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.
"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.
You receive a high profile assignment to work closely with the CFO and other senior management to prepare your company for an IPO. If you don't know where to start or what's in store for you, this panel is for you! This program will cover the laws related to the Form S-1, working with underwriters, setting up your company for 34 Act, SOX and stock exchange compliance, pre-IPO publicity and road show mechanics.
Reviews the role of the audit committee, best practices in selecting members, guidelines for committee action, and future concerns about audit committees.
Presented at the ACC-Northeast Chapter on December 18, 2007, this power point presentation reviews ways to avoid international disputes, or how to minimize their danger once they have arisen.
This Participants' Briefing Book includes a discussion outline and suggested resources on the topic of strategic implementation of law department technologies from ACC's Law Department Executive Leadership group.
This Participants' Briefing Book includes a discussion outline and suggested resources on the topic of taking charge of escalating law firm costs and connecting costs with value.
Increasingly, companies move labor intensive activities to inexpensive countries or enter into franchise agreements or comparable arrangements, while keeping the ownership of rights, brands and other intellectual property. Apart from already existing brand piracy issues, these arrangements increasingly lead to suspicions and litigation that call for independent fact finding. In this session key aspects of utilizing outside investigative fraud and litigation expertise in brand protection situations were covered.
So you are an in-house Lawyer. Now what? During this session we will try to understand what your new environment wants from you and how you can respond to that. We will see what methods you can use to identify the expectations of clients, colleagues and support staff, how you can best respond to such expectations and what you need to do to let everybody know you're trying.