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Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover have created uniform data security standards for any business that accepts credit cards. This program provided an overview of these requirements, how they evolved, what is required, who is impacted, what happens if there is a breach, drafting suggestions for agreements with vendors impacted by PCI, suggestions for making sure your business is compliant, and a look at the future direction of the standards.

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

Companies need to take risk to gain return. This is the golden rule of business and holds true across virtually all industries. The Great Credit Crisis of 2008 was also a stark reminder that finance and risk management practices need to be closely linked. Companies rely on finance principles to seek profit and on risk management techniques to adequately measure, monitor and control undesirable risks. In the last two years corporate bankruptcies have reached record numbers further demonstrating that the delicate balance between finance and risk management has not been maintained.

Wondering how your company’s corporate governance practices and activities stack up against your peers or best-in-class companies? Find out from knowledgeable ACC members. This course discussed the design and collection of data on corporate governance measures and also identified the different sources for securing comparative data.

This ThinkTank, hosted by Pat Hatler, Nationwide, included discussion of Enterprise Risk Management, the Board's role, communications and IT considerations, trends and review processes as they relate to the insurance industry.

What is Enterprise Risk Management? For each business risk, financial, products liability, compliance, data security, etc. your company needs to examine the relevant business processes, with the aim of achieving a balance between avoiding downside risk and embracing upside risk. This program takes a holistic approach and looks at ways a small law department can identify, prioritize and address different types of risk, and help align departments and functions to efficiently integrate risk management.

This webcast transcript addresses how to prepare for and respond to corporate crises.

The webcast discusses the top ten online legal issues for nonprofits and what your organization should be doing to stay out of trouble.

This webcast addresses the range of issues arising from the subprime/credit crisis, including the emerging wave of private securities litigation and enforcement actions, as well as lessons learned by boards and management and the attorneys advising them.

Discusses 12 areas of risk when it comes to in-house malpractice insurance and discusses the conflict between you representing the company that may have a differing or adverse interest to either a director, officer, or employee.

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