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Momentum is building in favor of electronic signatures, and many in-house counsel are seeing a tipping point on the horizon. However, as in any era of rapid change, keeping up with developments is challenging. In order to use electronic signatures with confidence, legal professionals should understand the recent legislative progress.

Recent court decisions — such as the Sixth Circuit’s Shane Group opinion — and legal publications have a placed a renewed emphasis on the topic of filing under seal. This article continues that discussion by compiling the practical lessons of Shane Group and offering concrete guidance for corporate litigants who handle confidential or sensitive documents.

Our September Canadian Briefings supplement delves into the challenges and responsibilities a director of a Canadian public company must face.

In honor of Women’s History Month, ACC collected ten powerful moments from recent profiles on and articles written by women in-house counsel.

ACC interviewed the women-lead NASCAR Legal Dream Team on honing collaboration skills and adapting work processes during the pandemic.

A day in the life of Jeremy Barton, General Counsel at KPMG in London, UK.

If there is one thing Ulrike Schwarz-Runer is, it’s a general counsel. But if there are two things Ulrike is, it’s a general counsel and a forward-looking optimist.

Following submissions made by ACC, a Dutch appeals court has ruled that lawyers who benefit from in-house legal privilege in their home jurisdiction can rely on that privilege before the Dutch courts and investigators, explains Paul Gilbert of Cleary Gottlieb in a recent interview with the ACC Docket.

While in law school, Saltz discovered that archaeology actually had a few things in common with bankruptcy, an area that soon became her focus.

As data protection celebrates its 50th anniversary, we look ahead to the challenges of the coming years.

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.

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.

Compliance should be reflected in a company’s culture and core values and should address ethical principles as well as legal imperatives.

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.

Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. Chief Legal Officer Masahiro Homma has spent nearly 20 years advocating for the position of in-house counsel in Japan.

It is important to remember that you are under no obligation to respond to such provocation. You can still achieve your objectives with civility, poise, and professionalism. Herein, we will identify the Rambo litigator’s most common dirty tactics and provide you with the proper tools to disarm and defeat this difficult adversary.

In the wake of the Equifax security breach, it’s hard to find any in-house counsel who isn’t reviewing their respective company’s data security breach management response plan.

I think that keeping up with the pace of regulatory change in the asset management space is tough. Particularly because so many solutions rely on different technologies that do not always integrate as much as I would like.

2021 is off to a hot start with privacy legislation around the world.

I’ve held business and legal positions throughout my career, but in-house always seemed more interesting and active because we are involved in the success of the business.

A day in the life of Julie S. Maresca, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Motion Picture Licensing Corporation in Los Angeles, California.

Energy encompasses a wide and varied universe of substantive areas of law such as transactions, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory, litigation and alternative dispute resolution, privacy and many more.

Cognitive bias is an inescapable part of being human. As a lawyer, it’s important to have a playbook to minimize its effects.

In her most recent Positively Legal column, Caterina Cavallaro explains how unfocusing one's mind can help in-house counsel be more resilient and creative and better problem solvers.

When we don’t give people the opportunity to fail, we prevent them from needing to think.

I love the experience that I’ve had with the Litigation Committee and know that it has helped me professionally on several different levels.

After what we’ve all been through, it’s time to devote some energy to finding more fun in life and at work.

A day in the life of Larissa Meli, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Alenia Aermacchi North America Inc., US.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts are too often reduced to signing symbolic statements of commitment. Loop Capital’s Managing Director and General Counsel Adrienne Pitts says it is now time to move past symbols and act. She describes how in-house counsel can be more assertive in demanding change.

Whether you are in a company that is considering a convergence project for the first time, a company working on a new round of convergence, or in a law firm preparing for convergence, here are 10 points for you to consider — from the perspective of both in-house and outside counsel.