8th General Counsel’s Role in Maximizing Board Effectiveness
When: December 20 & 21, 2010Where: Toronto
Who: Rob Gerbrandt
Rob Gerbrandt, Senior eDiscovery Consultant and Director, will participate in the 8th General Counsel’s Role in Maximizing Board Effectiveness conference organized by Federated Press.
Rob will lead the workshop titled The creation, use and risk assessment analysis of document management policies:
"Accurate and effective corporate
records management has become a key issue in managing the risk to
general counsels due to the heightened focus on compliance. Past
scandals have placed renewed interest in corporate records compliance,
litigation preparedness and software and systems issues. This hands-on,
interactive workshop will explore the considerable organization skills
and attention to detail required for effective record management."
Other subjects on the conference program include:
- Hear from some of Canada’s sharpest legal minds on what it takes to enhance your organization’s governance practices
- Explore leading practitioners’ best practices for ensuring adherence to high legal and ethical standards of behaviour
- See how the general counsel’s activity could result in limiting the possibility of director liability
- Walk through best practices in fulfilling your duties to the board when handling a corporate crisis
- Explore emerging governance issues, the tactics being employed by shareholder activists and how a board and corporation can be proactive in the face of new shareholder activism
The conference is oriented towards general counsels and corporate secretaries looking to enhance their role in good corporate governance.
For full program and registration information please click here (PDF).
