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.
Annual Meeting 2006: Corporate scandals are not limited to the for-profit world. A crisis could occur in any organization, including one serving your community. Learn the lawyer’s role in putting in motion a plan of action should the need arise, including a public relations effort designed to respond effectively and protect the organization and its constituency.
Learn the recent changes to this important financial disclosure document filed by most nonprofits. This panel will examine recent changes to the 990 disclosure form and the changing financial disclosure requirements facing nonprofits today.
UBIT, Lobbying, political activity, and involvement in commercial ventures. Sound familiar? In-house counsel will appreciate this review of the major tax issues confronting nonprofits.
Whether your law department is large or small, general counsel can be pro bono and diversity leaders: enhancing the company’s commitment to socially responsible behavior, serving our profession’s highest goals, and increasing performance and job satisfaction for corporate counsel. Brad Smith, Microsoft’s CLO, and Laura Stein, ACC’s Board Chair and CLO of The Clorox Company (2008 Co-Chairs of the CPBO project), hosted this executive discussion exploring the effective implementation of pro bono and diversity initiatives in law departments.
When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, nonprofit organizations face the same challenges as their for-profit cousins. A merger with another nonprofit organization or acquisition by or of another organization is an ever-increasing possibility. However, there are some important differences. For example, the road to a merger or acquisition has the additional issues of complying with both federal and state issues in maintaining its nonprofit status, or in the alternative, complying with the dissolution requirements of the IRS for the standard business.
Describes critical business situations in which nonprofits would benefit greatly from lawyers' services, including tax issues, employment law, finances & fiscal management.