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Monday October 20, 2008	Tuesday October 21, 2008	Wednesday October 22, 2008

9:00 am - 10:30 am 001 Next Career Stop for In-house Counsel: The Board Room 002 Distribution Agreements 003 Gotcha! Top Ten Employer Compliance Mistakes 004 Understanding & Surviving OSHA 005 Negotiating IP Provisions in Contracts: Lessons Learned on the Front Line 006 Starting Off on the Right Foot as New In-house Counsel 007 How to Respond to Your Financial Services Agency 008 Teaching New Dogs Old Tricks: Using Traditional Litigation Tools for Strategic Advantage 009 Considerations in Outsourcing Legal Services 010 Globalization of Anti-Corruption Enforcement: Is the Playing Field Leveling? 011 Employment Law Update 012 Benchmarking Corporate Governance 013 Onsite Pro Bono Clinic - Part 1 (7:30-9:00 AM); Part II (9:00-10:30 AM) 11:00 am - 12:30 pm 101 ACC's Value Challenge: Reconnecting Costs to Value in Outside Legal Services (Part I: Introduction) 102 Anatomy of a Private Equity Sale 103 Crisis Management: Responding When Disaster Strikes 104 An Update on Environmental Disclosures 105 T'aint Easy Protecting Another's Confidential Information 106 IP Competitive Intelligence 107 Financial Services General Counsel Roundtable 108 Ethics Issues Surrounding Electronic Discovery 109 Simplifying Agreements: Making Documents Shorter, Easier to Understand, and Adaptable to Risk 110 Differences between Civil Law & Common Law Countries in Drafting & Negotiating International Contracts 111 No One is Getting Any Younger: Avoiding Age Discrimination in the Workplace 112 Beyond the Basic Arbitration Agreement: Increasing the Speed and Efficiency of Commercial Arbitration 113 In-house Counsel as Circus Ringmaster 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm 201 ACC's Value Challenge: Law Firm and Corporate Counsel Workshops (Part II) 202 The Tricks & Traps of Corporate Intrapreneurship & Entrepreneurial Investment: Getting the Most Out of a New Business 203 Handling Your First Discrimination or Wrongful Termination Complaint: EEO Investigation Basics 204 EH&S 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Dealing with EPA and OSHA 205 Regulatory Revolution in Patent Law 206 M&A for the Non-M&A Lawyer 207 Payment Card Industry Requirements- How to Protect Your Credit Card Data 208 Anatomy of a Trial: Influencing the Outcome from the Client's Chair 209 Taking Matter Management to the Next Level 210 Doing Business in the Middle East and North Africa 211 ERISA: Top 10 Compliance Areas 212 SEC Update 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm 301 Answers to Questions You Wish Your Outside Auditor Hadn't Asked 302 How to Cope with Being a Generalist 303 Organization, Productivity, and Effectively Managing Workflow 304 Focus on Environmental Regulation of Products: How EPA Has Moved Beyond the Factories 305 Nuts and Bolts of Trademark Practice In-house 306 Buying Energy 307 A Sub-Primer 308 Fraud Planning & Prevention for In-house Counsel 309 A Practical Approach to Records Management 310 Class Actions Outside the US: Is the Cancer Spreading? 311 Contingent Workers 312 Managing Foreign Operations Under SOX and the FCPA	9:00 am - 10:30 am 401 Report from the Front Lines: Current Antitrust and Competition Policy Issues 402 Government Contracts for the Generalist 403 Demystifying Trade Secrets: How to Identify and Protect Them 404 Climate Change for Business 405 We Said That? Building a Robust Review of Advertising Claims & Marketing Programs 406 Online Contests & Sweepstakes: Don't Let Your Company be the Loser 407 International Insurance Law 408 Using Decision-tree Analysis to Intelligently Manage Litigation 409 Leadership Development Issues Facing the Law Department 410 The Rise of European National Law: Compliance Challenges and Practical Tips for In-house Counsel 411 Understanding the Jury in Sexual Harassment Litigation 412 Care & Feeding of the Board: Liability Issues for Board Members 11:00 am - 12:30 pm 501 Negotiating is a Contact Sport 502 Good to Excellent: Managing and Maintaining a Successful Law Department 503 Outsourcing: The New Tsunami 504 An Insider's Guide to Office Environmentalism 505 The Devil is in the Details: Nailing Down IP in Mergers & Acquisitions 506 Electronic Content Management Systems: Unravel the Mysteries Before You Speak to Vendors 507 Maximizing Insurance Coverage 508 Best Practices in Patent Litigation 509 Metrics Mania: Leveraging Law Department Metrics to Manage Costs and Improve Performance 510 A Practical Approach to Compliance Challenges in the International Arena 511 Federal and State Wage and Hour Issues 512 Care & Feeding of the Board: On-Boarding and Continuing Education 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm 602 Negotiation of Commercial Real Estate Leases 603 The Government Investigator is Knocking: Now What? 604 Corporate Counsel's Role in Taking Your Company Green 605 Designing a Distribution System that Complies with U.S. and Canadian Antitrust Laws 606 A Global Perspective on Data Security Breaches and Enforcement 607 Ethics in Practice 608 How to Excel at Litigation Holds 609 An Enterprise Approach to Contract Management 610 Protecting the Brand 611 How to Survive a Union Corporate Campaign and NLRA/Labor Law Update 612 When the SEC Says Great Companies Got it Wrong CLO1 Law Department Pro Bono and Diversity Strategies that Work (Only Open to Chief Legal Officers) 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm 702 Personal Liability Risks Facing In-house Counsel 703 In-house Litigation Management 704 Legally Green: Lower the Environmental Impact of Your Law Department 705 Nonprofit Mergers & Acquisitions 706 Data and Information Security: What are the Rules and Can Technology Help With Compliance? 707 The Right to Select Counsel: A New Twist in Insurance Company Negotiations 708 Hot Topics in E-Discovery: Are There Any Other Kinds? 709 Creating an Effective Law Department Business Plan 710 Succeeding in China and India: The Next Ten Years 711 We've Got An Eye On You: Employee Monitoring & Communications, Privacy, and Data Security 712 How to Deal with Shareholders CLO2 CSR - The Law Department's Role (Only Open to Chief Legal Officers)	9:00 am - 10:30 am 801 Ethics SuperSession 802 The Tax Implications of Fines, Penalties, and Punitive Damages 803 Corporate and Securities Litigation Update 804 Going Green? A Primer on the Purchase and Sale of Renewable Energy Attributes 805 Fraud & Malfeasance: State & Federal Enforcement 806 Going Global with Large IT Vendors: Dancing with the Elephant 807 Insurance, Risk Management, and Captive Insurance Companies 808 The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know 809 International Staffing: Recruiting, Training, and Retaining Lawyers from Foreign Jurisdictions 810 Criminalization Trends in Europe, the Middle East and Asia: Effects on US Business 811 Trade in the Pacific Rim: Developments and Opportunities 812 Companies in Crisis: Ethical Issues Faced by Boards and Their Counsel 11:00 am - 12:30 pm 902 Proactively Managing Electronic Discovery: Challenges for Small Law Departments 903 How to Survive a SOX Whistleblower Complaint 904 Doing Business in Ontario: Environmental Management is Key 905 Tax-Exempt Bond Financing 906 Open Source-Into the Main Stream 907 Attacks on In-house Counsel's Ethics 908 Asia: Red Flags are Everywhere, Not Just on Buildings