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.
What are the latest trends and events in anti-corruption enforcement? As in-house counsel practicing globally you need to know. This session addressed the current state of the anti-corruption and bribery laws applying to the international activities of US companies including the application of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and non-US laws such as those of the 37 countries who are signatories or concurring countries to the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation (OECD) and certain United Nation treaties.
"Just as the dual role of in-house counsel complicates liability as discussed above, communications with in-house counsel, ordinarily subject to the attorney-client privilege, have become suspect."
Whether someone is engaged in the unauthorized practice of law is a highly fact-sensitive inquiry. Both New Jersey and New York courts have, therefore, adopted a case-by-case approach.
To present the program, you will need approximately four individuals to read the script and "role play". We suggest a panel of two to four individuals with a moderator to address discussion questions. Successful programs have used panelists with diverse legal backgrounds such as in-house lawyers, judges, legal ethics professors and lawyers in private practice. We encourage audience participation.
"Ethics program material, "Cutting Edge Issues for In-house Counsel," presented to the North Carolina Chapter by ACCA Senior Attorney Jim Merklinger. (September 24, 1999)."
Reviews three litigation strategies employed by the plaintiff's bar: medical monitoring, "Big Government" lawsuits, and judicial nullification of state tort law.