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.
An overview of clauses in M&A agreements that can cause problems, including assignment, merger/integration, forum selection, governing law, specific performance, survival of representations and warranties, waiver of jury trial, severability, and notice.
Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) have been on the top of the agenda
for management and in-house counsel during the last years and trade compliance may or may not be getting the attention merited by the current complexities of this area of law. This session material will bring more clarity to the current status and provide concrete recommendations for your daily
operations.
Every company inevitably either knowingly or inadvertently will do business with an entity that is in financial distress. How do you plan to do business with a financially troubled company? What legal steps can be taken to ensure performance by such a company? What actions can be taken to ensure payment or performance under an agreement with a distressed company? Will your client be liable for a preference recovery upon payment by a company that ultimately files for bankruptcy? Or is your client interested in acquiring assets from a company in financial distress?
How to move away from a "check the box" approach to due diligence, and target your efforts to focus in on the areas of highest risk. The program will include an update on the latest settlements, deferred prosecution agreements and case law regarding the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
It’s hardly possible to do business without one, or both, parties requiring an confidentiality agreement. How can you streamline NDA contract review and still provide maximum protection? This course will provide practical tips for managing the onslaught of NDA requests including drafting tips, educating the business, and technology solutions. Promoting enterprise competitive capability. Pluses and minuses of Confidentiality Agreements, how to conduct internal training, streamlining the NDA contract review while still providing maximum protection.
This program will provide a broad overview of the privacy laws and requirements in key global jurisdictions with a focus on data and security concerns. Learn the fundamentals of global privacy law, including enforcement under the EU Privacy Directive, the APEC Framework and recent proposals for a US framework to supplement the current federal and state sectoral approach. This session will also emphasize key issues in the context of new media.
All too often, attorneys tasked with the preparation of a non-compete agreement jump head-first into the drafting process without much forethought or planning. In this proposed presentation, faculty will discuss five important things for a would-be drafter of a non-compete agreement to do before starting the drafting process. These action items are important for optimized enforceability of the resulting non-compete. Likewise, faculty will discuss five critical things to keep in mind while the agreement takes shape.<br />Help create an interactive dynamic session.
This session will take an in-depth look at the following contract clauses with an eye toward litigation. Clause topic areas to be examined include: limitation of liability; "backdoor indemnity" (e.g., warranty); the interplay between the warranty clause, the limitation of liability and indemnification; and the difference between the epidemic failure clause and the warranty clause.
This program is designed to educate attendees unfamiliar with government contracts on recognizing common government contracting compliance issues and how compliance failures may result in organizational liability. Government contracts incorporate a myriad of legal practice areas, including employment, intellectual property, international law, ethics and accounting, to name but a few. In a complex legal arena where a breach of contract can result in civil or criminal fraud investigations, a firm understanding of compliance policies and procedures is a must for all corporate counsel.
This program will provide basic legal tips in foreign investment distribution agreements, dealer and agent relationships, labor agreements and antitrust and enforcement trends for doing business in Latin American countries. Other areas to be discussed are the challenges with the jointly and several liability in labor of distribution relationships and enforcement of foreign jurisdiction and foreign applicable law clauses in Latin American countries.