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.
This program covers basic concepts involved in accounting and financial statements, including types of financial statements and their components, balance sheets, statements of operations, statements of changes in stockholders' equity and cash flow.
Learn lessons from the EPA, OSHA, the Clean Air Act and more. A panel of experts will share their experiences in compliance programs and the tools and techniques they have successfully used. They'll discuss who should be at the table, effective interview and fact-gathering techniques, what risk assessments can and should produce, assessing risks created by third parties, avoiding risks from risk assessments and considering ethical consequences.
Deep within the Dodd-Frank Act lies a surprise for companies that use tin, gold, tungsten or tantalum in their products: a requirement to disclose whether you use these minerals and, if so, whether they come from conflict mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo or surrounding countries. An unrelated but similar requirement is found in California's Transparency in Supply Chain Act: a requirement to disclose efforts to
Learn the difference between traditional and non-traditional advertising, rules governing who can object to an advertisement and why you should comply with advertising law guidelines. This material discusses the role the FTC plays in advertising, rules for advertising substantiation and materiality, and how intellectual property rights affect such hot topics in advertising law as online behavioral advertising, endorsements and testimonials.
Learn which approaches are practical and cost effective; and what to include in the agreement, especially with regard IP ownership and data security. Learn such new vocabulary as “9s,” “SLAs,” “response times” and “penalties”? Prepare yourself for efficient negotiations with providers and customers.
A practical guide to dealing with security and privacy breaches, this session will reveal how to address incident response procedures. The presenters will serve as actors in a hypothetical scenario of a company breach.
This issue-spotting seminar will give you a high-level overview of key issues and trends relating to employee benefits plans. The goal is to enable you to spot potential problems, understand the framework and clarify the murky benefits plan language. Learn when to call in an expert.
This session will discuss key decisions issued by the NLRB, its rule-making and other agency actions that could have a critical impact on employers, particularly those who are non-union.
This session will highlight key considerations in deciding how to handle a range of employment disputes and include special discussion about whether and how to participate in the government agency processes, including fact-finding and agency mediation.
This seminar will cover: getting the company ready for an IPO; the key items necessary for an efficient, risk-minimized offering, including tips, traps and lessons learned from GCs; and the IPO process.