Litigation
Forms
Royal Bank of Canada Law Group Sample Retainer Letter for Internal Investigations
Nov 2009 Sample Form & Policy Download pdf
Royal Bank of Canada Law Group Sample Retainer Letter for Internal Investigations
Sample Arbitration Clauses with Comments
Jul 2009 Sample Form & Policy Download pdf
This document teaches about arbitration clauses, encourages the writer to think ahead about the likely disputes that the parties could encounter and be required to arbitrate, and to shape the arbitration ...
Preservation Notice
Jul 2009 Sample Form & Policy Download pdf
A sample notice of the obligation to preserve documents, electronically stored information and other materials from general counsel. Includes guidelines for preservation of documents and other materials.
InfoPaks
Role of the General Counsel
Sep 2009 InfoPAK Download pdf
Sponsored by ACC
The purpose of this InfoPAK is to provide some definition of the role, scope and nature of the duties of a general counsel in a globalized, post-Enron, post-Parmalat, post-Satyam Sarbanes-Oxley world, ...
So, Your Corporation Has Been Sued? What to Do in the First 30 Days
Mar 2009 InfoPAK Download pdf
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This InfoPAK is intended to guide in-house counsel on the steps that should be taken in the first thirty days after its company has been sued. It includes a general overview of what issues to consider ...
Fee Reimbursement
Sep 2008 InfoPAK Download pdf
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This InfoPAK is intended to provide information on the reimbursement of attorney's fees for in-house counsel. ![]("/images/logo.gif" ){kind=logo}
ACC Docket Articles
Small Law: Keeping Your Spirits Up Through a Bankruptcy Filing
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Even with the pressure of bankruptcy filings bearing down on you, Todd Silberman highlights the importance of taking time away from the stress to regain focus and perspective.
Ins & Outs: Litigation Costs Management: Revolution or Evolution?
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Learn some litigation cost management strategies in this must-read column!
Do it Diligently: How a New Best Practices Process Can Slash Expenses
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How are good compliance and due diligence programs the safeguard of a successful company? They protect against potential legal liability and financial hardship. They preserve the sanctity of a corporate ...
Leading Practices Profiles
Leading Practices in Electronic Billing: A Technological Tool for Corporate Legal Departments
Mar 2009 Leading Practices Profiles 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 ...
The Use of External Investigators to Aid in Corporate Investigations
Jan 2007 Leading Practices Profiles 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 Leading Practices Profiles 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 ...
Quick References
Hot Topics in Electronic Discovery
Jul 2009 Download pdf
Provides the best practices for electronic discovery.
Litigation Management Checklist
Jul 2009 Download pdf
Provides approaches to in-house pre-litigation, litigation, and post-litigation management.
"Manifest Disregard of the Law" after Hall Street
Jun 2009 Download pdf
List of court decisions grappling the issue of the Supreme Court's Hall Street holding: whether manifest disregard of the laws remains a valid basis for vacatur.
Program Materials
Ethical Issues in CrossBorder Discovery
Oct 2009 Download pdf
With the increase of corporate globalization, potentially relevant evidence can reside in many countries. From foreign language and computer language barriers, to privacy laws and safe harbor issues, ...
Challenges Facing In-house Counsel in Our Current Economy
Oct 2009 Download pdf
Today's economic climate heightens the urgency of securing the maximum value for your expenditures. How should you work with your in-house and outside colleagues to meet the CEO's and other ...
In-house Counsel as Witnesses
Oct 2009 Download pdf
Serving as a witness is a particularly tricky situation for in-house counsel, who are often involved in both business and legal affairs and communications posing vexing ethical issues. When called ...
Surveys
2008 CLO Survey
Apr 2009 Download pdf
This survey addresses issues including staffing, departmental organization, hiring plans, cost accounting, expectations for the coming year, changes to the role of the CLO, outside auditors and counsel, ...
Benchmark Survey on Prevailing Practices for Legal Holds in Global
Oct 2008 Download pdf
This research report compiles legal holds and litigation workflow data from 1000 companies and examines legal holds processes in corporations of this size since the December 2006 amendments to the ...
2008 ACC Serengeti Managing Outside Counsel Survey
Oct 2008 Download pdf
A survey that assesses the key elements of the in-house counsel/outside counsel relationship such as legal spending, law department administration, law firm selection, fees, controlling spending, ...