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Presented at ACC's Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Defining the IP Attorney’s Role in the E-Commerce Revolution

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Examining Post-Convergence Models

Corporate counsel face continuing pressure to control the rising costs of litigation, regulatory compliance and advisory legal opinions. In addition, the onerous costs of noncompliance are an ongoing threat. Legal research can be crucial to avoiding these potential costs. Yet counsel must also control and minimize the cost of legal research to respond to the pressures on the law department budget.

Discusses benefits of using intranets and what types of information to display on them.

Whether employees are blogging, expressing religious beliefs, instant messaging or emailing each other, many employees believe they have virtually unlimited communication rights. What they are saying may be putting your organization at legal risk. Join this panel of your peers to benchmark and discuss employee rights and workplace laws implicated in controlling these communications, and the elements of effective corporate policies and practices.

As the use of social media by businesses increases, so does the potential for business risks. Social media advertising is the fastest growing sector of advertising and produces more targeted and interactive marketing for businesses. Due to daily development of new technologies to deliver messages to the marketplace, in-house counsel must stay abreast of not only these technologies but the potential legal risks associated with utilizing them.

Overview of developing trends in data technology and its application in legal departments.

What are the cutting edge legal issues you should be aware of surrounding technology licensing? Our panel of experienced corporate practitioners will provide guidance on legal trends for which in-house counsel should be proactive. These include the legal issues relating to the potential death of the perpetual software license, protecting your IP, the pitfalls of customization, joint technology ownership, open source software, and globalized support.

There exists a divergent approach to enforcement of intellectual property rights across the major European countries, and if you aren’t aware of the implications, there could be a huge impact on your company’s competitive advantage.

Checklist on federal regulations, Rule 10B5-1, guidance on crafting email policies, e-commerce contracts, web site policies.

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