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 substantive overview will provide you with the information you need to provide an informed legal opinion about listing or delisting your company. You'll learn the legal requirements a public company must abide by in jurisdictions such as the U.K., France, Germany, and Japan, the trends toward consolidation in Europe, the economics of multiple listings as well as the arguments for delisting and the requirements to do so in several global jurisdictions.
Every in-house practitioner has negotiated between one and a million contracts in his career. But do you excel in this element of your job or cringe when the occasion presents itself? Here is your chance to refresh everything you learned in contract law and forgot. Unlike law school though, in addition to the law, we'll send you home with a set of practical tools to manage the contract process including those that are difficult to negotiate.
Whether you manage litigation, advise your company's officers and directors, or negotiate leases or other contracts, recent developments in the law of insurance coverage and claims must be taken into account. Our panel of litigation management attorneys and insurance professionals will summarize 30 of the most critical legal developments on the issue, and show you how to incorporate them into your practice and extract the most out of your company's insurance dollars.
Competition laws around the world vary greatly. Corporate practitioners need to be familiar with these laws and how they could affect your company's business. This session will provide an overview of global competition law with a focus on harmonization within the EU and a comparison with Eastern European models.
This webcast discusses security, one of the most critical issues in complex sourcing and technology relationships, and it provides an overview of the lifecycle of the security issues in complex technology, services and sourcing transactions.
Discusses new developments for accelerating U.S. and foreign patent prosecution including the patent prosecution highway program, acceleration of U.S. applications, and the impact on a global patent strategy.
Addresses recent developments in the anti-money laundering world, the current AML regulatory requirements for financial institutions, and the major issues involved in outsourcing AML compliance and other BPO transactions.
Discusses the acquisition and divestiture process, focusing on three phases: preparing for a transaction, completing a transaction, and integrating a transaction. Also includes practical tips for a successful transaction.
This webcast transcript explores a different perspective for reviewing contracts that will help in-house counsel catch subtle problems and issues that might otherwise be missed.
Analyzes issues with managing workforce reductions in certain key jurisdictions in Europe and seeks to identify some practical tips for the management of multi-jurisdictional workforce reduction programs where problems around timing and consistency arise.