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Do you feel confident that your company is properly identifying and managing its IP assets? Join your in-house IP peers as they share with you their best practices to legally protecting IP assets including developing and implementing an IP audit system and management strategies. Considerations for small to medium law departments will be specifically addressed.

When the Senate Finance Committee issued its outline for nonprofit reform in the summer of 2004, it became clear that the nonprofit sector would not escape the post-SOX era without significant legislative reform. There is no hotter topic in the nonprofit arena right now than the legislation introduced and proposed as a result of the Senate Finance Committee's report and its hearings in 2005.

Establishing and managing corporate governance best practices for any company can be a challenge. But how do you do it on a limited budget with few personnel? How can a small law department meet the challenges imposed by evolving standards to adapt corporate governance best practices that fit the company? How do you advise the Board and senior management? Benchmark with your small department peers who have been there, done that. Learn what tools and resources are available to ensure compliance with best practice standards.

What if your global corporate group is falling on hard times? What legal strategy should you pursue based on local law and practice? This program will review the laws relevant to pursuing the best strategy including how to deal with other creditors from other jurisdictions, how to deal with local owners of companies in the group who may not recognize the principle that creditors have priority, the impact of the UNCITRAL model law on cross-border insolvency, and UNCITRAL deliberations of the issues presented by corporate groups, among others.

Mergers, acquisitions, domestic or international growth, downsizing: all roads generally lead to personnel restructuring and/or reductions in force. You need to make sure you know the laws before you handle such a difficult situation. Learn how to successfully implement a plant closing or a reduction in force without being tripped up by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, state laws, or the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

Financial services attorneys: here is your chance to gain a broad understanding of recently passed and pending legislation in the futures and financial services industry. Learn how this legislation could affect your company and how best to advise your in-house client.

Ogilvy Renault December 2005 power point presentation on Secondary Market Liability.

It has been almost a year since the adoption of the most significant financial reform legislation in recent history. Find out what has been happening on the regulatory and legislative fronts, and what still needs to be done.

Companies need to take risk to gain return. This is the golden rule of business and holds true across virtually all industries. The Great Credit Crisis of 2008 was also a stark reminder that finance and risk management practices need to be closely linked. Companies rely on finance principles to seek profit and on risk management techniques to adequately measure, monitor and control undesirable risks. In the last two years corporate bankruptcies have reached record numbers further demonstrating that the delicate balance between finance and risk management has not been maintained.

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.

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