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.
Whatever happened to the tradition of getting two paper originals executed by the parties so that they would each have one? How times have changed! This session will address how the use of emails, faxes and electronic signatures is affecting contract law and the implications for the statute of frauds.
What exactly is intellectual property and what does it mean? Corporate counsel must often discuss intellectual property issues with company employees who lack a basic understanding of IP law. This session will use lectures and role-playing to demonstrate techniques for communicating these complex ideas in terms anyone can understand. Don’t miss the opportunity to educate yourself in IP.
Join this session and learn the key intellectual property decisions from the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that have affected the manner in which intellectual property rights are procured, licensed and enforced. An understanding of the implications of recent significant decisions — involving copyright, trademark and patent law — is essential to creating an effective IP acquisition and enforcement strategy.
You lived through it all — now tell your story. As practicing in-house counsel, we face subtle and not-so subtle ethical issues as part of our everyday work responsibilities. This interactive session will focus on the questions that arise in the daily tasks that in-house counsel perform: business person vs. attorney? Ex-employee relationships? Disclosure rules vs. confidentiality? But rather than hypotheticals, we want you to tell your story and make our audience laugh, cry or simply shake their head.
It is an increasingly global age where more companies are doing business overseas, and a greater number of foreign companies are SEC registrants. As a result, in-house counsel must face the challenge of addressing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance responsibilities. This program addressed the issues of setting up a practical and effective program, recognizing and addressing relevant issues, and current activities and determinations in the FCPA arena.
The means by which your company can monitor and track employees and customers has become easier than ever. In addition to monitoring telephone calls, emails, and internet usage, the technology exists through Radio Frequency ID (RFID) tags, phone records, and global positioning systems to passively collect data on and track the movements and habits of employees and customers. We can watch our employees enter and exit our buildings, and we can pull their telephone and computer records to review usage.
The two countries experiencing the greatest economic growth are India and China. Each possesses unique resources and opportunities for US-based companies. China has concentrated on contract manufacturing, while India is more focused on attracting service industries. In 2007, the Indian economy grew almost nine percent, which closely parallels China’s growth. This course focused on why you must adopt a different approach and mindset when dealing with China and India and what you cannot afford to ignore about doing business with these emerging giants.
Most courts have long recognized that the selection of counsel by a client is one that should not be disrupted. When it comes to insurance coverage of a claim, that selection is often limited by the terms of the insurance contract. The best time to negotiate a favorable selection of counsel clause is when the insurance renews or the business is considering changing insurance companies.
The decision is back from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC says your company got it wrong. Now you may: (a) restate your financial statements; (b) reevaluate your accounting; (c) reevaluate the information prepared under GAAP; or (d) all of the above. Result? The stock takes a nosedive, the press has a ball, and there is a big mess to be cleaned up. But there are lessons to be learned from other company’s experiences and this session addressed them.