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Benchmarking and Research Data

2015 ACC Global Census

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.
Purchase an electronic copy of the full survey or download the free Executive Summary below.

Program Materials

Emerging Global Trends and their Impact on Canadian Corporate Counsel

By Cornell Boggs, Daniel Desjardins, Av Maharaj, Garry G. Mathiason

Discuss recent international court decisions affecting in-house practice; Review recent Canadian court decisions affecting in-house practice; and learn how litigation tied to business practices, global change, social phenomena, regulatory goals, etc. are reshaping GCs’ focus.

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Climate Change: Minimizing Corporate Risk & Maximizing Opportunities

By Daniel A. Barthold - Director of Energy & Environmental Engineering, Miller Brewing Company; Kathleen M. Hennessey - Senior Environmental Counsel, DaimlerChrysler Corporation; Thomas Kerr - Chief, Energy Supply & Industry Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Mindy S. Lubber - Executive Director, Ceres.

A discussion on subjects such as emissions, general guidelines for voluntary greenhouse gas reporting, proposed rules, and more.

Articles

Doing Business 2014 – Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-size Enterprises

By Morais, Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva, Lex Mundi member firm for Portugal

On average around the world, starting a business takes 7 procedures, 25 days and costs 32% of income per capita in fees. To operate and expand, the firm will need financing—from shareholders or from creditors. Raising money in the capital market is easier and less costly where minority shareholders feel protected from self-interested transactions by large shareholders. Good corporate governance rules can provide this kind of protection. But among the 189 economies covered by this article, 46 still have only very limited requirements for disclosing majority shareholders’ conflicts of interest—or none at all. In recent years, there has been remarkable progress in removing some of the biggest bureaucratic obstacles to private sector activity. Yet small and medium-size enterprises still are subject to burdensome regulations and vague rules that are unevenly applied and that impose inefficiencies on the enterprise sector. Learn more about the specific regulatory obstacles small and medium-size enterprises must navigate.

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The Ethics of Pro Bono Practice by In-House Counsel

By Elizabeth Bluestein, Michael Sposato, and Laurie Zelon

Do you want to give back to your local community by representing indigent or other needy clients? Believe it or not, some states won't allow you to do so (e.g., if you are not locally-licensed, even though the rules permit to provide legal advice to your employer). And, even if a state does allow you to practice pro bono, you still need to keep in mind a whole host of ethical and practical issues, such as confidentiality and client loyalty, avoidance of conflicts and whether or not you should purchase malpractice insurance. Composed of in-house lawyers who have faced these challenges, this panel will explore current pro bono practice and ethics rules, how and where those rules are changing and what you can do to make sure you and your law department are in compliance.

Sample Forms, Policies, and Contracts

Integration Tracking Chart

By Lily Hughes

Byron Kalogerou

Scott Posner

Mark Shaffer

This sample integration chart contains fields based on task, assignment, designated point of contact, start and end dates.

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