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 roundtable discussion on the latest in a long series of international corporate financial scandals that imposes new burdens and responsibilities on in-house counsel. MF Global Holdings, Madoff, Stanford, Lehman and many other smaller failures mean that corporate counsel for securities, brokerage and other companies who invest in Europe face heightened corporate and regulatory scrutiny. What are the minefields you have to avoid? Is there insurance for your losses? Is there insurance for your shareholders’ or investors’ losses? Will your management face criminal charges?
Interested in starting and growing your compliance program to its "toddler" phase from a solid but immature origin? Listen as case/scenario-based examples illustrate policies and processes and furnish concrete to-do's. Two to three company examples illustrate and foster discussion about specific steps to get to the next level and how to leverage company culture to assist where funding or budget dollars may not be readily accessible.
Learn how a legally defensible retention schedule can allow your organization to streamline its business by clearly identifying items that need to be kept and allowing for disposition of items that are not required to be kept by law or policy in the normal course of business.
Learn how to set up an international licensing program for patents, copyrights and trademarks, focusing on key provisions. Take away model license agreements and checklists for use in your organization.
Is your company unknowingly stealing the intellectual property of others? Are your employees stealing your company's IP? Are other companies stealing your IP? Learn what to look for and how to protect your company's IP, including building a trade secret protection process, confidentiality/NDA agreements, branding, assignment documents and work-for-hire agreements.
Learn how to coordinate with IT, human resources, legal department and business units; ensure employment policies and compliance program; acquire the necessary insurance, and work with law enforcement agencies.
This material includes a sensible and streamlined process for partnering with Information Technology counterparts to create and implement records retention rules and policies into a records management solution.
This interactive session will bring a complicated subject to life with many examples and case scenarios. Learn how the ADAAA has dramatically changed how employers must approach sick and injured employees.
The 2012 proxy season will be surveyed for the most typical shareholder proposals that made it onto the ballots, and the underlying substantive merits of keeping the status quo versus adopting changes will be explored.