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Driven by large product recalls and the perceived need for action by regulators, the United States, Canada, South Africa, China and numerous other countries have enacted, or are on the brink of enacting or amending, strict laws and regulations governing the manufacture, supply, sale, distribution, importation and advertising of consumer goods and services.

An overview of the new law and the approach to its enforcement likely to be taken by the U.K. Serious Fraud Office. The program will also consider whether the Bribery Act may be expected to raise the bar for corporate compliance programs in general.

This material covers the developing controls over mergers in the EU.

What to do and not do when outsourcing legal services to foreign countries.

This material contains tips on the pros and cons of ADR and how it can be used to help your corporate client

Being in the global marketplace requires US companies to deal with the complexities of enforcing their rights under international contracts in jurisdictions outside the United States. The advantage of using arbitration to resolve disputes under international contracts has been frequently discussed in recent years.

Many companies rely on distributor networks or outside agencies to sell their products. The laws in many jurisdictions limit the ability to terminate such agreements. This session will provide the tools and legal resources to help guide you through the process of terminating such contracts. Our panel of international law specialists will teach you how to draft such agreements to avoid termination headaches, and the steps required to terminate such agreements in various jurisdictions.

2007 ACCE Annual Conference: The dynamics of today's global economy affect virtually every employer. The issues a company must face are similar from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but the solutions often are quite different. Our in-house experts conducted a comparative review of employment law in various jurisdictions and examined such labor topics as integrating the workforce after a merger or acquisition, hiring and firing, obtaining work authorizations, and understanding foreign jurisdiction workplace laws and regulations.

This program will provide basic legal tips in foreign investment distribution agreements, dealer and agent relationships, labor agreements and antitrust and enforcement trends for doing business in Latin American countries. Other areas to be discussed are the challenges with the jointly and several liability in labor of distribution relationships and enforcement of foreign jurisdiction and foreign applicable law clauses in Latin American countries.

This PowerPoint presentation, which accompanied an ACC Europe Chapter webcast, begins with a Facebook-related hypothetical situation, and discusses the dangers of social media in the workplace, online bullying and harassment, and French and German statutory approaches to the issue.

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