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This hilarious and highly interactive session will have you thinking hard about your interactions with the media. How does communication with the press impact the law? In-house counsel at any level will be sure to take home at least one new piece of advice as we address such topics as how reporters and editors think, how to deal more effectively with them, the legal ethics involved in communicating with the press, the consequences of press communication on government investigations, and much more.

A poll taken in 2003 by ACC and the National Association of Corporate Directors asked directors and general counsel "What would most improve corporate governance?" Seventy percent of members of boards of directors and 82% of general counsel replied, "Senior management creates and sustains an ethical business culture." This best-selling chapter program shares best practices in how to start and sustain a business ethics program in your company.

Recent legal trends regarding e-discovery and dramatic shifts in the law regarding record retention policies have companies floundering. What guidance do you follow particularly when litigation is involved? Learn the status of the law and the no-nonsense solutions and best practices from your peers for how to deal with this hot issue including setting guidelines, understanding what is reasonable and what isn't, implementing processes for archiving data, and much more.

You've taken the plunge and are determined to build a dedicated compliance function. Explore key strategies and tactics for implementing and maintaining a compliance program that fosters ethical, legal, and productive operations while also minimizing business risk. Review the impact of recent legal and business developments on compliance strategy. Learn how to maintain leadership buy-in and commitment, and avoid common pitfalls that make a compliance program difficult to maintain.

Many companies expect the law department to handle compliance. The reality is that an effective compliance program involves many players, both inside and outside the company. In this session, your in-house peers will explore examples of how organizations have creatively managed the relationship between the law department, compliance function, and auditors to enhance the process of improving the compliance effort with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies. Take home practical solutions to achieving an integrated compliance effort within your organization.

This interactive presentation will provide you with insight into valuable strategies to prepare for and respond to employment related government audits and compliance with current agency initiatives. Our panel will explore best practices for avoiding auditing issues when that inevitable knock on the door comes.

Public company communications are complex and fraught with risk. Recent regulation FD and similar legislation in Canada and the EU precludes selective disclosure of material information. What guidance should you give your CEO and CFO in their dealings with the press, analysts, rating agencies, and investors while protecting your corporate officers and directors? Experienced general counsel will share how to ethically, legally, and proactively manage public company communications by identifying and resolving disclosure issues before they cost the company time and money.

This session will provide unique solutions both at home and abroad. Successfully doing business in other countries requires knowledge of the differences among various regulatory schemes, understanding the worldwide web of MOU's, mutual assistance and cooperation agreements amongst international regulators, and working constructively with them.

Even if you can fly, dealing with business units around the world is tough for a compliance superhero. Learn how to help your company use compliance as a competitive advantage internationally. This program will examine leading multinational compliance programs, including a discussion about the tensions between compliance and decentralized international management structures, types of international risks, and tools that are available to assist you.

The lawyers and accountants made a treaty in 1976 that forms the basis on which attorneys can respond to audit letters inquiring about loss contingencies (particularly pending or threatened litigation) in a way that provides the accountants information needed for financial statements while protecting the attorney-client privilege. Recent corporate disclosure scandals have resulted in increasing pressure for additional disclosures.

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