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This is a sample questionnaire for executive officers to develop and verify information in connection with the preparation of Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2016 and its Proxy Statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, both of which must be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

This sample questionnaire for directors is circulated to develop and verify information in connection with the preparation of Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2016 and its Proxy Statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, both of which must be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

In this presentation from the 2016 ACC Annual Meeting, learn about sustainability disclosures in filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Find tips for working with corporate colleagues and outside auditors to obtain information critical to making accurate and defensible disclosures that will highlight company accomplishments without creating unnecessary litigation or enforcement risk.

The session will cover important recent US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) developments since the 2015 ACC Annual Meeting. The program will review significant enforcement actions and trends as well as recent SEC developments related to the Volcker Rule, shareholder proposals, and the rule for pay ratio disclosure. This program will also examine those sections of the Dodd-Frank Act that matter most to corporate and securities lawyers in their day-to-day practices, including providing advice to management and board members. The session will review the network of regulations that have been adopted pursuant to those sections and report on the status of regulations not yet adopted by the SEC. This will be a fast-moving program; come equipped with a working knowledge of the Securities Exchange Acts of 1933 and 1934.

The session will cover important recent US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) developments since the 2015 ACC Annual Meeting. The program will review significant enforcement actions and trends as well as recent SEC developments related to the Volcker Rule, shareholder proposals, and the rule for pay ratio disclosure. This program will also examine those sections of the Dodd-Frank Act that matter most to corporate and securities lawyers in their day-to-day practices, including providing advice to management and board members. The session will review the network of regulations that have been adopted pursuant to those sections and report on the status of regulations not yet adopted by the SEC. This will be a fast-moving program; come equipped with a working knowledge of the Securities Exchange Acts of 1933 and1934.

This session represents a continued discussion from the 2014 ACC Annual Meeting of the risks and rewards of using open-source software (OSS) for internal applications and in products licensed to end users. The session will focus on OSS licensing and compliance management programs, policies and practices. A successful OSS policy ensures compliance with OSS license terms and protects your company’s IP assets while enabling development teams to get the job done. Discussion will include establishing and maintaining a successful OSS compliance process and review of sample policies and practices.

The session will cover important recent US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) developments since the 2014 ACC Annual Meeting. The program will review significant enforcement actions and trends as well as recent SEC developments related to cybersecurity, conflict minerals, social media, whistleblowing and disclosure reform. Presenters will also examine those sections of Dodd–Frank that matter most to corporate and securities lawyers in their day-to-day practices, including providing advice to management and board members. They will review the network of regulations that have been adopted pursuant to those sections, and report on the status of regulations not yet adopted by the SEC. The session will be a fast-moving program; come equipped with a working knowledge of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act.

The most popular session at the ACC Annual Meeting in New Orleans filled a hall with over 600 lawyers. The topic was emotional intelligence. Find out why this is such an important skill as well as how you can develop it.

This sample form contains a script for Annual Meeting.

Your business uses social media to get out its message. That’s fine, right? Well, mostly, but there are a number of ways in which the use of social media can transgress the securities laws in the United States. Which ones? Come to this session to learn about when and how social media conflicts with securities laws, particularly Regulation FD, the safe harbor for forward-looking information under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, Regulation G, Rule 10b-5, when it might make sense to use social media in the annual meeting and proxy solicitation process and why more people in your business than ever before need to understand the concept of materiality.

This is a comprehensive article that contains all exhibits to the 2014 ACC Annual Meeting Session 203 - Who Said Attorneys Can’t Do Math? Statistical Analysis in Employment Advice and Litigation.

This is an anti-corruption summary of information discussed in the 2014 ACC Annual Meeting Session 105: Keep Your Executives Out of Jail and Avoid Massive Fines: Responding to the New Age of Worldwide Anti-Corruption Legislation.

A list of additional resources and articles to supplement ACC's 2014 Annual Meeting session 104 - SEC Update.

A list of additional resources and articles to supplement ACC's 2014 Annual Meeting session 102 - Bridging Cultural Differences for Successful International Negotiations.

This is an excerpt from a corporate annual meeting.

This program is designed to give in-house counsel advising businesses in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates) states a better understanding of the laws and business dynamics of the region. Issues to be covered include opportunities for investment to and from the region; regional variations and Dubai as a hub; contractual issues and joint ventures; disputes and arbitration; Islamic finance; anti-bribery and corruption; diligence and know your customer (KYC); Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and sanctions; and cultural understanding for those from outside the region.

This sample annual meeting script contains an order of business outline, general rules of conduct, a sign-in sheet, and sample introductory remarks.

ACC’s 2012 Annual Meeting in Orlando hosted a panel called “Doing Business in India.” During this session, panelists talked about India as an increasingly favorable investment environment. They spoke of making one’s company a cultural fit for India, and gave advice on negotiating with Indian counterparts. Panelist Alison Lazerwitz of Daniel Swarovski Corporation elaborated on these points in a follow-up interview with ACC Docket. From this article, you will glean the collective insight of diverse practitioners who have extensive experience doing deals in India.

This resource contains a list of useful benchmarking resources as it pertains to the 2012 ACC Annual Meeting Session 1105.

Program material from Session 109 of ACC's 2012 Annual Meeting at which members of the 2012 ACC Value Champions presented on what makes a metric a “Metric that Matters”, what MTM’s you can use to best manage costs and improve quality of non-financial results, how to get data you need from inside and outside your organization, how MTM can help you engage/ lead teams, and how you can use metrics that matter to strengthen your department’s position as a strategic business partner.

This is a sample spreadsheet for the corresponding Crisis Management Simulation – Hypothetical for ACC Annual Meeting 2012 Session 803.

This is a crisis management simulation hypothetical from the 2012 ACC Annual Meeting Session 803.