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Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Chair’s Choice II: The Evolution of the In-house Practice

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Approaches to Counseling the E-Volving Organization’s Workforce

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Approaches to Counseling the E-Volving Organization’s Workforce

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - A Comparative Analysis between U.S. and European Competition Laws

This presentations covers the highlights of the 208 Session at ACC's 2011 Annual Meeting.

Presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - International ADR - The Future of Cross-Border Disputes

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Examining the Concept of the International Shared Services Center

Presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Construction Law

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - A Fresh Look at ADR

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - A Fresh Look at ADR

Presented at ACCA’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Ideas for Launching Local Chapter-based Pro Bono Efforts

Presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Current Issues Faced by Nonprofit Organization Counsel

Presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Current Issues Faced by Nonprofit Organization Counsel

Presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Negotiating Cross-Cultural Transactions

Presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Natural Resource Damages Litigation

This hypothetical example used in ACC's CLO Club during Annual Meeting 2007 presents issues relating to crisis management and communications.

This hypothetical example used in ACC's CLO Club during Annual Meeting 2007 presents issues relating to financial compliance, auditing, best practices, compliance, and finance. & banking, role of the general counsel.

This Key Takeaway Summary Sheet summarizes key issues, challenges and best practices that were described during CLO Club Sessions 1 & 2 (on Financial Compliance and on Crisis Management, respectively) during ACC's CLO Club at Annual Meeting 2007.

Annual Meeting 2006: Should the legal department manage the company's risk insurance program? If your department does, you’ll find this program will provide you with the legal knowledge and strategies for handling the risk insurance program, from negotiating policy renewals, developing relationships with underwriters, and incorporating brokers into your risk management team.

Annual Meeting 2006: No company wishes to be the target of an EEOC charge. Don’t take your chances that it won’t happen to you – provide a proactive solution. Take this opportunity to learn effective grievance and complaint programs to help prevent a charge, successful tactics in securing a no cause finding by the Commission, and tips on when and why to select EEOC mediation.

Annual Meeting 2006: A nonprofit organization engaging in activities that are substantial but unrelated to its mission increases its exposure to risk and elevates opportunities for reward. Our program is designed to familiarize participants with the legal implications of creating a for-profit subsidiary, and will review the potential risks and benefits and provide useful tools to avoid common pitfalls. Discussion topics will include reasons for forming a for-profit subsidiary and how to establish one, choice of entity, effective management and control, and avoiding attribution to the nonprofit parent.

Annual Meeting 2006: How can you establish credibility with your management when claiming that expenses are beyond your control? Learn how experienced practitioners have approached and conducted their internal negotiations for resources in the face of business and legal uncertainties. Topics will include making the case for bringing work inside, billing back for time, establishing metrics, using benchmarking effectively, increasing the number and/or experience levels of non-lawyer staff, and using contract or temporary lawyers for specific projects.

Annual Meeting 2006: How do you advise the business to decide what to keep, develop, or retire after a merger or acquire? Conducting proper due diligence of IP assets is essential to making informed decisions. Review the applicable legal issues and benchmark with your peers the proper steps to follow in IP due diligence as well as the best methods for integrating IP portfolios after a corporate merger or acquisition.

Annual Meeting 2006: Many large companies have institutionalized compliance with EH&S requirements by developing internal written guidelines or standard practices, which attempt to translate and adapt these requirements into procedures, customized for their specific operations. But do the advantages of having such standard practices truly outweigh their disadvantages? What resources are involved in developing such standard practices and keeping them updated on a regular basis? What role should in-house counsel play with respect to these standard practices? Come join the debate as these and other hot EH&S topics are discussed.

Annual Meeting 2006: Technology can be a powerful enabler-or an expensive diversion-from the work of a law department. What can you do to increase the prospects that your technology projects will work? How can you make legal knowledge management a reality? In-house practitioners from various law departments will speak candidly about their own projects (i.e., the good, the bad, and the ugly) and how they are managing them. After our presentation, you will understand what legal knowledge management entails, be able to improve your department’s reuse of knowledge, easily recognize the traps, and better appreciate the process required to make implementation of technology successful.

Annual Meeting 2006: In part 2 of this two-part series, our panel will review the current case law and discuss the new proposed amendments to the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure. In addition, the panel will review the Sedona Principles and give practical tips to ensure compliance with the law.

Annual Meeting 2006: Great lawyers are not necessarily great managers. In this session, learn how to get better performance out of your employees. Our panel of management specialists will explore real and specific performance issues, including both the positive and negative you likely encounter on a regular basis.

Annual Meeting 2006: If your company makes use of or develops free or open source software (FOSS), this session is for you. Our technology counsel will provide an overview of what FOSS is, legal issues concerning such software including litigation, patents, different licenses, warranties, and indemnification involved, where and how FOSS is generally used, and risks and benefits involved with licensing and using these types of software. You will also receive an update on proposed changes to the General Public License (GPL) and take home a list of the legal issues to be aware of to keep your company out of trouble.

Annual Meeting 2006: As quantitative management approaches become more common, we hear that it’s all about the numbers! How do you translate the value and worth of your small law department into something quantifiable? Better yet, how can you use the numbers to your benefit? Come and share your thoughts with our panel of experienced veterans on how to communicate your results in a way that the number crunchers will understand.

Annual Meeting 2006: Let's face it. Being corporate counsel is probably the toughest job in the legal profession. The demands of dealing with executives, staff, and outside attorneys can make even the most balanced person want to go ‘legal.’ In this light-hearted approach to a very serious topic, we’ll teach you about the harmful effects of stress on your physical and emotional well-being and share the three steps to a more stress-free career including how to get a clue, get a grip, and get a life!