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Meetings Media, publisher of Meetings East, Meetings MidAmerica, Meetings South, and Meetings West magazines, and MeetingsFocus.com, presents a free webinar Wednesday, April 30, featuring one of the leading attorney's in the hospitality industry, Joshua L. Grimes, Esq.

In response to wasteful spending and fraud by business executives, Congress created the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. “SOX” mandates a code of conduct for companies and associations, and their officers, directors, and even average employees. It requires that all businesses conduct their business affairs free of undue influences. The law also holds decision-makers accountable for their actions.

SOX is causing everyone in the business world to change their practices. Companies are adopting policies on conflicts of interest and ethics; planner commissions, FAM trips, and other benefits are under review; stakeholders are reviewing corporate acts more closely; and employees are facing greater scrutiny to justify their spending. Meeting contracts are often filled with rules and legal requirements unknown to most planners and suppliers. And SOX’s impact on the meeting industry is just beginning!

Join noted industry attorney Joshua Grimes at one of the meeting industry’s most popular programs. Mr. Grimes will offer legal analysis and case studies to help your business comply with this important law.

• Understand how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act impacts your business.
• Create conflict of interest and ethics rules to instill confidence in your business practices.
• Address meeting contract provisions intended to help your company comply with SOX requirements.

Lowe’s presentation will be followed by a question and answer session, so you can get answers to your specific questions.

Navigating Sarbanes-Oxley
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
10 a.m. PST; 11 a.m. MST; Noon CST; 1 p.m. EST

It’s free, will only take an hour of your time, and could be the key to unlocking your meetings industry career potential.