Arkansas (AR) Corporate Law CLE Course Catalog

In this session, we will explore best practices for managing a team through a crisis, the internal communications to reassure and support your team and how to re-organize to maximize your resources during these times.

In the session, we will look to the role General Counsel and legal teams have in developing an emergency response plan.

In this session, we will focus on the key strategic considerations, negotiation communications, integration planning and the risk areas to avoid and due diligence procedures to deploy.

While very similar from a commercial standpoint, Canadian and U.S. laws differ in important respects when it comes to employment issues. Appreciating these differences is critical when advising clients on their entry to Canada (a typical launching point for U.S. companies seeking to expand globally) or their existing Canadian operations to avoid unintended consequences. This roundtable will provide a Canadian employment law 101 overview.

In times of crisis, people are often said to come together. Collaborating with other companies can put in a much stronger position to ride out the storm. However, businesses must remain cautious and vigilant of partnering with rivals. The Department of Justice has strengthened its focus on the enforcement of antitrust laws during these times and particularly with markets feeling the greatest impact from the economic crisis.

In this session, experts will discuss how to effectively and confidentially harness and unleash the power of data.

Legal advice is the minimum that a General Counsel should provide to the business. They must also be able to provide advice on a whole range of scenarios and situations from commercial to operational and financial. In this session, we will explore the ever-expanding role of the General Counsel and how you can see these challenges as opportunities up the ladder.

Unemployment in the US and globally has soared in the past weeks driven by the economic crisis. Thinning employee ranks and the large scale roll-out of remote working has inevitably driven an increase in the cases of internal fraud, insider trading, and bribery. Historical data has further indicated that this will lead to the perfect storm. But, what does this mean for in-house legal teams and how can they stay ahead of the challenges predicted for the remainder of 2020? White-collar trends to have on the radar for 2020 Discover the latest regulatory updates and key case law How can you take measured steps to protect your business from insider trading and internal fraud Whistleblowing tools you should have implemented today.

Today's boards are holding the purse strings tighter than ever and every department is vying for money. With the predicted economic downturn approaching, legal departments need to make their requests stand out from the crowd in order to gain the budget to drive successful initiatives for the legal team.