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Program material from the 2012 ACC's Annual Meeting, which provides an overview of legal project management techniques and tools, as well as best practices for scoping projects, managing teams and budgets, communicating to stakeholders, addressing scope creep, and conducting post project-reviews.

Annual Meeting 2006: As China continues to integrate itself into the world market, it is likely your company will do (or already does) business there or with Chinese companies. Conducting business in China has a whole new set of rules you may never have encountered before. Take this opportunity to learn the legal climate in order to determine best practices for manufacturing and selling products in China and protecting your IP assets while doing so.

Annual Meeting 2006: This nuts and bolts session will provide a practical and ethical explanation of the do’s and don’ts of issuing opinions to third parties, outside auditors, lenders, and others. Plus our panel will provide guidance on properly drafting opinion letters, understanding current guidelines on rendering opinions, appropriate disclaimers, and reservations, and assessing if an in-house attorney is qualified and licensed to render such an opinion and how to do so in compliance with the lawyers code of ethics.

Annual Meeting 2006: In today’s challenging corporate governance and litigation climate, in-house practitioners must prepare bulletproof corporate minutes for meetings of the board and board committees. Memorializing substantive discussions and decisions of the board in a manner that protects the corporation and the independent members of the board is a mission-critical objective. Our panel will provide you with an overview of the law and best practices for preparing corporate minutes that help protect the corporation and share with you the full range of legal, corporate governance, and ethical issues that can arise.

Annual Meeting 2006: In an insurance claim, problems can and do arise when outside counsel represents the best interest of the insurance company from a coverage perspective while neglecting the rights of the insured company. What is the in-house attorney’s role in securing the insured company’s rights? How can you successfully manage defense counsel to ensure there is a cooperative relationship with your insurer? Learn the importance of due diligence, severability clauses, and how to avoid conflicts of interest and manage outside counsel's role and responsibilities to both the insured and the insurer.

Annual Meeting 2006: So your marketing department wants to promote your products online, including holding a contest or sweepstakes. As legal counsel for your company, everyone is looking to you to ensure that the promotion goes off without a hitch, but your obligation is to ensure that the promotion is conducted legally and the company is protected. Using statutes and case studies as a basis, along with hand on tips and useful contractual terms, we will provide you with the necessary information you need to expertly advise your client and stay in compliance with state and federal laws. You will receive an overview of the legal requirements applicable to online advertising with an emphasis on the regulations involved with running a prize promotion, and including joint promotions with a vendor or affiliate, advertising the promotion in non-internet based media, and generally protecting your brand when advertising online.

Annual Meeting 2006: Succession is an inherently unpleasant topic; no one likes to think of themselves as anything other than indispensable or to contemplate their own mortality. However, legal managers often fail to anticipate their own departure and plan for how the leadership of the legal department will continue in their absence. This can have serious repercussions on the effective functioning of a legal department; in dealing with regulators; and on morale in a legal department. This panel will focus on how to recruit, identify, and groom future legal managers, how to lead them into the skill sets that will enable them to maintain and grow a department, and engender the loyalty of their staff.

Annual Meeting 2006: The increased regulatory scrutiny and civil litigation which has followed in the wake of Enron and other corporate disasters means that, more than ever‚ companies must be scrupulous about taking proper precautions to protect sensitive documents and internal investigations. In particular, the conundrum of whether to waive attorney-client privilege in the face of the demand for disclosure from regulators is one that confronts many companies. Our presentation will focus on recent multi- jurisdictional developments in the law of attorney-client privilege and the particular challenges that face corporate counsel who are often required to wear multiple hats within their organization

Annual Meeting 2006: Learn how to help your company use compliance as a competitive advantage, particularly in Europe. Our discussion will include a review of the law and best practices in dealing with privacy policies, data security, employee hotlines/whistleblowing issues, online training programs, conflicting laws, and more.

Annual Meeting 2006: Hold on to your Blackberrys! The patent system is facing some serious issues today. The reality is that the rules are likely to change. There are more patent applications, patents, and litigation than ever before. Congress is considering new legislation, the Supreme Court has taken several patent cases, and the US Patent Office is under stress handling the most applications in its history. The stage is set for a number of important and possible changes. Find out the latest developments in patent litigation, changes in patent enforcement, and patent law reform, and ways to protect your own intellectual property in the face of impending regulatory change.

Annual Meeting 2006: This two-part program will explore the many unique legal issues presented by electronic discovery. Part 1 will include discussion of real-life best practices used by corporations to tackle the electronic discovery beast. Whether from a large or small department or company, we’ll send you home with a how-to guide for making sure your processes are not only effective, but efficient as well.

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Copyright Protection in Cyberspace: IP on the ’Net

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Conducting Business Online - What General Counsel Need to Know

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Career Development: Recruiters, the Net, and Beyond Finding Your Next Job

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Advertising, Sponsorship, and Endorsement: Distinctions for Tax Exempt Organizations

Presented at ACCA?s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Advertising, Sponsorship, and Endorsement: Distinctions for Tax Exempt Organizations

Presented at ACC's Annual Meeting 2000; Program - A Global Overview of Product Content Rules, etc.

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Internal Marketing of Legal Services for Insurance Staff Counsel

Presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Internal Marketing of Legal Services for Insurance Staff Counsel

Presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Internal Marketing of Legal Services for Insurance Staff Counsel

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - A Global Overview of Product Content Rules, etc.

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - A Comparative Analysis between U.S. and European Competition Laws

Presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - A Comparative Analysis between U.S. and European Competition Laws

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - A Comparative Analysis between U.S. and European Competition Laws

n 2005, ACC will host its eighth annual Onsite Pro Bono Clinic under the auspices of Corporate Pro Bono (a joint project of ACC and the Pro Bono Institute). The clinic offers in-house counsel the opportunity to earn CLE credit while providing pro bono services to nonprofit organizations that are in great need of legal assistance. The clinic will begin with training from national experts on the legal needs of nonprofit organizations. Participants will then meet for a consultation with representatives of Washington, DC-area nonprofits to guide them through a "legal checkup." Training materials and information about the nonprofit organizations will be provided to participants in advance. Please mark your 2005 Annual Meeting registration form to indicate your interest or contact the Corporate Pro Bono Project Director at 202.662.9699 or at cpbo@acca.com.

The ACC's Annual Meeting presents a guide to intellectual property basics and offers IP practice pointers.

Presented at ACCA/GCCA European chapter 2002 Annual Meeting. This presentation was part of the program on buying distressed companies.

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Intellectual Property Year in Review

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Immigration Law Primer

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Ideas for Launching Local Chapter-based Pro Bono Efforts