The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is the world's largest organization serving the professional and business interests of attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations, nonprofits and other private-sector organizations around the globe.
A webcast that provides the answers to common questions related to the benefits of an ACC membership such as getting CLE credit, finding out what other departments are doing, and information to help respond to a client request, and more.
Provides practical examples of how a legal department can engage with its information technology group to address risk from regulatory compliance and litigation while delivering real business value.
This webcast involved a discussion by in-house counsel and administrator panelists from small, medium and large law departments who shared their insights regarding electronic billing systems. After a brief presentation, significant time was devoted to answering questions about this rapidly growing new technology.
This webcast was held to orient members with energy legislation policy and examine the context in which the 2005 energy bill is being considered. It also discusses the legislation's potential business consequences.
This webcast will examine attorney-client privilege erosion. Includes government efforts to force corporations to name names, withhold indemnification, and undermine joint defense options. Also includes pro-active strategies for how you can help prepare and protect your client from the inevitable waiver requests and larger strategies for pushing back against inappropriate auditor and government agency demands.
This session focuses on the broad range of nonprofit, complex organizational structures that create affiliate organizations to maximize the scope of permissible activities under the tax exemption and other laws, how such organizations are structured, and relevant legal issues.
Discusses what records must be retained, the format and purposes records should be kept and retrievable, how litigation, investigations and audits affect the retention process, and how organizations comply cost effectively with e-discovery requirements.
Discusses numerous aspects of responding to EEO agency charges, including an overview of the administrative process, investigating charges, dealing with agency investigators, and drafting position statements and focuses on the practical aspects of understanding the charge process and what federal, state and local agencies are really looking for to complete a charge investigation, with particular emphasis on obtaining a "no reasonable cause" determination or a dismissal of the charge.