Statistics and Surveys
 Trends for Commercializing IP: 2008
A Lex Mundi Multi-Jurisdictional Survey prepared by the Lex Mundi Intellectual Property Practice Group.
Issues Relating to Foreign Investment: 2008
A Lex Mundi Multi-Jurisdictional Real Estate Survey prepared by the Lex Mundi Real Estate Practice Group. Part I of II.
Pre-Merger Notification: 2008
A Lex Mundi Multi-Jurisdictional Survey prepared by Lex Mundi Antitrust, Competition and Trade Practice Group.
Intellectual Property and Competition Law Survey : 2008
A Lex Mundi Multi-Jurisdictional Survey prepared by the Lex Mundi Intellectual Property Practice Group.
European Union: Accession States Tax Guide: 2008
A Lex Mundi Multi-Jurisdictional Survey prepared by the Lex Mundi International Tax Practice Group. Covers: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, and Slovenia.
Criminal Liability of Companies: 2008
A Lex Mundi Multi-Jurisdictional Survey prepared by the Lex Mundi Business Crimes and Compliance Practice Group.
Bank Finance and Regulation: 2008
A Lex Mundi Multi-Jurisdictional Survey prepared by the Lex Mundi Bank Finance and Regulations Practice Group.
Business Crimes and Compliance Criminal Liability of Companies Survey : 2008
This Lex Mundi multi-jurisdictional survey represents a country-by-country overview of some key criminal offense laws. Each Lex Mundi member firm was asked to respond to a series of questions, regarding their jurisdiction. Some jurisdictions differentiate between regulatory (summary) offenses and criminal offenses. In many jurisdictions the rules of criminal procedure on the prosecution of criminal and regulatory offenses are similar. The term
“offense” used in this paper means both types of offenses.
European Union: Accession States Tax Guide Survey: 2008
Lex Mundi has prepared and marketed internally a short, up dated practical guide, providing essential information on the tax systems in force of each new EU member state. The “EU Accession States Tax Guide” was initiated by Lex Mundi¹s International Tax Practice Group and was coordinated by Yerassimos C. Yannopoulos and Maria Vrachatis both members of Zepos & Yannopoulos (the Lex Mundi member firm in Greece). The aim of the relevant publication is to: (i) disseminate among Lex Mundi member firms key information on the tax systems covered and (ii) constitute a valuable tool for both members and clients in assessing the tax environment in each new member state in the pursuit of business activities and opportunities.
2007 Association of Corporate Counsel Chief Legal Officer Survey: 2008
Chief legal officers and general counsel continue to spend the majority of their time on corporate transactional work as one of their top three areas of focus, followed by compliance When asked to identify the next “big issue” they will face, respondents identified “document/records management issues” and “staff recruiting/retentions/training” as the two most important ones.
Read the entire survey for more information
2008 Global Guide to in-house counsel salaries: 2008
This survey features average salaries for GC and in-house counsel in 18 countries.
Countries:
UK
Ireland
France
Belgium
Spain
Netherlands
Italy
Switzerland
Germany
Russia
Dubai/Middle East
India
Singapore
Japan
Honk Kong
Mainland China
Australia
South Africa
USA
National Government Ethics Survey: An Inside View of Public Sector Ethics: 2008
The National Government Ethics Survey is a distinct and important part of the Ethics Resource Center's longitudinal survey work, the National Workplace Ethics Study. Since 1994, the Ethics Resource Center has fielded a nationally-representative poll of employees at all levels to understand how they view ethics and compliance at work. Previous reports presented aggregated findings from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors; 2007 marks the first time a separate government report has been issued. The findings of the National Workplace Ethics Study will be presented primarily through the National Business Ethics Survey, the National Nonprofit Ethics Survey, and the National Government Ethics Survey, as well as future webcasts, white papers, and research briefs.
Profile of In-house Counsel from Non-profit Organizations: 2007
299 In-house counsel from non-profit organizations responded.
Respondents in this survey have worked as in-house counsel of non-profit companies an average of 12.3 years, and in other legal positions for an average of seven years before becoming in-house counsel. Most respondents also indicate that they have held one legal position with their current employer before assuming their present position, a role which counsel have had for an average of seven years.
2007 Compliance Program and Risk Assessment Benchmarking Survey: 2007
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and Corpedia, Inc., jointly administered the 2007 Compliance Program and Risk Assessment Benchmarking survey during February and March of 2007. Key topics were covered in the survey included: Compliance program leadership, staffing and spend; Ethics and compliance awareness and training; Challenges, privilege and the Board of Directors; Risk assessments; Hotlines, reports and organizational health surveys. Key findings include: 58 percent of all organizations have a Chief Compliance Officer while 28 percent have a Chief Ethics Officer; Almost one quarter (23 percent) of all organizations conduct risk assessments at least twice a
year.
ACC 2006 Census of In-house Counsel : 2007
Executive summary - ACC's 2006 Census of In-house Counsel. This study explored the areas of personal career history, personal demographics, profile of the corporate legal department and the use of legal research and other products and services.
Lex Mundi Intellectual Property and Competition Law Survey: 2007
The intention was for the survey to concentrate on a number of particular aspects of competition/antitrust rules in respect of IP license agreements and supply/distribution agreements, to determine to what degree there might be uniformity (or not) of application across members¹ jurisdictions. The results of the survey are not intended to represent a comprehensive guide to Competition Law in each Lex Mundi member jurisdiction but rather provide an insight into the differing treatment of key provisions found in licence and
distributions agreement.
Labor and Employment Desk Book : 2007
This Lex Mundi multi-jurisdictional survey represents a
country-by-country overview of some key labor and employment laws. The topics include, but are not limited to,family leave
act, drug testing of employees, and legal obligations to an employee upon termination. The descriptions set forth are intended only as a general overview of the law as of March 2006.
In-House Counsel and the Attorney-Client Privilege: 2007
This Lex Mundi multi-jurisdictional survey presents a country-by-country overview of the availability of protection from disclosure of communications between in-house counsel and the officers, directors or employees of the companies they serve. Each Lex Mundi member firm was asked to describe briefly the applicability of the attorney-client privilege to communications with
in-house counsel in its jurisdiction. The summaries presented below -- covering virtually all of the jurisdictions of the world -- address the following questions:
Are communications between in-house counsel and officers, directors and employees of the company they serve privileged?
If so, are there limitations on the privilege?
If not privileged in and of themselves, are there alternative methods of protecting the information?
Pre-Merger Notification: 2007
A number of jurisdictions have implemented pre-merger notification procedures. The types of transactions addressed by these regulatory regimes, the type of information (if any) required to be submitted, the ability of regulators to delay a transaction, and the effect of pre-merger procedures, vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Provided in this documents is basic information concerning the pre-merger regulatory regimes in effect in 51 jurisdictions world wide.
Telecommunications Regulation Multi-Jurisdictional Survey: 2007
This Lex Mundi multi-jurisdiction survey represents a country-by-country overview of some of the key components of telecommunications laws and regulations in over thirty countries across the globe. The topics include, but are not limited to, the nature and extent of regulation of different types of communications services and the entities that provide those services, restrictions on foreign investment, the nature and extent of competition, and regulations impacting the internet and VoIP.
2007 ACC/Serengeti Managing Outside Counsel Survey : 2007
Find out how your management of outside counsel compares with the approach of your in-house peers. Learn about the latest techniques being used by other law departments. Now in its sixth year, this survey report provides unique and valuable information regarding the diverse strategies being used by in-house counsel to manage their work with their law firms.
Specific benchmarks by size of company and size of law department permit useful comparisons with your practice. From amounts spent and hourly rates,to common management techniques (such as billing guidelines, alternative
fees, and budgets), to technology solutions (such as electronic billing and Internet-based services), detailed information is summarized so that you can learn from the experiences of other in-house counsel.
The 175+-page report is provided on a CD, which organizes information for ease of reference. To get a free benchmarking tool or to order the full survey, visit the Serengeti website
Corporate Law Compensation & Management Survey (CLCM): 2007
Empsight's CLCM Survey has become the largest in-house law compensation survey in the U.S. focusing on large corporations / departments. Many ACC member companies participate in this survey. In 2006 the survey had 204 Participants with an average participant revenue size in excess of $19 Billion. The 2007 survey, which is about to be published, has similar participation. The survey reports data on base salary, annual bonus, long term incentives, and multiple sub-cuts (e.g. legal specialty, law department size, law school rank, revenue, and others). The survey also provides useful legal spending and staffing analyses.
Using Technology-Law Department Best Practices Survey: 2006
This article summarises the findings of the PLCLaw Department
survey on using technology 2006. The survey was conducted by means of a confidential online questionnaire addressed to general counsel of leading multinational companies as listed in PLCLaw Department Profiles. The questionnaire was then followed up by a series of telephone interviews. The data was collected in March and April 2006.
A full breakdown of the results of this survey including breakdowns by company turnover, sector and jurisdiction can be found at http://ld.practicallaw.com/9-202-2901.
About the survey
© Legal & Commercial Publishing Limited 2006. For further details, visit www.practicallaw.com
2006 Association of Corporate Counsel Chief Legal Officer Survey : 2006
Chief legal officers and general counsel continue to spend the majority of their time on corporate transactional work (65% named it as one of their top three areas of focus), followed by compliance (50%) and board relations (29%). When asked to identify the next “big issue” they will face, respondents identified “international expansion/globalization issues” and “document/records management” as the two most important.
Read the entire survey for more information
ACC 2004 Census of In-house Counsel : 2006
Executive summary - ACC's 2004 Census of In-house Counsel. This study explored the areas of personal career history, personal demographics, profile of the corporate legal department and the use of legal research and other products and services.
Law Firm Partnering : 2006
Having rationalised the number of law firms they use, in-house law departments are devising new ways to obtain best value. Adam
Frederickson analyses recent benchmarking survey results and identifies the main trends. Additional reporting by Sara Catley.
Finding, keeping and motivating talent : 2006
In-house salary levels may be on the rise but the ongoing challenge for general counsel is to develop successful strategies to retain and
motivate their top staff. Derek Bedlow analyses the results of the 2006 PLCLaw Department survey on finding, keeping and motivating talent.
Survey of Corporate Records Practices of 2006: 2006
Jordan Lawrence conducted a survey of several hundred corporate attorneys. Their feedback uncovered company problems including over-retention of records, poor record naming standards, general dissatisfaction with policies and the inability to enforce policies. These records management problems parallel the information and insights provided by operations and IT management that we recently gathered
To whom the General Counsel (or equivalent) report? - Excerpts from the ACC 2004 Census of In-house Counsel : 2006
To whom the General Counsel (or equivalent) report? - Excerpts from the ACC 2004 Census of In-house Counsel.
The Decline Of the Attorney-Client Privilege in the Corporate Context: 2006
The coalition of organizations involved in this survey believes that the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine as applied in the corporate context are vital protections that serve society’s interests and protect clients’ Constitutional rights to counsel. The attorney-client privilege is fundamental to fairness and balance
in our justice system and essential to corporate compliance regimes. Without reliable privilege protections, executives and other employees will be discouraged from asking difficult questions or seeking guidance regarding the most sensitive situations. Without meaningful privilege protections, lawyers are more likely to
be excluded from operating in a preventive (rather than reactive) manner. In today’s complex business environment, it is increasingly important to encourage business executives and even line managers to regularly and without any hesitation – engage their lawyers in open discussions about anything that concerns them in furtherance of assuring the corporation’s legal health. It is our belief that attorney-client communications, and the confidentiality that fosters those communications, are more important than ever, and laudably serve society’s and our legal system’s public policy goals.
Altman Weil Law Department Management Benchmarks Survey: 2006
The Altman Weil Law Department Management Benchmarks Survey provides benchmarks on staffing, expenses, operations and functional areas of interest to individuals responsible for law department management. This survey serves as a companion study to the Altman Weil Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey.
Altman Weil Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey: 2006
Altman Weil Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey is a comprehensive analytical resource for reviewing and setting law department compensation. Data is reported using key variables including geographic region, industry type, size of organization, annual revenues, size of law department, years of experience and more.
Trends in The Corporate Governance Practices of the 100 Largest US Public Companies: 2005
This survey tracks the corporate governance trends in the largest 100 US publicly traded companies.
Chief Legal Officer Survey: The Opinions of Chief Legal Officers on Issues of Importance: 2005
Each question is presented and the tabulated results of
the survey follow each question. Where identical or similar questions were asked in prior CLO Surveys, a comparison and analysis is presented. Some answers are represented in charts and graphs while others are provided in text format.
2005 Compliance Program and Risk Assessment Benchmarking Survey: 2005
Conducted by ACC and Corpedia Inc., the survey was “opt-in” and 412 inside corporate counsels participated in the survey. The representation was broken down with 15 percent coming from foreign-based corporations and 85 percent from U.S-based corporations in all major industries. Nearly 60 percent of the companies represented by survey participants are publicly-traded on a major U.S. stock exchange. The survey covered: Compliance/ethics department structure and spend, Enterprise training and communications, Executive attitude and board of director reporting, Risk assessments and Organizational health surveys, hotlines and investigations.
ACC 2004 Census of In-house Counsel : 2005
Executive summary - ACC's 2004 Census of In-house Counsel. This study explored the areas of personal career history, personal demographics, profile of the corporate legal department and the use of legal research and other products and services.
Europe and Asia In-house Counsel Salary Survey 2005: 2005
Laurence Simons International Europe and Asia In-house Counsel Salary Survey 2005 - focuses on the remuneration of GC based on size of law department and compensation of other in-house counsel based on levels of experience.
Altria Compliance Survey : 2005
Altria Compliance Survey
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Survey: The Attorney Client Privilege is Under Attack: 2005
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Survey: The Attorney Client Privilege is Under Attack - this executive summary provides an overview of responses to the survey - Is the Attorney-Client Privilege Under Attack.
ACC Survey: Is the Attorney-Client Privilege Under Attack: 2005
ACC Survey: Is the Attorney-Client Privilege Under Attack
In-house Counsel Profession: Profile of ACC’s Nonprofit Committee: 2005
In-house Counsel Profession: Profile of ACC's Nonprofit Committee
Profile of ACC’s New to In-house Networking Group: 2005
In-house counsel profession - Profile of ACC's New to In-house Networking Group. Survey conducted in December 2004
ACC Law Department Budget Survey - Size of the Legal Department v. Annual Sales: 2004
ACC 2001 Census of Inhouse Counsel (complete survey results): 2004
ACC 2001 Census of Inhouse Counsel (complete survey results)
2004 ACCA/Serengeti Managing Outside Counsel Survey Report, Assessing Key Elements of the In-house Counsel/Outside Counsel Relationship: 2004
This survey on outside counsel management provides specific benchmarks by size of company and size of law department permit useful comparisons with your practice. From amounts spent and hourly rates, to common management techniques (such as billing guidelines, alternative fees, and budgets), to newer techniques (such as minimum associate experience requirements and early payment discounts), to technology solutions (such as electronic billing and Internet-based services), detailed information is summarized so that you can learn from the experiences of other in-house counsel. For the first time, this year's report summarizes the hourly rates paid by corporate clients for specific types of legal work in major metropolitan areas.
2004 Corporate Records Management Survey of In-house Counsel: 2004
2004 Corporate Records Management Survey of In-house Counsel conducted by Jordan Lawrence Group. This report summarizes findings from 240 corporate counsel respondents from a wide variety of industries and companies of all sizes.
Chief Legal Officer Survey : 2004
Conducted by Altman Weil at the ACC 2004 annual meeting. The Survey reports Chief Legal Officers focused on performance and effectiveness in an increasingly demanding corporate environment.
Client Satisfaction Survey : 2004
Client Satisfaction Survey (office of General Counsel)
ACC/NACD Survey: General Counsel As Risk Manager: 2004
In an effort to further understand the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley, ACC and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) collaborated to better understand implications for industry, the profession and board-management relations. The chief finding from the survey shows that General Counsel and Corporate Directors believe their liability for their organization's misconduct has increased now some two years after enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate governance legislation.
Survey: Emerging Liability/Indemnification/Insurance Issues for In-House Counsel: 2004
Respondents to this survey provided information on indemnification and insurance coverage available to lawyers at their companies, and their thoughts on coverage options, as well as emerging liability issues of concern.
Corporate Legal Times Surveys: 2004
Link to results of surveys conducted by Corporate Legal Times.
2003 MANAGING OUTSIDE COUNSEL SURVEY REPORT NOW AVAILABLE: 2003
ACC released the 2003 ACC/Serengeti Managing Outside Counsel Survey Report. This third annual survey of ACC members explores the diverse strategies used by corporate law departments to manage work with their law firms for controlling costs and optimizing results. Serengeti Law, whose web-based technology facilitates the management of legal work by corporate law departments with their law firms, conducts the survey each year for ACC.
Chief Legal Officers survey : 2003
the fourth annual Chief Legal Officers survey conducted at ACC's 2003 Annual meeting collecting the opinions of chief legal officers on issues on importance.
ACCA/NACD Corporate Director & Corporate Counsel Poll on Corporate Governance: 2003
A survey of more than 600 corporate directors and general counsel at public corporations in the
U.S. demonstrates significant agreement about who bears responsibility for the recent wave of
corporate governance scandals, and considerable doubt about the proposed remedies.
In addition to servings as General Counsel for the corporation, do you also have a non-legal function (not including VP or Corporate Secretary) Poll: 2002
Does your legal department have responsibility for state government affairs or state regulatory affairs Poll?: 2002
Global Privacy Law: A Survey of 15 Major Jurisdictions: 2002
This survey provides an overview of privacy law.
Chief Legal officer Survey (3rd Annual): 2002
The opinions of chief legal officers on issues on importance.
Outside Counsel Termination Poll: 2001
MJP Poll: 2001
Outside Counsel Rention Poll: 2001
To whom does the General Counsel Report Poll: 2001
Growth of Legal Department Poll: 2001
Chief Legal Officer 2001 Survey: 2001
A survey of 40 Chief Legal Officers (CLOs) who attended the 2001 Annual Meeting. Topics include outside counsel management and anticipated changes in department size.
Survey of CEO's: In-house Counsel for the 21st Century: 2001
Survey of CEO's attitudes towards in-house counsel and outside counsel, sponsored by Spherion.
Do You Have a Written Employment Contract Poll?: 2001
Does the legal department take part in the strategic planning of the company’s business?: 2001
Does your company include mandatory arbitration in its employment contracts Poll?: 2001
Does you company have a written disaster or crisis plan Poll?: 2001
Chief Legal Officer Survey: 2000
"Survey conducted of CLO's attending the 2000 ACCA Annual Meeting."
Survey: Practicing Law Accross State Lines: 2000
"The ABA has created a Commission to study MJP (multijurisdictional practice issues) and report their findings and recommendations to the ABA governing bodies for their 2001 Annual Meeting. In order to get its arms around the issue and assess its practical impact on folks in the trench, the Commission is greatly interested in your responses to the attached survey on every day issues you may (or may not) encounter. These issues relate to your practice across state lines.
The following survey is intended to gather information from practicing lawyers as to (1) the frequency with which lawyers perform work outside the states where they are licensed, and (2) their initial reactions as to what should be permitted. All of the following situations involve conduct that could be impermissible under the unauthorized practice of law provisions of some jurisdictions, although the provisions would not necessarily be enforced."
The Fortune 500 CEO Survey on General Counsels: 2000
"In April of 2000, Heidrick & Struggles and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association conducted a survey of Fortune 500 CEOs regarding their views of the role played by their General Counsel. The objective of the study was to gain a better understanding of the importance this position plays within these companies, the skill set most valued by CEOs and their attitudes regarding diversity in the legal department. This survey is in the PDF Format."
Best Practice Survey 1999: Europe's leading companies respond to the challenge of globilisation: 1999
"General: This article highlights the major trends from the 1999 survey of legal departments carried out by European Counsel 3000."
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