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What makes one in-house counsel more successful than another? Why do some get recognition and others get overlooked? How can you be sure that you're in tune with your organization and are making the best of the resources at your disposal? Your corporate counsel peers will share strategies and tools you can employ to achieve greater professional satisfaction and effectiveness.

Every business, small or large, local or multi-national, must consider the implications of IP protection. Take this opportunity to examine the primary global framework for protecting different asset categories, and get perspectives and practical advice in avoiding the most common pitfalls for organizations doing businesses across borders, with a focus on how electronic media have significantly increased risks for organizations with IP interests.

Here is your chance to learn first-hand what you can do to be prepared for events such as a product recall, dawn raid, discovery of major internal accounting irregularities, a fatal accident or a myriad of other disasters that could befall your company. Our panel will discuss the role the legal department can play in preparing to face and minimizing the damage caused by such events.

Sooner or later, you are going to be asked to sort out a mess caused by one of your key customers … or maybe a key supplier … going bust. And the ramifications may spread over several borders. When urgent action is needed, who do you turn to? How can you protect your company’s interests? Or maybe secure its assets when they are in the hands of an organization facing insolvency? Gain or share some valuable knowledge with this panel who will examine some interesting scenarios.

A presentation on the difficulties associated with intra-group guarantees under Swiss law.

Outline covering collateral management and storage agreements.

Regardless of your industry, your company has employees. With employees comes potential liability especially if you aren’t familiar with laws in neighboring countries where you have facilities. This session will highlight the hot spots that every in-house counsel needs to know about multi-jurisdictional employment law and the differences between Canada and the US.

Privilege, data protection and data retention are probably THE most important issues on the minds of corporate practitioners. In this fast paced exchange of information and ideas, we’ll share with you these hot topics and bring you up to speed to better counsel your client.

Supplement to Program 503 at ACC's 2006 Annual Meeting. Includes information about Insolvency procedures in different countries.

Annual Meeting 2006: New international conventions and an increase in the number of prosecutions, record-breaking fines, ethical investigations, and jail terms all mean that you and your company cannot afford not to understand the laws that operate in this area. Don’t let your company get into a questionable position. Learn the law you need now in order to properly counsel your client.

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