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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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Why and How to Remove Metadata from Documents
Publication Date: 07/01/2016
Converting to PDF isn't enough. When converting the format of a document, whether it is from word to PDF or another form, the document’s original content is stored and preserved as metadata in the new PDF file.
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Interest Area: Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce
Source: ACC Docket
… When converting the format of a document, whether it is from word to PDF or another form, the document’s original content is stored and preserved as metadata in the new PDF file. Resource Details Interest Area: … the information in the first place? Why wasn’t it enough for the plaintiff to edit the original Word document and …
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Who is Doing My Document Review and Where?
Publication Date: 08/27/2020
With this change of circumstance from office to home reviewing, in-house counsel rightfully still expects their outsourced providers to ensure that strict confidentiality and data security requirements are upheld. The seemingly many variables presented by at-home work mean corporate counsel need to ask their law firms and legal service providers “who is doing my document review — and where?" 
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Interest Area: Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Source: ACC Docket
… Docket Article Who is Doing My Document Review and Where? Jamie Berry … this change of circumstance from office to home reviewing, in-house counsel rightfully still expects their outsourced … pandemic, the facility-driven, delivery model had to shift for many.   With this change of circumstance from office to …
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Vaccine R&D and Economic Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
Publication Date: 04/22/2020
Those affected by COVID-19 are asking why governments do not have stockpiles of treatments or a vaccine in hand, ready to go. But developing a vaccine is complex, expensive, risky, and takes time.
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Interest Area: Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Source: ACC Docket
… do not have stockpiles of treatments or a vaccine in hand, ready to go. But developing a vaccine is complex, expensive, risky, and takes time. Resource … the flaws associated with the current framework for vaccine development. Current funding of medical research …
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Legal Ops Can Transform the Practice of Law, but Only if Everyone Embraces It
Publication Date: 03/01/2019
This article offers a roadmap for legal departments that want to learn how recent ACC Value Champions implemented cost-saving legal operations by dedicating resources to the transformation, securing the backing of the chief legal officer, and leveraging the skills and knowledge of company employees.
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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Source: ACC Docket
… Publication Date: 03/01/2019 This article offers a roadmap for legal departments that want to learn how recent ACC Value … One answer to the demands from clients and shareholders is the rise of legal operations. Forty-seven percent of the … Maturity Model Toolkit and Webcast series (www.acc.com/maturity), providing guidance and resources to use in …
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5 Lessons from Working In-house at a Startup
Publication Date: 01/25/2021
More in-house lawyers should consider working for a startup, writes Anne Graue, who experienced the pace of business in Berlin’s startup scene.
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Interest Area: Law Department Management, Skills and Professional Development
Source: ACC Docket
… Docket Article 5 Lessons from Working In-house at a Startup Anne Graue Publication Date: 01/25/2021 More in-house lawyers should consider working for a startup, writes Anne Graue, who experienced the pace of … counsel at TIER Mobility GmbH. The company's mission is to change mobility for good by offering a shared …
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Straight to In-house: P&G’s Tara Rosnell on Rising to the Ranks of Hiring Attorney
Publication Date: 02/21/2018
Tara Rosnell, associate general counsel, IP at Procter & Gamble (P&G), has a unique story as an attorney who not only started her career in-house, but works for an organization that has supported hiring directly from law schools in the past (herself included). Here, she discusses her career path to P&G, as well as how the company attracted and integrated new in-house lawyers into the legal department and organization as a whole.
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Interest Area: Skills and Professional Development
Source: ACC Docket
… Docket Article Straight to In-house: P&G’s Tara Rosnell on Rising to the Ranks of Hiring … who not only started her career in-house, but works for an organization that has supported hiring directly from … Development Source: ACC Docket … “Straight to In-house” is a new series intended to explore the trend of law school …
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I Work Almost Every Day and That’s OK: Angelique Strong Marks on Being a Mom and a GC
Publication Date: 09/22/2015
ACC got a chance to talk to Angelique Strong Marks about how she rose to the top of the in-house legal practice, why she "does something amazing" each year for her girls, and how she has earned flexibility from her employers.
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… Strong Marks about how she rose to the top of the in-house legal practice, why she "does something amazing" each year for her girls, and how she has earned flexibility from her … understand how to apply the law and be a problem solver. Is this something you can actively work on or does it simply …
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Things to Consider Before Seeking a Board Membership Experience
Publication Date: 01/26/2021
Words of wisdom from Fendi GC on becoming a corporate board member while working for a separate company.
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Interest Area: Skills and Professional Development, Corporate, Securities, and Governance
Source: ACC Docket
… GC on becoming a corporate board member while working for a separate company. Resource Details Interest Area: … Source: ACC Docket … I have always been interested in company law and practical aspects of corporate governance. … with the rules of the game. Being on a board of directors is something I would naturally be interested in, and now the …
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How to Transition from In-house Counsel to Startup CEO
Publication Date: 02/21/2019
As the general counsel of IT firms Infosys and Atos IT Solutions and Services Inc., Fayiaz Chaudhri has gained the managerial, budgeting, and strategic skills needed to become CEO of AIMACTEK, a startup that specializes in machine learning platforms. Chaudhri relates how his varied professional experience and legal acumen gave him an edge to join the C-suite and eventually run the show.
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… Docket Article How to Transition from In-house Counsel to Startup CEO Noah Webster Publication … product helps, but changing a potential customer’s mindset is still a unique challenge. Webster: When did you become … amount of data. Both are transferable and required for acting in an executive capacity. During my last few …
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Q&A with the EiC: Walmart Executive VP & GC Karen Roberts on Growth and Change
Publication Date: 01/22/2018
In this Q&A, Karen shares a little about her path to Walmart, the importance of embracing the opportunities presented by change, and how using technology can help manage those changes (and the legal department), the work the company is doing to promote diversity and inclusion in the profession, and more.
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… Change Tiffani R. Alexander Publication Date: 01/22/2018 In this Q&A, Karen shares a little about her path to Walmart, … changes (and the legal department), the work the company is doing to promote diversity and inclusion in the … about what lawyers do, and it wasn’t until I began to work for Walmart that I really understood what an in-house career …
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