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ACC’s Leading Practices Profiles outline best practices to help in-house counsel across a variety of industries, situations and legal departments. They include insights from practicing attorneys on how their companies and legal departments have addressed these issues. Collectively, Leading Practices Profiles build an ongoing network that shares the knowledge and experience of your peers.

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  • Legal Department Retreats That Strategize, Teach and Connect: Successful Planning and Delivery Practices

    Mar 2012 Download pdf
    This Leading Practices Profile features the best practices of five ACC law department members for planning and hosting successful legal retreats. In the wake of the economic downturn and increased ...
     

    Leading Green Practices in Sustainability, Compliance and Marketing: How Companies Embrace Environmental Responsibility

    Jun 2011 Download pdf
    This Leading Practices Profile features the green business practices of five companies. These companies provided background on the organizational structure and key elements of their sustainability ...
     

    Crisis Management and the Role of In-house Lawyers: Company Leading Practices

    Jun 2011 Download pdf
    This Leading Practices Profile, an update to ACC’s 2004 Leading Practices Profile, Leading Practices in Crisis Management and the Role of In-House Lawyers: What Companies are Doing, features the ...
     

    Law Department Leading Practices in Contract Management: Finding an IT Solution

    Jun 2011 Download pdf
    This Leading Practices Profile, a supplement to ACC’s 2006 Leading Practices Profile, Contract Management for Small Law Departments, features law department leading contract management practices ...
     

    Legal Department Leading Practices for Adding Value and Moving Beyond the Cost Center Model

    Sep 2010 Download pdf
    This Leading Practices Profile, an update to ACC’s 2005 Leading Practices Profile, Leading Practices in Law Departments Adding Value and Moving Beyond the Cost Center Model, features law department ...
     

    Leading Practices in Providing In-House Legal Support for Corporate Governance Initiatives and Compliance and Ethics Programs

    Sep 2010 Download pdf
    This Leading Practices Profile examines corporate governance, compliance and ethics practices of eight companies. Organizations featured in this Profile describe how their legal and compliance functions ...
     

    Leading Practices in Knowledge Sharing and Management: How Companies and Law Firms Manage Knowledge

    Aug 2010 Download pdf
    This Leading Practices Profile examines knowledge sharing and management practices of six companies and two law firms. Organizations featured in this Profile described practices and approaches for ...
     

    Leading Practices in Privacy and Data Protection: What Companies Are Doing

    Aug 2010 Download pdf
    This Leading Practices Profile examines data protection and privacy practices of six companies and two associations. Organizations featured in this Profile described practices and approaches for ...
     

    Social Networking for Companies: Leading Practices in Leveraging Social Media for Business, Creating Social Networking Policies and Using Social Media in Hiring

    Sep 2009 Download pdf
    This Leading Practices Profile examines the use of social networking in companies, as well as the law department’s role in helping the company craft effective social networking and electronic usage ...
     

    The Role of the General Counsel in Europe: Leading Practices in Law Department Management

    Sep 2009 Download pdf
    This Leading Practices Profile examines the law department management role of general counsel and in-house counsel that work for companies in Europe. General counsel and in-house counsel in European ...
     

    The Role of the General Counsel in Canada: Leading Practices in Law Department Management

    Sep 2009 Download pdf
    This Leading Practices Profile describes the structure of law departments and the role of general counsel in Canada in providing in-house legal services to support multinational businesses. In-house ...
     

    Leading Practices in Electronic Billing: A Technological Tool for Corporate Legal Departments

    Mar 2009 Download pdf
    The use of electronic billing by corporate law departments has been gaining momentum over the past decade. The experiences of law departments featured in this Profile demonstrate that ebilling is ...
     

    Corporate Political Compliance: Best Practices for Legal Departments in Lobbying, Campaigning, and Gifts and Entertainment

    Sep 2008 Download pdf
    This Leading Practices Profile examines the important role of in-house counsel with respect to a company or nonprofit organization’s participation in the political process. Representatives from each ...
     

    Collaboration Between Corporate Legal and Human Resources Departments on Non-Litigation Matters

    Sep 2007 Download pdf
    The relationship between legal and human resources departments is as crucial to the success of companies as they compete in the marketplace. Strong collaboration between these departments helps companies ...
     

    Managing the Use of Open Source Software

    Sep 2007 Download pdf
    This profile examines the benefits and unique issues that arise in using Open Source software for nine companies. Particular attention is given to the role of in-house counsel in managing the use ...
     

    Workspace Accommodation within Corporate Legal Departments

    May 2007 Download pdf
    This Practice Profile examines the workspace design of seven corporations, focusing on workspace allocation within the legal departments. Workspace accommodations vary widely from corporation to ...
     

    The Use of External Investigators to Aid in Corporate Investigations

    Jan 2007 Download pdf
    This Profile explores the practices of six selected companies in their investigations using outside investigators, as well as examines one multinational law firm, in its role as an outside investigator ...
     

    The Use of Mediation in the United States and Western Europe to Add Value to Transactions and Effectively Resolve Commercial Disputes

    Aug 2006 Download pdf
    This Practice Profile examines corporate use of transnational mediation in the US and Western Europe by looking at business management initiatives that encourage mediation, as well as the experiences ...
     

    Business Continuity And Disaster Response Planning: What Companies Are Doing

    Apr 2006 Download pdf
    This Profile explores what five selected companies and one multi-national law firm are doing in the area of business continuity and disaster response planning. It considers such matters as early ...
     

    Contract Management For Small Law Departments

    Feb 2006 Download pdf
    This Profile will examine contract management practices in small law departments - looking at file and database management initiatives, use of contract review and approval processes as well as use ...
     

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