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When a dispute arises concerning the sale of a business, your clever lawyering and intricate draftsmanship can get lost in front of judge and jury. How can you draft your contract to insure the intention of the parties is enforced as well as maximize the protection to your client? Our panel of your litigation peers will share their 20-20 hindsight on the M&A deal and what M&A practitioners should know about how your contracts are received and interpreted, and what you can do to help in case the business deal ends up in the courtroom or arbitration.

By 2010, nearly one in three workers in the United States will be over the age of 50. As the relative proportion of younger workers declines, attracting and retaining experienced and reliable workers will become a core business strategy for all employers. Our panel discussed the impact that older workers are having on the workplace, legal issues related to phased retirement and nontraditional work arrangements as well as proposed and pending regulations relating to phased retirement.

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.

ACC compiled the concerns and unresolved challenges identified scores of CLOs of the largest public and private companies in the US and Canada, culminating in a report to the in-house profession of the concerns that keep CLOs awake at night, as well as their vision for the solutions that should be pursued to address them. Look into our unique crystal ball to view the emerging challenges that will occupy your law department’s time and attention in the coming years. Find out what top in-house thought leaders believe is around the corner, and how to best prepare to meet those challenges.

Developed with the transactional attorney or corporate generalist in mind, this session will provide you with the fundamentals to draft and negotiate legally enforceable environmental terms and conditions for the purchase of real property and the sale of an on-going concern with environmental liabilities. Our panel will focus, in particular, on environmental law including indemnification provisions, baselines, and related insurance. From this program, you will be able to draft and negotiate environmental terms in a contract without being forced to go to outside counsel for assistance.

By mid-century, China, the world’s fastest-growing economy and the second largest behind the United States, is expected to be number one. Business can no longer avoid the Chinese market. The keys to a successful business in China are a clear Chinese strategy, sound business and legal policies, effective implementation plans and performance goals that are updated on a continuous basis.

All employers need to know when their employees are eligible for an excused protected leave. Now there are so many different types of protected and unprotected leaves for employees. This presentation will help you understand an overview of state and federal laws covering leaves such as: FMLA, disability accommodations, and USERRA. Learn how best to deal with FMLA intermittent leave, employees who have been called up for active military duty, employees requesting extended periods of leave, and leave as an accommodation.

Climate change is a hot issue around the globe. If you aren’t up to date this session is for you. Our panel of experts will provide an overview of the numerous legal and business issues emerging from state, federal, international and voluntary initiatives aimed at mitigating the potential impacts of global climate change. Attendees will come away from the program with a benchmark of what U.S. companies are doing and a resource guide to better equip them to help guide their company's response to this enormous problem.

If your organization uses subsidiaries or related companies to carry on parts of its business (in or outside the US), this program will provide practical guidance about some of the legal issues that may arise in relationships between affiliated business entities. These include: issues relating to the creation and capitalization of subsidiary companies; discovery against a parent through its subsidiary; how affiliates can use intellectual property owned by a related company; jurisdictional issues and piercing the corporate veil.

Are you still having problems getting your outside counsel to understand what you really mean by cost management, responsiveness and understanding your business? Get an update on the latest practical techniques and suggestions to help improve your in-house relationship with outside counsel from this panel of both outside and in-house counsel as they share their innovative approaches to managing legal relationships.

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