This Value Practice Resource highlights key elements of Nationwide's Approved Counsel Program (ACP) and gives insights to key success factors.
Nationwide's sample form to use when Approved Counsel Program list does not include a firm that can provides appropriate assistance.
Nationwide's sample Agreement for outside counsel billing and staffing policy.
Nationwide's rating process for the evaluation of approved counsel.
Changing Top Jobs: Start by Listening, Set the Tone and Expectations, Learn the Business and More...Insights from Thomas Sabatino, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for United Airlines, Inc.
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 for generating and demonstrating value to the organization, as well as best practices for improving the bottom line and optimizing collaboration with business units. In the wake of the economic downturn and increased pressure to “do more with less,” 10 participating corporations share their best value-generating and value-sustaining practices in law department staffing, targeted practice areas, outside counsel management, strategic planning and the use of metrics to measure and track value practices.
The purpose of this InfoPAK is to assist corporate counsel in understanding and making decisions about conflicts and waivers. Included is an overview of the rules relating to the three principal kinds of conflict of interest that result in conflicts waiver requests, as well as a discussion of the issues corporate counsel should consider when reviewing a request for a conflicts waiver.
As legal departments bring more work in house to reduce costs, knowing how to leverage key resources to help manage growing workloads is critical for corporate counsel. Lawyers must know how to delegate tasks to legal staff more judiciously than ever before. This article has suggestions for developing these crucial skills.
This Value Practice resource give background and benefits to Viacom's legal department use of a matter management system for its domestic legal operations.
Viacom sample Dashboard screen shots of Matter Management report.