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.
In-house counsel who have worked with great paralegals know that they save money, save time, and help an office run right. Come to this session and learn about the many benefits that the savvy use of paralegals can bestow. We'll cover how using paralegals lowers costs, increases productivity and enhances job satisfaction for the attorneys and the paralegals. We'll also present a number of successful models and engage in hands-on exercises. Don't miss this session –– the time that you save by using well-educated paralegals could be your own!
Since the 2004 revisions to the US Sentencing Guidelines, many companies have invested significant time, energy and funds to enhance their internal ethics and compliance programs and infrastructures to ensure that they are effective at detecting and deterring criminal and unethical conduct.
An overview of intellectual property. Provides guides to trademarks, branding selection, trademark clearance searches, immediate elimination search, preliminary searches, filing considerations, the application process, and other issues related to copyright and patents.
Whether your law department is large or small, general counsel can be pro bono and diversity leaders: enhancing the company’s commitment to socially responsible behavior, serving our profession’s highest goals, and increasing performance and job satisfaction for corporate counsel. Brad Smith, Microsoft’s CLO, and Laura Stein, ACC’s Board Chair and CLO of The Clorox Company (2008 Co-Chairs of the CPBO project), hosted this executive discussion exploring the effective implementation of pro bono and diversity initiatives in law departments.
Sarbanes Oxley gave jurisdiction over whistleblower complaints brought under this statute to OSHA and provides that corporate employees can file a complaint if they reasonably believe they were retaliated against for disclosing conduct that violates any provision of federal law relating to fraud against shareholders. Well, you just received a notice from OSHA notifying your company it is a respondent. What next? Learn the developments in SOX whistleblower case law, and strategies for managing whistleblower complaints to avoid high-profile litigation.
We all know there are new ediscovery provisions in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. But how can a small law department determine the best records retention policy and then manage the records to efficiently respond to the inevitable ediscovery request? What are the basics you must be prepared to address? How do you protect yourself and your IT department from being overwhelmed by burdensome requests? We addressed these issues and more in this program and provided checklists to help you manage the process.
In today’s complex and ever growing global business landscape, the need for highly qualified in-house attorneys to support international operations is becoming increasingly more critical. This need is accentuated by the sobering reality that US-based companies face growing compliance issues beyond their jurisdictional borders. While reliance on outside counsel or expatriate attorneys should not be the business case for ongoing legal support in most cases, the demand for top in-house talent is and will continue to be extremely competitive.
Given the cyclical nature of the insurance markets, which have compensated for recent disasters and increases in litigation by raising premiums substantially, numerous nonprofit organizations have struggled to better manage this process. Many have tried alternative arrangements such as insurance captives, which place the organization in an ownership position and more directly involved in the process. Other nonprofit organizations have reviewed their risk management practices and have come up with new ideas and concepts, including enterprise risk management.
What alternatives do you have when confronted with a large technology vendor having a product or service which is mission-critical for your company? Mega-vendors frequently enjoy a much stronger bargaining position for many reasons including their saturation of your company’s IT environment. In extreme cases, the transaction may be so large or the services are so critical, that this approaches a “bet the farm” negotiation.
Instead of shrinking in horror, let our panel of experts help you answer burning questions in the world of ediscovery including: Is that electronic evidence going to be authenticated and admissible in court? Isn’t there a better way to find the data I’m looking for? The court wants us to produce what? By when? How can you obtain an ediscovery order you can live with? How can you avoid discovery related sanctions? And, what was the judge thinking? A discussion of key cases since the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure which went into effect in January 2007 is included.