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This article is an update on the pharmaceutical, medical device and health care marketplace. This year and last have brought many changes in fraud and abuse regulations, corporate integrity agreements, reporting under the Federal Sunshine Act and the impact of the Mensing decision. Experts from different industries will discuss how they are implementing these changes within their organizations.

McMillan's presentation for the conference entitled "doing it right – how to comply with Canadian, American and UK anti-corruption legislation" (2012) This presentation provides an interesting overview on the compliance aspects of anti-corruption legislation.

This document discusses the principles and design requirements of implementing and certifying compliance management systems (CMS), as well as the elements of a CMS.

The U.S. Government, through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), uses economic sanctions and trade embargoes to protect the country's economy and enhance its security. Your Company must comply with all applicable sanction and embargo regulations or you — and in some cases the individual employees involved — will face substantial penalties. This 30-minute training course provides an overview of OFAC sanctions and their key provisions. It will help you recognize situations presenting a risk of legal violations and deal with them properly.

This Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) training course will help you understand issues involving overtime, how "exempt" employees are classified, independent contractors, and FLSA record-keeping requirements, among other things.

To access the Fair Labor Standards Act Training Course, visit, <a href=http://www.ethicsxchange.com/topic/35553-fair-labor-standards-act>www.a…;.

This EU Competition Law training course provides an overview of EU competition law and helps you recognize and deal with "red flags" — situations that present a risk of competition-law violations and legal liability.

After a summary of the most important laws and legal principles and a discussion of some situations that should trigger red flags, you'll play a game that presents situations for you to analyze. If you respond correctly, you will move through the game and earn a Certificate of Completion.

This panel will review new trends in FCPA enforcement and how global organizations are handling anti-bribery compliance in an increasingly complex world. Our panel features diverse participation by in-house counsel, representatives from enforcement agencies and global organizations that deal with anti-bribery compliance. What lessons are emerging from the increasing aggressive enforcement of the FCPA? What are the emerging “best practices” in policy, due diligence, and training initiatives? What are the traps to avoid?

Given the compliance expectations of regulators and the increase in enforcement actions by BIS, DDTC and OFAC, it can be a challenge to stay safe in a global business environment. Should you monitor your international charitable grantees? Does your due diligence of business partners consider risks of trade sanctions or anti-terrorism laws? This program on legal compliance with the FCPA's under-recognized cousins seeks to provide an overview and general primer into trade sanctions, import-export and anti-boycott compliance -- for large and small companies.

Certain simple principles will help you know where to start and how to be successful if you are called upon to implement an integrity management program. This material provides practical, implementable suggestions that will allow you to lead this process confidently.

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