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Docket Article
Publication Date: 08/01/2015
In order to avoid the risks and pitfalls while leveraging all the advantages, you need to understand how Big Data intersects with privacy and security to impact the legal department and the business; how to proactively fulfill the potential of this new information; and anticipate where the barriers might lie.
… This includes anonymizing data, providing agreements for informed consent, and proper monitoring and tracking. … it comes to privacy, security and a blurring between what is helpful to consumers and customers, and what crosses the … a huge range of activities, such as human behavioral or buying patterns, disease behavior, human genetic makeup and …
Program Materials
10/25/2011

2011 ACC Annual Meeting Session 104 materials which details current status and practices of legal outsourcing.

… 2011 Annual Meeting October 23-26, Denver !! This material is protected by copyright. Copyright © 2011 various authors … at ACC: +1 202.293.4103, x338; legalresources@acc.com ! Tuesday, October 25 9:00am-10:30am 104 – Lessons … ACC has more material on this subject on our website. Visit www.acc.com, where you can browse our …
Event
Start Date: 01/11/2025 | 3:02 AM
… on July 3, 2023. Please note that this program recording is not eligible for CLE/CPD credit. We all want to ‘go digital’ when it comes … Undoubtedly there are lots of whizzy tools out there to buy and the benefits of digitizing the contracting process …
Articles
Charles H. Veigel
07/01/2014

The barrier to the boardroom can be surmounted. After all, active participation in strategic business conversations is what general counsel enjoy most about their work. This article introduces key capabilities the general counsel must cultivate in order to add value to the company and counter the perception that she is “VP of No.”

… active participation in strategic business conversations is what general counsel enjoy most about their work. This … the value of in-house legal services. charleshveigel@gmail.com 30 ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE COUNSEL THE CHIEF OPPORTUNITY … searching with the industry code, the US Census Bureau’s website offers a variety of useful indus- try reports.10 …
Articles
Contoural, Inc.
04/22/2022
30 pages

In this ACC Guide, learn the components of an effective records management program, and the steps required to execute a schedule once developed. This ACC Guide presents global strategies for the in-house counsel or other team members tasked with starting, updating modernizing, or simply improving their company’s records management program.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Information Governance
Region: Global, United States
… 20001 USA tel +1 202.293.4103 fax +1 202.293.4107 www.acc.com This ACC GuideSM addresses global strategies for creating … or refreshing a modern records management program. It is intended for the in-house counsel or other team members … For more information about the author, visit their website at www.contoural.com or see the “About the Company” …
Articles
Author: Grant C. Killoran, O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
12/20/2021

People around the world continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, the most extreme public health emergency in a century. This Top Ten discusses the public health law framework in the United States and summarizes some recent developments in the law arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Health Law, Government
Region: United States
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House
… to Mandate COVID-19 Protective Measures and Vaccination in the United States Author Author: Grant C. Killoran, … a public health crisis must be “lodged somewhere” and it is not unusual or unreasonable to vest it in government … matters, and this standard has served as the foundation for judicial review of public health measures since it was …
Program Materials
Canan Doganlar, Teresa Holderer, Iohann Le Frapper, Joseph Perkins
10/29/2014

If your company decides to establish a business presence in another<br />country by partnering with a local firm, what considerations come into play in structuring and implementing a joint venture with the local partner? This program will examine the practical considerations relating to structuring the joint venture and negotiating its key terms,<br />including management control provisions and mechanisms to exit the joint<br />venture, seconding or transferring employees to the joint venture and cultural considerations in dealing with your local partner.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Meetings
Region: United States
… A party may seek to sell to a third party. One variant is to permit a “drag along” (usually for a majority party) in certain circumstances: Party A … financial strength or is, in practice, restricted from buying Problem if JV depends on support dealings with one …
Articles
Practical Law
05/18/2017
23 pages

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) gives a succinct overview of merger control, regulatory framework and regulatory authorities in Switzerland.

… 20036 USA tel +1 202.293.4103, fax +1 202.293.4701 www.acc.com By in-house counsel, for in-house counsel.® Association … appeals, joint ventures and proposals for reform. This Q&A is part of the global guide to competition and cartel … of Notification COMCO provides an explanatory note on its website (Explanatory Note and Form of the Secretariat on the …
Articles
Practical Law
12/02/2014

This multi-PAK provides a high level overview of the lending market, forms of security over assets, special purpose vehicles in secured lending, quasi-security, negative pledge, guarantees, and loan agreements. It covers creation and registration requirements for security interests; problem assets over which security is difficult to grant; risk areas for lenders; structuring the priority of debt; debt trading and transfer mechanisms; agent and trust concepts; enforcement of security interests and borrower insolvency; cross-border issues on loans; taxes; and proposals for reform.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: Australia, Canada, Cayman Islands, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Jersey, Netherlands, Scotland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States
for security interests; problem assets over which security is difficult to grant; risk areas for lenders; structuring … 20036 USA tel +1 202.293.4103, fax +1 202.293.4701 www.acc.com By in-house counsel, for in-house counsel.® Association … Online Resources W www.comlaw.gov.au Description. Official website maintained by the Australian Government containing up …
Articles
Practical Law Company
02/06/2017
41 pages

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a Q&A which gives a high level overview of the key practical issues including the level of activity and recent trends in the Singaporean market.

… 20036 USA tel +1 202.293.4103, fax +1 202.293.4701 www.acc.com By in-house counsel, for in-house counsel.® Association … Tool at http://us.practicallaw.com/7-500-9935. This Q&A is part of the global guide to private equity. For a full … 39 C. Singapore Government Website
Articles
Green Electronics Council
03/01/2019
20 pages

Public- and private-sector institutional purchasers are increasingly procuring “cloud” services. Purchasers are choosing cloud services for the anticipated improvements in efficiency, agility, scalability and cost effectiveness, while not necessarily understanding the impact on their organization’s sustainability performance. In this article, in-house counsel will learn how to identify potential sustainability impacts to migrating to cloud-based services.

Resource Details
Collection: Sustainability
Region: United States
Audience: Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
… Articles Purchasers Guide for Sustainability and Cloud-Service Procurements Author … 2019 Final 2 About GEC The Green Electronics Council (GEC) is a mission-driven non-profit known for our management of … offered as services on a subscription basis. Purchasers buy cloud services to meet their software and computing …
Articles
CMS
10/10/2022
41 pages

Learn about key developments and perspectives regarding class actions in Europe.

Resource Details
Region: Europe, Austria, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia
… 110 class actions seeking damages were filed in 2021. This is slightly higher than the figure for 2020, which was itself … Dr. Zsolt Okányi T +36 1 483 4800 E zsolt.okanyi@cms-cmno.com Leah Gardner T +44 20 7367 3607 E … in Europe. This resource was originally published on the website of  CMS  in June 2022. … CMS … Learn about key …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
12/22/2015

This sample provides some basic but important guidelines to help you as you deal with the changing world of gathering and reporting news, and to provide additional guidance on specific issues.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… and Twitter have become an integral part of everyday life for millions of people around the world. As [COMPANY] grows … to serve the audience well beyond the radio, social media is becoming an increasingly important aspect of our … world as much as a radio story or story for [COMPANY WEBSITE] does. As in all of your reporting, the [COMPANY] …
Articles
Holding Redlich workplace relations & safety partner Charles Power
09/08/2015

This QuickCounsel is a comprehensive guide that clearly defines what constitutes workplace bullying - and outlines how employers should respond to it.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: Australia
… partner Charles Power September 8, 2015 This QuickCounsel is a comprehensive guide that clearly defines what … physical workspace. Bullying can also occur out of hours. For example, a worker might be bullied through social media. … bullying issues cane be found at the Safe Work Australia website here... How can a victim of bullying make a claim in
Docket Article
Publication Date: 12/01/2015
Corporate counsel and law firms need to prepare for this changed European data protection regime. In particular, lawyers will play significant roles ensuring compliance with the Regulation by confirming that an organization’s policies, procedures, documentation and organizational structures are in accordance with EU law.
… 12/01/2015 Corporate counsel and law firms need to prepare for this changed European data protection regime. InIn a digital age with a free flow of information, it is easy to diminish the value of personal data. The European … include names, identification numbers, location data, online identifiers or other factors related to the physical, …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 08/10/2022
Organizations across the globe must now consider new and emerging threats to their traveling employees’ health and safety, including extreme weather events, rising geopolitical unrest, and growing cybercrime. #ACCDocket #employment #travel
… rising geopolitical unrest, and growing cybercrime. Is your company ready to manage the risks associated with … in place. To that end, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) created a guide to assist employers … and consider incorporating digital technologies, such as online survey tools, to measure and track audience …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 03/04/2019
Here are five questions that you should ask (and be able to answer) to help prepare your company against a potential breach and protect its interests.
… Privacy, and eCommerce Source: ACC Docket … Who is responsible for managing a company’s cyber risks? Many companies still … plant faces risks of physical intrusion that a purely online business won’t. Developing an assessment that is
Docket Article
Publication Date: 08/22/2019
On a regular basis, we are presented with headlines explaining how artificial intelligence (AI) is going take over our work so we can glide around on self-driving electric scooters all day while being hand-fed by robots. Yet when we go home and ask Siri to turn on the “lights,” it instead offers us treatment for “lice.”
… with headlines explaining how artificial intelligence (AI) is going take over our work so we can glide around on … to turn on the “lights,” it instead offers us treatment for “lice.” Resource Details Interest Area: Technology, … Docket … Art by F. P. Ardizzone.  fpaoloardizzone@gmail.com On a regular basis, we are presented with headlines …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 11/01/2018
When the Siemens global legal department launched its Innovation Challenge, we treated our participation in it as just another business objective. We were soon to realize, however, that innovation was playing a key role in both parts of our philosophy and had the promise to be even more integral.
… Innovation begins by identifying the problem and looking for creative ways to develop a standard solution. In the … and the transactions we support. A prime example is the dashboard management system that the department has … companies and the legal technology suppliers from whom we buy tools. But as we’ve learned at Siemens, there is
Articles
Larry G. Johnson and Tim Stevens
09/01/2001

Examine the connection between electronic discovery and due diligence, and get to know the evolving role of digital data management in mergers and acquisitions.

… the benefits of electronic data review, this practice is bound to change. i In the near future, you may find … OR 97205 877/700-3467 503/265-0001 (fax) www.flosinc.com Daticon, Inc. ., Suite 850 Corporate Headquarters 45 … • George D. Guillory, CPP, "Electronic Evidence Discovery" website, at www.blkbox.com/~guillory/electron.html. • IT Due …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
09/12/2019
9 pages
Resource Details
Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics
Region: United States
… of certain confidential information. This Policy is divided into three parts: Part I provides a layman’s … as much as it is about using the Company’s information for your own profit. More specifically, insider trading … the press or analysts, with customers or suppliers, or online (including social media) could create substantial …
Articles
Mark Diamond, CEO & Founder, Contoural, Inc.
08/08/2017

This brief resource (QuickCounsel) speaks about employee behavior change management programs for Information Governance in the United States.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… Articles Employee Behavior Change Management Programs for Information Governance Author Mark Diamond, CEO & … effective Employee Behavior Change Management.   What Is Employee Behavior Change Management? Employee Behavior … Committee. More information is available at www.contoural.com … Mark Diamond, CEO & Founder, Contoural, Inc. … This …
Program Materials
Steven Alan Bennett<br />Executive Vice President & General Counsel<br />USAA<br /><br />Kevin Blodgett<br />Managing Director <br />Huron Legal<br /><br />Michele Coleman Mayes <br />Senior Vice President & General Counsel <br />Allstate Insurance Company<br /><br />Eileen Kett<br />Senior VP, General Counsel <br />Club Med<br /><br />Brian Miller<br />General Counsel <br />AES<br />
10/26/2011

As cost centers, law departments and their leaders frequently struggle to tangibly articulate their value to the business. This panel discussion will address the necessary information to clearly define and articulate your value and your department’s overall framework and operations to decision-makers including the CEO, CFO and board. The session will include: the benchmark information you need to clearly articulate value; how to present the case for hiring new resources, including how to optimize structure, align the department with the business goals, and assess optimal sourcing and staffing work within the department; and how to quantify the law department cost drivers that are impacted by decisions related to law department structure and staffing.

Resource Details
Source: Meetings
Region: United States
… need to clearly articulate value; how to present the case for hiring new resources, including how to optimize … size “Doing the right work” and “Doing the work right” Why is it important to be able to define and articulate your … your daily operations and decision making? – “Make vs. buy” (resources) – Litigation and regulatory strategy – …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 01/01/2017
Throughout her life, McNeill has always looked at the bigger picture.
… parking lot. With over 3,400 parking facilities, Impark is the largest parking operator in Canada and the second … Nicola-Jane McNeill, vice president, legal affairs for Impark, would argue that there’s more than meets the eye. … perspective, the resources I can access through the website or member-to-member are top-notch. If we’re acquiring …
Checklists
Association of Corporate Counsel
01/19/2023
1 pages

This check card is a printable resource with practical tips on what not to do with competitors.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… Corporate Counsel January 19, 2023 1 pages This check card is a printable resource with practical tips on what not to do … without objective reasons.��✓DO NOT force a customer to buy Product B in order to get Product A ("tying"). What Not To Do with …
Multimedia and Infographics
05/22/2013

Printable wallet sized cards with practical advise about antitrust.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics
Source: Resource Library
… without objective reasons.��✓DO NOT force a customer to buy Product B in order to get Product A ("tying"). What Not To Do with … without objective reasons.��✓DO NOT force a customer to buy Product B in order to get Product A ("tying"). What Not …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 06/13/2023
Median total legal spend is up, according to the fourth edition of the comprehensive survey. #ACCDocket #ACCBenchmarking #legaloperations #privacy #compliance
… Publication Date: 06/13/2023 Median total legal spend is up, according to the fourth edition of the comprehensive … of ACC’s Law Department Benchmarking Survey, produced in collaboration with Major, Lindsey & Africa , found that … driven mainly by large companies. Total legal spend for all companies increased from US$2.4 million last year to …
Articles
Practical Law Company
12/01/2014
35 pages

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high level overview of matters relating to practical issues concerning oil and gas and power including, the domestic oil and gas and electricity sectors, rights to oil and gas, electricity generation and renewable energy, oil and gas health and safety and the environment, and electricity transmission, distribution and supply in the United Kingdom.

Resource Details
Region: United Kingdom
… 20036 USA tel +1 202.293.4103, fax +1 202.293.4701 www.acc.com By in-house counsel, for in-house counsel.® Association … or any of its lawyers, unless so stated. This InfoPAKSM is not intended as a definitive statement on the subject but … by PLC. For more information about PLC, visit their website at http://www.practicallaw.com/ or see the “About the …
Articles
10/06/2015

This article discusses new Swiss rules on insider dealing and market manipulation entered into force.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: Switzerland
… Weber 2 Overhaul of Swiss Corporate Governance Regime for Listed Swiss Companies Following Approval of the Minder … rules, which will apply to all market participants, is expected to enter into force on 1 August 2013. By Philippe … 2013: the Federal Offi ce of Justice will review any com- ments made in the public hearings in detail and produce …
Program Materials
Erika Ahern, J. Paul Allen, Jill Jacobson
10/19/2016

This session targets communicating key antitrust topics to your sales team.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics
Source: Meetings
Region: United States
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… Program Materials Antitrust Training for the ABC Corp. Sales Team Author Erika Ahern, J. Paul … topics to your Sales Team. – For that reason, the focus is on spotting issues, recognizing potential problems and … contractors on the same project. – The dealer currently is buying from ABC at a 10% discount from our published List …
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