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If your coverage area touches on personal information or privacy-related
issues, you cannot afford to miss this update on the latest privacy law
issues in America. Privacy and data protection laws and regulations at the
US federal level are still moving at a mile-a-minute. And don't forget
the state statutes as well! If you do business in states like Massachusetts
that have recently passed additional provisions to protect the privacy
information of employees then you need to be aware of what they require too.

A patent is a complex document that is made up of many parts, including specifications that describe the item, how to make and use the invention, claims that specifically describe what is protected by the patent, and explanatory drawings, if needed. The cover sheet to the patent and the patent itself contain a wealth of information, but reading a patent can be an educated and productive undertaking or a frustrating attempt to glean important information while sifting through its many parts.

Is a data theft or breach one of your company’s worst nightmares? Read the daily paper to see the serious ramifications that can occur under such a breach. What can and should you know about this subject matter and implement to help protect your client? This presentation provided a summary of the current state of the law (state and federal), a discussion of to whom the laws apply and the types of data that have to be protected, and a description of the technology that can be used to help compliance.

Data security laws are rapidly changing the way organizations manage information worldwide. Breach investigations are becoming increasingly complex and pose greater risk including potential international effect. Recent breaches in the UK have literally changed the political landscape there. In Europe, huge fines have been imposed in recent cases.

Add to that long list of considerations in mergers and acquisitions the topic of how you handle the IP. This session provided an overview of this important issue, including engagement/pre-due diligence advice, matters that must be tracked down in due diligence, handling due diligence findings, working with outside counsel and legal department subject matter experts, the technical due diligence process including addressing open source matters, and the definitive agreement and disclosure schedules.

Records management does not need to be overwhelming. This panel of ACC members discussed practical steps companies take to address the underlying causes of records management issues around privacy, compliancy, and ediscovery, the common causes of these and other records management related problems, and provided overview and discussion of the practical steps their companies took to reduce related costs and risks. Learn how to uncover where an organization may have these issues in management of their information, potential exposure and practical steps to address them.

We all know that compliance with the electronic discovery rules is a challenge. But what about the ethical issues we face as attorneys? How can we best preserve the attorney-client privilege? What are the ethical implications of outsourcing? How about our own technological competency (or lack thereof)?

More in-house counsel are seeing competitive intelligence on intellectual property added to their responsibilities. Find out tools and tricks that make it easy. If the following “to do’s” are on your list (and maybe they should be!), this was the session for you: (1) staying on top of the latest IP filings of your competitors, including their subsidiaries; (2) understanding rulings on related IP lawsuits; (3) making the link between IP filings and any related dockets; (4) performing an IP portfolio analysis; and (5) policing for fraud detection of your IP portfolio.

Contracts, now more than ever, include one or more clauses involving some form of intellectual property, but the common in-house generalist attorney may not have a strong enough background in intellectual property law to properly negotiate intellectual property terms. This program highlights intellectual property issues that commonly arise in corporate contracts.

"Includes substantive information on protecting trade secrets and covenants not to compete."

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