Managing legal cost has become a core expectation for Law Departments, rather than a defining indicator of value contribution. The next evolutionary phase is strategically supporting the business in the accomplishment of its goals and objectives.
This is a sample template for a corporate compliance training policy.
ACC Legal Operations offer this as a reference model. Legal Department leaders are encouraged to use it as a tool to benchmark maturity in any given area(s), bearing in mind that based on department size, staffing and budgets, priorities and aspirational targets will vary.
Areas of focus are: change management, compliance, contracts, records, external & internal resources, financial, IP, knowledge, project & process management, as well as litigation support, metrics & analysis, strategic planning and technology.
This is a sample workplace violence policy.
This is a sample of data map design strategies.
This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses whether a company should pay a closing bonus to outside counsel as a "thank you" at the close of a M&A transaction when the outside counsel has been paid hourly rates for service throughout the contract. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Corporate & Securities ACC Network.
Hosted by the Internal Resource Mgmt. Interest Group
Members from 4 legal departments (Yazaki, Brother, Micron and Chubb) will show how their systems work in an open forum.
Sample Outside Counsel Billing Guidelines Contributed by ACC Legal Operations Members
Lean Forward...and Beyond
The Legal Ops Investor