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Will your contract withstand an unexpected change and still provide you with the benefits you have anticipated? Have you anticipated what might happen to your “deal” if the counter-party has a significant change in its business, such as being acquired, becoming insolvent, or losing key personnel? Is your contract designed so anticipated, routine changes can be readily made? Are you protected from a force majeure event? Are you prepared to make quick, non-routine changes to your contract, when this is necessary?

Ever wonder how to start a business in West Africa, specifically Angola, Ghana, and Nigeria? This session provides a general overview of the business climate in these three countries, including types of organization, courts and legal system, local content, immigration considerations, and ease of doing business.

This document discusses the legal structure in India, including the country's Constitutional framework and the judiciary. The document then analyzes the creation and enforcement of contracts in India.

The U.S. Government, through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), uses economic sanctions and trade embargoes to protect the country's economy and enhance its security. Your Company must comply with all applicable sanction and embargo regulations or you — and in some cases the individual employees involved — will face substantial penalties. This 30-minute training course provides an overview of OFAC sanctions and their key provisions. It will help you recognize situations presenting a risk of legal violations and deal with them properly.

This EU Competition Law training course provides an overview of EU competition law and helps you recognize and deal with "red flags" — situations that present a risk of competition-law violations and legal liability.

After a summary of the most important laws and legal principles and a discussion of some situations that should trigger red flags, you'll play a game that presents situations for you to analyze. If you respond correctly, you will move through the game and earn a Certificate of Completion.

Whether you already own ‘em or want to buy ‘em, what it the actual business value of a patent? This session will discuss how to value a particular patent, cost effective patent mining, and portfolio mapping strategies, techniques and tips.

This panel will examine how companies can best handle issues surrounding international dispute resolution, including how to leverage bilateral investment treaties in jurisdictions that have a tendency to favor local businesses and investors, and enforcing arbitration in difficult jurisdictions.

Companies are looking for ways to cut energy costs and become more energy efficient. Some are developing their own onsite power sources, such as wind turbines. The panel will address the rules and economic incentives applicable to onsite energy projects. The panelists will describe their experiences and offer practical guidance and advice on potential pitfalls. The interactive panel will show how a company’s management team should pitch a power project idea to its board of directors.

Certain simple principles will help you know where to start and how to be successful if you are called upon to implement an integrity management program. This material provides practical, implementable suggestions that will allow you to lead this process confidently.

Coverage of the currant regime and the new regime which is set to take the lead in June 2010.

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