2005 Committee on Corporate Counsel CLE Seminar (Orlando, FL)

The documents below are written materials from the 2005 Committee on Corporate Counsel CLE Seminar. All files are available in PDF format unless otherwise noted. ()

Corporate Counsel Best Practices

• » Master Retention Agreement under FMC Technologies Alliance Counsel Engagement System (“ACES.”)

Breakout Session 1

• » Resolving Coverage Disputes: Key Terms and Issues Document Preservation in the Electronic Age: Lessons for Inhouse Counsel

Breakout Session 2

• » Corporate Governance

Breakout Session 3

• » The New Landscape in Employment Litigation: Investigations from the In-House Perspective

Breakout Session 4: Business Courts

• » Why and How to Create a Business Court
• » Letter to Judges
• » Chief Justice’s Commission on the Future of the North Carolina Business Court Final Report and Recommendation
• » A Brief History of the Creation and Juristiction of Business Courts in the Last Decade

Breakout Session 5

• » Talking the Talk: Communicating and Understanding Each Other in the Workplace

Plenary 1

• » E-Discovery, Document Retention and the Role of the In-House Lawyer

Plenary 2

• » Following the Rules: The Proper Method for Preparing the Corporate Defendant as a Witness for a Deposition

Plenary 3: Mediation

• » Hypothetical Set Of Facts: Sherman v. Global Gas et al
• » Litigation Risk Assessments – A Process To Help Bridge Evaluative Gaps

Breakout Session 6

• » Bankruptcy Court – I have received the notice of filing, now what?

Breakout Session 7: Licsensing & Litigation

• » Licensing and Litigation: What to Do When Things Go Awry
• » Procedural Issues in Licensing Litigation

Breakout Session 8

• » Corporate Compliance Under the New Sentencing Guidelines – Ethics

Plenary 4

• » Technology in the Courtroom – Advantages & Disadvantages to Corporations

Plenary 5: Surviving a Corporate Crisis

• » A Primer on How to Forecast, Prepare for, and Manage a Corporate Crisis
• » Recall of a Consumer Product
• » Litigation Communication and Crisis Management: Is it Safe?

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