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.
As China becomes more integrated into the world economy, and both a major market and supplier, large and small companies from around the world are doing business with Chinese companies or in China. Your company may already be doing business in China or may be contemplating such a move. This program will offer a breakdown of the legal advantages and disadvantages to conducting business in China. We'll cover recent changes in Chinese laws, results of recent lawsuits, tips on opening relationships, and developing successful business strategies.
What possibly could be more upsetting for a company than a notice of violation from an environmental agency? Receiving a notice that a citizen lawsuit will be filed in 60 days alleging an environmental violation. Many federal and state environmental laws contain provisions allowing enforcement by individuals acting as private attorneys general on behalf of the general public. Our expert panel will address the elements of a citizen lawsuit, and then focus on the current state of the law.
In today's corporate climate, in-house practitioners must be prepared to oversee or conduct internal investigations. Regardless of how or why the need may arise, counsel must be aware of and comply with the various requirements for conducting an effective investigation. Our program will provide you with the proper techniques for initial preparation, actual performance of the investigation, assembling the necessary investigative team, and much more.
Take a closer look at the variances between civil and common law jurisdictions and how you can facilitate your company's navigation of the differences. Familiarize yourself with the relevant issues that arise when parties to a transaction come from different systems including choice of governing law, parties' expectations of document formats, penalties vs liquidated damages, and more.
Standards of business conduct are becoming increasingly important, as is getting acceptance and engagement across multiple jurisdictions. Why do some jurisdictions dislike the whistleblower phone line? How can a cross-border company manage local sensitivities? Our panel will examine how some of the largest companies tackle this on a global basis, with lessons and experiences for all to share.
Everyone likes to talk about "partnerships" with outside counsel, but often we do not focus on building effective and mutually beneficial relationships. Learn how. Topics will include ethical issues and requirements for engagements, billing, and legal work product.
How can you be sure that you and your staff gain the compensation and other rewards you need to keep you motivated and employed at your current company? Learn from our panel of experts from small, medium, and large departments how they worked with their managements and human resource professionals to address compensation issues including creative approaches when the money wasn't there.
In the post-SOX world, nonprofits are struggling to identify and adopt financial management best practices. Attorneys can no longer rely on the CFO to be solely responsible for financial management. Take this opportunity to learn what the law says about internal controls, internal auditors, audit and finance committees, reporting on your 990, reporting to watchdog groups, executive compensation, investment oversight, board and spouse travel, reasonable board perks, and much more.
Should the legal department manage the company's risk insurance program? If your department does, you’ll find this program will provide you with the legal knowledge and strategies for handling the risk insurance program, from negotiating policy renewals, developing relationships with underwriters, and incorporating brokers into your risk management team.
Metrics are important not only to the sales function or the marketing department, but to the legal function of a company too. Such measures for the legal department can help evaluate performance of both the individual lawyer as well as the department, and drive behavior to show the value of the legal function to the broader company. Join with our legal managers who have developed real-world, usable metrics as they share their best practices to effectively measure the performance of staff.