ACC Value challenge
The ACC Value Challenge is an initiative to help reconnect value to cost of legal services.
ACC Value Index
The ACC Value Index, a component of the larger ACC Value Challenge initiative, is a client satisfaction measurement tool that helps ACC members share meaningful information about the value they get from their outside counsel. To share and view evaluations visit the ACC Value Index.
Tip of the Week: Implement value-based fee arrangements: assign value to matters, set budgets and stick to them. That's the Body Shop International's approach. Read more
Resources
General Counsel Executive Summary of Employment Law - District of Columbia
Sep 2009 InfoPAK Download pdf
General Counsel Executive Summary of Employment Law - District of Columbia
General Counsel Executive Summary of Employment Law - Eleventh Circuit
Sep 2009 InfoPAK Download pdf
General Counsel Executive Summary of Employment Law - Eleventh Circuit
Planning and Conducting a Reduction In Force
Jul 2009 QuickCounsel
Sponsored by Jackson Lewis
Brief overview of how to carefully plan a reduction in force. Includes additional resources detailing employer obligations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and comparable laws.
upcoming webcasts
Climate Change: Corporate Disclosure and Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Coverage Issues for Energy Companies
Webcast CLE available
Dec 2, 2009
2 PM ET
Compliance with the SAFETY Act
Webcast CLE is not available
Dec 3, 2009
2PM ET
Privilege and Confidentiality for Environmental Investigations, Audits, and Enforcement – Can Information Be Protected
Webcast CLE is not available
Dec 8, 2009
1 PM ET
Readying Your Nonprofit for Recovery – Strategies and Steps for Renewal
Webcast CLE available
Dec 9, 2009
2 PM ET
Litigation Masters Series: Location, location, location: Arbitration vs. Litigation and Global Litigation Concerns
Webcast CLE available
Dec 10, 2009
2 PM ET
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Featured Jobs
- Senior Counsel | Scottrade
- US - MO - St. Louis (Nov 24 2009)
- General Counsel | Aspen Dental
- US - NY - East Syracuse (Nov 24 2009)
- Sr. Counsel, US Regulatory, Commercial & Strategy | Diageo North America
- US - CT - Norwalk (Nov 23 2009)
- Director and Associate General Counsel (OTC) | cmegroup
- US - IL (Nov 13 2009)
- In-house Marketing Attorney | Vonage
- US - NJ - Holmdel (Nov 12 2009)
- Vice President, Legal | Jackson Family Wines, Inc.
- US - CA - Santa Rosa (Nov 05 2009)
- Assistant General Counsel - Regulatory Matters | Maxim Healthcare Services
- US - MD - Columbia (Oct 30 2009)
- Assistant General Counsel - Litigation Manager | Maxim Healthcare Services
- US - MD - Columbia (Oct 30 2009)
- Commercial Litigation & Data Privacy Counsel | Sterling Commerce
- US - OH - Dublin (Oct 28 2009)
- Legal Counsel- FERC Experience | Idaho Power Company
- US - ID - Boise (Oct 27 2009)
News
Employment of Lawyers with Disabilities Conference Materials Posted
Nov 25, 2009 - Resources from this event, sponsored by ABA and ACC, are now available. Review the report, take the pledge and obtain CLE credits.
What will be next for the ACC Value Challenge?
Nov 24, 2009 (LegalEase) - Today's LegalEase blog post notes 2010 efforts for the ACC Value
Challenge.
Levi’s Is Paying Orrick a Flat Fee to Handle All But Its IP Work
Nov 23, 2009 (ABA Journal) - ACC President Fred Krebs comments on the arrangement between retail company, Levi Strauss & Co., and it's law firm in this ABA Journal article.
The Tipping Point for the ACC Value Challenge
Nov 23, 2009 (Discovery Resources) - Reactions to the ACC Value Challenge and the Value Index are referenced in this "Tipping Point" article by Discovery Resources.
Forever in Flat Fees?
Nov 23, 2009 (Wall Street Journal) - ACC President Fred Krebs explains what clients really want and expect from law firms in this Wall Street Journal law blog.