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Discover the critical factors to consider in deciding whether and how to form a joint venture with a Chinese partner or to invest in a wholly-owned foreign entity, including issues arising from Chinese foreign ownership restrictions, as well as issues relating to technology transfers, protecting IP, leasing property, hiring staff, dealing with local governments and establishing banking relationships in China.

Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) have been on the top of the agenda for management and in-house counsel during the last years and trade compliance may or may not be getting the attention merited by the current complexities of this area of law. This will certainly have an
implication on the current trade compliance landscape and how in-house counsel should respond to it. This session will bring more clarity to the current status and provide concrete recommendations for your daily
operations.

Anyone who has come in contact with cross-regional data privacy issues understands the complex challenges faced by in-house counsel and the relevant stakeholders when addressing these concerns on behalf of companies, both for internally and externally- produced information. In no area is the reality of compliance as a process - including policy, law, IT and training-enhanced practice – truer than in data management and ensuring the integrity and application of the data privacy rules.

This program will explore what companies are required under SEC guidance, or may soon be required (by regulation or consumer demand), to disclose regarding how much carbon their products have generated, the chemicals used in their products, the origin of product materials and the well-being of the workers making their products. This may soon be required of the entire supply chain for products.

<br />This program will provide guidance regarding your ethical obligation for responding to government requests for information, including informal letters from government agencies or their contractors, OIG subpoenas, HIPAA subpoenas, civil and administrative investigative demands, congressional and grand jury subpoenas. Various other ethical issues, including privilege, will also be addressed.

How much information is enough? What your Board of Directors really needs to know about your compliance program, why they need to know it, and how to tell them. Leave this session with practical tools you can implement back in the office including, examples of reports, scorecards and other tools for Board reporting.

Test your employment law knowledge as our distinguished expert panel highlights significant, interesting and weird employment & labor law decisions and legislative developments.

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.

This program will review and interpret recent Supreme Court opinions, as well as pending cases, and their potential impact on businesses. The program will also discuss the current make-up of the Court, the Court's far reaching impact, and how businesses can participate in the amicus brief and certiorari process.

This is a presentation containing detailed information regarding the CFPB.

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