Archive for August, 2011
« Older EntriesRx Drug Pricing and Boot Camp
August 31st, 2011
in Pharmaceuticals / Biotech / Life Sciences |
The HHS Office of Inspector General is recommending, and CMS agrees, that CMS should develop a national drug price benchmark based on pharmacies’ actual acquisition costs. This announcement comes on the heels of the release of the Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule for CY2012, which covers changes to ASP. Moreover, the interim final AMP rules are slated to be released very soon.
It’s virtually impossible to keep up with every new guidance issued by CMS or the proposed legislation on the hill that threatens to further complicate existing changes, but by attending this year’s Boot Camp, you can get all of the critical information you need in one place. Allow our faculty of pricing experts help you make sense of the confusion created by health care reform and go back to your company armed with a new set of real-world, practical solutions.
Now in its eighth iteration, ACI’s Rx Drug Pricing Boot Camp has been designed to provide drug manufacturers, PBMs, plans, and pharmacies with the critical information they need to effectively and efficiently manage government pricing for pharmaceutical products.
New sessions on “Medicaid Rebate Challenges: Delving Deeper into the Knotty Issues,” “Pricing Challenges Stemming from Health Care Reform,” “Operationalizing the Medicare Part D Coverage Gap Discount Program,” and “Avoiding Anti-Kickback Challenges Related to Pricing and Contracting” will provide the advanced and intensive training your government pricing team needs to ensure that participation in government payor programs runs smoothly. The entire program has been updated to bring you the latest information affecting these programs and pricing methodologies.
Cyber and Data Risk Insurance
August 30th, 2011
in Insurance & Reinsurance |
Cyber Risk Insurance has proven to be this year’s growth industry with an over 25% increase in coverage. With the recent rash of attacks in 2011, keep your company on the cutting edge of this ever-changing environment.
Don’t miss your chance to hear from federal regulators and state attorney’s general, including:
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Network with industry leaders from:
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International Technology Transfers & Deemed Export Compliance
August 30th, 2011
in International Trade & Defense, Telecoms & Technology |
At ACI’s 6th National Forum on International Technology Transfers & Deemed Export Compliance, you will take away best practices from GE Aviation, Alcatel-Lucent, IBM, Finmeccanica , AECOM, DRS, AMETEK Aerospace & Defense, ConocoPhillips, SAIC, Cobham Corporate North America, NASA, Northrop Grumman, ATK and Space Systems/Loral.
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HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE AGENCIES!
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Laptops, Servers, Emails and Portable Devices: Minimizing US Export Enforcement Risks Posed by Employee Travel, with Robert Rawls (Outbound Program Manager, Outbound Enforcement Division, US Customs and Border Protection)
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Anatomy of a Deemed Export and Technology Transfer Investigation, with Steven Pelak (National Export Coordinator, US Department of Justice)
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Deemed Export Reform and Technology Transfer Policy Developments, led by Bernard Kritzer (Director, Office of Exporter Services, Bureau of Industry and Security)
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Learn how to ensure accurate Form I-129 certifications, screen and license foreign, dual and third country nationals:
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Hear from Cobham Corporate North America and Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy on Certifying Deemed Export Compliance under Form I-129: How to Coordinate Trade Compliance HR Planning and Visa Application Process to Avoid Export Delays and Interruptions
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Gain best practices for Screening Foreign, Dual and Third Country Nationals: How to Determine Nationality within Foreign Anti-Discrimination and Privacy Law Limits fromBennett Jones (Canada), GE Aviation and Kelley Drye & Warren
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Take away practical tools for Licensing Foreign National Employees, Visitors and Other Third Parties: Avoiding Key Pitfalls Triggering Denials and RWAs from ATKand Greenberg Traurig
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Gain updates and best practices for:
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Cloud Computing and Social Media within ITAR and EAR Boundaries: Strengthening Technology Controls to Manage Heightened Data Storage, Distribution and Access Security Risks
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Offshore Outsourcing of Manufacturing, R & D and Services
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Defining “Technical Data“ and “Defense Services”
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Managing Technical Discussions among Domestic and Foreign Engineers
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PLUS! Critical Post-Conference Working Sessions:
A: Preventing Defense Services Export Violations: Fostering Worldwide Compliance across Your Engineering, IT, Procurement and Sales Teams, and Avoiding ITAR Taint of Commercial Services, led by Northrop Grumman and Squire Sanders
B: Drafting and Implementing TCPs and TTCPs: Lessons Learned from Real-Life Scenarios, led by Space Systems/Loral and Huffman Riley Kao
2nd India Summit on Anti-Corruption
August 30th, 2011
in Anti-Corruption / FCPA |
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged liquor giant Diageo with paying bribes worth more than $1.7 million to hundreds of government officials in India. The SEC order alleged that Diageo and its subsidiaries had failed to account for these illicit payments in their books and records and lacked sufficient internal controls to detect and prevent improper payments.
Don’t let this happen to you.
Attend ACI’s 2nd India Summit on Anti-Corruption, October 17-18, 2011 at the Taj President in Mumbai, and learn how to strengthen your financial controls to better monitor cash payments and prevent books and records violations. Plus learn how to develop a robust third party management program for local agents, brokers and distributors.
The full conference agenda and speakers can be found at www.AmericanConference.com/anticorruptionIndia.
Drug and Medical Device Litigation
August 29th, 2011
in Pharmaceuticals / Biotech / Life Sciences |
American Conference Institute’s 16th Annual Drug and Medical Device Litigation will feature an industry-leading faculty, including in-house litigators from over 20 major device and pharma companies and 7 federal judges. Your colleagues are signing-up early as the pressure continues to mount with the industry seeing government investigations and product recalls lead to new plaintiff claims. Prepare to meet these challenges head on by coming to the one, definitive, industry-shaping event that not only follows emerging developments, but also consistently allows pharmaceutical and medical device lawyers to benchmark their clients’ current products liability and tort-related strategies.
Register today for early pricing – Hear special sessions on:
- How Recent Decisions Can Strengthen Class Actions Defense Strategies
- Increased Personal Liability Issues for Life Sciences Professionals
- Exit Strategies and Selecting an Advantageous Settlement Model
- Avoiding Mistakes When Using Preemption in Device Cases
- Strategically Organizing an MDL So that It Doesn’t Become a Runaway Proceeding
- When Communications on Social Media Sites May be Part of the Evidentiary Record
Included with your conference registration is exclusive access to small working group sessions led by in-house counsel. Prior to the official kick-off of the conference, attendees will be divided into groups led by in-house counsel facilitators, ensuring that networking and opportunities for exchanging strategies commence even before the first main session.
Do not miss your opportunity to hear and meet the industry’s leading speakers.
2nd Advanced China Forum on Import Compliance
August 29th, 2011
in International Trade & Defense |
After the successful inaugural Advanced China Import Forum in 2010, ACI proudly announces the 2nd Advanced China Forum on Import Compliance on November 29 & 30, 2011 in Shanghai.
Co-chaired by Donna Dong, Deputy Trade Director- Asia, Microsoft and Shubhendu Misra, Customs Director, General Motors, this forum will provide the latest insights on how to address the most complex import compliance challenges in light of heightened China Customs and CIQ Enforcements, including:
- The View from Global HQ: What is Considered to be an Effective Trade Compliance Program on the Ground
- Preparing for Heightened CIQ Enforcement: Preventing CIQ Compliance and Inspection Pitfalls
- China Customs Audits and Enforcement Initiatives for 2012 and Beyond
- Mixed Bonded Materials: Meeting Stricter New Enhanced Processing Trade Requirements
- Update on New WCO HS Amendments 2012
- Customs Valuation: Complying with Dutiable Royalty Payments and Transfer Pricing
- Case Study Panel: Speeding up Warrantee and Service Parts Import and Export Process
- How to Get CCC Mark Approvals and Use Exemptions
Plus! Take advantage of new China related regulatory incentives to achieve duty savings:
- Taiwan: Utilizing the Benefits of Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA)
- Proving Origin and Qualified for FTA Programs to Increase Duty Savings
- Qualified for Duty Free Status When Importing Capital Equipment into China
Legal Marketing Association
August 13th, 2011
in Legal Conferences |
SPONSORS
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A Message from the 2012 Annual Conference Co-Chairs
Jill Weber
Chief Business Development Officer
Leonard, Street and Deinard
Mark Usellis
Chief Marketing Officer
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
The Call for Speakers is now Open!
Click Here.
Deadline for nominations:
Friday, Aug 26, 2011
Wow, what a great LMA Annual Conference! Thanks to 2011 Conference Co-Chairs Cherie Olland and Adam Severson and LMA President Jeanne Hammerstrom for generating such enthusiasm and giving us so many great ideas this year. They set a high bar for the 2012 conference, but we like a challenge!
2011 was terrific for many reasons. First, thanks to the 1,000+ people who attended. That was an all-time record and it created a great environment for learning,
connecting and networking. Replicating that is easy: just come again next year — and bring some new people. Also, the professional development was outstanding.
The programming was highly substantive, and having it organized around four tracks gave it thematic consistency and made it easy for people to identify sessions
that best fit their needs and interests.
As CMOs, we particularly appreciated the Roundtable sessions with our peers, but there was literally something for everyone.
Our vendors showed up in force and created a terrific Exhibit Hall with all kinds of learning opportunities
– thanks so much to all who participated. Betsi Roach and the LMA staff, and Kristy Perkins and all her colleagues at
ACI made the whole thing run like clockwork. And finally, the Disney Institute gave us valuable insights into their
formula to create the happiest place on earth.
Most of us were escaping a long, tough winter and it was a real treat to spend a
few days in nice weather and, for those who brought family, have lots of fun diversions.
So how in the world are we going to top that in 2012? The Board has already told us their expectation for next year is
“You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.” (For those of you younger than 40, that was a song by Bachman Turner Overdrive,
a band that was a household name in the ’70s, at least in the Bachman and Turner households up in Winnipeg.).
Well, all of you who came in 2011 are coming back in 2012, right? And you’re going to bring someone who didn’t come
in 2011, right? Trust us, the energy that comes from a big crowd just builds on itself and creates a great environment,
so let’s all do that together. We’ll do our part as well.
As great as the programming was this year, we are already working on ideas to tailor it more precisely to different
areas of interest and level of experience, and also to present more sessions in a more interactive, roundtable-type
setting where we can learn from each other and raise the questions that matter most to us. To our fellow CMOs:
we want to provide content you can’t get anywhere else, so help us determine what you would value most.
And, of course, you all know everything is bigger and better in Texas. If you have any doubt about that, just ask a Texan.
See you next March. In the meantime, don’t hesitate to let us know what would make the 2012 conference a great experience for you.
You can find the regular delegate promo here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxaMmtE_8-g
You can find the sponsorship final one here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq59cFlbYik
U.S. Export & Re-Export Compliance for Canadian Operations
August 11th, 2011
in Legal Conferences |
Have You Successfully Reconciled U.S. Export Controls with Canadian Human Rights and Privacy Laws?
With Recent and Upcoming Changes to the ITAR, EAR and Canada’s Controlled Goods Program, are Your Export Compliance Program, Screening and Security Processes Equipped to Reduce Heightened Enforcement Risks?
Canadian firms, subsidiaries, affiliates, manufacturers, suppliers, freight forwarders and others that export, re-export or re-transfer U.S. export-controlled items, technical data, services and encryption materials must ensure strict compliance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and U.S. economic sanctions restrictions. Enforcement of U.S. export controls and economic sanctions is extra-territorial in reach, with U.S. officials targeting companies and individuals in Canada for investigations, audits, visits and harsh penalties. With the growing risk of civil and criminal liability, and lost business in the U.S., it is critical to know how to fully incorporate U.S. export controls and Canadian export, human rights and privacy law requirements into a successful trade compliance program.
Amid the new ITAR rule governing dual and third country nationals and deemed export rule under the EAR, Canadian entities should fully revisit the impact of these requirements on their export activities, employment practices, supply chain management, physical and virtual security procedures. Canadian trade professionals face the daunting task of having to reconcile ITAR and EAR requirements with domestic human rights and privacy laws. Recent cases like the Bell Helicopter Textron case highlight the fact that organizations in Canada cannot simply adopt U.S. trade control policies for their operations, but need to tailor them to the unique Canadian context.
Coupled with ongoing changes to Canada’s Controlled Goods Program, it is crucial to gain clarification on what U.S. and Canadian regulators expect for your export compliance program, security assessments, screening and supply chain management. Failure to fully understand key U.S. requirements can cause your organization to incorrectly assume that their articles, technical data or services have not been subject to ITAR contamination. Equally, it is critical to make sense of the maze of ECCNs under the EAR, how the EAR interacts with Canadian requirements, and how to comply with complex end-use, end- user and encryption controls under U.S. and Canadian regulations.
Held in Toronto, American Conference Institute and The Canadian Institute are pleased to announce their inaugural Forum on “U.S. Export Re-Export Compliance for Canadian Operations”. This is the only comprehensive, practical event in Canada that will allow you to network and hear from U.S. and Canadian government and industry professionals from the high technology, aerospace, defense, satellite, space, energy and other industries. Topics will include:
- Reconciling U.S. restrictions on foreign, dual and third country nationals with Canadian human rights and privacy laws
- Meeting with U.S. requirements governing re-export and re-transfers
- Preventing, identifying and addressing ITAR contamination
- Clarifying the maze of ECCNs under the EAR, and complying with strict end-use and end-user requirements
- When and how to use the Canadian Exemption under the ITAR
- Comparing and contrasting complex U.S. and Canadian encryption controls
- Key questions to ask before signing a TAA, MLA or license, and how to work with your U.S. counterpart at the application stage
- Strengthening your security assessments in response to Canada’s new Enhanced Security Strategy, and blending this process with U.S. requirements
- U.S. and Canadian economic sanctions updates, and how to reconcile conflicting U.S. and Canadian positions on Cuba
- How to train your engineering, sales, procurement and other departments
- Supply chain management: Vetting and monitoring third party compliance with U.S. and Canadian requirements
- What to do if you suspect or discover a U.S. export or sanctions violation
Based on popular demand, this unique event is expected to sell out! Take advantage of early bird pricing for a limited time and register now by calling 1-888-224-2480 or registering online.
The brochure is currently in development. For information regarding the agenda and speaking opportunities, contact Adina Schwartz, Industry Manager at a.schwartz@americanconference.com.
6th Houston FCPA Boot Camp
August 11th, 2011
in Legal Conferences |
Gain practical hands-on insights into how to minimize the risk of non-compliance and prevent FCPA violations across global corporate operations
Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is at an all time high. The U.S. DOJ and SEC have made it clear that anti-corruption enforcement efforts will remain a high priority. In era such as this, it is critical to avoid getting caught in the regulatory crosshairs that all multi-national companies take FCPA enforcement seriously.
Like in past years, the FCPA Houston Conference will focus in on all of the key “hot” topics that have come to be the hallmark of American Conference Institute’s FCPA Boot Camp series of events.
Learn what steps your company needs to take to successfully implement and monitor an effective anti-corruption compliance program under the current enforcement environment.
Attendees of this highly rated American Conference Institute FCPA Boot Camp, will walk away with a comprehensive working knowledge of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as well as practical strategies for addressing high risk areas for enforcement exposure across business operations, including practical strategies and best practices for:
- Closely vetting and screening third party agents, consultants and joint venture partners
- Incorporating UK Bribery Act requirements into your global compliance program
- Structuring a robust compliance model specifically tailored to your company’s greatest risk areas
- Detecting corrupt payments and behavior under the FCPA
- Preventing common gifts, hospitality and entertainment pitfalls
- Meeting critical books, records and internal accounting requirements under the FCPA
- Conducting a cost effective internal investigation into potential violations
- Enhancing employee and third party training programs, particularly in high risk markets
Throughout this intense, two-day course, attendees will be provided with ample opportunity to ask questions while also engaging with and comparing notes with your peers. Whether you are new to the area or just need a comprehensive refresher, this FCPA Boot Camp will provide you with the foundation you need to ensure your company’s FCPA compliance.
Based on past registration trends for this event, seats can be expected to sell out quickly. Secure your team’s place now at the best registration rate by calling 1-888-224-2480 or faxing your registration form to 1-877-927-1563.
We are still in the process of developing this year’s agenda, but welcome your comments regarding topics you would like to see covered at this year’s event.
Please contact Sunsieray McCall,
Industry Manager at s.mccall@americanconference.com with any content related suggestions or for speaking opportunities.
For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Wendy Tyler,
Head of Sales at W.Tyler@AmericanConference.com.
For media and association partnerships, please contact Sunsieray McCall,
Industry Manager at s.mccall@americanconference.com or
John Stoops, Partnership Executive at j.stoops@americanconference.com.
Defending Food & Beverage Consumer Fraud Litigation
August 11th, 2011
in Legal Conferences |
Developed specifically to address emerging hot topics in the area of consumer fraud litigation, specifically within the food industry, ACI is pleased to offer you a unique, one-day event, the Advanced Summit on Defending Food Beverage Consumer Fraud Litigation.
Structured to address the problematic litigation issues stemming from private consumer fraud litigation, federal regulatory actions, warning letters and ensuing State Attorney General litigation, ACI’s Advanced Summit on Defending Food Beverage Consumer Fraud Litigationwill provide attendees with firsthand insights from a faculty of experienced in-house litigation and trial counsel on how to:
- Minimize exposure to consumer fraud litigation arising out of government regulatory and enforcement actions
- Respond to claims of false labeling, advertising and misleading packaging
- Develop a litigation strategy for responding to claims targeting “natural,” “trans fat” and other specific health claims
As an added benefit of this special, one-day event, a special Judicial Panel will be included as part of the Summit which will provide an opportunity for attendees to gain firsthand perspectives from the Bench on Class Certification MDL Involving Food Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation. Take note as jurists who have been involved with recent high profile food and beverage consumer fraud litigation share their thoughts on how they weigh the evidence and evaluate plaintiff’s allegations under state and federal consumer fraud statutes.
A unique opportunity to get highly-specialized, up-to-the minute information in a setting where you can network with your peers while also getting answers to your specific questions and concerns, if you are involved at all with consumer fraud litigation within the food and beverage industries, this is one unique litigation event you don’t want to miss!
The conference program for the 2011 installment is still currently under development but speaking nominations and topic proposals are currently being accepted. Please contact Sunsieray McCall, Senior Legal Analyst Program Director at s.mccall@americanconference.com or at 212-352-3220 ext. 5498.
If you are interested in learning more about sponsorship opportunities available for this event, please contact Wendy Tyler, Head of Sales at w.tyler@AmericanConference.com or at 212-352-3220 ext. 5242.
For information on media and association partnerships please contact Sunsieray McCall, Senior Legal Analyst Program Director at s.mccall@americanconference.com or at 212-352-3220 ext. 5498 or John Stoops, Marketing Executive, at j.stoops@americanconference.com
