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Negotiating is part of everyone's daily lives, whether you choose to accept that truth or not. Why not excel at it! Receive insightful guidance on successfully handling all phases of the negotiation process including acquiring information from an adversary, negotiating for a competitive advantage, and identifying the best methods for closing the deal.

It is a competitive hiring world out there and building your legal department presents numerous challenges. Once you’ve put in place just the right team, your job isn’t over. As a manager you are expected to encourage your employees to excel, allow them opportunity to grow, and maintain an open dialogue to promote sharing of ideas. Our panel shared practical advice on how to hire the staff you need and insights on how to manage and motivate your most valuable resource, your staff.

Negotiating is part of everyone’s daily lives, whether you choose to accept that truth or not. Why not excel at it! This program material gives insightful guidance on successfully handling all phases of the negotiation process including acquiring information from an adversary, negotiating for a competitive advantage, and identifying the best methods for closing the deal. Particular focus is placed on avoiding pitfalls and distilling the differences in cross border transactions.

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.

As the globe shrinks, formal disputes become ever more costly and our ability to interact with others around the world becomes easier, the use of ADR to resolve business disputes has become more acceptable. Not sure how to implement ADR in your international contracts or through a program at your multinational organization? Let our seasoned panel of international counsel help! You will learn about some ideal contract approaches and common pitfalls that undermine international ADR programs.

Negotiating transactions is one of the functions that in-house counsel must perform well. In fact, a good negotiation can make the difference between getting the most and getting a so-so outcome for your business client. Negotiating contracts is a key component of practicing in-house, and offering your client and the other side well-drafted contract provisions can reduce the time and effort spent negotiating.

Learn about tax clauses, common area maintenance and operation expense, exclusivity and restricted use clauses, condemnation, and indemnification.

This program material focuses on various options of ADR - mediation, arbitration or other conciliatory proceedings.

The introduction of EU-wide design rights in 2003 heralded a new era of pan-European intellectual property protection. Since then around 400,000 designs have been registered and this number is increasing at a rate of about 80,000 a year. This document discusses what can be protected, the registration process, and the scope of protection.

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…;.

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