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CLOs ranked operational efficiency as their top strategic initiative, according to one of the largest CLO-focused surveys. #ACC #ACCDocket #CLOSurvey

Each of our stakeholders is essential. We commit to deliver value to all of them, for the future success of our companies, our communities, and our country.

To preserve the attorney-client privilege in the representation of related corporate entities, counsel should carefully consider the intricacies of the joint client privilege.

As corporate sustainability and responsibility become increasingly important corporate issues, in-house legal departments are well poised to take charge of these initiatives.

More and more often, in-house counsel are being asked to draft cross-border intellectual property (IP) agreements and handle the legal issues that they often generate. Complicating this task is that most US-based in-house counsel are not familiar with civil code jurisdictions and/or the legal issues facing in-house counsel for companies based outside of the United States.

Harold Federow discusses the IT, Privacy, & eCommerce Network.

Marlene Connolly, in-house counsel for Forcepoint, discusses her career and ACC.

Wafa Derouiche discusses her position at TE CONNECTIVITY and her involvement with ACC Middle East.

Good ethics is simply good business. It’s been noted that those individuals who trust their organizations and leadership are typically “better” employees. That said, ethical companies don’t just happen. The people within the organization determine “how good” we present to the world. People want to trust their organizations, and most importantly, their leaders. It’s a two-way street.

When Darren Zeidel completed law school at McGill University in Quebec, he knew he had a passion to participate in some of the most significant opportunities the corporate legal profession could offer. Fast forward to July 2019, when he stepped into his current position at Aon plc following several other impressive roles, and it would appear his younger self steered him well.

As we enter month seven of the pandemic (with the risk of a looming “second wave” this season), our ability to connect with people is still hampered by social distancing restrictions and fear of catching the virus. We must analyze how to find a remedy to improve our situation while staying safe.

ASC 606 governs how revenue from your litigation settlement contracts will be accounted for and reported. By learning the ins and outs of ASC 606, you can understand how a settlement agreement will be accounted for and whether it will support your company’s revenue goals.

Since few things are worse than showing up to a deposition unprepared, this article delves into the basic and less familiar aspects of the 30(b)(6) deposition to prepare you for a successful day in court.

Did you know that in Canada, an application for your trademark can be blocked by a form of trademark that automatically covers all classes, never expires, and cannot be cancelled based on non-use?

In this article are five questions every advertising lawyer gets — and the answers that their marketing colleagues need in order to execute their campaign.

A day in the life of Debbie Hoffman, Chief legal officer at Digital Risk, LLC.

A day in the life of Yen Lee Sim, senior legal counsel at Schneider Electric.

In her latest Columnist Q&A piece, Alexander talks to Maryrose Delahunty about the evolution of in-house practice and tips for the aspiring general counsel of a small companies.

Our fictitious legal team look for ways to stay competitive in the face of significant requirements related to conflict minerals, with no authority to add headcount.

A day in the life of Justin Coss, Group legal counsel and company secretary at
 AUB Group Ltd. in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

A day in the life of Fermeen Fazal, Vice President, Chief Counsel, and Director of Compliance at UniversalPegasus International in Houston, Texas.

To get more insight on lawyers who transitioned into sports operations with major league teams, I spoke to Julien Brisebois, assistant general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning, and Kevin Gilmore, former EVP of the Montreal Canadiens. Both began their careers as lawyers and transitioned into an operational role.

This article includes a list of import and export topics to include your pre-acquisition checklist. This list is not exhaustive but can serve as a guideline. A more comprehensive list should be developed for an audit.

While many lawyers may be interested in joining a board of directors of a for-profit public or private company, reaching this goal can entail a degree of complexity that even the Byzantine Emperors would have envied. Consequently many lawyers are puzzled by the process and give up well before they even begin. Likewise, companies and many current board members do not often project a lot of enthusiasm when it comes to adding lawyers to the board.

Jenny Kiss, general counsel of Public Transport Authority of West Australia, talks about how attending the course helped benchmark herself and prepare for an upcoming legal risk assessment.

In 2008, I had the pleasure of interviewing Hoffman while he was visiting Rochester, New York. I asked him about the early days of the business ethics movement and his assessment of the impact that the compliance and ethics profession has had on the business community. After learning of his passing, I retrieved my notes from that interview, which are partially reproduced in this article.

In the cross-border context, a company’s business and legal risks can be influenced not just by local laws and procedures, but by political, social, and cultural factors as well. Effective management of cross-border disputes must, therefore, account for many variables.

As counsel, your job is to ensure that your company and its employees know how to guard the company against sanctions risks. This article sets forth general approaches for managing some of the trickiest sanctions issues confronting multinational companies in the global economy.

I have found that mutual respect is the best course of action for general counsel. To confirm my theory, I spoke with three people whose life experiences can be useful when going into an M&A negotiation: venture capitalist Chris Sacca, journalist Cal Fussman, and an American football executive David Cohen.

Companies that fail to position their general counsel properly do so at their peril — exposing themselves to the dangers of corruption, scandals, and lawsuits.