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Annual Meeting 2006: Should the legal department manage the company's risk insurance program? If your department does, you’ll find this program will provide you with the legal knowledge and strategies for handling the risk insurance program, from negotiating policy renewals, developing relationships with underwriters, and incorporating brokers into your risk management team.

This Executive Report highlights key issues and takeaways discussed by Canadian General Counsel during a session in Montreal on the CLO's Role in Government Relations and External Affairs.

A speech before the Federalist Society regarding changes in SEC Sarbanes-Oxley policy and enforcement.

The following outline is intended to provide a short overview of some of the issues at the heart of this discussion topic. There may be other issues we’ve not identified, or perspectives on the identified issues that are not adequately represented in the outline.

Meeting today's regulatory and client demands requires close up the full power and productivity of all members of the legal department. In-house practitioners must develop the management and relationship skills that aren't taught in law firms or in law school. How can you be more than just a lawyer and become also an effective leader? Join us for this open dialogue on how specific general management and leadership techniques can be applied with success to law departments.

It's all a number game. New legal reporting requirements and increased exposure for accounting mistakes mean that you need to know how to read and understand the numbers in a real- world context. The business people often complain that the lawyers do not understand the numbers, so come learn how to prove them wrong. Using real-world examples, this session provided a review of current accounting requirements and a checklist to become more proficient when dealing with financial matters.

Whether you think of yourself as a litigator, a regulatory specialist, or a transactional lawyer, as a legal manager you will deal with litigation. Because the costs can be so high, many CEOs and other business managers measure the effectiveness of the law department based on how well the department manages litigation. Learn about the latest issues in managing litigation, to help your company achieve the desired result at the right cost.

CCU 2007: You deal with these types of documents, most likely on a daily basis but, is your comfort level where it should be on how your company's contracts are negotiated, prepared, and executed? If you are involved in working with contracts, either from the beginning (creating templates) or at the end (handling execution-ready documents or performing due diligence reviews), then this session is for you.

CCU 2007: Your supervisor is standing in your office tapping his/her foot looking for a document needed NOW. What do you do? With our rapid document retrieval tips and techniques, you'll be handing that document over in a speedy, quick process and moving on to the next crisis without a second thought. (paralegal track)

Corporate practitioners new to in-house will benefit greatly from this conflicts of interest primer. We'll take an in-depth, corporate setting view of the subject and focus on best practices for resolving conflict issues raised by Sarbanes-Oxley and other relevant governance, legal, and compliance requirements. Our experts address the significance of the conflicts issues in the corporate world and best practices for resolving the matter should it arise.

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