2023 has arrived, as have the data-driven insights you need to effectively tackle the challenges and opportunities of the year ahead. Join Professor Crawford Spence (Professor of Accounting, King's College London) and Donny Ching (Legal Director, Shell plc & ACC Board Member) as they discuss the findings of the 2023 ACC Chief Legal Officers Survey -- the world's largest annual international survey of CLOs, providing unparalleled insights directly from nearly 900 legal leaders spanning 20 industries in 35 countries.

Generously brought to you in collaboration with King’s Business School, King’s College London

This program originally aired on 13 April 2023. Due to the nature of its content, this on-demand program is not eligible for CLE/CPD credit.

Do you want to lead with authenticity, integrity and courage? Knowing how to build your self-awareness and change the way you influence the people around you is key to creating a high-performance team culture.

Join ACC Women In The House for the second Masterclass on ‘Choosing Conscious Leadership'; From ego-self to conscious-self.

During this webinar session, Transformational Leadership Coach and author of The Conscious Lawyer, Kiran Scarr, will lead you through the following:

• What to do when ego stops serving us.

• Building your capabilities to let go.

• Having courage to take down the mask.

Do you want the people around you to achieve greater high-performance results for you and the business you serve? Shifting your behaviour from controlling results to unleashing unlimited potential in people will empower the people around you to exceed expectations.

Join ACC Women In The House for the third Masterclass on ‘Choosing Conscious Leadership'; From driving results to impacting people.

During this webinar session, Transformational Leadership Coach and author of The Conscious Lawyer, Kiran Scarr, will lead you through the following:

• When the cost of poor leadership is too high.

• Putting people first.

• Letting go of results.

Panelist Kiran Scarr, Author | Legal COO | General Counsel The Support Legal Group

What is it, what's the hype, and why does this matter? If you are or work with technology, are pushing your department's innovation and use of technology, or just want to be in the know, join the Law Department Management Network for a bite-sized, high-level orientation "snackable" on AI usage and ChatGPT.

Note: This is not a snackable on in-depth open source or IP primer.

Generously sponsored by Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Join us for the second session of 3-Part PPKM maturity discussion. This week we will discuss project and process management. We will utilize the ACC Maturity Model Toolkit and hear from our colleagues about initiatives in their organizations to gain greater insights into advancing maturity in the areas of Process & Project Management.

"How Mature is Your Project and Process Management Function?"

During our first session we invited you to take the ACC Knowledge Management Value Challenge. The collaborative discussion includes reviewing the "Who, What, Where, When, and Why" of Project and Process Management. The toolkit review will address the following topics:

Project Management

• • The Business Case for Project Management
  • Benefits of Project Management
  • The Basics
    • Resources, Schedule, Cost and Scope
  • Legal Project Management:
    • Nuanced Use the PM Methodology to manage legal matters

Process Improvement

• • Six Sigma: DMAIC Framework
    • Defining Client Value: “Voice of the Client”
    • Measuring Current Process Performance
    • Analyzing Opportunities to Remove Waste
    • Improving the Process
    • Implementing Controls
      
      Concluding with a review of maturity phases, participants will be able to take practical knowledge back to their organizations and recommend next steps to leadership on moving the needle forward in maturity of Project and Process Management.

With growing demands of the business, legal departments face challenges in terms of re-organising support and adapting to the changing requirements of the business. In this session, we are going to analyse current processes and bottlenecks, understand how legal operations can revolutionise the process and how to find a balance between outsourcing versus keeping in-house. We will also go through the changing needs of the business, including supporting sustainability initiatives while negotiating contracts or working on other legal related initiatives.

Generously brought to you by ACC Europe

Anyone who has the responsibility to lead a team, knows that a leader’s performance is measured by a simple and direct parameter: results.

To have technical skills or knowledge, experience or many years doing a job, it’s totally different to have the capacity to exert effective leadership. To accomplish this, there is a need to develop specific skills and attitudes that can assure an adequate fulfillment of goals and the establishment of a productive working environment.

This program will be hosted in English.

In April 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor issued cybersecurity best practices for benefit plan fiduciaries. Since then, DOL is actively enforcing cybersecurity in its investigations of both retirement plans and health and welfare plans – especially those that have experienced a data breach. The recent MOVEit cyber incident demonstrates that just one vendor's software defect can result in lawsuits and can affect hundreds of plan sponsors, millions of plan participants, and investment funds in the trillion-dollar range. In Walsh v. Alight Solutions, the Seventh Circuit ruled that DOL has authority to issue subpoenas in the course of its cybersecurity investigations. In this session, we will discuss the latest cybersecurity related litigation and focus on practical steps you can take to mitigate the cyber risks posed by your own ecosystem of benefit plan fiduciaries and service providers.

What if you could learn from five experts in different fields, all in one power-packed session?

Welcome to ACC Bitesize, a revamped format that features five 15-minute presentations. Explore a range of compelling topics, from applying agile methodology in legal departments to mastering the art of convincing your CFO to give you money. Join us for this rapid-fire and immersive experience where thought-provoking ideas meet actionable insights. Register now to be part of ACC Bitesize where the best ideas worth spreading come to life!

1. What Would the Future of Compliance Look Like?

2. Humanistic Productivity: A GC’s Personal Journey

3. Probono for Legal Departments

4. "Side" Strategic Projects to Grow Legal Departments' Influence Beyond Borders?

What if you could learn from five experts in different fields, all in one power-packed session?

Welcome to ACC Bitesize, a revamped format that features five 15-minute presentations. Explore a range of compelling topics, from applying agile methodology in legal departments to mastering the art of convincing your CFO to give you money. Join us for this rapid-fire and immersive experience where thought-provoking ideas meet actionable insights. Register now to be part of ACC Bitesize where the best ideas worth spreading come to life!

1. Negotiating Across Cultures with Confidence

2. Government Relations 101: How to Get Started from Scratch?

3. How Protecting In-House Lawyers Can Save Your Company?

4. Applying the Agile Methods of Working in a Legal Setting

5. Future Proof Legal: Staying Ahead with Proactive Scenario Planning?

6. Legal Department’s Budget: How to Convince Your CFO/CEO to Give You Money

This program is being co-sponsored by the Litigation Network

As more ‘every-day’ companies intersect with non-traditional finance, digital assets and AI and data-driven platforms and services, we are seeing many more clients coming to us for assessments and audits of their policies and procedures, as they increasingly discover vulnerabilities that are being exposed by a growing number of internal/external pressures, including frauds and data breaches. Join Katie Mills (Los Angeles) and Benjamin Bathgate (Toronto), and Javier Alvarez (New York), Managing Director, Forensics Digital Assets Leader for an inside look at how in-house compliance and litigation risk assessments are changing with these new pressures, and how your legal, risk and compliance departments may need to evolve to keep pace!

 This external and in-house lawyer panel will review:

• How to identify High Risk Third Parties You Transact With (AML/KYC and high-risk financial service providers)
• How to Risk-Rate – the Enhanced Due Diligence Process and Proactive Risk Identification Tips
• Escalation and Managing Internal Investigation(s)
• Responding to the Crisis - Do’s and Don’t’s

Join the Conversation:

Compliance & Ethics Network Community

This program is being co-sponsored with the Health Law, IT, Privacy and eCommerce, and Information Governance Networks.

Is 2023 the year when the US finally shifts to a rights-based regime for protecting personal information? Perhaps! We are now beyond the CCPA and even the CPRA. We have 10 state comprehensive consumer privacy laws governing the use of personal information, and more are expected to pass this year. The continuing promulgation of these consumer privacy laws make it clear the US is going through a fundamental shift in its philosophy about data privacy. Join us to learn about what these news laws are trying to protect, where they are coming from, and how to create a foundation from which to analyze and understand their requirements. We will also discuss how to create a flexible compliance program that accounts for the rapidly evolving privacy landscape.

Co-sponsored by the Financial Services, Women in the House, and Real Estate Networks.

This panel, which includes Latham's M&A and capital markets lawyers, Jenifer Smith and Sam Rettew, and industry professionals from Jefferies, Larry Portman and Michael Bauer, will discuss market trends and advice in connection with pursuing an initial public offering and a sell-side M&A exit simultaneously, including a discussion of process management, an indicative timeline and general market trends. Learn how this strategy can increase a company's ability to respond quickly to market fluctuations and potentially increase value for existing stockholders.

This program is being co-sponsored with the Real Estate Network.

As we approach December 1, 2023, the date to adopt compliant clawback policies, join Latham & Watkins attorneys, Jenna Cooper, Keith Halverstam, and Maj Vaseghi for an update on key considerations, tips for assessing financial reporting functions, and consequences of noncompliance. Tune in to hear what other companies are doing to remain compliant, and identify strategies to replicate within your own company.