Close
Login to MyACC
ACC Members


Not a Member?

The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is the world's largest organization serving the professional and business interests of attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations, nonprofits and other private-sector organizations around the globe.

Join ACC

ACC Member Portal and Web Services are back online
ACC's member portal and web services are available following a scheduled upgrade. However, our team is monitoring and resolving issues promptly. Please be sure to reset your password here.
Thank you for your patience. Please contact our team with any questions.

Search Filters
Susan R. Packal, Director of Legal Business Operations and Strategy at Hilton Worldwide

This QuickCounsel lists ways to bring your global legal team together.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: Global
Colleen Cone, Charla Bizios, and Jennifer Parent

This QuickCounsel discusses the ways legal department can engage and retain its young hires.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Law Department Management
Source: Resource Library
Region: Global
Ziyi He, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

This QuickCounsel will examine three important developments in US whistleblower litigation since 2015: longer statute of limitations, available emotional distress damages, and lower standard of "reasonable belief."

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
Catharine Black Lipp João, law student at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul and intern at Carvalho, Machado, Timm Advogados (CMT) and Rafael Louzada Nardin, law student at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul and intern at Cabanellos Schuh Advogados Associados

This Quick Overview seeks to clarify industrial property (a type of intellectual property) protection in Brazil , specifically the case of item I of Article 2 of Federal Statute 9279/96, related to the grant of patents of invention and utility models.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: Brazil
Warrick Beaver, Managing Director for Customer & Third Party Risk at Thomson Reuters

This Top Ten addresses issues that General Counsel should consider when examining anti-bribery and corruption practices in global supply chains.

Resource Details
Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics
Source: Resource Library
Region: Global
Yan-Xin Li, 3L, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

This Quick Overview briefly examines the tax consequences of payments from litigation and settlements, such as the character and inclusion of these payments as income, as well as their deductibility and reporting in the United States.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
Athina Manoli, 3L, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

This QuickCounsel addresses how workplace class actions can prove very expensive and involve a high reputational risk, both of which can result in substantial financial exposure and negatively impact a company's value.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
Gregory L. Shelton

This QuickOverview discusses how condo defects are often associated with mold and structural damage caused by water intrusion, but the term also includes defects in sidewalks, pools, retaining walls, private roads, irrigation systems, and other items falling within the association's maintenance and repair responsibility in North Carolina (United States).

Resource Details
Interest Area: Real Estate
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
Audience: New to In-House, Small Law Departments
Thomas Penalver, Thomas Lemoine, Clara Marco and Marion Lagrange

This Quick Overview will point out some procedural and substantial rights granted by the European Convention on Human Rights with respect to business matters.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: European Union
Audience: New to In-House, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Kimberleigh Dyess, University of Maryland

This Quick Overview discusses how businesses must be prepared to handle the risks and consequences of storing large quantities of customer and client personal information digitally in the United States.

Resource Details
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
Subscribe to Quick Overview