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Docket Article
Publication Date: 09/01/2015
Our law firms need to be more efficient, tech savvy, innovative, process-oriented, cost-effective, pro-active… and other vague adjectives. What do those things actually look like? Would we know it if we saw it? Would we reward it if we found it?
… have plummeted to a record-low 83 percent. This is not a victory. Our law firms need to be more efficient, … it? How do we “know” our outside counsel are inefficient? For most inside counsel, the answer is some combination of … how can they differentiate themselves from the market in a way that is meaningful to their clients? Law firms that …
Docket Article
Publication Date: 07/11/2022
ACC Chair Mike Madden offers his thoughts on the expanding scope of GC responsibilities and how ESG initiatives may present even more opportunities. #ACCDocket #ESG #generalcounsel #DEI #legaloperations #legalops
… Docket Article My Take: Why Our Seat at the Table Is Critically Important Mike Madden Publication Date: … also business leaders who contribute to the bottom line. In my opinion, the GC or CLO should actively lead and promote … well being the moral compass in upholding and advocating for these rights.  The modern GC’s ability to contribute to …
… continue to expand, cybersecurity strategy and oversight is unquestionably one area where we see the largest growth,” … hired a DPO anyway. The report is available at on the ACC website . About the ACC Foundation : The ACC Foundation – a … these goals. For more information, visit https://www2.acc.com/foundation/. About ACC : The Association of Corporate …
… continue to expand, cybersecurity strategy and oversight is unquestionably one area where we see the largest growth,” … hired a DPO anyway. The report is available at on the ACC website . About the ACC Foundation : The ACC Foundation – a … these goals. For more information, visit https://www2.acc.com/foundation/. About ACC : The Association of Corporate …
Event
Start Date: 02/25/2025 | 7:00 PM
… PM Resource Details Details & Registration … Save the date for a Signature Social hosted by Proskauer Rose LLP !  …
In the News
Publication Date: 05/21/2018
… UK legal trade publication The New Law Journal reports on the ACC Foundation: The State of Cybersecurity Report. UK legal trade publication The New Law Journal reports on the ACC Foundation: The State of … www.newlawjournal.co.uk . … UK legal trade publication The New Law Journal reports on the ACC Foundation: The State of …
In the News
Publication Date: 02/08/2018
… The New Law Journal (UK) reports on findings from the ACC Chief … Survey relating to the protection of corporate data. The New Law Journal (UK) reports on findings from the ACC Chief … To read the full article, visit www.newlawjournal.co.uk. … In-house Data Concerns …
… legal association representing more than 48,000 members in more than 100 countries, recognized members, chapters, and … outstanding leadership, service, and dedication to the in-house counsel community at the 2024 ACC Annual Meeting, … Southwest Ohio, ACC Central Florida and ACC Tampa Bay, ACC New York City Outstanding Chapter Achievement Award (Best …
Program Materials
Melissa M. Allain - Vice President, Law, AutoNation, Inc.; Jeffrey M. Kaplan - Partner, Stier Anderson, LLC; Rebecca S. Walker - Partner, Walker Compliance P.C.; Angela F. Williams - Officer, Sears, Roebuck and Co.
10/01/2004

710 Conflicts of Interest in the Corporate Environment

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 710:Conflicts of Interest in the Corporate Environment … speaker on ethics and compliance issues, including for the Practicing Law Institute, the American Law Institute, …
Event
Start Date: 01/16/2025 | 9:30 AM
…   9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. "Information Governance for In-House Counsel" Presented by Cozen O'Connor In today’s data driven world, Information Governance is a discipline that empowers companies to own their data and …
Program Materials
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.

Resource Details
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
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.

Resource Details
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.

Resource Details
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 …
Articles
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
06/25/2013

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

Resource Details
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 …
Program Materials
Lucy Lee Helm - Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Litigation and Employment; Alice Lawrence - Principle, Jordan Lawrence Group; Larry L. Sharrar - General Counsel, Lockheed Martin Space Operations.
10/29/2004

402 CHAIR'S CHOICE To Write: Right or Wrong?

… 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 402:CHAIR'S CHOICE To Write: Right or Wrong? Lucy Lee … and assistant general counsel, litigation & employment for Starbucks Coffee Company in Seattle. Ms. Helm manages a …
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

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 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 …
Program Materials
Paul Miltonberger - Associate General Counsel, Corporate Litigation, Sears, Roebuck and Co.; Steven M. Morgan - Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Waste Management, Inc.; Grace E. Speights - Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
10/01/2004

A summary of developments in class actions, including securities class actions, employment actions, and snapshots of other types of cases.

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 704:30 Class Action Developments in 90 Minutes Paul … is associate general counsel - corporate litigation for Sears, Roebuck and Co. He is the chief litigation …
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: 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: 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 …
… 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 …
Advocacy Filings
05/19/2016

Schoenefeld Amicus Brief

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
… My Resources … 11-4283-cv � United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit � � (.$7(5,1$�6&+2(1()(/'��� … CURIAE1 The Association of Corporate Counsel (“ACC”) is a global bar association of over 40,000 in-house attorneys … Suite 200 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 293-4103 sarwal@acc.com w.ackerman@acc.com Counsel for Amicus Curiae Association …
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.

Resource Details
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.

Resource Details
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 …
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