Vermont (VT) In House Counsel CLE Course Catalog

When the world went on lockdown and many workers went remote, concerns over unchecked white collar crime by employees intensified. SEC and DOJ enforcement continued and will pick up speed as courts reopen and investigations involve more in-person interactions. Join our expert panelists as they discuss changes in investigations in the last year, updates on DOJ and SEC enforcement, and mitigation techniques to protect your business from employee fraud, insider trading, bribery and other misconduct.

Root cause analysis has been gaining traction as a more strategic way of conducting internal investigations and determining how to remediate issues. Too many times as compliance professionals we are caught in a cycle of treating the symptoms rather than the disease that infects your organization. This session will explore the benefits of leveraging your data to root out the cause of compliance issues, designing remedial measures to prevent misconduct, and carrying out remediation in a thoughtful and strategic way.

With the ushering in of a new administration, companies and their counsel will need to update their compliance measures to reflect the changing enforcement priorities of regulatory agencies, state Attorney Generals, and the DOJ. Hear from industry leaders to help you prepare for the upcoming changes and provide a road map for stress-free compliance.

When you are remote and not able to connect organically with your team, how do you operate effectively in order to achieve your goals in the new landscape of work? This session will cover how the pandemic has changed how you lead, and how viewing the pandemic as an opportunity to drive connections in a much more time effective manner benefits the legal field. We will delve into how critical it is to recognize the opportunity to maximize your time, figure out new ways to grow your career in new ways, and help women rise into positions of power within their business.

Carrying out business initiatives from key stakeholders can range from the day-to-day to overall business strategy and branding. From ESGs to DE&I efforts, Stakeholders have more of a role than ever before in your company’s public image. This insightful session will not only provide you with real life examples of effectively working with your stakeholders, but will also provide practical tools for successful collaboration across business functions.

One of the greatest challenges for today’s litigators is running disputes as timely and efficiently as possible. Speakers in this session will pinpoint exactly which resources are needed, how much time and effort is required, and how to manage costs when dealing with outside vendors.

In today’s social climate, developing a response plan to a PR crisis has become vital to business strategy. Navigating the bumpy terrain of “cancel culture” is perhaps one of the most complex challenges for today’s GC. Join us for this insightful session as we tackle the difficult balancing act of a PR crisis response.

Being an expert negotiator in adversarial settings begins with developing versatile negotiation techniques that can be adapted to fit any scenario. Over the past year, honing these skills has become even more critical as the landscape of the workforce has evolved. During this informative hour, discover what it takes to be a master negotiator in a virtual world, boardroom, and beyond.

As the courts reopen and in-house counsel reevaluate their caseloads, we will take a look at what legal departments have been experiencing on the litigation front in terms of “old” as well as newly-brought cases.