The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is the world's largest organization serving the professional and business interests of attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations, nonprofits and other private-sector organizations around the globe.
A roundtable discussion on the latest in a long series of international corporate financial scandals that imposes new burdens and responsibilities on in-house counsel. MF Global Holdings, Madoff, Stanford, Lehman and many other smaller failures mean that corporate counsel for securities, brokerage and other companies who invest in Europe face heightened corporate and regulatory scrutiny. What are the minefields you have to avoid? Is there insurance for your losses? Is there insurance for your shareholders’ or investors’ losses? Will your management face criminal charges?
The SEC has been busy making new rules in the post-Dodd-Frank year. Come to this session to get caught up on the most important issues the SEC has tackled in the past year. Subject to calendar changes at the SEC, topics covered will include whistleblower programs, say on pay and say when on pay, pay for performance, compensation committee independence, credit ratings, swaps and derivatives, and other important developments.
The recent economic crisis effectively shut down the North American capital markets during the latter half of 2008. However, markets came roaring back in 2009, providing access to debt and equity capital for corporates of all sizes. This document explains the current market situation.
What are the lessons learned from the most recent round of securities litigation? What do in house counsel need to do now that was not required previously? How have the relationships with auditors been impacted by the increased scrutiny and litigation? What tools do I need to meet the challenge? Attend this session to hear and understand the answers to all of these questions and more.
This extensive presentation contains information on the best ways at foiling fraudulent activity, including the key steps to discovering fraud, investigating it and gathering the right electronic evidence.
PowerPoint slides from Venable LLP's presentation on Thursday, November 12, 2009. The presentation provides information on due diligence considerations for nonprofit investment fiduciaries.
In this era of corporate scandal associated with financial mismanagement, the accuracy and appropriateness of any organization's financial documents, disclosures, and accounting practices, public company or non-profit, is of paramount importance. You can't learn it all, but there are some things you should know. This informative overview tells you what they are.
This presentation covers the Dood-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Clawback Restrictions, clawbacks linked to non-compensation restrictive covenants, clawbacks linked to non-solicitation restrictive covenants, and special financial institutions' clawbacks or forfeiture provisions.