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This hypothetical example used in ACC's CLO Club during Annual Meeting 2007 presents issues relating to crisis management and communications.

Benchmark with your in-house peers leading practices in risk mitigation. Take this opportunity to learn the law of compliance hot topics including avoiding pitfalls (including options backdating), e-discovery, antitrust issues, bribery, tools for uncovering and addressing compliance challenges, and much more.

In today's legal and regulatory environment, the need to establish a strong enterprise-wide compliance program is evident. However, the elements required to accomplish this goal are less clear. Learn the challenges associated with establishing an enterprise-wide compliance program, including how to create a strong tone at the top and how to establish a compliance culture within an organization.

This Key Takeaway Summary Sheet summarizes key issues, challenges and best practices that were described during CLO Club Sessions 1 & 2 (on Financial Compliance and on Crisis Management, respectively) during ACC's CLO Club at Annual Meeting 2007.

This Antitrust Basics training course will provide an overview of antitrust law and help you recognize and deal with "red flags" — situations that present a risk of antitrust violations and legal liability.

To access the Antitrust Basics Training Course, visit <a href=http://www.ethicsxchange.com/topic/35526-antitrust-basics>www.acc.com/c…;.

This Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) training course will help you recognize situations that raise various ADA issues in the workplace and teach you how to deal with these issues legally and effectively.

To access the Americans with Disabilities Act Training Course, visit <a href=http://www.ethicsxchange.com/topic/35552-americans-with-disabilities-ac…;.

This program material discusses in great detail the amendments to the Canadian Competition Act.

Compliance in Asia: It is harder than you think. Each country in Asia has its own compliance issues and in-house counsel must be alert to them. You must know how to spot the main red flags and to determine what is coming next. And, you must handle these issues effectively and with consideration of the cultural impact of your proposed solution. This session was a straight talking, direct and open assessment of what goes on and what to look out for.

Allegations are being made from unauthorized practice of law to conflicts of interest. From where do these accusations arise and how are they resolved? How should a lawyer respond when confronted with an allegation of impropriety originating from an adversary, the judiciary, legislatively, or from a committee within a bar association? What steps can you take to quickly bring to the decision maker’s attention the plethora of ethics and ABA opinions, treatises and authoritative decisions that support, justify, or authorize the actions challenged?

This Bulletin provides the Canadian Competition Bureau's views about corporate programs designed to ensure compliance with the Competition Act.

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