Benchmarking and Research Data
Does your organization use any type of incentive-based compensation for staff?
ACC homepage poll results for the week of 4/18/2011 - 4/24/2011.
ACC homepage poll results for the week of 4/18/2011 - 4/24/2011.
ACC and The Wall Street Journal administered a "Contract-Attorney Use" survey for utilization in an article written by WSJ in June 2011. This survey contains many questions that you might be grappling with when it comes to the use of non-staff contract-attorneys.
ACC homepage poll results for the week of 7/18/2011 - 7/24/2011.
ACC homepage poll results for the week of 2/13/2012-2/17/2012
Based on responses from over 5,000 in-house counsel in 73 countries, ACC's 2015 Census Report offers legal departments, law firms, and other legal industry partners insight into one of the largest ever samplings of the in-house community.
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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.
This study explores the changing role of the general counsel by documenting its evolution and predicting the skill sets that will be required for future general counsel to be successful. Central themes to this skill set include the ability to place legal issues in a larger business context, embrace risk and make decisions, communicate with business partners in language they can relate to, and work seamlessly with the executive team and the board of directors to make productive decisions about operations and strategy, which has become increasingly global in scope. The report includes an executive summary, key findings, interview excerpts and the methodology.
A survey polling general counsels as to whom the general counsel the reported. Provides information regarding when the general counsel is more likely to report to the CEO, CFO, or President of the company.
A survey of a company's use of the Altria Code of Conduct.
A survey of corporate counsel in their role as a risk manager. Includes impact of Sarbanes-Oxley, whistleblower policies and improving relations with other officers and directors.