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To assist in-house counsel to understand the class action landscape and the potential risks their organisations face, the authors have analysed class action filings over the last decade. This data reveals both the enduring and emerging trends and provides an insight into the future.

As in-house counsel, adopting a variety of roles is part of the job description. In this column, the author discusses the different hats she has grown accustomed to wearing throughout her career.

This article takes a look at the role of external counsel and their effectiveness at doing a job well and billing a client fairly in the process.

Two fixed-fee arrangements between Bracewell & Giuliani and two clients are highlighted in this Value Practice piece.

"the "Getting the Deal Through" reference guide for M&A professionals"

News, Notes, and Datebook Information for November 2007

April 2008- Tolls & Solutions for Doing Your Job Better

Instructions for Business Unit Quarterly Compliance Reports for a global compliance report. This resource was part of ACC's 2012 Compliance and Ethics Training Program.

This article provide relevant information and practice tips to in-house counsel about President Biden's October 2023 executive order on artificial intelligence.

This sample whistleblower policy encourages staff and volunteers to come forward with credible information on illegal practices or serious violations of adopted policies of the organization; specifies that the organization will protect the person from retaliation; and identifies where such information can be reported.

To access the other sample governance policies referred to in this cover letter, visit the following URLs:
-Conflict of Interest Policy: https://www.acc.com/resource-library/conflict-interest-policy-2015
-Document Retention and Destruction Policy: https://www.acc.com/resource-library/document-retention-and-destruction-policy
-Policy on the Process for Determining Compensation: https://www.acc.com/resource-library/policy-process-determining-compensation
-Joint Venture Policy: https://www.acc.com/resource-library/joint-venture-policy

"the "Getting the Deal Through" reference guide for M&A professionals"

You may not know it, but intellectual property considerations and implications are everywhere in your company. And if you think you are immune, or it is someone else’s job because you practice real estate, or employment, or tax law, or are a generalist, then think again. Copyright, trademark, licensing, trade secrets, patent matters, and other IP issues can raise their heads almost anywhere. This session will help you identify what these issues look like so that you can respond accordingly. It will also teach you to take the necessary steps to protect valuable corporate assets and not infringe on the intellectual property rights of others.

Probability and statistics are two commonly misunderstood concepts. Using ideas and examples from "The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives" by Leonard Mlodinow, the author shows how even in the most simple of scenarios, the probability of outcomes can be grossly miscalculated.

Senior executives today move freely from team to team. Talent moves quickly, jumping across companies and across industry lines. And we should not be shocked.

This short article addresses how a growing number of shareholder activist campaigns in the United States are being backed—often secretly—by long-term investors, which may be signaling a sea change in investor attitudes.

Sample retention letter for DC law firm with several options for advanced waiver language.

This Document Retention and Destruction Policy identifies the record retention responsibilities of staff, volunteers, members of the Board of Directors, and outsiders for maintaining and documenting the storage and destruction of the Organization’s documents and records.

To access the other sample governance policies referred to in this cover letter, visit the following URLs:
-Conflict of Interest Policy: http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1413466
-Whistleblower Policy: http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1413472
-Policy on the Process for Determining Compensation: http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1413483
-Joint Venture Policy: http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1413487

This sample policy on the process for determining compensation applies to the compensation of the chief employed executive and other officers or key employees of the organization.

To access the other sample governance policies referred to in this cover letter, visit the following URLs:
-Conflict of Interest Policy: http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1413466
-Whistleblower Policy: http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1413472
-Document Retention and Destruction Policy: http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1413478
-Joint Venture Policy: http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1413487

For both in-house and outside counsel, being the best lawyer is not always about exhaustive application of legal skills. It may seem counterintuitive to some lawyers, but sometimes less is really more.

Kenneth Cutshaw underscores the importance of LPO in this must-read article.

In this article, columnist Kenneth Cutshaw discusses possible positive effects on lawyers in other countries that have the opportunity to undertake challenging global legal work as a result of the recession, describing the differences between these outsourced individuals and in-house counsel.

The author relays a personal experience in order to emphasize the point that young adults should be allowed to experience the full weight of their decisions, instead of having the consequences of their choices mitigated by misguided university policies.

The author discuses the international implications of Dodd-Frank and other multinational investigations on in-house counsel.

This is a sample form of promissory note.

This is the second of two columns lightheartedly assessing technologies, measurement tools, and outside counsel management techniques specifically for the people in legal departments.

This sample joint venture policy applies to any joint ownership or contractual arrangement through which there is an agreement to jointly undertake a specific business enterprise, investment, or exempt-purpose activity as further defined in this policy.

To access the other sample governance policies referred to in this cover letter, visit the following URLs:
-Conflict of Interest Policy: http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1413466
-Whistleblower Policy: http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1413472
-Document Retention and Destruction Policy: http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1413478
-Policy on the Process for Determining Compensation: http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1413483

This is a state by state medical testing background checklist.

Australian insurers, brokers and other entities involved at the various stages of insurance claims handling need to consider the impact of the claims handling reform by reviewing all steps in their claims procedures for each relevant insurance product. In this article, the impacts of those reforms are explained.

This article provides an overview of legal requirements of interest to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies.

There is reason to question whether increased shareholder influence on matters that the law has traditionally apportioned to the board is at the expense of other values that are key to the sustainability of healthy corporations. These concerns underlie the issues that will define the state of governance in 2015 and likely beyond.