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.
This paper will discuss the use of techniques to combat abusive discovery in cases brought against corporations based upon allegations of a corporation's employee's negligence.
Scholars and business people have proposed a variety of definitions of strategic thinking, including: the ability to
define and create purpose and models, the ability to go from chaos to concept, and an understanding of knowledge
creation.
Most of us would agree that litigation is both undesirable and inevitable. Not even the most
cautious companies are immune from lawsuits. Law departments must therefore gear up for
battle by developing strategies for the efficient and effective handling of cases. Through trial
and error, I have uncovered some practical and useful litigation strategies for small law departments. While these strategies will not guarantee victory, they should help to maximize your resources, focus your attack, and make the litigation battle a little less agonizing.
This Outline review some of the Division's significant recent activity involving financial fraud, financial reporting, the responsibilities of officers, directors, employees, and accountants, and the foreign corrupt practices act.
An overview of legal developments related to employee participation committees. An employee participation committee is essentially any kind of workplace employer-employee committee that deals with workplace issues.
Overview of the EPA's presence on the internet. Includes review of EPA information available online and its use of the internet to communicate with citizens. Also includes a white paper examining emerging concerns about the adequacy of procedural protections in government information programs.
Guide to in-house training. Includes reasons for training, sources of need for training, potential training areas, the role of the legal department, various forms of training material, and measurement of success.