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The ABCs of Work: Zen
Publication Date: 12/04/2023
Find the Zen in your work life. Career Path columnist James Bellerjeau illustrates how a calm, attentive mindset can boost your satisfaction and work performance in the final installment of the ABCs of Work. #Zen #mindfulness #ACC #ACCDocket
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Interest Area: Law Department Management, Skills and Professional Development
Source: ACC Docket
… ACC Docket … Banner artwork by Kitch Bain /  Shutterstock.com Today, I explain why having a Zen -like attitude will not … Zen has a long and impressive pedigree  When I say Zen for our purposes, I mean a state of calm attentiveness. No … the Japanese pronunciation of a Middle-Chinese word that is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word for meditation.   …
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The Academic's Journey from Israel to India
Publication Date: 02/01/2016
While in law school, Saltz discovered that archaeology actually had a few things in common with bankruptcy, an area that soon became her focus.
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… to India Laurie Adamson Publication Date: 02/01/2016 While in law school, Saltz discovered that archaeology actually had … OGC INDIA FORD INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED CHENNAI, INDIA For Daniella Saltz, law school was always a certainty. “What … are well developed and exhaustively researched, there is no sense of closure or finality. “With law, there’s an …
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50th Anniversary of Data Protection: What's Next? 
Publication Date: 03/17/2021
As data protection celebrates its 50th anniversary, we look ahead to the challenges of the coming years.
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Interest Area: Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Source: ACC Docket
… on a true success story.  The Hessian Data Protection Act in Germany (October 1970) was the first of its kind … Seidel, co-author of this article, laid the foundation for how we currently understand data protection. … later, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now considered the gold standard for data protection by …
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The Wizard Behind the Curtain: How to Leverage Key Strategies to Fuel Your Path to In-House Leadership
Publication Date: 08/01/2016
This article seeks to demystify the “how” part of the path to in-house leadership, sharing eight key strategies for in-house lawyers aspiring to lead.
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Interest Area: Skills and Professional Development
Source: ACC Docket
… How to Leverage Key Strategies to Fuel Your Path to In-House Leadership Megan Belcher Sonya Olds Som Publication … path to in-house leadership, sharing eight key strategies for in-house lawyers aspiring to lead. Resource Details … requires concerted and prolonged effort, but the payoff is worth it. Unlocking the path to in-house leadership can be …
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Committee Spotlight: Chris Nowack, New to In-House Committee
Publication Date: 08/12/2016
Having a voice inside ACC that specifically focuses on those of us who are new to in-house work helps ensure that programming throughout ACC doesn’t skip over new folks, especially since most leaders in the other parts of ACC are not new.
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Interest Area: Skills and Professional Development
Source: ACC Docket
… Docket Article Committee Spotlight: Chris Nowack, New to In-House Committee Association of Corporate Counsel … Since graduating, I’ve lived in Washington, DC, and worked for GEICO, first as a law clerk and then as an attorney in … karaoke machine with over 3,000-song in its library. GEICO is the second largest private passenger auto insurer in the …
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What Does an Ethical Culture of Compliance Look Like?
Publication Date: 03/23/2021
Compliance should be reflected in a company’s culture and core values and should address ethical principles as well as legal imperatives.
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Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics
Source: ACC Docket
… Date: 03/23/2021 Compliance should be reflected in a company’s culture and core values and should address … ethical behavior by living it.  Given the high stakes for corporations developing, implementing, and … monitoring their own effective compliance programs, it is essential that corporate leadership understand the extent …
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Committee Spotlight: Sara Hall
Publication Date: 12/01/2016
I’ve been chief legal officer and general counsel of ALSAC since 2010. ALSAC exists solely to raise the funds and awareness necessary to operate and maintain St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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… COUNSEL ALSAC, THE FUNDRAISING AND AWARENESS ORGANIZATION FOR ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, MEMPHIS, TN, USA … University of North Carolina Order of Coif with Honors in 1995 on a full-academic scholarship and began my career at … The equity, purity, and compassion of ALSAC’s mission is especially compelling to me. I am incredibly grateful to …
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Positively Legal: Pivoting Into Legal Operations
Publication Date: 09/27/2023
Positively Legal columnist Caterina Cavallaro interviews four legal operational professionals who detail the positive practices they utilize when transitioning into a new legal operational role. #ACCDocket #inhouse #legalops
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Interest Area: Skills and Professional Development
Source: ACC Docket
… ACC Docket … Banner artwork by Art of Ngu / Shutterstock.com Positive practices and mindsets help shape our careers and improve our lives. It is more important than ever to show up as our best selves to … new challenges and opportunities over a long-term career. For many, a fulfilling career includes pivoting along the way …
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DEI, ESQ: What Gets Measured Gets Done
Publication Date: 09/28/2023
DEI, Esq. columnists, Jane Howard-Martin, Olesja Cormney, Connie Almond, Jennifer N. Jones, and Meyling Ly Ortiz share useful advice to guide in-house legal departments on ways to advance diversity and inclusion within law firms.
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Interest Area: Diversity and Inclusion
Source: ACC Docket
… Banner artwork by Felink - Creative Studio / Shutterstock.com This is a common adage in corporate America. And with the best of … many in-house legal departments ask their law firms for demographic data on the lawyers assigned to do their …
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Employees Are Using Chatbots — Make Sure Your AI Use Policy Works
Publication Date: 10/09/2023
Are you aware of the legal risks associated with AI chatbots? Learn how to manage the balance between risk and efficiency with our comprehensive guide.
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Interest Area: Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Source: ACC Docket
… ACC Docket … Banner artwork by Iurii Motov / Shutterstock.com Artificial intelligence generative software such as … , DALL-E , Stable Diffusion , and Midjourney (AI chatbots) is everywhere these days, and as in-house counsel, you need … exciting technology, but having little or no appreciation for the various risks associated with such use. As in-house …
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Positively Legal: Bridging Legal Operations and Ethical Tech Deployments
Publication Date: 10/25/2023
Legal ops, AI, and the ethics in-between: Caterina Cavallaro engages with experts about how legal teams can steer the tech-ethics discourse forward in the latest Positively Legal column. #ACCDocket #inhouse #OpenAI #ChatGPT
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Interest Area: Skills and Professional Development
Source: ACC Docket
… ACC Docket … Banner artwork by DannyOliva / Shutterstock.com Last month, I spoke with ex lawyers and legal operations … skills are beneficial. More important from my perspective is to know what you want and become an expert (of the tool) … and only add technology that improves the human experience for those using it or it won’t be well adopted (which can be …
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ACC's Top 5 Webcasts of 2023
Publication Date: 11/29/2023
Check out ACC's most popular webcasts of the year! #ACC #ACCDocket #onlineeducation
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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts, Compliance and Ethics, Skills and Professional Development, Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Source: ACC Docket
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… ACC Docket … Banner artwork by Net Vector / Shutterstock.com Revisit the top five most-viewed ACC webcasts of 2023. … these insightful sessions! 1. ChatGPT, other AI, and IP for In-house Counsel    Everyone is talking about ChatGPT these days, but what is it and how …
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How to Transition Careers in an Era of Disruptive Tech
Publication Date: 02/05/2024
With rapid increases in AI capability comes ​uncertainty and fear​ around job security within the legal industry. However, ​with ​th​is​ ​uncertainty ​​comes a ​welcome opportunity to​ consider​​ ​strategic transitions ​and​ unlock greater potential in your career, share Jessica Lehman and Shema Mbyirukira #ACCDocket #career #AI
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Interest Area: Skills and Professional Development, Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Source: ACC Docket
… job security within the legal industry. However, ​with ​th​is​ ​uncertainty ​​comes a ​welcome opportunity to​ … a loss of identity. Artwork by fran_kie / Shutterstock.com Many of the reasons attorneys are averse to change are … a few years ago that essentially said, “You don’t owe me for the 30 minutes I spent doing the work, you owe me for the …
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DEI, ESQ: 4 Ways to Inclusively Lead a Global and Remote Workforce
Publication Date: 02/06/2024
In this article, the DEI ESQ columnists offer several useful tips to ensure inclusiveness for remote and global employees. #ACCDocket #remotework
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Interest Area: Diversity and Inclusion, Law Department Management
Source: ACC Docket
… offer several useful tips to ensure inclusiveness for remote and global employees. #ACCDocket #remotework … ACC Docket … Banner artwork by Tasha Art / Shutterstock.com While the last few years have shown that the world is constantly changing, according to a recent Gallup survey , …
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Reflections on a Decade
Publication Date: 12/07/2020
I recently celebrated my 10th year as NetApp’s general counsel. Of all the things I could have imagined when I started at NetApp in 2010, leading an organization during a global pandemic certainly was not one of them. As we navigate this massive dislocation, I wonder: What advice would I give to my 2010 fresh-faced, eager self?
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Interest Area: Skills and Professional Development
Source: ACC Docket
… the things I could have imagined when I started at NetApp in 2010, leading an organization during a global pandemic … you make tough choices like that, you will not get credit for it at the time. In hindsight, however, people will come … speak for themselves. 2. Passive, not active, resistance is the real problem Any leader taking over a new team or …
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How Legal Ops Can Enable a Diversity Program
Publication Date: 12/10/2020
Considering systemic racism and what can be done to create change may feel overwhelming. What can we do to contribute to change? What can we do to eliminate unintentional bias? This column focuses on diversity and inclusion efforts that corporate legal departments can take to become catalysts of change.
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Interest Area: Diversity and Inclusion, Law Department Management
Source: ACC Docket
… legal departments can take to become catalysts of change. For this month’s column, I spoke to Don Knight, director of … the goals and objectives of executives. This initiative is likely to create some tricky situations given the subject … initiative information is the Diversity Lab ( diversitylab.com ). The Diversity Lab is an incubator for innovative ideas …
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Would Your Company Be Liable if Someone Contracts COVID-19? 6 Litigation Lessons to Consider
Publication Date: 12/14/2020
COVID-19 is not the first disease outbreak to generate tort litigation. Lessons from past cases may well prove to be the best guide as we try to judge risk and exposure of personal injury lawsuits arising from coronavirus infections.
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Interest Area: Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Source: ACC Docket
… Shapiro Jordan Lipp Publication Date: 12/14/2020 COVID-19 is not the first disease outbreak to generate tort … Docket … As companies and their insurers brace themselves for a likely onslaught of personal injury lawsuits claiming … wife had worked, alleging she contracted influenza in the hospital, causing her death. Summary judgment was …
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10 Quotes to Foster Diversity and Inclusion at Your Office
Publication Date: 12/15/2020
ACC compiled insightful advice to make your company more welcoming and supportive to people of all backgrounds.
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Interest Area: Diversity and Inclusion, Employment and Labor
Source: ACC Docket
… and Labor Source: ACC Docket … This year’s protests for the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and several … be prioritized everywhere for all underrepresented groups. In-house counsel can start by updating policies that impact … Stacy in the ACC Docket October 2020 cover story “The Time is Now: 10 Ways In-house Counsel Can Advocate for Change”   …
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The Future of Contracts: Automation, Blockchain, and Smart Contracts
Publication Date: 12/01/2016
In-house counsel are constantly under pressure to do more with less. For attorneys executing contracts, simple agreements like NDAs can require hours of manual supervision, leading to longer hours on the job. However, by automating your work experience and implementing smart contract technology, in-house counsel can streamline this burdensome legal practice, saving both time and money.
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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: ACC Docket
… are constantly under pressure to do more with less. For attorneys executing contracts, simple agreements like … If at any time, a provision of an automated contract is not met, all actions must stop and an attorney should … model or not, and what their reasoning is; How they gained buy-in from their own trading partners; and, Whether there is …
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Biometric Data in a Post-COVID World: What's an In-house Lawyer Supposed to Do?
Publication Date: 01/05/2021
As more government authorities are issuing health guidance that includes monitoring people in order to operate, such as temperature checks, required quarantines, contact tracing, or all of the above, in-house counsel must also consider the implications for our businesses.
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Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics, Health Law
Source: ACC Docket
… Docket Article Biometric Data in a Post-COVID World: What's an In-house Lawyer Supposed to … in-house counsel must also consider the implications for our businesses. Resource Details Interest Area: … ACC Docket … It’s now clear that the COVID pandemic is not a short-term disruption; it has upended the “norms” of …
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ACC Europe Chapter Spotlight
Publication Date: 12/18/2020
ACC spoke with Maria Rocha Barros, SVP and CLO at BOOKING.COM.
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… ACC spoke with Maria Rocha Barros, SVP and CLO at BOOKING.COM. Resource Details … Maria Rocha Barros SVP AND CHIEF … intersection of tech and travel. On the tech side, this is an industry that is becoming increasingly regulated with a … in this sector makes me feel a part of the creation of law for years to come. On the travel side, I really believe in …
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Implementing Impactful Change
Publication Date: 12/18/2020
We all know change is inevitable for organizations that want to grow and evolve, so why does change have such a negative connotation? This column will focus on how to shift your legal department culture to one of accepting, adopting, and promoting change.
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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Source: ACC Docket
… Richer Publication Date: 12/18/2020 We all know change is inevitable for organizations that want to grow and evolve, so why does … you read the word  change , how does it make you feel? In my experience, the mention of change makes people react …
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From the Boiler Room to the C-Suite in a Single Generation
Publication Date: 02/03/2020
Elisa Garcia's experience at Macy's corporate level.
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… Docket Article From the Boiler Room to the C-Suite in a Single Generation Danielle Maldonado Publication Date: … Brooklyn location, Chief Legal Officer Elisa Garcia asked for a tour of the store’s basement. It was the day after her … Macy’s boiler room in downtown Brooklyn. Garcia’s father is top row, center. Working the shift The former A&S flagship …
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An In-house Counsel's Best Tool for Managing Labor and Employment Litigation: Employment Practice Liability Insurance
Publication Date: 12/21/2020
Dealing with labor and employment litigation is an unavoidable reality for US companies. From small, privately-held companies to multinational corporations, the chance of legal action from dissatisfied employees and former employees is always present.
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Interest Area: Insurance, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Source: ACC Docket
… Docket Article An In-house Counsel's Best Tool for Managing Labor and … 12/21/2020 Dealing with labor and employment litigation is an unavoidable reality for US companies. From small, …
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Using the ACC Legal Operations Maturity Model to Drive Change in Small and Mid-Size Law Departments
Publication Date: 12/22/2020
Law department leaders are continually being asked to do more with fewer resources, which often means seeking to reduce expenses, implement efficiencies, and use data analytics and technology to drive value-enhancing legal advising.
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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Source: ACC Docket
… the ACC Legal Operations Maturity Model to Drive Change in Small and Mid-Size Law Departments Brian Meyer Publication … which areas of the ACC Legal Operations Maturity Model it is targeting for improvement. Target improvements. The top three areas …
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Asian Briefings: Top 10 Considerations When Implementing a Contracting Automation Tool in Asia-Pacific
Publication Date: 12/01/2019
Some practical advice to help you think through the types of features you do — and don’t — want to have in a contract automation solution before you start scheduling demonstrations with technology vendors.
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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: ACC Docket
… When Implementing a Contracting Automation Tool in Asia-Pacific Emily Foges Emma Walton Publication Date: … the legal technology market in the Asia-Pacific region is different from the rest of the world is that the focus of … how they differ from each other. This makes it harder for potential purchasers to make sense of the various …
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Asian Briefings: Bringing the Team with You: An Interview with Bob Santamaria, Retired Group General Counsel, ANZ Bank
Publication Date: 12/01/2019
Ahead of his retirement, Bob Santamaria spoke to ACC Australia to reflect on some of the skills and lessons that he has applied to manage a high-profile and complex legal department during one of the most disruptive decades in the global finance industry.
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… legal department during one of the most disruptive decades in the global finance industry. Resource Details … Bob … like to extend his thanks to the entire ANZ legal/CSO team for their support over the past 12 years. He would also like … with what I was faced with here at ANZ. The second factor is that I had advised numerous CEOs, CFOs, and boards on …
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Parting the Clouds of Digitalization
Publication Date: 09/01/2019
When combined with the broader risk mitigation that results from proactive and holistic information governance, this data makes a strong case for why in-house legal departments should prioritize their ability to keep pace with digital transformation initiatives.
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Interest Area: Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Source: ACC Docket
… information governance, this data makes a strong case for why in-house legal departments should prioritize their ability to … landscape at local, national, and global levels, it is imperative that legal departments take a proactive effort …
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How In-house and Outside Counsel Can Advance D&I Through Origination Credit
Publication Date: 10/07/2020
Diversity and inclusion cannot stop at the door of the legal department. As in-house lawyers, we typically control budgets, select firms, and review and approve legal bills. Here are a few concrete steps in-house lawyers can take to help effect change in law firms.
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Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics, Diversity and Inclusion
Source: ACC Docket
… Docket Article How In-house and Outside Counsel Can Advance D&I Through … legal profession. Most law departments use outside counsel for certain issues that require specialization or when demand … can take to help effect change in law firms.   What is origination credit and why does it matter?  Origination — …
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You’re in the Room — Now What? 14 Board Diversity Arguments for In-house Counsel
Publication Date: 03/21/2018
Because in-house counsel are trusted advisors, key decision-makers, and know their CEOs and chairpersons best, they are particularly positioned to advocate for board diversity in their companies. But once you have a seat at the table, what do you say? These 14 compelling arguments can be used to convince your company to pursue board diversity.
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Interest Area: Diversity and Inclusion, Skills and Professional Development
Source: ACC Docket
… Docket Article You’re in the Room — Now What? 14 Board Diversity Arguments for In-house Counsel Olga V. Mack Publication Date: … company to pursue board diversity. 1. Diversity on boards is good for business Having women on boards has proven to be …
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