Digital Revolution has made copying easier and transmitting copies simpler. As copyright law meets the personal computer and the Internet, join us for a discussion on making sure your company is up to this 21st century legal challenge.
The web is no longer the exclusive domain of techies and start-up companies and as in-house counsel for your company, it's your responsibility to ensure that as you branch out to do business online, you are compliant with any trademark or copyright regulations. This overview will give you the legal knowledge you need to successfully provide the legal advice your corporation needs to effectively do business on the web.
"Patent litigation" - unfamiliar venues, strange procedures, and crippling potential downsides often come to mind with these words, and companies’ patent dockets continue to expand. This panel of patent litigation veterans will draw from their experiences to help you better address your next patent case, from practical tips to new case law that will drive the cutting edge of this important topic.