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The most effective way to stop litigation claims from falling on your desk is to avoid the dispute altogether. While this may not always be possible, in-house counsel would be wise to follow these 10 preventative steps that will help ensure you never have to step into a courtroom.

Bullying doesn't only happen on the playground - it can happen around the water cooler in your office. Learn how to address this behavior and prevent the legal and financial problems that can result from one employee being a little too mean to another.

The number of publicly traded entities under scrutiny by activist shareholders is at an all-time high. Challenges come with activist attention and investment, including significant time and analysis required by the members<br />of the board of directors as to the claims, actions and observations by such activists.

This sample tells you what you should know about advertising alcohol beverage products.

This guide is part of the Lex Mundi Guides to Doing Business series which provides general information about legal and business infrastructures in jurisdictions around the world.

Hot topics covered include Dodd-Frank whistleblower regulation, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and data privacy issues and regulations both domestic and global.

Members of ACC's Litigation Committee share their experiences of how developing vital relationships early during their in-house career resulted in fewer challenges for them and their company. Discusses choice of outside counsel, budgeting for litigation, managing client expectations, building a litigation team and understanding your company's insurance coverage.

This is a sample application for approval of Binding Corporate Rules for Processors.

This article provides tips on Legal Process Outsourcing and the future of contracting.

This article provides 4 tips to follow when dealing with LPO and the future of contracting.

From Ontario to Dallas, ACC highlights the recent events from chapters across the globe.

This guide includes case studies that demonstrate how value approaches can hold rich potential for small in-house legal departments, in a variety of scalable and replicable ways.

While minority and female representation in the legal community has increased in recent years, the numbers are still lagging. But there are several key steps corporate counsel can take to retain, develop, and promote diversity among in-house counsel.

This course will explain what conflicts of interest are and how to avoid them. It will also help you maintain the highest levels of integrity and fairness in the way you conduct business on behalf of our organization. (Licensed for use in classroom settings only and not for distribution in any form.)

This article explains how to protect your company's data in a world where information is constantly being transferred through computers.

In 2002, with the enactment of the new Brazilian Civil Code, the Brazilian Commercial Code lost much of its relevance and content, since the rules that regulated business activity were largely incorporated into the new Civil Code. More importantly, the changes introduced by the Civil Code in corporate law brought uncertainty and changes to known concepts and rules. Due to the controversy this has generated, the Brazilian Congress has recently been discussing a new Commercial Code. This article discusses the latest version of the Code, which has been released for public consultation.

Learn practical tips with your peers on handling key provisions such as indemnification, limitation of liability, insurance, warranties, change management, delivery and acceptance, price, payment and performance guarantees; Discuss boilerplate pitfalls and other common contract drafting challenges; Gain a deeper understanding of how your peers handle contract negotiation; Learn practical negotiating tips and discuss common negotiation challenges; Discuss relevant ethics rules that may apply in contract negotiations; and Discuss how to manage tensions between business and legal within your organization during the negotiation process.

This session represents a continued discussion from the 2014 ACC Annual Meeting of the risks and rewards of using open-source software (OSS) for internal applications and in products licensed to end users. The session will focus on OSS licensing and compliance management programs, policies and practices. A successful OSS policy ensures compliance with OSS license terms and protects your company’s IP assets while enabling development teams to get the job done. Discussion will include establishing and maintaining a successful OSS compliance process and review of sample policies and practices.

No matter your age, back-to-school season can still conjure up a heavy dose of nostalgia for fresh beginnings. Even if your classroom days are far behind you, as a legal professional, you never really stop learning. Though lawyers and support staff need continuing legal education (CLE) to meet keep their licenses and certifications current, those shouldn’t be the only reasons to look to professional development. Read on to learn more.

804 How to Respond to a Government Investigation/Inquiry: The First 30 Days. This discussion covers important topics such as protecting applicable privileges, dealing with letters of investigation, and more.

"the "Getting the Deal Through" reference guide for M&A professionals"

The 2012 amendments to the American Bar Association Rules amended the comments to Rule 1.1 to say: "A lawyer should keep abreast of changes in the law and its practice, including the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology." What does the change mean for attorneys in general and specifically in-house counsel? What technology is out there that in-house counsel can use to more efficiently run their departments? This interactive roundtable session will focus not only on the potential ethical implications of technology but on how the legal department can work with the IT manager or chief information officer to cooperatively achieve results in the areas of litigation holds, data security, review of IT-related contracts, document retention, and internal investigations. Faculty will provide guidance on explaining the contract terms and legal risks to your IT department and answer important questions like: What questions do I need to ask my IT department to properly evaluate the risks and contract terms? What happens if the product or service does not perform as expected? The panel will also examine everything from apps that improve efficiency to document management system tools that help with litigation.

This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) is compiled from questions and responses posted by the IT, Privacy and eCommerce Network on their Forum. It addresses the use of indemnification provisions in Business Association Agreements (BAAs) in the United States.

The Covid-19 pandemic is not only a major public health crisis, but the kick-start of an irreversible change in the global economic order. In this article, learn how other in-house counsel, executives, and business people rethink responsible investment and implement consistent policies for good environmental, social, and corporate governance practices (known by the acronym ESG - Environmental, Social, and Governance) have been showing great competitive advantage over others.

These guidelines describe private, individual participation in social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, personal blogs, forums, YouTube, Flickr etc. for company employees.