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This article contains ten things to think about when establishing your corporation's legal hold process.

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

This material discusses attorney-client privilege rules from around the world and how they apply in the compliance context. It also includes the pros and cons of non-lawyers assuming compliance roles.

Becoming too much like the anachronistic, rules-laden court system it was meant to displace, commercial arbitration is no longer the most efficient and effective way to resolve disputes. In-house counsel increasingly complain that arbitration now looks and feels like a court case, but without the same rights of appeal. This panel, composed of in-house counsel and other lawyers in the arbitration space, will focus on how to return commercial arbitration to its roots as a speedy and cost-effective counterpart to the judicial system.

An in-depth corporate business code of conduct.

This article lists the key issues in a manufacturing agreement from the manufacturer's perspective.

Around the globe, corporations are overwhelmingly looking to close the diversity gap. However, a disparity remains between the growth of gender and racial diversity — with gender diversity growing at a faster pace. By decoding this phenomenon, in-house counsel can better understand the impact of this shift, and adapt processes to reap the benefits of having a truly diverse work force.

Learn about the European Commission's July 10, 2023 confirmation of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, and its possible upcoming implications.

This InfoPAK provides corporate counsel with an overview of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines’ requirements for an effective ethics and compliance program and suggests useful strategies for the small legal department for creating and maintaining such a program. This document reorganizes and distills the baseline “hallmarks” set out in the guidelines into ten essential tasks, with numerous tools and sample resources included. strategies for the Small Legal Department for creating and maintaining such a program.

This Quick Reference lists 10 things employers should know in light of the Zika outbreak and the federal response to it.

While differing generational attitudes and stereotypes can cause friction, there are some specific and deliberate steps that in-house counsel can take to make a more adaptive, high-performing workforce.

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.

This presentation covers boilerplate pitfalls and other common contracting challenges; also learn how a legal department can become a better facilitator in the contracting process within your organization.

Provides helpful tips on: measuring outside counsel's performance; taking charge of the inside counsel/outside counsel relationship; strengthening your control over how outside counsel handles your work; improving the quality of outside counsel's work; and reducing the cost of outside counsel. Also provides a list of additional resources for outside counsel relations.

From ACC's 2008 Annual Meeting Benchmarking the Performance of Outside Counsel Session

This article provides a roadmap for how to assess the performance of your outside counsel. It also offers some tips on how you can apply this information to both cut your outside legal bills and improve the quality of services you receive.

This article, developed by Latham & Watkins, covers the ruling in Crest v. Padilla I and II that found that the California Corporations Code Section 301.3 (SB 826) and Assembly Bill 979 (AB 979) were in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the California Constitution. Read the article to learn more.

One of our latest features from ACC Docket's July/August issue.

James Nortz weighs in on the paradoxical failures of heavy-handed compliance programs.

This is a sample LLC operating agreement between members of a Virginia Limited Liability Company (LLC).

This article examines the subpoena power of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and provides guidance for employers who receive subpoenas from these agencies. It also looks at how contractors should respond to requests for information from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).

Almost every in-house counsel understands the need for some sort of intellectual property due diligence plan to protect company assets, but not all corporate lawyers recognize the significance of IP assets in a wide range of corporate transactions. Read this article for a three-step process that will show you how to develop a plan now that can provide accurate and fast-turnaround assessments later.

This article focuses on the three stages of crisis management: the immediate stage, when you manage short-term effects; the intermediate stage, when you manage litigation and other collateral consequences and the final stage, when you evaluate long-term effects and put the crisis behind you.

In development or update of a records program it may appear that once a company has its policies and processes, roadmap, tools, and technology in place, some may believe they are done. However, here is still a critical task remaining: employee behavior change management.

Imagine that you are a newly appointed GC tasked with improving the legal function at the company––with the help of a team and leadership development coach. This article uses one such story to demonstrate how you can navigate through unexpected challenges using a few guiding principles and a deliberate approach to leadership.

With one of the fastest dockets in the country and broad injunctive relief at its disposal, the ITC has become a prominent forum for patent infringement suits. Here's what you need to know about how your company can take advantage of the benefits of an ITC investigation versus patent litigation in federal court.