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The Association of Corporate Counsel and the Greater New York Chapter of ACC present a series of four vignettes that dramatically depict the ethical issues that face in-house counsel. General Counsel from American Express, New York Times, Bank of the West and Pfizer provide commentary on the ethical scenarios. This program intends to spark group discussion on how to approach similar situations, and offers in-house counsel an opportunity to benchmark their practices against others.

With so many companies turning to contractors to perform tasks outside of their core business, compliance with federal and state safety and health laws can be a challenge for your clients. In this program we will look at the ways to use contracts to mitigate your company's safety liabilities. We will examine each of the phases of a contract, pre-qualification, qualification, bidding, contract formation, administration, enforcement, corrective action, and disengagement. You will receive an overview of the legal issues involving use of contractors within your facilities.

Learn the danger signs of potential compliance problems before they explode. We have all read examples of companies that are in trouble because they did not have effective compliance programs. This program will examine some of these examples, including a review of possible danger signs that could have been detected by an effective compliance program.

Inn dealing with problems in-house, counsel are often presented with a variety of ethical issues. In this program we will, through the use of a hypothetical problem, examine counsel’s duty to warn employees when interviewed, counsel’s ability to preserve privilege when conducting interviews, counsel’s duty to the corporation or other business entity as opposed to the individuals who manage the business and other questions. These written materials provide some background in analyzing these questions.

The Association of Corporate Counsel and the Greater New York Chapter of ACC present an ethics program that takes the participants through a series of four vignettes set in a corporate legal department that dramatically depict ethical issues facing in-house counsel. General Counsel from American Express, New York Times, Bank of the West and Pfizer provide commentary on the ethical scenarios. This program intends to spark group discussion on how to approach similar situations, and offers in-house counsel an opportunity to benchmark their practices against others. Program is 90 minutes.

In-house counsel face a number of ethical issues and challenges unique to their practice. In this memorandum, we discuss some of the ethical duties and obligations owed by a solicitor to his client in light of the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Rules of Professional Conduct as well as recent Canadian and American decisions.

Appropriate corporate governance and ethics may start at the door of the stock exchange, but it expands from there. What is the role of the disclosure committee, how should it operate, and how should its activities be documented? How does in-house counsel relate to the auditor, what problems arise in that relationship, and how can they be resolved? What should your compliance structure look like and to who should it report? What is legal counsel’s role in all of this? There is much to be learned and this is a good place to start.

Join us for an overview of the latest legal and regulatory issues surrounding executive compensation, including SEC and legislative updates as well as best practices for companies and their compensation committees. Our panel will discuss how companies have complied with the new Compensation Disclosure and Analysis (CD&A) requirements, and present examples of disclosure, and lessons learned, from this year's proxy season.

As in-house counsel for your company, one of your many roles may be to provide corporate secretarial and governance support to your company and its subsidiaries. This panel discussion will help you stay on top of the trends in order to provide the best legal advice possible. Here is your chance to get up to speed on the current best practices in board and committee processes.

The European Union has been preparing new rules on the provision of financial services across EU borders, called MiFid, that will apply broadly across Europe and allow easier and broader access to European financial markets through a common set of rules. At the same time, outside financial services firms are advancing at a fast pace in China, taking advantage of continuing liberalization efforts there. Take this opportunity to learn about the legal issues that corporate counsel and compliance staff should be most concerned about when it comes to expansion efforts in the E.U.

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