Regulatory compliance continues to be a key issue for US energy companies. With an ever-changing regulatory landscape and stepped-up enforcement in some areas, it is more important than ever for in-house counsel to ensure proactive compliance with the various regulations governing the energy industry. This panel will provide timely updates, best practices, and advice from the experts on North American Electric Reliability Corporation, US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and US Commodity Futures Trading Commission compliance.
This presentation describes the purpose of a whistleblower program.
You are familiar with the US Federal Sentencing Guidelines and have heard about compliance best practices, but wonder: "How in the world am I going to do that?" As a small legal department, the demands are great, resources are scarce, and, often, the businesspeople don't completely understand your role. The Guidelines acknowledge differences between large and small organizations in meeting the requirements for an effective ethics and compliance program. The question is often the “how” of implementation. What are regulators’ expectations for companies with limited resources? What are cost- and time-efficient methods to address constant regulatory scrutiny and change? This program will explore the critical issues for prioritizing with limited resources while regulations continue to increase. This session will also focus on creative strategies to do more with less, such as using risk-based prioritization, tailoring compliance to meet business needs and objectives, and finding third-party vendors to provide support at a reasonable cost.
For years, brand owners have asked online retailers to help them find and punish unauthorized resellers for their violations. Unfortunately for brand owners online retailers typically take a percentage of third-party sales within its marketplace and are hesitant to enforce seller pricing agreements and risk losing revenue. As a result of leaks in the supply chain, resellers obtain authentic products and sell them online below their minimum advertised price or attempt to violate trademarks and copyrights, making it difficult for brand owners to protect themselves. Copyright and trademark infringement can hurt a brand's functionality severely by affecting its Buy Box share, revenue, and, most importantly, brand reputation. This panel discussion will address different solutions to deal with these international online marketplace issues that in-house counsel of consumer brand manufacturers and distributors deal with daily.
This presentation provides supplemental materials for the session.
International negotiations present unique challenges for negotiators dealing with counterparts from different cultural backgrounds. A common language and a shared understanding of negotiation ethics are integral to negotiating viable agreements. If a negotiator is dealing with different cultural backgrounds and different ideas of ethics during the course of negotiations, he or she must know how to acknowledge and respond effectively to the cultural norms and standards of ethical treatment and fairness of her or his counterparts at the bargaining table. This interactive panel of experienced cross-cultural negotiators will provide solutions that will enable you to analyze your negotiation situation, interpret signals during negotiations, cope with cultural differences, and successfully manage the international negotiation process to seal the deal.
This presentation provides supplemental materials for the session.
This presentation provides supplemental materials for the session.
Securities regulators in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada are reviewing and making new changes to policies and rules relating to whistleblowing. This panel will review key changes to whistleblower policies implemented by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, UK Financial Conduct Authority, and Canadian provincial securities regulators. Attendees will also receive practical advice on how in-house counsel can protect their corporations and ensure that they are in compliance with changing whistleblower policies.
Information governance (IG) overwhelms companies, creating compliance risks, increased discovery costs, privacy threats, and lower employee productivity. Siloed approaches to information governance fall short. This program explores building the case for a cross-functional approach to information governance. After this session, attendees will be able to list IG compliance risks and related in-house counsel’s ethical responsibilities; identify messaging strategies to get C-suite support for IG; list the ideal composition of an IG committee; obtain a seven-step project plan for launching an IG program; and quantify the benefits of an IG program. Attendees will also receive a business case outline to present to the C-suite, sample committee charter, and checklist of do’s and don’ts in building your case.