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ACC Board Chair Iohann Le Frapper underscores the importance of the legal and HR departments working together to maintain a successful company.

As outsourcing resources becomes standard practice, change in corporate counsel practice is inevitable.

ACC Board Chair, Patricia R. Hatler, forecasts what in-house counsel can expect in the coming year as the economy rights itself.

This article argues that India is the best destination for providing quality legal process outsourcing services.

If you’re an executive on your first-ever visit to the region, these are among the questions you inevitably ask: What am I supposed to wear? Can I shake hands with a Middle Easterner of the opposite sex?

This is an outline for the session with questions for facilitated discussion.

Guide to disciplining and terminating employees.

This is a technology helpdesk for lawyers regarding Excel.

This is a sample guarantee of payment agreement where the Guarantor authorizes the use of his/her credit to guarantee payment to the Hotel.

This is a sample invention record.

Negotiation skills and techniques are essential tools for any in-house counsel professional. Whether discussing vendor contracts or settling lawsuits, knowing the intricacies of the craft of negotiation is vital. Yet our intentions and focus in negotiation are often interrupted by subconscious, psychological or cognitive biases. These normal, yet irrational, reactions to negotiation counterparts and their narratives can significantly disrupt both parties’ objectives. This session will use a panel of negotiation, psychology, and academic experts who will identify typical, predictable cognitive biases, present how these biases affect negotiations, and provide suggestions on how to manage their effect. From the “Lake Wobegon effect,” to attribution error, to diagnosis bias, fun videos and real-life examples will be used as we engage in the Brain Game.

In answering this FAQ, we provide guidance on what parties need to do (or avoid doing) in order to ensure that any pre-arbitral ADR procedure is enforceable.

This sample matrix shows levels of decision-making authority per type of decision, agreement or act involved. The matrix distinguishes between decision makers, alternate decision makers, or persons who must be consulted or must be informed.

This resource will examine the concept of interim measures, including what they are and when and how they can be used.

"Metrics Framework” is a tool that can be leveraged by those moving from the early to intermediate stage.

This sample agreement memorializes understandings reached among the Defense Group and Clients regarding joint defense, common interest, and confidentiality.

Legal Risks and Issues in Tendering and Procurement - session held in Sydney 29 November 2016.

Innovations in Procurement - presentation held in Sydney 27 June 2017.

This is a sample consulting agreement between a Delaware corporation and its consultant.

So you've selected the brilliant lead trial attorney you need for that big case that just got filed against your company. But what about the case manager? Using a case manager--not simply inside counsel who oversees or monitors the case, but an actual attorney-manager who coordinates all the players and the strategy? You can save money by focusing on the result, not just the legal issues.

This article summarises the legislative framework for the protection of personally<br />identifiable information (PII).

The Minister of Natural Resources introduced legislation on Thursday, January 30, 2014 that would see important changes to Canada’s offshore oil and gas regime. The Energy Safety and Security Act (the Act) contains amendments to the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act and the Canada Petroleum Resources Act, along with the federal Accord Acts governing exploration and production offshore Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Two sample sets of company attire guidelines in bullet-point format.

The pandemic has made clear that job security, benefit coverage, and continuity are vital to employees. Learn more about what employees should be aware of regarding their benefits and how employers can better serve them.

This article identifies the industries on the rise in Africa’s emerging markets.

Details the requirements for attending director education programs in order to stay abreast of developments in corporate governance, the industry in which the Company practices and to maintain their responsibilities.

The Israeli legal structure is a hybrid of four principle systems: Ottoman law from the period of Turkish rule; British common law introduced during the period of the British Mandate (1917-1948); traditional Jewish law – Halachah; and legislation adopted by the Knesset, the national legislature, since the country’s establishment in 1948.

ACC Board Chair Iohann Le Frapper offers insights into how to prevent risk at your company.

This article gives tips on how to appropriately move on to a different job.

As in-house counsel struggle to do more with less, outsourcing is increasingly one tool we consider. And the range of options has grown in recent years. They often sound good, but how effective are they really? How can you make them work to suit your needs? In this program material, a panel shares their experience and insights on what works, what doesn't and how to make legal sourcing work for you.