ACC Board Chair Bill Mordan discusses the one word describes that best in-house lawyers: credibility.
When hiring in-house counsel, make sure to share the "3 C's" with candidates during the interview process: compensation, culture, and career development.
This article, titled Doing Business in Australia, is a complete guide for foreign investors who are looking to invest in Australia. The guide’s aim is to provide an introduction to Australian laws for overseas legal practitioners.
Practicing labor and employment law in a multinational business can be a difficult task. Of particular complexity are the varying standards and procedures required for terminating and disciplining employees. What might seem like a straightforward issue in one jurisdiction can be fraught with significant risk in another. This interactive panel will provide an overview of the key principles related to employee termination and discipline in a variety of international jurisdictions. The panel will also provide insight, best practices and resources for in-house counsel tasked with managing these issues globally.
Five trends that may affect your career in 2013.
Does the general counsel fit in your CEO's group of trusted companions?
ACC Chair Bill Mordan offers advice and resources to counsel who want to turbo-charge their exposure to the world of corporate law.
It is only when we don’t have anything to prove that we stop pretending to be something we are not.
This is a sample request for contract review or preparation.
What legislation is applicable to insolvencies and reorganisations? What criteria are applied in your country to determine if a debtor is insolvent?
604 - Advanced Settlement Techniques & the Use of Mediation & Arbitration to Resolve Disputes
This is a sample purchase and sale agreement, for the sale of land and other rights and assets, by a seller company to a buyer Limited Liability Company (LLC).
Discusses ACC members' global connections and the similarities and differences in addressing the needs of in-house counsel in a variety of jurisdictions.
ACC President and CEO Veta T. Richardson talks about the importance of ACC's "seat at the table" initiative.
June 2008: Tools & Solutions for Doing Your Job Better
Tools & Solutions for Doing Your Job Better
ACC president and CEO Veta T. Richardson delivers a message from the ACC Board Chair in the Docket's July/August issue.
When doing business in South Africa, knowledge of the history, cultural inter-play, politics and the economy are invaluable assets.
This article reviews the Copyright Modernization Act and the notable changes that will result from its partial implementation. These changes include new moral rights for performers of live aural performance and the broadening of the fair dealing exception by including education, parody and satire in allowable purposes.
Any entities that plan to invest or are already invested in digital health companies, entities that contract with them, or providers that offer in-house telehealth modalities must be aware of the significant regulatory oversight the industry faces. This article discusses the US Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General's Special Fraud Alert published on July 20, 2022, which was the same day the US Department of Justice announced a massive fraud takedown, targeting telemedicine providers and physicians that netted criminal charges against 36 defendants in schemes that allegedly defrauded the government out of more than $1.2 billion.
This InfoPAK discusses the role of the general counsel in the United States, Canada and Europe. The purpose of this InfoPAK is to provide some definition of the role, scope and nature of the duties of a general counsel in a globalized, post-Enron, post-Parmalat, post-Satyam Sarbanes-Oxley world, further battered by a worldwide recession the likes of which have not been seen for more than a generation. By noting some of the issues that arise in the ordinary course of an inhouse counsel’s practice, this InfoPAK will help general counsel provide high-quality representation for their corporate client.
Based on responses from nearly 1,100 in-house counsel in 42 countries, the ACC Chief Legal Officers 2017 Survey offers legal departments, law firms, and other legal industry partners insights on the practices, trends, and changes in the CLO role. The 2017 report examines how CLOs source work in-house, to law firms, and to legal service providers. In addition, the report highlights plans and historical trends in hiring, staffing, and budgeting.
An effective anti-corruption program deters the risk of wrongdoing, positively affects corporate culture, improves the company’s relationship with regulatory authorities and provides the company with options for remedial measures should they need to be undertaken quickly. Read this article to learn how to achieve these benefits.
"Endeavours" clauses, whether described as "all reasonable endeavours", "best endeavours" or "reasonable endeavours", have resisted a fixed definition in case law: their meanings are derived from the context of the relevant contract, rather than from decisions in previous cases. However, recent case law from Singapore and Australia has provided some general guidance on the interpretation of such clauses. This article examines these decisions and provides some practical tips for drafting such clauses.
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