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

Search Filters
  • Material Types
  • Sources
  • Interest Areas
  • Collections
  • Regions
  • Audiences

Learn "best practices" from colleagues, how to build effective and mutually beneficial working relationship with outside counsel and perform strategic planning to control costs and align the law department with the company’s goals.

Having an Ethics Code of Conduct is increasingly becoming a necessity rather than luxury. Introducing such code will – more often than not – be the responsibility of in-house counsel. Implementation thereof will pose considerable challenges. Hear some practical advice in terms of anticipating and effectively overcoming these challenges.

This ACC CLO ThinkTank Executive Report highlights key takeaways and discussion highlights from a recent ACC CLO ThinkTank session on "Taking Charge of Escalating Law Firm Costs-Connecting Costs with Value."

Learn the what, when, who and how of records retention in litigation and non-litigation settings. The discussion centers on when a records hold order should be issued; what the hold order contain, how it should be implemented, and processes to make sure that the hold order is being complied with throughout an organization. The panel discusses real-life scenarios and provides insight into the dangers of not having a records retention program.

Discuss what compliance issues the Feds are focused on right now, and what you can do to protect your company. Learn about companies and in-house counsel who have suffered the consequences of non-compliance and discover the best resources available to keep up with changes in the law.

Learn how to actually implement the program you’ve structured; Discuss who in your organization should and should NOT be involved; Identify interactive training tactics that make compliance training more engaging and memorable for trainees; Learn about technological aids that can assist with overcoming compliance-training obstacles, including budgetary issues, and learn how to adapt to changes in the law and keep your program up-to-date.

The objective of this presentation was to determine whether your existing compliance program is working, take away benchmarks and statistics that help convince executives to act before it's too late, and to understand that a compliance program doesn't have to be costly to be effective.

Energy companies are required to comply with myriad laws, rules and regulations. With increased penalty authority for many regulators, staying in compliance is a necessity. Explore several hypothetical compliance cases, participate in determining whether they present compliance problems and suggest how companies should respond to those problems, in collaboration with the speakers.

Discover what happens behind closed doors during settlement negotiations with the SEC. Hypothetical scenarios and role-playing will facilitate a model face-to-face “negotiation” with the SEC, providing insight into negotiating the terms and the language of a settlement order, including penalties, charges, mitigation language, and whether employees are named as defendants or respondents.

Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) have been on the top of the agenda for management and in-house counsel during the last years and trade compliance may or may not be getting the attention merited by the current complexities of this area of law. This will certainly have an implication on the current trade compliance landscape and how in-house counsel should respond to it. This session will bring more clarity to the current status and provide concrete recommendations for your daily operations.

Subscribe to Compliance & Ethics
ACC
ACC Global Headquarters
1001 G Street NW
Suite 300W
Washington, D.C. 20001 USA

Contact Directory

Explore ACC
Privacy & Other Policies © 1998-2026, Association of Corporate Counsel. All Rights Reserved.