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… into how a continuously fluctuating business environment is impacting corporate legal departments. Washington – The … with Exterro, the exclusive ACC Alliance Partner for E-Discovery, Data Privacy and Cybersecurity … in-house counsel.® For more information, visit  www.acc.com  and follow ACC on  LinkedIn ,  Twitter , and  Facebook . …
Articles
Vincent R. Martorana, Reed Smith LLP
07/01/2014
60 pages

A guide on contract interpretation in a US context.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… © July 2014 Reed Smith LLP All rights reserved. This guide is intended for an audience of attorneys and does not constitute legal … thoughts to: Vincent R. Martorana (vmartorana@reedsmith.com; (212) 549-0418).† DISCLAIMER This guide is intended for
In the News
Publication Date: 07/16/2018
… UK's New Law Journal covers the ACC 2018 Global Compensation … focus on the highest paid industries and titles. UK's New Law Journal covers the ACC 2018 Global Compensation … read the article, visit www.newlawjournal.co.uk . … UK's New Law Journal covers the ACC 2018 Global Compensation …
Articles
04/28/2015
12 pages

This article addresses how more and more information on individuals and companies is being placed on the cloud, and the concerns being raised about how safe an environment it is.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… Articles Trust and Confidence in Cloud Privacy April 28, 2015 12 pages This article … how more and more information on individuals and companies is being placed on the cloud, and the concerns being raised … by 2016 this growth will increase to become the bulk of new IT spend, according to Gartner, Inc.   … ISE/IEC 27001 …
06/08/2023

As smoke from wildfires in Canada drift through Canadian provinces and the United States, what facts and tips should in-house counsel consider? Learn from this curated selection or resources.

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Region: Canada, United States
… Facts and Tips June 8, 2023 As smoke from wildfires in Canada drift through Canadian provinces and the United … by Jennifer Petlz and Rob Gillies, AP News Canada on track for its worst-ever wildfire season , Reuters Air pollution … cloaks eastern US for a second day. Here’s why there is so much smoke , by Kathy McCormack and Michael Phillis, AP …
Articles
07/13/2015
2 pages

This article discusses how trustees frequently have to consider a bankrupt’s dealings with banks and bankrupts often allege misconduct on the part of a bank.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Australia
… Monroe N.W., Suite 750 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 www.primerus.com For assistance, contact: Chad Sluss Senior Vice President … Street Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia Tel: 61.7.3224.0222 Website: www.mullinslaw.com.au *Member of Primerus Banking … the Suprem e Co urt of Victo ria held that cert ain pro v is io ns of the Co de applie d to grant o rs . In this case, …
Articles
07/13/2015

The main objective of security of payment legislation operating in each state of Australia is to ensure continued cash flow to a contractor, even where there is an ongoing dispute about payment or a set-off claim by a principal.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Australia
… Articles Liquidators and BCIPA Adjudications: Is It Lawful? (Australia) July 13, 2015 The main objective of … Monroe N.W., Suite 750 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 www.primerus.com For assistance, contact: Chad Sluss Senior Vice President … Street Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia Tel: 61.7.3224.0222 Website: www.mullinslaw.com.au *Member of Primerus …
Advocacy Filings
09/15/2005

ACCs Employment and labor Law Committee (the ELLC,) seeks delegation of authority from the Board of Directors to engage in advocacy activities as contemplated in the ACC guidelines adopted June 23, 1993. Any advocacy activities undertaken pursuant to this delegation of authority will be consistent with the requirements stated within this document.

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Interest Area: Employment and Labor
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… of authority from the Board of Directors to engage in advocacy activities as contemplated in the ACC guidelines … supports disclosure and reporting of all information which is relevant and material to the purpose for which it is required. From time to time the U.S. Equal …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 02/23/2018
An Elvis publicity stunt is part of the ACC Law Department Management (LDM) Committee’s larger strategy to draw attention to its ever-important mission and showcases its focus of combining timely, useful content with a healthy dose of fun. Stephen Roth worked closely with immediate Past-Chair Matt Nolan to craft a social media strategy that could drive membership growth.
… Publication Date: 02/23/2018 An Elvis publicity stunt is part of the ACC Law Department Management (LDM) … chair. Part of that plan was to create a  YouTube channel  for the committee called “In the Lead,” which launched in … similar to the home shopping network, and on  its website . The company is unique because it’s a hybrid of …
Checklists
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
12/14/2021
2 pages

The following checklist is designed to help focus the in-house lawyer on his or her key tasks to prepare for a jury trial in an employment case.

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Region: United States
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House, CLO / GC
… Checklists Trial Preparation Checklist for In-House Counsel Author Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & … P.C. December 14, 2021 2 pages The following checklist is designed to help focus the in-house lawyer on his or her … please contact: Vince Verde, vince.verde@ogletree.com Chris Moore, christopher.moore@ogletree.com Rebecca …
Articles
Tanya Svoboda, Fractional Head of Content
03/27/2024
1 pages

There are times when you can be right and times when you can get what we want, but achieving both isn’t always a given. The reality is that legal operations professionals can communicate clearly and correctly to their GC, stakeholders, and team members but still not yield the results they aim for. Read this article that shares three persuasive writing tips to inspire action!

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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Region: Global
Audience: Mid-Career, New to In-House, Legal Operations, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
… Articles The Art of Persuasion: 3 Strategies for Action-Oriented Communication Author Tanya Svoboda, … want, but achieving both isn’t always a given. The reality is that legal operations professionals can communicate … Management Region: Global Audience: Mid-Career, New to In-House, Legal Operations, Small Law Departments, Large Law …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
Exterro, Inc.
06/22/2022
1 pages

Check out this sample policy developed by Exterro to learn how to implement a data retention framework workflow.

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Region: United States, Global
Audience: Mid-Career, New to In-House, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
… a trial membership . … © 2021 Exterro, Inc. // exterro.com DATA RETENTION FRAMEWORK WORKFLOW Learn how to build and … › Create a process inventory that includes how data is processed across the organization C H A L L E N G E S : › … Y T A S K S : › Determine business rationale and use cases for various types of data in the inventory › Identify and …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
Richard Keady
10/19/2015

The content of this handout supplements the course materials on the drafting of dispute resolution clauses.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: China, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan
… Bird & Bird, Hong Kong 1 Introduction Asia accounts for an increasing share of global trade and foreign … means, only to discover later that its understanding is not shared after all. Problems are especially likely … Richard Keady, Partner Bird & Bird, Hong Kong 15 twobirds.com Bird & Bird LLP is a limited liability partnership, …
Articles
Christopher F Dekker, Kip T. Bollin and Nicole K. Wilson
07/01/2010

Mass tort litigation defendants need to have each other’s backs — the common interest privilege allows them to communicate securely, pool resources and drive down costs, promoting fairness for the parties and in the court. This article ad- dresses the murky law of various jurisdictions, and offers key joint defense concepts that are applicable everywhere.

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Source: ACC Docket
Region: United States
… by several hundred plaintiffs. You are told that this is the first wave of lawsuits and that hun- dreds, if not … writing? Those courts that have expressly considered the com- mon interest privilege have agreed that all parties must … ACC has more material on this subject on our website. Visit www.acc.com, where you can browse our …
Articles
Gloria Santona
02/01/1998

Discusses effective approaches to keeping a law department competitive for the future.

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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Source: ACC Docket
Region: United States
… through an innovative partnership with out- Stanford is not sleepy little place With the side firms For more … In our case there were times we werent sure When we had com plicated tax matter we could spend week researching all … educated about the issues as result of the material on the website They will understand the key issues were going to …
Articles
Amy Burton Loggins and Joseph C. Sullivan
05/01/2015

A former employee is suing your company for improper termination. As in-house counsel you meticulously plan your company’s defense,including a detailed checklist of all discovery requests. But it all turns upside down when you discover that the IT department purged crucial emails and documents from the plaintiff in keeping with the company’s document retention policy. What now?

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Source: ACC Docket
… and Joseph C. Sullivan May 1, 2015 A former employee is suing your company for improper termination. As in-house … the claims asserted. A month or so later, you file the com- pany’s response to avoid a default sce- nario and, to … ACC HAS MORE MATERIAL ON THIS SUBJECT ON OUR WEBSITE. VISIT WWW.ACC.COM, WHERE YOU CAN BROWSE OUR …
… and materials includes information about requests for reprints-reproductions, access, and translation. Read our … Read our Terms of Use Accessibility ACC's commitment to website accessibility endeavors to maintain level AA of the … Compliance Reporting Code of Conduct Code of Conduct for all ACC events. Code of Conduct … Privacy & Policies …
Program Materials
Larry Bliss, Wendy Hufford, Joe Vodvarka, Joseph West
10/01/2012

Corporate diversity advocates highlight the ways in which they have created, implemented and enforced diversity initiatives within their own ranks and with outside service providers.

Resource Details
Source: Meetings
Region: United States
… Meeting September 30-October 3, Orlando, FL This material is protected by copyright. Copyright © 2012 various authors … at ACC: +1 202.293.4103, x338; legalresources@acc.com          Monday, October 1, 2012 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM 103 – … palmer-edgecumbe Link to the IBM “Diversity 3.0” Website: http://www-03.ibm.com/employment/us/diverse/  …
Articles
Meritas Law Firms
05/21/2020
16 pages

In this article, in-house counsel can learn more about investment in Singaporean businesses and commercial relationships. This resource was published by Meritas in February 2018.

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Region: Singapore
… and Expansion SINGAPORE Founded in 1990, Meritas is the premiere global alliance of independent law firms … the matters it handles. CONTACT: JOYCE A.TAN joyce@joylaw.com DANIEL LIM daniel@joylaw.com +65 6333 6383 www.joylaw.com … Authority of Singapore publicly endorsed, with its website post of the Guidance Paper titled “Sound Management …
Checklists
David Barnard
Lauren Fisher
William Heller
Julie Maresca
10/28/2013

A thorough list of questions to consider when dealing with the licensing of content.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Intellectual Property
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… QUESTION CHECKLIST What type of content is being used? How often is your company using the content? … into content or are they links to the content on a website (e.g. YouTube, NBC.com, etc.)? Other considerations to include? COMMON NEEDS …
Articles
07/13/2015

This article shows how employment disputes may arise from time to time but swift action by the employer and sincere discussion will enable the parties to resolve the disputes amicably.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Employment and Labor
Source: Resource Library
Region: Hong Kong
… Articles Is a Strike Unavoidable? The Legal Issues Behind the Cathay … Monroe N.W., Suite 750 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 www.primerus.com For assistance, contact: Chad Sluss Senior Vice President … Contact: Ludwig Ng Tel: 852.2810.1212 Fax: 852.2804.6311 Website: www.onc.hk *Member of Primerus Is a Strike …
Articles
ONC Lawyers
10/14/2015

This article deals with The Hong Kong Labour Tribunal which is established for the purpose of assisting employers and employees to resolve their disputes quickly and cost-effectively without the need to go through the formal legal procedures of the court.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: Hong Kong
… article deals with The Hong Kong Labour Tribunal which is established for the purpose of assisting employers and … Monroe N.W., Suite 750 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 www.primerus.com For assistance, contact: Chad Sluss Senior Vice President … Contact: Ludwig Ng Tel: 852.2810.1212 Fax: 852.2804.6311 Website: www.onc.hk *Member of Primerus 1 Employment, Privacy …
Program Materials
Vasco Stilwell d’Andrade of Morais Leitao, Galvao Teles, Soares da Silva
06/26/2013

A brief overview of your company's alternative dispute resolution options in intellectual property conflicts.

… Author: Dave Carpenter - licensed through www.cartoonstock.com ALTERNATIVE IP DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES Direct … Regulation sets a 6 month deadline once arbitration court is established)  Expertise and Technical Quality of Awards  … Conditionality – 17 May 2011) MA published on INFARMED website MA Process Continues 30 days MA Process Suspended …
Articles
Nandeep Mehta, Sr. Consultant, Contoural, Inc.
09/01/2021
2 pages

Records management processes need to follow the “five second rule:” All record identification, classification, retention period research, storing, and tagging processes altogether cannot take longer than five seconds.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Information Governance
Region: United States
… business, compliance and litigation trends and issues for educational and planning purposes. However, legal information is not the same as legal advice – the application of law to … Additional information is available at www.contoural.com. Copyright © Contoural 2021 2 Copyright © Contoural 2021 …
Program Materials
Christopher M. Holmes - partner and national director of SEC matters, Ernst & Young LLP; Bil Phelan - assistant controller, Sears, Roebuck and Co.; and Patrick R. Thesing - senior vice president, associate general counsel and chief litigation counsel, Stewart Title Guaranty Company
04/20/2004

An article and presentation on the when to set a reserve.

Resource Details
Source: Meetings
Region: United States
… 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 104:When to Set a Reserve-Now, Never, or Somewhere in … filing in SEC report or wide distribution to shareholders; website posting does not qualify • Disclosure of the nature …
… Events PRO BONO & IN HOUSE COUNSEL: SUPPORTING HONG KONG’S UNDERPRIVILEGED … Details Details & Registration … Doing pro bono work is an important part of being a lawyer, and during these … This unique seminar covers the current opportunities for in-house counsel and the issues faced before engaging in
Articles
John L. Sander, Principal, Jackson Lewis P.C.
03/07/2019
77 pages

In this guide, in-house counsel at multinational companies can learn about global labor regulations, termination practices, discrimination law, collective dismissals, and more.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Employment and Labor
Region: Global, European Union, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States
… DC 200�� tel +1 202.293.4103, fax +1 202.293.4701� www.acc.com By in-house counsel, for in-house counsel.® Association … of major issues in global labor and employment law. It is important to emphasize that this is an overview; only … For more information on Jackson Lewis P.C. visit their website at www.jacksonlewis.com, or see the “About Jackson …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 08/10/2023
The EU’s modified ESG rules have new implications for businesses and in-house counsel. Are you ready for the changes? #ESG #BusinessCompliance #ACC #ACCDocket
… The European Union’s ESG Disclosures: A Balanced Stance for Corporate Reporting Association of Corporate Counsel … ACC Docket … Banner artwork by Marian Weyo / Shutterstock.com The European Union, in a nod to corporate concerns over … revoked if an administration changes. In addition, there is more of a focus on financial materiality as defined by US …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
Fieldfisher
10/20/2014

This Agreement is drafted under English law. It is intended for use where one or more domain names are to be transferred as part of a transaction for the sale of business assets and is drafted on the assumption that the parties will also be entering into a separate business purchase agreement.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Intellectual Property
Source: Resource Library
Region: United Kingdom
… (UK) Author Fieldfisher October 20, 2014 This Agreement is drafted under English law. It is intended for use where one or more domain names are to be transferred … (b) cease to use the Domain Names as an e-mail address or website URL; and (c) release the Domain Names from its …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
08/25/2014

This is the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations contractor code of business ethics and conduct clause.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… Code of Business Ethics and Conduct August 25, 2014 This is the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations contractor code … Overpayments; and (b) Prescribes policies and procedures for the establishment of contractor codes of business ethics … (i) Identify the applicable posters; and (ii) Insert the website link(s) or other contact information for obtaining …
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