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.
Designed to meet the needs of the busy and time-constrained in-house counsel, this panel will give a list of the top 10 best EH&S management practices that in-house counsel can immediately adopt and implement at their respective companies. While these plug and play procedures will be generic in nature to allow for use in a variety of industries and businesses, the panelists will give concrete examples of how these can be applied at other companies and how these measures will meet your legal obligations.
Annual Meeting 2006: The biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry faces a unique and daunting set of statutory and regulatory issues, including, but not limited to, the handling and disposal of radioactive materials, employee health & safety procedures involving unique and exotic compounds, NRC licensing, and good laboratory practices. Smaller companies in this industry also face unique challenges such as developing sound EH&S programs in-house as well as negotiating leases with landlords unfamiliar with biotech research operations.
Developed with the transactional attorney or corporate generalist in mind, this session will provide you with the fundamentals to draft and negotiate legally enforceable environmental terms and conditions for the purchase of real property and the sale of an on-going concern with environmental liabilities. Our panel will focus, in particular, on environmental law including indemnification provisions, baselines, and related insurance. From this program, you will be able to draft and negotiate environmental terms in a contract without being forced to go to outside counsel for assistance.
Climate change is a hot issue around the globe. If you aren’t up to date this session is for you. Our panel of experts will provide an overview of the numerous legal and business issues emerging from state, federal, international and voluntary initiatives aimed at mitigating the potential impacts of global climate change. Attendees will come away from the program with a benchmark of what U.S. companies are doing and a resource guide to better equip them to help guide their company's response to this enormous problem.
Energy companies are required to comply with myriad laws, rules and regulations. With increased penalty authority for many regulators, staying in compliance is a necessity. Explore several hypothetical compliance cases, participate in determining whether they present compliance problems and suggest how companies should respond to those problems, in collaboration with the speakers.
This Hazard Communication (HazCom) training course provides the information and training on HazCom required by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and many states' laws. After completing some basic material, quizzes and exercises, you'll play a game that will test you on the key topics.
We may not all have to address complex environmental permitting issues, but we likely all have to deal with real estate issues. Imagine your company just bought 20 acres for a strip mall or moved into vacant commercial space. Suddenly, buried drums are discovered on the neighboring property and it is now being called a Superfund site. This session will cover issues on how to identify and avoid costly environmental liabilities. The panelists will offer practical insights into environmental terminology, due diligence and negotiating strategies that will help avoid costly expenditures.