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This resource is a sample monthly litigation report containing the highlights of all matters that outside counsel handles.

An item for your bulletin board, this series of checklists covers project scoping, budgeting, post project reviews and lines of communications. It also includes best practices culled from discussions among a large gathering of inside and outside counsel, as well as a sample project kick-off meeting agenda.

Gain the know-how and skills to climb that ladder! Join us for lunch on Monday to discuss the findings of ACC's 2013 CLO Survey and learn how you can use these findings to advance your own career. The conversation will include a snapshot of GCs today, what's most important to them, what's keeping them up at night, and what you can garner from this information to provide yourself with the experiences and skills necessary to be a successful GC of the future. Join the discussion and get a jump on your career.

This is a sample amended and restated non-negotiable promissory note.

This resource include two templates for board meeting minutes. It also includes information about out what to include and how much detail to provide in board meeting minutes.

A derivative suit has been filed against the company, its directors, and some officers. There are no advice-of-counsel issues that would be implicated in this instance by your representation of both the company and the individual defendants, but can one law firm represent everybody? What are the risks? Can you ever have too many lawyers?

Review the essential components of an effective compliance program and learn how to assess its overall impact on an organization to drive continuous improvements.

While the Cybersecurity Regulations require several technical controls (e.g., monitoring network activity and implementing multi-factor authentication and encryption), most of the requirements involve instituting information governance (“IG”) practices and structures to manage cyber risks. In the following, we set out five steps which address the key IG issues and requirements that can help your organization come into compliance with the Cybersecurity Regulations.

This article provides an example-based discussion on whether an analysis on preventative legal analysis of future potential claims is protected by the work-product doctrine. Learn to determine if the document will be considered work-product in anticipation of litigation and protected by privilege.

This is a sample non-compete agreement between a company and its employee.

This article discusses what employers need to consider before allowing employees to work remotely from abroad. It also provide best practices for developing a remote-from-abroad policy.

In-house counsel will optimize their role as leaders in information governance by attending this session as they learn the lifecycle of data (collection, use, storage, archiving and destruction) and acquire tools to educate their companies on the risks and benefits associated with data as it travels through that lifecycle. Learn to resolve your company’s information management and governance issues and to add business value by finding information management systems that lower costs and improve efficiencies. Become “litigation-ready” in the face of complex discovery requests.

Sample Teleworking Policy and Procedures

This quick reference provides you with a general overview of some of the nuances in the employment and labor law realm as it pertains to Poland. The document delves into the legal framework and then touches on core areas (employment contracts, working conditions, etc.) that you need to be mindful of.

The 2007 Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker Ben W. Heineman, Jr. has worked with one of the most famous CEOs during his time at GE. If he's figured out how to say no to Jack Welch, then he may have some ideas on how you can ethically do your job, say no to your boss, and still have a job at the end of the day.

This Supervisor’s Guide provides information on the important role you serve as a manager or supervisor in continuing our objective to communicate on a direct, individualized basis with every employee. It also includes information to prevent employee dissatisfaction that could lead to outside intervention and, in turn, disruption of our present personal relationship.

High-profile investigations and arrests are not uncommon under the FCPA and many other anti-corruption laws that are now on books in various jurisdictions in Asia. The largest penalty imposed under the FCPA has been a staggering $800 million against Siemens. The longest prison terms imposed under the FCPA has been 15 years.

As in-house counsel, your specialty is navigating the legal intricacies that underlie your company’s operations. But the savvy attorney should have a working knowledge of the business side, as well. This article explains how understanding strategy, marketing, accounting, financials and management can make your insight even more invaluable.

This is a sample technology license agreement.

Most companies enter into contracts more frequently than they realize. In fact, any time you agree to take an action or make a payment in exchange for something of value, a legal contract arguably has been created. When these “handshake deals” are made, companies find themselves relying on memories of conversations or cryptic emails to establish that a contract existed. Attend this session to determine when contracts exist, navigate disputes, protect your company, and maintain relationships.

Operating principles and templates to assist in retaining the strongest workers and arriving quickly at right structure.

The Relationship of Big Data, Information Governance, and Data Governance presentation to the Information Governance Committee on July 16, 2015.

Latin America remains a market of opportunity and investment for multinationals, but significant corruption problems present complex obstacles for investing and operating in the region. A panel of leading anti-corruption compliance professionals will discuss the legal and business challenges faced by companies with global operations, and provide strategies to develop region- and country-specific programs, with special emphasis on Mexico and Brazil. They’ll also review recent high-profile investigations and targets for enforcement.

This letter was submitted to the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands in support of its proposed amendment to Supreme Court Rule 202.1, which would allow in-house counsel from other U.S. jurisdictions to work for their client-employers located in the Virgin Islands without gaining admission to the bar there. The court’s action came on the heels of legislation introduced at the end of 2014 in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, which sought a legislative remedy to the issue of unauthorized practice by in-house attorneys not licensed by the U.S. Virgin Islands.

General counsel and their teams work on improving corporate governance to reduce risk and costs, improving practices for communication with directors and management to facilitate parent and subsidiary board meetings and making securities compliance easier and more reliable. There are lots of new—and changing—tools and techniques, such as vetting vendors for board voting tools, securities compliance, cloud-based hosted systems, improving staffing and technology for minute-taking, and updating policies for insider trading, data protection, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and fiduciary duties. Keeping abreast of best practices, vendor-provided trainings, peer group policies and hosted solutions allows a legal department to lower costs, mitigate risks and drive value for the business. This session will address topics of interest to private and public companies, with a focus on issues common to both.

Columnist Bob Feldman uses a Delaware Supreme Court case to analyze the importance of time when drafting contracts.

This article considers how our reaction to what we don’t know can either lead us to failure or success. Using a personal example, the author demonstrates how not backing down from a project that she knew nothing about helped her to grow.

In-house counsel face a constant struggle of demonstrating value to their employers. In response, this column argues that corporate attorneys deserve more than the question: What have you done for me lately?

This article relays the pros and cons of working in a small legal department. The challenges of a varied legal docket may bring excitement; however, dealing with a multiplicity of matters can also result in risk and stress.