Evaluate various career paths for GCs endeavoring to climb higher or take a different route.
Review relevant Canadian rules of professional conduct and discuss global privilege rules comparatively, highlighting practical challenges facing corporate counsel such as providing legal advice, and handling legal communications that span jurisdictions, Finally, receive guidance on how to manage your legal team in light of jurisdictional differences.
Discuss the impact of global trends on the Canadian landscape, intricacies of relevant rules of professional conduct, and evaluate the exposure to personal liability through recent enforcement actions against corporate counsel.
Learn practical ways to use your mobile technology (tablets/smart phones/etc.) in your daily practice; Explore the challenges and limitations you may face including ethical, data security, and privacy issues;Receive "top picks" for legal apps for corporate counsel.
This resource reviews key provisions of the CFPOA, FCPA, UK Bribery Act, OECD, Brazil’s new law, provincial laws/regulations.
Discuss recent international court decisions affecting in-house practice; Review recent Canadian court decisions affecting in-house practice; and learn how litigation tied to business practices, global change, social phenomena, regulatory goals, etc. are reshaping GCs’ focus.
Learn to spot common issues in advertising, trademarks, licensing and other areas so that you leave empowered to respond accordingly.
Learn tips on selecting, evaluating, comparing and retaining the outside counsel that best suit the organizational needs of your company.
Discuss the various roles in-house counsel tend to play and how they are affected by attorney-client privilege rules.
Examine the external and internal factors that affect the longer-term profitability of the organization, and understand the balance sheet, the income statement and the statement of cash flow.