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Articles
Akerman Senterfitt, a Lex Mundi Member
05/07/2013

This Guide provides an overview of law important to companies doing business in Florida, USA, including law related to corporate organization, taxation, investment, labor and employment, dispute resolution, etc.

… an ACC Member? Request a trial membership . … www.lexmundi.com Florida Prepared by Lex Mundi member firm, Akerman Senterfitt Guide to Doing Business Lex Mundi is the world’s leading network of independent law firms with … schedule are available on the Division of Corporation’s website at http://www.sunbiz.org. Registration forms, such as …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 09/01/2019
If your company has recently embarked on a blockchain pilot program, you have an important role to play as in-house counsel. As you help shape, frame, and design contractual partnerships, your unique horizontal view across this important initiative means you are positioned to identify and manage the myriad risks, but also help share knowledge and information. You can add value by being an advocate across the C-suite to think strategically and stay apprised of important opportunities that impact the blockchain initiative.
… working with the chief privacy officer, emphasize the need for compliance, and strategize a long-term plan for managing … the Extras on page 66). As a quick reminder, blockchain is a new type of database technology that uses smart … the browser automatically directed the user to www.<name> .com . Making dot-com the default value for all browser …
Articles
Daniel P. Westman, Jeremy B. Merkelson
05/29/2014

Private employers should consider the steps discussed in this article to avoid potentially costly litigation.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… Articles Top Ten Considerations for Private Companies Now Subject to SOX Whistleblower … 2014 Private employers should consider the steps discussed in this article to avoid potentially costly litigation. … the objective "reasonableness" of a complainant's belief is typically determined "based on the knowledge available to …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
01/18/2017

This is a hotel group sales agreement where the Hotel agrees to hold the space listed in the agreement on a tentative basis until a specified date.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… Contracts Hotel Group Sales Contract January 18, 2017 This is a hotel group sales agreement where the Hotel agrees to … are net, non-commissionable. Hotel is not responsible for the payment of commissions to any entity or individual … service marks in promotional materials (whether printed, online, or otherwise), Group will provide such materials to …
Articles
Roger E. Herman
09/17/1998

A checklist of issues to discuss with colleagues on the legal implications of future human resources practices.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Employment and Labor
Source: ACC Docket
Region: United States
… Articles Transition...Transformation: Forecast for the Work Place Author Roger E. Herman September 17, 1998 … would spoil your fun and dampen your creativity Creativity is important because employers face many unprecedented issues … form at the back of this issue 104 or online www.acca.com/education/amhome.html by Roger Herman cautionary role …
05/17/2018

Best Practices in Risk Assessment - presentation held in Sydney 17 May 2018.

Resource Details
Region: Australia
in Risk Assessments What, why, how, and when acla.acc.com Twitter: @ACCAustralia Presented by: Georgie Farrant, … place  Consider expected standards and legal requirements for mitigating controls  Organise findings and … breach of the law  Common law countries: if document is created for the dominant purpose of legal advice it can be …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
02/06/2017

This is a sample sales agreement where the Hotel agrees to hold the space listed in the agreement on a tentative basis.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… Hotel Group Program Agreement February 6, 2017 This is a sample sales agreement where the Hotel agrees to hold … are net, non-commissionable. Hotel is not responsible for the payment of commissions to any entity or individual … service marks in promotional materials (whether printed, online, or otherwise), Group will provide such materials to …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
06/15/2009

Two sample resumes that could be used as models when you are applying for a new job.

… resumes that could be used as models when you are applying for a new job. Resource Details Interest Area: Law Department … reasons, RIF, new challenge, etc.), and 5. whether there is anything on their resume they need to explain. What should … (713) 622-0175 • Cell: (713) 705-4219 johneberry@gmail.com EXPERIENCE ANHEUSER-BUSCH – Houston, Texas January 2004 - …
Program Materials
Bernadette Bulcan, William Garcia
05/22/2012

The ability to effectively manage<br />outside counsel is essential to the success of in-house lawyers. Learn tips on selecting, evaluating, comparing, and retaining the outside counsel that best suit the organizational needs of your company, developing lists of providers and criteria for preferred legal service providers and specialized firms, implementing alternative billing models, and using legal project and process management techniques with your outside counsel to streamline your engagements.<br />

… The ability to effectively manage<br />outside counsel is essential to the success of in-house lawyers. Learn tips … your company, developing lists of providers and criteria for preferred legal service providers and specialized firms, … their outside counsel. Law firms submit electronic bills online to legal department Invoice is automatically processed …
Program Materials
Robert Ambler, Mary Katherine Arthur, Stephen Epstein, John Sardar
10/19/2016

With the US Department of Justice (DOJ) collecting record corporate fines this year, your board asks if your company’s compliance is up to par. How do you respond? How do you gauge your program? This session will analyze the DOJ’s Federal Sentencing Guidelines for the Prosecution of Business Organizations, set out your minimum requirements, and lay out best practices that you can implement. This will cover leadership, risk assessments, policy development, communications, training, establishment of controls, and monitoring and testing of controls. Presenters will offer firsthand experiences (both positive and negative) and best practices for building and maintaining your compliance program.

Resource Details
Source: Meetings
Region: United States
… this year, your board asks if your company’s compliance is up to par. How do you respond? How do you gauge your … will analyze the DOJ’s Federal Sentencing Guidelines for the Prosecution of Business Organizations, set out your … Questions??? Presenters: Kate Arthur mary.arthur@mclaneco.com Steve Epstein steve.epstein@boeing.com John Sardar …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 09/30/2022
Particularly for small legal departments, leveraging outside counsel’s guidance on legal and regulatory compliance can inform the strategy you develop for your department and company. #ACCDocket #cybersecurity #sponsored
… Source: ACC Docket … Wright Studio / Shutterstock.com According to the ACC’s Chief Legal Officer Survey … member firm Wyrick Robbins in Raleigh, North Carolina, is to keep their top management in the loop about how they’re … on the News & Insights section of Meritas’ public website. “Providing critical information on the global …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 09/01/2016
This article will explain the history of TAR usage, the technical aspects of the most popular TAR algorithms, and the advantages and disadvantages of the various forms of TAR algorithms.
… Docket Article There is Nothing to Fear from Technology Assisted Review Duncan … have stressed the importance of automated discovery in transforming the time, cost, and accuracy required to … court decision Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe allowing for the use of technology assisted review in discovery paved …
Articles
Global Legal Group
06/12/2024
198 pages

This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with comprehensive jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guidance to product liability laws and regulation.

Topics covered include causation, defenses and estoppel, procedure, time limits, remedies, and costs/funding.

Resource Details
Region: Global, Brazil, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
… Edition 2024 Product Liability Disclaimer This publication is for general information purposes only. It does not purport … +44 207 367 0720 customer.service@glgroup.co.uk www.iclg.com Printed by Ashford Colour Press Ltd. Cover image Fraser … a product recall must declare said recall on a dedicated website: https://pro. rappel.conso.gouv.fr/ (Article L. 423-3 …
Peer Practice Examples
ACC
04/01/2004
29 pages

The challenge: do more, do it well, do it quickly, and keep costs down. This is a reality facing law departments today. This practice profile explores how nine companies are stepping up to this challenge. Learn about practices utilizing non-lawyer personnel at companies such as 3M Company, ConocoPhillips, DuPont, FMC Technologies, Inc., McDonald's Corporation, Monsanto Company, Southwest Airlines, and Starbucks Coffee Company.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… more, do it well, do it quickly, and keep costs down. This is a reality facing law departments today. This practice … Leading Practice Profiles library: http://www.acca.com/vl/practiceprofiles.php 1 LEADING PRACTICES IN USING … business conduct program, including the employee hotline, website materials, and new employee training and orientation. …
Articles
Meritas Law Firms
05/21/2020
30 pages

In this article, in-house counsel can learn more about investing in businesses based in New Zealand and developing commercial relationships. This resource was published by Meritas in May 2019.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Region: New Zealand
… Articles New Zealand: A Legal Guide for Business Investment and Expansion Author Meritas Law … Investment and Expansion in New Zealand. New Zealand is a land of opportunity for foreign investors and those … of the Privacy Commissioner maintains a comprehensive website at https://www.privacy.org.nz with links to the …
Program Materials
Susan Hallsby - Senior Counsel, OSI Group, LLC; John V. Howard, Jr. - Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Vertis, Inc.; Ronald L. Polasek - General Counsel, Recon/Optical, Inc.
10/01/2004

This informative presentation addresses the question of whether your company needs a compliance program, what makes an effective compliance program, and what compliance obligations apply to your company.

… MEETING THE NEW FACE OF IN-HOUSE COUNSEL This material is protected by copyright. Copyright © 2004 various authors … Merklinger at ACC: 202/293-4103, ext. 326; merklinger@acca.com 802:Best Practices in Compliance Programs for Privately … - Government website with country and industry market research …
Benchmarking and Research Data
Association of Corporate Counsel
12/09/2015
152 pages

Cybersecurity touches every aspect of consumer and corporate culture today. Preventing, preparing for and responding to data breaches in real time is a chief concern for individuals, corporate leaders and government regulators. Download the 2015 ACC Foundation: the State of Cybersecurity Report, underwritten by Ballard Spahr LLP, and learn what more than 1,000 corporate counsel say about their cybersecurity experiences, role and practices. The full report includes industry and regional trends, common preventative tactics, lessons learned from those who experienced a breach (including how the breach occurred and who was affected), the impact of regulatory requirements, insurance decision making and coverage information, and managing risk through outside support such as forensic and outside counsel retainers and more.

… preparing for and responding to data breaches in real time is a chief concern for individuals, corporate leaders and … reserved. For more information, go to www.acc-foundation.com. May not be distributed without expressed permission from … 73% Social media policy 71% Document retention policy 66% Website privacy policy 66% Employee manual acceptance policy …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 04/03/2019
The professionalization of the field of business management seems no closer today than it was 10 years ago. For those of us in the business of promoting ethical business practices, the reasons for this are worth exploring.
… management seems no closer today than it was 10 years ago. For those of us in the business of promoting ethical business … as a “Hippocratic Oath” for business professionals. It is premised on three fundamental concepts: (1) act with … (3) balance the interests of stakeholders. On the MBA Oath website, oath proponents observe that it is “a voluntary …
Articles
Christopher Hatfield, Managing Director and Tim De Sousa, Senior Director, FTI Consulting, Inc.
11/08/2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has led many employees to work remotely. In light of statistics from Australian authorities, this article explores how this context increases the risk of data exposure and Intellectual Property (IP) loss or theft.

… the highly controlled “rockpool” of corporate systems for the open water of cloud-based collaboration tools and … who have not yet knowingly experienced data loss through online collaboration tools may be under the false impression … error’ rose by 18% in the second half of the year. This is a stark reminder that insider threats—both malicious and …
Articles
Eric M Runesson and Simon Arvmyren, Sandart & Partners
12/12/2014

Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in our series of annual reports, which provide international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: Sweden
… & Partners December 12, 2014 Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a … international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and … Partners Von Wobeser y Sierra SC www.gettingthedealthrough.com 1 contents Arbitration 2014 contributing editors: Gerhard …
Articles
Hanna Hasl-Kelchner -- assistant general counsel, Reichhold, Inc.
05/01/1999

With the explosion of high technology, communication is getting faster, but not necessarily better. All employees who use company computers, telephones and stationery should be trained to think defensively about the legal consequences of what they write or say. Formulating an effective document and e-mail management policy can reduce the risk of costly litigation.

… 1999 With the explosion of high technology, communication is getting faster, but not necessarily better. All employees … Even lower tech means of communication are not foolproof For example bid proposal can be inad vertently sent to … content confidential Confidentiality and your choice of com munication channel therefore become key tools for
Articles
Practical Law Company
02/06/2017
33 pages

This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a Q&A which gives a high level overview of the key practical issues including the level of activity and recent trends in the Hong Kong market.

… Request a trial membership . … By in-house counsel, for in-house counsel.® Association of Corporate Counsel 1025 … 20036 USA tel +1 202.293.4103, fax +1 202.293.4701 www.acc.com By in-house counsel, for in-house counsel.® Association … Tool at http://us.practicallaw.com/7-500-9935. This Q&A is part of the global guide to private equity. For a full …
Benchmarking and Research Data
Association of Corporate Counsel
09/26/2023
30 pages

What compensation do your in-house peers get? Check out the 2023 Law Department Compensation benchmarking survey results. 

Resource Details
Interest Area: Law Department Management
Region: United States
… 2023 Law Department Compensation Survey https://www.acc.com/ https://www.empsight.com/ INTRODUCTION … Contents The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is pleased to present the 2023 Law Department Compensation … with Empsight International. Compensation data is needed for a variety of reasons. You may be seeking to change jobs …
Articles
James D. C. Barrall, David Della Rocca, Carol Samaan, Julie Crisp, and Michelle Khoury
08/01/2013
11 pages

This article examines the key disclosure issues and challenges facing companies during the 2013 proxy season and provides examples of company responses to these issues taken from proxy statements filed during the first half of 2013.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… . … Director Notes No. DN-V5N17 August 2013 Subscribe for free at www.conference-board.org/directornotes Disclosure … As a result, companies should review their executive com- pensation disclosure and their say-on-pay and equity … the disclosure regarding compensation- related proposals is deficient, inadequate, and/or mislead- ing (principally, …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 06/01/2015
While the question of whether specific records are within a party’s possession, custody or control has been heavily litigated for years, the digital revolution — with the advent of social media, cloud computing and mobile devices — has complicated the analysis. The answer to this important question has serious implications for almost all companies operating in the digital age.
… possession, custody or control has been heavily litigated for years, the digital revolution — with the advent of social … litigation. In another, a judge said that once a plaintiff is “tagged” in photographs posted to social media sites, they … retain a generation of workers accustomed to interacting online, companies have integrated social media tools like …
Articles
Aaron Lancaster, Dickstein Shapiro LLP
04/23/2015

For almost 250 years, our federal system has allowed each state to “serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.” Nowhere have states more clearly operated in this role in recent years than in the area of protecting the privacy of consumers’ data. Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia have their own data breach notification laws. While these laws have similarities, together they require companies that have experienced a data breach to comply with multiple different, and sometimes contradictory, standards, if those companies do business across state lines. This article provides an overview of the current State Attorneys General privacy enforcement landscape.

… Aaron Lancaster, Dickstein Shapiro LLP April 23, 2015 For almost 250 years, our federal system has allowed each … experiments in this particular laboratory have failed, is thus clamoring for a single, overarching national … Senate Panel Blocks New Mexico's Data Breach Bill, GovTech.com, available at …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
10/30/2014

These retention guidelines are designed to provide transparency on PRUSA’s expectations regarding the provision of legal services by external counsel.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Law Department Management
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… Forms, Policies, and Contracts Model Retention Guidelines for External Counsel Providing Legal Services to PRUSA … lawyer has instructed otherwise. A sample budget is attached hereto as Exhibit B. You may be asked to input … firm overhead. As noted, PRUSA should not be billed for online electronic legal research as a disbursement (i.e., …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
11/10/2010

Hewlett-Packard's sample checklist for a new attorney onbaording, education and development program.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Law Department Management
Source: Resource Library
… Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts Sample Checklist for New Attorney Program - Hewlett-Packard November 10, 2010 …  b. Technology  tools  and  applications  c. Working  in  Virtual  teams  d. Records  retention  policies  and …                                  1  The  Core  Curricula  is  designed  for  first  year  attorneys  who  have  had …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
05/31/2004

A sample agreement between a company and a vendor. The company may be/has been awarded GSA delivery orders for supplying information technology products and services to U.S. Government Agencies and other organizations eligible to use GSA sources of supply. The company does not have the vendor products and services desired by the government on its GSA FSS contract, and as authorized, vendor and the company desire to team their GSA FSS contracts.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… The company may be/has been awarded GSA delivery orders for supplying information technology products and services to … TA May04 1 GSA SCHEDULE TEAMING AGREEMENT This Agreement is made effective __________ by and between, [your Company], … all order administration. [your company] may place orders online (preferred method), by telephone, in writing, by …
Articles
John K. Villa
09/01/2005

Another process server. Someone else is suing your company. How tiresome. Let's see the complaint. Wait -isn't that our counsel who appears to be the plaintiff's counsel? Is that possible? Is it ethical? Here comes the head of litigation trotting in with their retainer letter-containing an advance waiver. Now you remember. The law firm did discuss this with you. But the question remains: Is it enforceable?

… Ethics & Privilege: An Advanced Class on Advance Waivers for the Sophisticated Client Author John K. Villa August 31, 2005 Another process server. Someone else is suing your company. How tiresome. Let's see the complaint. … published by ACC and West, and is available at JVilla@wc.com. The waiver may very well be both ethical and …
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