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Annual Meeting 2006: In addition to results, in-house litigators are regularly asked to show how they add value to the bottom line. Thus, in-house litigators need to put together a carefully developed plan, similar to a winning case strategy, which resonates with upper management. More than basic metrics, this seminar looks at what large and small litigation departments can do to win the adding value battle.

Annual Meeting 2006: Litigation, regardless of what type, can be expensive. Make that very expensive. Your legal knowledge can help you manage lawsuits in such a way that you can reduce your expenses. Take this opportunity to learn some tried and true methods for managing these costs in an IP lawsuit including outside counsel fees, costs of using experts and consultants, and more. We’ll send you home with the knowledge you need to manage these and other costs along with an understanding about why some costs will always be out of your control.

Getting the necessary information you need to complete your assignments can sometimes be easier said than done. Whether it is conducting an investigation or simply gathering data for a project, gaining access to the right information when you need it is an important key aspect of any paralegal's job. Learn about specific tools and methods you can use to improve your fact gathering skills and take home to share with your attorneys and/or business clients.

Presented to the Northeast Ohio Chapter of ACC America, April 19, 2007. Attorneys are often faced with litigation strategy issues. This presentation provides the practitioner with strategies, tactics and techniques aimed at producing efficient litigation. Topics include jurisdiction, filing, removal, depositions and electronic discovery.

2007 ACCE Annual Conference: When you think litigation, you think high costs and time away from more productive work. Other options to costly litigation have been available for some time, but how useful are they? This session focused on the use of mediation as an alternative to litigation.

This Briefing Book includes a discussion outline and suggested resources on the topic of strategic practices in outside counsel management from the inaugural meeting of ACC's Law Department Executive Leadership group.

Give your company a competitive advantage while positioning your department as a proactive business partner by building an effective government relations program without adding additional staff. How you say? Learn the law of lobbying. Join your in-house peers to learn how to develop a national (or state) strategy, how to find and hire lobbyists, and how to launch a legally compliant grassroots effort and create, manage, and evaluate a successful PAC.

More than ever, CEOs are looking to their general counsel to run the law department like a business. Typically a cost-center, the legal function in many companies often faces particularly stringent standards for efficiency and sometimes-outright skepticism from CEOs and boards about bottom-line orientation. How are leading GCs and department managers responding to this pressure and demonstrating creative, proactive, and business-savvy leadership in managing the legal function?

When a dispute arises concerning the sale of a business, your clever lawyering and intricate draftsmanship can get lost in front of judge and jury. How can you draft your contract to insure the intention of the parties is enforced as well as maximize the protection to your client? Our panel of your litigation peers will share their 20-20 hindsight on the M&A deal and what M&A practitioners should know about how your contracts are received and interpreted, and what you can do to help in case the business deal ends up in the courtroom or arbitration.

Are you still having problems getting your outside counsel to understand what you really mean by cost management, responsiveness and understanding your business? Get an update on the latest practical techniques and suggestions to help improve your in-house relationship with outside counsel from this panel of both outside and in-house counsel as they share their innovative approaches to managing legal relationships.

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