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.
Contract, document, matter management, electronic billing and electronic discovery: with all of the legal systems available, lawyers have never been so efficient...or so confused. Knowing where to store and find information, much less how to take action on the data, is becoming increasingly impossible and expensive. This session will illustrate a day in the life of an attorney attempting to find vital accountability metrics on a major case. Receive a checklist of advanced metrics and learn where to find the data needed to compile metrics in today’s technology landscape.
Companies are increasingly looking at joint ventures as a way to develop products, bring products to market, increase market share and, hopefully, increase revenue. This session will explore the pros and cons of various legal structures and arrangements commonly referred to as “joint ventures,” including securities laws, valuation and exit strategies, protection of intellectual property, anti-trust concerns, tax and financial statement impacts, and management of human and other resources.
Environmental issues no longer stop at the factory door. Even companies that do not manufacture anything face environmental issues for products they sell or even just use. This session will explore downstream environmental concerns for all companies and what corporate counsel can do to mitigate the risks. Topics will include the REACH rule, lifecycle-assessments, financial responsibility and “greenwash” marketing and advertising concerns.
Records management is not new. Litigation, efficiency and competitive edge drive organizations to manage and capitalize on information. With rapid technology changes and the increasing volume and complexity of information, management is difficult. But new problems call for new answers. Globalization changes the landscape — a global company is not a bigger, more spread out US company — it is a different organization altogether and requires different solutions.
This material explores the challenges and risks for in-house counsel in fast moving economies. It further focuses on the issues caused by political legacies and quick moving legal environments and answers if doing business in Central and Eastern European countries is a bigger challenge than doing business in Western Europe or if companies are simply exposed to a different mix of perils.
An introduction to risk management approaches such as ERM and integrated assurance. This material covers the nuts and bolts on what these approaches mean to the in-house counsel and his/her relationship to Integrated Assurance, Risk Management and Compliance.
How do our senior management colleagues see our role and our performance? How is the role of the in-house counsel widening and integrating with that of other functions such as internal audit and integrity and compliance? Read this program material to find out.
This material covers precise points to consider when negotiation international contracts such as the legal framework for negotiating, gentleman's agreements, and procedural points.