Annual Meeting 2006: Technology can be a powerful enabler-or an expensive diversion-from the work of a law department. What can you do to increase the prospects that your technology projects will work? How can you make legal knowledge management a reality? In-house practitioners from various law departments will speak candidly about their own projects (i.e., the good, the bad, and the ugly) and how they are managing them. After our presentation, you will understand what legal knowledge management entails, be able to improve your department’s reuse of knowledge, easily recognize the traps, and better appreciate the process required to make implementation of technology successful.
Annual Meeting 2006: In part 2 of this two-part series, our panel will review the current case law and discuss the new proposed amendments to the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure. In addition, the panel will review the Sedona Principles and give practical tips to ensure compliance with the law.
Annual Meeting 2006: Great lawyers are not necessarily great managers. In this session, learn how to get better performance out of your employees. Our panel of management specialists will explore real and specific performance issues, including both the positive and negative you likely encounter on a regular basis.
Annual Meeting 2006: If your company makes use of or develops free or open source software (FOSS), this session is for you. Our technology counsel will provide an overview of what FOSS is, legal issues concerning such software including litigation, patents, different licenses, warranties, and indemnification involved, where and how FOSS is generally used, and risks and benefits involved with licensing and using these types of software. You will also receive an update on proposed changes to the General Public License (GPL) and take home a list of the legal issues to be aware of to keep your company out of trouble.
Annual Meeting 2006: As quantitative management approaches become more common, we hear that it’s all about the numbers! How do you translate the value and worth of your small law department into something quantifiable? Better yet, how can you use the numbers to your benefit? Come and share your thoughts with our panel of experienced veterans on how to communicate your results in a way that the number crunchers will understand.
Annual Meeting 2006: Let's face it. Being corporate counsel is probably the toughest job in the legal profession. The demands of dealing with executives, staff, and outside attorneys can make even the most balanced person want to go ‘legal.’ In this light-hearted approach to a very serious topic, we’ll teach you about the harmful effects of stress on your physical and emotional well-being and share the three steps to a more stress-free career including how to get a clue, get a grip, and get a life!
Presented at the ACCA European 2003 Annual Meeting.
Shareholders are important stakeholders for every company; however, recent events have shown the risks and legal liabilities a company faces when dealing with them. Recent regulatory and legislative developments, such as new SEC rules permitting electronic proxy distribution, and the New York Stock Exchange’s action to eliminate broker non-votes, add complexity to these matters. Our expert panel will discuss a range of legal issues relating to conducting the annual meeting, proxy disclosure and solicitation issues, the legal response to possible shareholder activism, and the role of proxy service provider Institutional Shareholder Services in your company's relationship with shareholders.
Presented at ACCA/GCCA European chapter 2002 Annual Meeting.
This program was presented at the ACCA/GCCA European Chapter 2002 Annual meeting.
Presented at ACCA/GCCA European chapter 2002 Annual Meeting. Presented as part of the program "The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention."
This program was presented at the ACC/GCCA 2002 Annual Meeting.
Presented at the Global Corporate Counsel Association 2002 Annual Meeting in France. The program titled: WHAT EVERY IN-HOUSE LAWYER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS:
PROTECTING COMPANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
AND STRATEGIC NON-PUBLIC BUSINESS INFORMATION
Presented at ACCA/GCCA's European Chapter 2002 Annual meeting.
Presented at ACCA/GCCA European chapter 2002 Annual Meeting. Presented as part of the program "The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention."
Presented at the ACCA/GCCA European chapter 2002 Annual Meeting.
You loved this dynamic Boston University professor at our '07 Annual Meeting so now he's back, straight from our Mini MBA for In-house Counsel Program, to help you achieve the business proficiency you need to thrive in these difficult economic times. If you learn to speak the language of your business team then it will enhance your role and help contribute to the bottom line. Professor Menezes will discuss issues associated with formulating and implementing strategy in this turbulent environment, including assessing and addressing the economic challenges, organizational impediments, and critical business forces. This session will help you understand how to critically assess the environment, develop a deeper understanding of key concepts in strategy formulation, and examine the key elements of successful strategy implementation.
Electronic content management is a hot issue, especially with discovery’s scope extending to all electronically stored information (ESI). How can in-house counsel be proactive in managing ESI? Numerous vendors providing valuable services related to ESI attend the ACC Annual Meeting. These services help in-house counsel manage electronic records retention, document management, litigation hold policies/procedures, compliance, reporting, etc. Before talking to vendors, attend this session for guidance on defining and addressing information management problem areas within your company. The presentation includes checklists and other tools to assist you in setting up an effective ESI management program.
Shareholders are important stakeholders for every company and recent events have shown the risks a company faces in dealing with them. Shareholders are becoming more active and more aggressive, often using their influence to create short-term stock market gains rather than long-term value, or pursuing proxy fights based on their views of good corporate governance and good citizenship. Our expert panel discussed common approaches of shareholders; successful and unsuccessful responses to activist shareholders on a range of issues relating to conducting the annual meeting; proxy disclosure and solicitation issues; and the role of institutional shareholder services.
ACC's 2003 Annual Meeting presents a look at Shortcuts Through the Immigration & Expatriate Maze for Employees
Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Chair’s Choice II: The Evolution of the In-house Practice
Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Approaches to Counseling the E-Volving Organization’s Workforce
Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Approaches to Counseling the E-Volving Organization’s Workforce
Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - A Comparative Analysis between U.S. and European Competition Laws
A must for any in-house practitioner needing to stay up to speed on current employment law, this permanent fixture on the ACC Annual Meeting agenda will do just that. Join our panel to learn about new case law and legislation that affects employment and labor law issues. You will take away resources to draw from to help you understand these changes and how they might affect your company's employment practices.
Compliance programmes are a requirement for prudent management of any organisation today. This paper explains why this statement is true by assessing how the non-compliance risk affects companies, and investigates how they can prevent or reduce this kind of business risk. Present at the European Chapter's annual meeting.
Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Intellectual Property Year in Review
Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Examining the Impact of the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act
Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Drafting Enforceable Indemnities in Domestic and International Contracts
Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Domestic and International Corruption: Protect Your Construction Project
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