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.
Recent legal trends regarding e-discovery and dramatic shifts in the law regarding record retention policies have companies floundering. What guidance do you follow particularly when litigation is involved? Learn the status of the law and the no-nonsense solutions and best practices from your peers for how to deal with this hot issue including setting guidelines, understanding what is reasonable and what isn't, implementing processes for archiving data, and much more.
You're being asked to do more with less everyday. How can you best deploy the existing staff you have to maximize efficiency within your department? Attend this session to learn how to manage support staff more effectively, understand the proper mix between paralegals and administrative staff, learn the ethics of delegation, and gain insight into how technology affects your decisions.
If you are responsible for litigation management, your initial reaction to new litigation can have an impact on the success of the litigation. What law and strategy do you need to know before sending the case to outside counsel? Learn strategies for spotting significant legal risks of specific types of litigation and receive guidance on how to quickly choose the best early defensive steps to protect your company's interests.
You've taken the plunge and are determined to build a dedicated compliance function. Explore key strategies and tactics for implementing and maintaining a compliance program that fosters ethical, legal, and productive operations while also minimizing business risk. Review the impact of recent legal and business developments on compliance strategy. Learn how to maintain leadership buy-in and commitment, and avoid common pitfalls that make a compliance program difficult to maintain.
The use of free and open source software (FOSS) has been hotly debated in recent months and issues about its uses, benefits, and risks are still unclear. If your company makes use of or develops free or open source software, this session is for you. Our technology counsel will provide an overview of what FOSS is, legal issues concerning such software (including litigation), patents, different licenses, warranties, and indemnification involved, where and how FOSS is generally used, and risks and benefits involved with licensing and using these types of software, including pollution.
Many companies rely on distributor networks or outside agencies to sell their products. The laws in many jurisdictions limit the ability to terminate such agreements. This session will provide the tools and legal resources to help guide you through the process of terminating such contracts. Our panel of international law specialists will teach you how to draft such agreements to avoid termination headaches, and the steps required to terminate such agreements in various jurisdictions.
Legal e-billing can provide a vehicle for benchmarking and measuring the success of your outside legal counsel. These metrics can help you to better forecast and budget legal expenses, but how? You'll hear how leading companies are assessing outside counsel performance, and take home new ideas and strategies your department can put in place immediately to begin managing your outside legal costs more efficiently and effectively.
Many companies expect the law department to handle compliance. The reality is that an effective compliance program involves many players, both inside and outside the company. In this session, your in-house peers will explore examples of how organizations have creatively managed the relationship between the law department, compliance function, and auditors to enhance the process of improving the compliance effort with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies. Take home practical solutions to achieving an integrated compliance effort within your organization.
You have just provided your comptroller with a list of litigation matters that may require a reserve. How do you know when and under what circumstances must a reserve be set? Our panel of financial experts and corporate practitioners will discuss the controlling financial accounting standards, the impact of insurance coverage, and compliance requirements, and apply those standards to a variety of litigation matters most importantly, when you set a reserve. We'll show you how best to protect that information and comply with pretrial discovery rules.
This interactive presentation will provide you with insight into valuable strategies to prepare for and respond to employment related government audits and compliance with current agency initiatives. Our panel will explore best practices for avoiding auditing issues when that inevitable knock on the door comes.