This brief is in defense of the position that "an insurer's use of a duly licensed attorney employed to provide legal representation in the defense of covered insurance claims ("staff attorneys") does not constitute the unauthorized practice of law in Texas (or elsewhere)".
A brief addressing the question of whether it is appropriate for the trier of fact to draw an adverse inference with respect to willful infringement when the attorney-client privilege and/or work product privilege is invoked by a defendant in an infringement suit.
A brief addressing the question of whether a court may deny a party's counsel access to confidential information which is under a protective order because counsel is an employee of the party.
Statement by the Coalition to Preserve the Attorney-Client Privilege on Senator Arlen Specter’s introduction of the Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2006.
ACC's proposed edits to the Thompson Memo.
ACCA's Statement on In-house Counsel's Appropriate Role in Ensuring Corporate Responsibility. This statement is intended to underscore ACCA members' core values as representatives of organizational clients post-Enron.
Letter from the ABA to the SEC advocating a modification to the Commission’s policy as outlined in the 2001 “Seaboard Report”1
After an evidentiary hearing and careful review of the record, including the parties' post-hearing supplemental briefs, exhibits, and proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, the court made findings of fact and conclusions of law in the Stolt-Nielsen case.
A brief arguing that it is a normal, useful, and desirable practice for in-house counsel to advice affiliated companies.