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This luncheon panel, offered in collaboration with the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), will explore how general counsel can work more effectively with the Board of Directors and while addressing all of your burning questions. You will hear directly from two highly experienced Fortune 500 corporate directors and learn how to partner with your Board to address the most vexing challenges facing boards of directors today.

This program will focus on the application of the attorney–client privilege to the compliance officer as a mixed legal and business function, both in the United States and internationally. Speakers also will explore best practices related to invoking the privilege, who can make the claim and how to maintain the privilege.

Counterparty risk is an inevitable component of any financial transaction. Organizations faced with a financially distressed debtor are wise to have defenses in place before issues arise. With proper protection in place, those organizations also have the opportunity to capitalize on the distress of the debtor. Arm yourself with the weapons that your organization will need to protect itself when dealing with an insolvent or bankrupt corporate group, as well as deal protection measures to consider when managing distressed merger and acquisition transactions in an international context.

This presentation discusses the business acquisition process.

In this presentation the speaker discusses Philip Morris International, Inc., its established IP portfolio management, established brand owner’s IP challenges, country laws, internal policies, brand usage guidelines, training, and trends and developments.

High-profile data breaches, subsequent litigation and swiftly changing global regulations have management teams and directors confused and concerned about their best path forward. This interactive session, led by in-the-trench legal practitioners, will walk attendees through a mock risk analysis and subsequent recommendations report to senior management. The panel will then create an Information Management Committee tasked with integrating disparate functions of records retention, privacy, information security, litigation and business intelligence. Attendees will walk away with an Information Governance Maturity Analysis Guide, the Top 10 Critical Cyber Considerations for Global Companies and Key Disclosure Considerations in Risk Reporting to Senior Management.

Comparative advertising is no longer limited to high-profile television advertising involving soda brands, computer brands, mobile telephone carriers and cable versus satellite. It can be difficult to detect and police your competitors’ uses of your brand names in Google Adwords, metadata, hashtags, banner ads and countless other ways. This panel will explore the intersection of brand management, free speech, and free market competition through hypotheticals and case law updates. Attendees will walk away with a better game plan on how to detect, prevent and expeditiously address unauthorized use of their company’s brands on the Internet, as well as a better understanding of how to mitigate legally-allowed uses of their company’s brands by competitors.

This is a sample contract of sale security agreement furnishing equipment and supplies.

Large institutional investors have been increasingly focused on board composition in order to ensure an effective board of directors. Recent activist investor activity has increased the visibility of these issues. This panel will focus on such critical board composition matters as appropriate skill sets, including independent director industry expertise, and board refreshment techniques such as evaluations, tenure and term limits. The panel will also review how these important issues can impact board diversity. Everyone who advises a board of directors should attend this session.

As close neighbours, many might assume American and Canadian employment laws are the same – but they are not. Companies carrying on business in (or considering expanding into) Canada could gain a significant advantage by learning about the Canadian employment law environment. By understanding compliant hiring practices, employment legislation, contractual implications, leave entitlements, termination entitlements, post-employment restrictions, and other laws that impact your Canadian workforce, you can make informed decisions and achieve synergy with your domestic workforce.