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Program Materials
Lynn B. Jongleux - senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, Farm Bureau Insurance Companies; Albert C. Peters II - assistant chief counsel, PA Turnpike Commission; Andrea L. Phillips - legal counsel, Rolls-Royce North America Inc.; and Meredith B. Stone - vice president, general counsel Americas, NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc.
10/25/2004

A presentation on the do's and don't's of human relations.

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 202:HR Do's & Don'ts Lynn B. Jongleux Senior Vice … is senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary for the Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Companies in
10/27/2015

Proposed amendment of 22 NYCRR Parts 522 and 523 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals

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Region: United States
… listed below are writing to express our strong support for the amendments to Parts 522 and 523 of the New York Court … of global commerce, New York’s absence from this group is conspicuous. The proposed amendments to Parts 522 and 523 … Strategist Association of Corporate Counsel sarwal@acc.com Mary L. Blatch Director of Government and Regulatory …
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Gregory M. Allard - vice president and general attorney, Liberty Mutual Group; and Edward A. Morris - vice president, claims litigation, Farmers Insurance Group of Companies
10/25/2004

A presentation on management succession, managing employee turnover, behavior management, office relationships, morale, workload management, and other subjects.

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 109:Attorney Management Workshop Gregory M. Allard Vice … the United States. Mr. Allard has national responsibility for Liberty's 72 in-house law offices, staffed by 725 …
… Re: Association of Corporate Counsel’s support for amending Part 522 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals, … Our New York Chapters, And The Chief Legal Officers ACC is a global bar association that promotes the common … It would give registered in- 1 Available at http://tinyurl.com/l9y57a3. 2 Available at http://tinyurl.com/ahaoc5v. See …
Program Materials
Timothy M. Donovan - former senior vice president and general counsel, NEC USA, Inc.; W. Muzette Hill - counsel, strategic initiatives, Ford Motor Credit Company; James R. Jenkins - senior vice president and general counsel, Deere & Company; and Leonard R. Stein - senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, Jackson Enterprises
04/20/2004

A presentation on the importance of image for in-house counsel.

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Source: Meetings
Region: United States
… Program Materials CHAIR’S CHOICE Image Is Everything: The Corporate Client in the Real World Author … April 19, 2004 A presentation on the importance of image for in-house counsel. Resource Details Interest Area: Law … Merklinger at ACC: 202/293-4103, ext. 326; merklinger@acca.com 401:CHAIR'S CHOICE Image Is Everything: The Corporate …
Articles
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
06/25/2013

Overview of recent developments in Saudi Arabia's arbitration laws.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Saudi Arabia
… disputes within the country. The New Arbitration Law is based on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International … 1985, was amended in 2006 and has been used as the basis for the arbitration law of nearly 70 countries. The Model Law … practices, please contact us at privacyofficer@blakes.com. Blakes Bulletin is intended for informational purposes …
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Graham A. Flack - director of operations, borders task force, Privy Council Office, Government of Canada; Aisa Isabel Mendoza C. - partner, Jauregui, Navarrete, Nader y Rojas, S.C.; Felix Todd Pinero - secretary of board and legal director, Tamsa; Francisco J. Velazquez - senior partner, Goodrich Riquelme & Asociados; and David Wilson - vice president and general counsel, Alcatel Canada Inc.
04/20/2004

The affect of U.S. border security and immigration law on international trade.

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Source: Meetings
Region: Canada, Mexico, 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 405:How U.S. Border Security & Immigration Measures Are … of Corporate Counsels, where she served as a director for several years and currently is the chairwoman of the …
Program Materials
ACC; Roger L. Andrews - General Counsel & Director, Risk Management, E.D. Bullard Company; David L. Christensen - Managing Director, Advanced Risk Solutions, Marsh USA Inc.; Ellen R. Dunkin - General Counsel, Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.; Thomas Masiello, Jr. - Counsel, Risk and Claims Manager, Cumberland Farms/Gulf Oil.
10/01/2004

406 The General Counsel as Risk Manager

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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 406:The General Counsel as Risk Manager Roger L. Andrews … L. Andrews Roger L. Andrews is director of risk management for E.D. Bullard Company in Cynthiana, Kentucky. He reports …
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… ABBVIE Turning eDiscovery Operations into an Asset AbbVie is a global pharmaceutical company that was formed in 2013 after a split from Abbott Laboratories.  At the time … and that data would often need to be re-processed for subsequent litigation. The team’s initial foray into …
… Marquis 1535 Broadway New York, NY 10036 USA Contact: For press inquiries and registration for the Mid-Year … contact Jane Myers, communications manager, at myers@acc.com or +1 202.677.4767. # # # About ACC: The Association of Corporate Counsel ( ACC ) is a global legal association that promotes the common …
Articles
Nancy Jessen and Bret Baccus, Huron Legal
01/01/2012

This brief resource (Quick Counsel) provides anf overview of legal project management, including points on project management principles, process, and picking the right project manager.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Global
… effectively. An integral tool of corporate business units for years, project management has become important to law … of expanding client expectations and the evolving role of in-house counsel. Clients now expect more than substantive … Primer Legal Project Management , on which this article is in part based. Back to top Project Management Principles …
Articles
06/16/2015

This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses employees who have legal degrees but are not members of the legal department or otherwise acting as lawyers for the company in their current roles who would like to note the law degree they worked so hard to obtain by using Esq. or JD in their signature line. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Small Law Department Law ACC Network.

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Interest Area: Employment and Labor
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… Articles Denoting a Law Degree for Non-Legal Department Employees (United States) June 16, … department or otherwise acting as lawyers for the company in their current roles who would like to note the law degree … It does not erase the fact that they have a JD. The answer is to ensure that the title given to the person by the …
Program Materials
S. Hossain Beladi -- patent counsel, QUALCOMM Incorporated; John Boswell -- vice president and general counsel, SAS Institute Inc.; Thomas D. Kampfer -- vice president, general counsel & secretary, Iomega Corporation
10/01/2004

901 - Responding to a Patent Attack

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Interest Area: Intellectual Property
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 901:Responding to a Patent Attack S. Hossain Beladi … S. Hossain Beladi S. Hossain Beladi is a patent counsel for Qualcomm, Inc., in San Diego. His responsibilities …
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Darren G. Gardner - partner, Minter Ellison; Pamela Hass - general counsel and director, Curtin University of Technology; and Ronald F. Pol - director/general counsel, Team Factors Limited/Simultext Ltd.
04/20/2004

A presentation on how to properly manage a legal team to harness their core strengths.

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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 205:Help Them Push Their Own Buttons-How to Harness your … in Perth, Western Australia, where she is responsible for provision of all legal services to the University, an …
Articles
National Association of Corporate Directors
02/24/2015
6 pages

During this meeting of the National Association of Corporate Directors, delegates shared their experiences and lessons learned from their current and previous board and executive roles. This article presents the key takeaways from the discussion.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… Onboarding Practices Introduction Joining a new board is daunting for all new directors, regardless of what stage they have … at a meeting of the NACD Nominating and Governance Com- mittee Chair Advisory Council, cohosted by Heidrick & …
Articles
Thomas M. Frederico and Tisha L. Morris
07/01/1997

At times, the Bankruptcy Code’s preference provisions may seem to be aimed at unfairly penalizing the creditor. It may be hard to believe the congressional intent of preference avoidance in bankruptcy was to equalize distribution of payments to similarly situated creditors of a debtor - and even harder to explain it to your client! Planning ahead, implementing adequate precautionary measures, and exercising your rights as a creditor, however, will make the preference laws less perplexing. Thomas Federico, of Dobbs International Services, Inc. and Tisha Morris lead the way.

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Interest Area: Financial Services
Source: ACC Docket
Region: United States
… RIGHTS theP Explaining to your credit department that your com pany is being sued because it received payment on ajust and honest … may actually ben efit from the preference provisions for example when the debtor forgoes payment to pay other …
Program Materials
Ronald R. Denton - business services manager, ConocoPhillips; Julie S. Mazza - corporate counsel, manager law firm partnering, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company; and J. Henry Walker - chief litigation counsel, BellSouth Corporation
04/20/2004

A presentation describing the importance and implementation a litigation metrics management system.

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 304:Litigation Management-Using Metrics to Demonstrate … the data to emphasize achievements? � What are the rewards for meeting the goals? ACC's 2004 ANNUAL MEETING THE NEW FACE …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 04/01/2021
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the bedrock principle that communications with attorneys are protected, while also noting that public statements about investigations imperil work product protections.
… Docket Article Privileged Conversations: Ruling in US Facebook Case Clarifies Attorney-Client Privilege and … Docket … The ACC Docket series "Privileged Conversations” is a collection of interviews and discussions on in-house … concerning certain categories of apps and/or apps for which Facebook conducted specific reviews or …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 01/19/2021
The likelihood of disagreement, and the severity of consequences, is never greater than in the pressure-cooker environment of a crisis. Understanding how communications professionals interact with in-house counsel is part of the solution.
… Article How to Balance Legal and Communication Advice in a Crisis Tony Jaques Publication Date: 01/19/2021 The … of disagreement, and the severity of consequences, is never greater than in the pressure-cooker environment of a … Almost every lawyer emphasized what they saw as the need for certainty before communicating during a crisis. This …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 04/10/2023
Supply chain woes are far from over. JELD-WEN's VP, AGC, and Chief Compliance Officer Andrew M. Rink and Jay Rogers, partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, diagnose the fate of globalization.. #ACC #ACCDocket #SupplyChain
… Docket … Banner artwork by greenbutterfly / Shutterstock.com As the COVID-19 pandemic has waned, many international … trade lawyers may have begun to think globalization is back on track. It is tempting to believe that we are … according to which, each country makes products solely for which it has a “comparative advantage.” Not so fast. One …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 03/18/2024
Positively Legal columnist Caterina Cavallaro describes the different shaped lawyers and how in-house counsel can discover what framework best suits them. #ACCDocket #inhouse
… ACC Docket … Banner artwork by Bibadash / Shutterstock.com The human-centered characteristics of different shaped … the in-house landscape has changed and a successful lawyer is one who works collaboratively across the business and … Carrel described the model as: An agile competency model for the 21st-century legal professional that reflects and …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 03/01/2016
Matt Nolan likes a good opportunity. He’ll rarely turn it down. That’s how he went from the 38,000-person town of Muskegon, Michigan, which is on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, to the 24 million-person metropolis of Shanghai.
… from the 38,000-person town of Muskegon, Michigan, which is on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, to the 24 … is Dow Corning’s manager of governance and compliance for Greater China. When Cornell Boggs became the silicon producer’s general counsel in 2012, he met with Nolan and other members of his legal …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 10/19/2021
Instead of overthinking the minutiae, embrace your business side and focus on the solution.
… Docket … Art by F. P. Ardizzone.  fpaoloardizzone@gmail.com It’s not uncommon for attorneys to be told, in admiring tones, by complete … that they wish they had attended law school. Our reply is often an exasperated: “Why?!” Followed by their proud …
Program Materials
Madwicks Lawyers
02/21/2018

In this presentation, topics such as employee entitlements and how they accrue, sale of business/impact on employees and entitlement upon termination will be discussed.

Resource Details
Region: Australia
Audience: Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
… Member? Request a trial membership . … By in-house counsel for in-house counsel ACC Australia CPD presentation Brought … of Corporate Counsel in partnership with: acla.acc.com Share your comments and photos using #byinhouse Employee … of 4 weeks per annum (or 5 weeks per annum if the employee is a shiftworker)  Entitlement accrues progressively during …
Program Materials
Michael F. Cunningham - assistant vice president, staff counsel, Infinity Insurance Group; Michael S. Houlden - managing attorney, American International Group, Inc.; Brian T. Kenner - vice president, staff legal services, Zurich; and M. Joseph Meynier, IV - managing attorney, Progressive Insurance Company
04/20/2004

A presentation on metrics methodologies.

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 209:Metrics Methodologies Michael F. Cunningham Assistant … F. Cunningham is assistant vice president, staff counsel for Infinity Insurance Company in Birmingham, Alabama. …
Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts
06/08/2015

template novation agreement from Australia

Resource Details
Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: Australia
… membership . … DEED OF NOVATION This DEED OF NOVATION is made this day [EFFECTIVE DATE] (the ‚ÄúEffective Date‚Äù). … Customer entered into a Supply Agreement with the Supplier for the supply of [PRODUCT] to the Customer dated [DATE OF … Agreement instead of the Supplier, and all references in the Supply Agreement to the Supplier in any capacity shall …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 12/09/2020
Properly analyzing invoices is critical to managing and controlling outside counsel spend. This column will focus on methods to manage legal invoicing, with a specific focus on reducing the administrative burden of in-house attorneys.
… Publication Date: 12/09/2020 Properly analyzing invoices is critical to managing and controlling outside counsel … a specific focus on reducing the administrative burden of in-house attorneys. Resource Details Interest Area: Law … firms provide services to law departments, and they bill for their time and expenses. In case you have not heard, …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 06/28/2024
Meet Erica Zinkie: ACC 2024 Top 10 30-Somethings winner and senior vice president — legal & compliance, at OneDigital. Quirky, flexible, and strong, Erica forged her own path to in-house law and is proud of it! #ACCDocket #Top30s #BigLaw #inhouse
… Quirky, flexible, and strong, Erica forged her own path to in-house law and is proud of it! #ACCDocket #Top30s #BigLaw #inhouse Resource … recognize in-house counsel between the ages of 30 and 39 for their innovation, approach to challenges, well-rounded …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 07/19/2022
Publicly-traded companies should prepare for an uptick in both enforcement actions and private litigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. #ACCDocket #esg #risk
… Date: 07/19/2022 Publicly-traded companies should prepare for an uptick in both enforcement actions and private litigation by the US … markets the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is making good on its promise to focus on environmental, …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 12/01/2017
Virtual and augmented reality are hot topics right now, and for good reason. In the near future, they could dramatically impact us in both our personal lives and in our corporate law practices.
… and augmented reality are hot topics right now, and for good reason. In the near future, they could dramatically impact us in both … virtual reality. The most familiar AR hardware example is Google Glass, which made headlines several years ago …
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