The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is the world's largest organization serving the professional and business interests of attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations, nonprofits and other private-sector organizations around the globe.
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.
This material discusses the role of external auditors, the involvement of the In-house Counsel, how auditors perceive corporate counsel, their expectations, and how you should "Handle" external auditors.
This program will discuss legal issues that arise in a tight credit market. Negotiating security arrangements, factoring defaults arising from failures of guarantors and back up credit arrangements, reductions in credit limits, are among the topics to be examined.
Nonprofits now exist under increased scrutiny from state and federal regulators. Regulators from the IRS to state attorneys general are closely monitoring the activities of nonprofits to ensure they are acting as worthy stewards of the public trust. Learn what you can do to help your organization create and execute an effective ethics and compliance program and what to do when the regulators knock at the door. Participants left with a roadmap to address these issues.