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.
Many compliance and intellectual property issues faced by corporations require the use of outside private investigation firms. The ethical rules that apply to counsel engaging private investigators need to be considered along with the boundaries of acceptable activity and use of resources. There are also practical aspects to the engagement and management of private investigation firms to ensure compliance with the law and the avoidance of liability and embarrassment to the company and its directors and officers.
The law department must take a leadership position in preparing a corporate client for global business. Counsel should play a substantial role in the audit of the company for assets required to do business globally and should take the lead in acquiring the expertise and identifying resources for the information necessary to prepare the client. From this program, take home feature audit checklists and get examples of ways gaps can be filled in the client's resources in order to minimize the risk of operating outside of the US.
As business becomes more global, so too should the focus of IP strategy. Our panel of IP experts will focus their discussions on emerging markets, such as China, Singapore, and India as well as developments in more mature markets such as the UK and Germany. Our program will teach you how to use legal IP protections, other than patents, (e.g., trade secrets) to assist a company in protecting its intellectual property, even when IP enforcement laws differ from those of the US.
How do you create enforceable contracts with users of your web site? What happens when users are worldwide? Are privacy policies really contracts and do you need one? What are the major elements of a use agreement? Should you incorporate privacy policies into your use agreement? What issues should you consider when linking to another company’s Internet property?
Latin America, with its numerous jurisdictions and varying labor laws and requirements in each can make even the most experienced employment counsel's head spin. This overview presentation will provide a comparative review of labor law in the varying countries, identify the common issues and requirements, highlight the differences among the various countries in Latin America and reveal the impact that these laws and requirements can have on a company doing business there.
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.
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.