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ACC's proposed edits to the Thompson Memo.

Discusses the wide range of varying and often ill defined approaches to legal professional privilege in different European jurisdictions. Includes steps to consider in maximizing the protection afforded by privilege.

Catherine J. Moynihan, ACC’s senior director for legal management services, interviewed Brad Nielson, Shell’s general counsel for Global Litigation, about the company’s turn toward appropriate fee arrangements.

This program will keep you from being court sanctioned. It will discuss how and when to implement legal holds, what to include in a legal hold to prevent court sanctions, how to make responding to legal hold requests more efficient, and when to hand the ball off to outside counsel. Ever wonder about the structure of a legal hold (what to include, what to leave out), how to initially respond to a legal hold request from an external party in order to retain the ability to negotiate scope and costs in the future, or how to seamlessly hand the claim off to outside litigation counsel? You will find out all of this and also receive examples of good and bad legal holds.

If there is any advice that cannot be overemphasized, it is the importance of leading on an individual basis, dealing with people where and as they are, as opposed to relying on some “flavor of the month” theory you may have read about.

The author tackles the issue of why adults rarely make resolutions, considering that resolutions are just another form of goal setting.

A brief arguing that the advancement of legal fees is a legitimate and routine business practice.

in this interview, Brad Nielson, Shell's general counsel for Global Litigation, discusses Shell's innovative, value-focused approach to litigation and matter/spend management, including pricing, training, and the use of project management tools not only to keep matters on track, but importantly, to prevent future litigation.

This training course on the topic of "Third Party Business Partners: Risks and Solutions" will help you understand how engaging third parties creates risks for your company, and how to manage that risk.

Anti-cartel enforcement has evolved substantially in Europe in recent years and the EU Commission has consistently reaffirmed its position by punishing hard-core cartels and imposing record-level fines. Companies can manage cartel investigations by setting preventive internal checks and establishing an effective antitrust compliance policy and specific guidelines for employees. Are you ready for an unannounced dawn-raid inspection visit?

This presentation will cover all aspects of practicing before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), including statistics on board decisions, recent trends and how to decide what cases to take to the board.

This panel of securities litigation and regulatory enforcement counsel will review recent insider trading trends in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada. The panel will review how the courts and securities regulators have dealt with insider trading cases and provide practical tips on how in-house counsel can protect their corporation if proceedings begin against an employee for insider trading.

Using research results from a book by Dan Ariely, this article claims that dishonesty is ubiquitous and offers insight into the conditions that exacerbate such behavior and what this means for the design of ethics and compliance programs.

The Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006 becoming law will substantially change the laws of trademark dilutions. Companies with well-known brands––and the in-house attorneys who work for them––should be aware of this new statue and the protections that it provides. Read on to find out how this law affects you.

Follow this practical and systematic step-by-step advice for building longstanding, trusting, and rewarding relationships with overseas counsel.

Corporate privilege has been eroded on several fronts. Lawyers operating in the current legal climate must be keenly aware of the corporate privilege's potential limitations and take steps to minimize them. Here are thirteen steps to cope with corporate privilege erosion.

Insights from the pros. Learn what makes these top legal departments hum.

This deck shares five key expectations for CLOs and law departments in 2024 based on results from ACC's 2024 Chief Legal Officers Survey.

Discuss the various roles in-house counsel tend to play, and how they are affected by attorney-client privilege rules; Discuss challenges that can arise when in-house counsel and their clients work in different countries that have diverging views of attorney-client privilege; Discuss in depth the Professional Conduct Model Rules 1.6, 1.13, and others as appropriate; Walk away with practical guidance on how to handle common privilege challenges; and Discuss the potential challenge of making sure in-house counsel have authorization to practice in all of the countries where they need to advise clients.

This article shows how to maximize protections of attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine in internal investigations and audits.

A presentation on conducting effective internal investigations.

It is easy for someone else to look at our lives and immediately see what we need to do to solve a problem and move forward. The good news is that we are just as capable of easily seeing what needs to be done, but we have to be willing to give ourselves over to the process.

This report underlines the extent to which corporates have sought to diversify their funding mix. Following years of volatility and uncertainty, the financial markets appear to be stabilising. What’s now clear, as the dust settles from the financial crisis, is that a structural shift has taken place in the way that corporates access finance. This report highlights that, rather than returning to normality, financing is set to become increasingly diversified. It also assesses the implication of this on the behaviour of both banks and funds.

Goal oriented decision making can sometimes lead to ethical pitfalls and failures. In this article, in-house counsel can learn some tips about how to avoid a narrow focus that can lead to untenable positions.

This article discusses the importance and specifics of international SOX compliance.

A sample letter for the retention of outside counsel.

Alternative Fee Arrangements ("AFAs") are increasingly becoming an effective tool for in-house legal departments to use in lowering outside legal spending and adding some predictability to anticipated costs on a given matter.