Corporate Counsel College

Even though the economic future is brightening, the business landscape has been transformed irrevocably. A new era is unfolding. Is your legal team positioned to "Master the New Game Plan"?

Join us at the 2010 IADC Corporate Counsel College on April 22-23 at The Ritz-Carlton in Chicago.

Click here to register online or download the registration form in PDF!

The College Advisory Board, led by College Dean Cathy Havener Greer of Wells, Anderson & Race, LLC, is planning a program to help your team map the new geography and show you the road ahead. During this two-day program for senior in-house counsel and their trusted outside counsel, we will cover:

• Social Media – Its uses, abuses, and how to protect your brand and minimize exposure from the use of social media by employees, competitors and customers
•  In-house/Outside Counsel Partnership – Practical tips on how to improve the relationship between in-house and outside counsel with respect to communication, budgeting, billing and fees 
• Insurance – What every in-house counsel needs to know including control of litigation, self-insured retentions, selection of counsel, denial of coverage and reservation of rights among other issues 
• Discovery and Attorney-Client and Work Product Privileges – How to keep discovery from controlling the litigation and how to preserve attorney-client privilege, peer-review and self-critical analysis, and competitive advantage operational information
• Employment Law – An analysis of wage and hour issues including class actions, retaliation, the Lily Ledbetter Act and other current legislative activity implications
• Attorney General Generated Litigation and Litigation Arising out of Government Regulation – How to be prepared when the government focuses its attention on your business sector
• Hot Topics – Rapid fire discussion of issues to watch out for along with the most recent developments in the law and the corporate world

IADC outside counsel can't attend without a client, so start talking with your corporate clients about attending today! The value of experiencing this meeting together is immense, and it will help you work better as a team to achieve the company's goals. The package registration rate for an outside counsel and his or her client is $1,590. The registration fee is $695 for in-house counsel and insurance executive members and non-members who attend on their own.