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ACC President and CEO Veta Richardson shares her thoughts on the global nature of the profession.

An overview of issues related to the acquisition of a brand in an M&A deal. Focuses on issues in a post-acquisition context.

This article is a review of the public competition enforcement in Switzerland.

LEADING PRACTICES IN COMPENSATION PROGRAMS AND RETENTION STRATEGIES FOR IN-HOUSE LAWYERS: What Companies are Doing

In this article, in-house counsel can learn more about investing in businesses based in the Philippines and developing commercial relationships. This resource was published by Meritas in February 2018.

2011 ACC Annual Meeting session materials which give an overview of legal project management. Includes tips re. scoping, budgeting, team planning, execution/management, and post-project reviews.

This program will address key issues in contract drafting, negotiation, execution and management. Such issues will include the role of counsel in the drafting process, drafting techniques with regard to recitals, definitions, primary and economic operating provisions, representations and warranties, and convenants and conditions. A discussion will also be held on how a legal department can become a better facilitator in the contracting process. It is expected that the presenters will include both inside and outside counsel, and the attendees will be provided with realistic examples from which to develop additional skills.

Read Part Two of Ron Pol's column on customer service- his ten points on dealing with poor customer service.

Measuring and tracking return on investment (ROI) can be a constant priority for law departments. However, the tools used to measure ROI can vary depending on your law department's size. This article highlights the tools small law departments can use to demonstrate value.

Take an appropriate cone and slice through it continuously at an angle. What do you get? A curve. Choose one of three: An ellipse, a parabola, or a hyperbola—depending on how you angled your slice. These three curves are famously known as the conics, no doubt because of their quite conical origin. Read More . . .

Read this article and learn which terms to avoid when freshening up your resume.

Being an in-house attorney is a lot like being a parent. Parenting skills are of greatest use to in-house counsel
when it comes to saying “no.” Or more accurately, the trick is getting your client to say “no.”

Outlines examples of the tolerated practices that invite the kind of self-dealing and corrupt practices by corporate directors and officers and provides corporate governance practices that will maximize the risk of costly and crippling corporate scandals.

Discusses how a cultural inventory can help identify opportunities to improve working relationships, internally and with key providers.

Phil Strauss gives advice on how to avoid allowing perception of your legal department from becoming reality.

Sample non-disclosure and invention assignment agreement for intellectual property.

How should employers classify employees after the enactment of California’s AB-5? In this checklist, learn more about the historical context of employee classification and how AB-5 can impact your company.

Intake form to assist effective contract review request, routing and creation.

This risk assessment framework is intended to assist you in identifying the key internal and external competition risks facing our business.

The key to managing projects is to realize that you can’t “do” a project; rather, you can only “do” an action. That’s right—one action at a time. Of course, knowing which actions to take, in which order—that’s the tricky part!

This Career Path series on Maxims of Corporate Success now faces the most important topic of all: Managing Yourself.

Read the musings of John Ross on his career stops and adventures.

Under stress it is imperative for attorneys to exercise control of the situation, otherwise, as Bill Mordan explains in this article, our biases can lead to a misinterpretation of the facts.

The author discusses how her yoga practice informs her perspective throughout the day.

Even with the pressure of bankruptcy filings bearing down on you, Todd Silberman highlights the importance of taking time away from the stress to regain focus and perspective.

This column discusses the consequences of government charges against in-house counsel and a few ideas on how to stay out of trouble.

Jeannie Anderson, managing director and general counsel, Legal and Professional Conduct CFA Institute, shares her daily schedule.

Ann Fairchild, general counsel of the oil and gas division of Siemens AG, shares her daily schedule.

This article describes a decision-making framework in the form of 6 questions to assist business leaders in finding an ethical path forward.

This ACC Docket article advocates to recognize our own physiological limitations in the way our brain processes memories, and argues that the key to success is to manage and learn to overcome such limitations.