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Learn the fundamentals of disclosure required under the federal securities laws and relevant stock exchange rules from a panel of your in-house peers. This back to basics session will teach you about disclosures required in Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K, proxy statements, and Section 16 reports. Plus you will learn how the SEC staff conducts reviews and what shareholders expect in these disclosures.

Your company's tax-exempt status is valuable. Do you know the law well enough to protect it? Here you will learn the top ten things a tax-exempt organization's legal department should do to obtain and maintain its tax exemption and minimize liability for unrelated business income (UBI).

Occupational safety poses one of the largest threats to a company while it may also be among the most preventable of workplace legal problems. Using an entertaining approach to a serious subject, our panel will identify warning signals that rouse OSHA's attention, recommend how best to respond to workplace safety crises and advise you on the latest OSHA compliance issues you should be considering.

What are the legal issues presented by the use of volunteers? Can volunteers collect workers compensation, sue for discrimination, or bind the company? Our panel of experts will share tips on these and other volunteer issues including writing policies, conducting liability audits, implementing proper insurance, and gaining a clear understanding of the Volunteer Protection Act.

Join the general counsel of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a Capital Hill insider and your in-house peers as they review the executive and legislative priorities that are driving the national environmental agenda. This well-informed panel will highlight the policy and program initiatives that are affecting pollution control, public lands, and enforcement practices and help you advise your company or organization on how best to respond.

What do in-house counsel need to know about the accounting requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley, Section 404? Are the SOX 404 requirements, strictly an accounting function or do in-house counsel have an interest? This session will provide you with up-to-date information on SOX 404 as well as FASB, public exchange, and the law involving other accounting guidelines effecting publicly traded companies.

In the wake of Sarbanes-Oxley, as never before, in-house counsel are developing serious concerns about their personal and professional well being. What are the limits of your liability? What actions can you take now to ensure your personal compliance with the law, while protecting the interests of your company? Learn details about your personal exposure and actions you can take to minimize them without undue exposure to your employer.

Want to get into the government contracting business but don't know how? Our contracting experts will give you all the law you need to fill your personal toolbox.

Regulators and experts tell us that in-house counsel are expected to help their companies do the right thing. Our closing session will help you think about what that really means. Be among the first to experience a dynamic new ACC ethics program. First you will watch the story unfold: a corporate counsel gets caught in an ethical dilemma not of his making; then you will hear from leading in-house counsel as they discuss how they would have reacted if placed in the same situation.

Conducting commercial business involves a multitude of risks, and rendering in-house services as a legal professional involves responsibility for decisions that affect the risk profile of your company. This session will examine significant areas of direct corporate risk: regulatory, product/service performance, compliance, reputation and financial, among others, as well as mechanisms for effectively managing such risks.

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