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.
An honest assessment of who we are and a willingness to hear the truth from others willing to tell us the truth is all we need to understand the labels we wear and to change how we are branded if we are not viewed as we want to be seen.
This TOO shall pass. It may take a day, a week, a month, maybe even a year but this moment, this difficulty, this person will pass on or grow up. And so will you.
Take a step back and examine whether you are, intentionally or not, “blinding” both yourself and your neighbors. In so doing, strive to run your business “consciously” by considering commercially reasonable options to improve everyone’s “vision” both for their benefit and your own.
Because an IoT market is virtually certain to emerge, in-house lawyers may find themselves confronting new territory. Privacy and security issues will dominate, but they are not the only legal risks to consider.
Even though the changes brought by the information revolution cannot be undone, it seems worthwhile to gain perspective on how the information revolution has changed the practice of law, and whether the changes are good, bad or neutral.
To illustrate how the use of settlement counsel functions and adds value, the following is a case narrative, based on our experiences with several clients. In this first installment, we will explore the general counsel’s perspective of settlement counsel and the benefits of adding another arrow to your quiver.
In-house counsel’s best protection against the risk of loss of privilege is preparation. This article focuses on prevention of waiver of US-recognized privileges over documents collected in unannounced government raids of offices.
These three principles cover a lot of patent law ground and are at the heart of our patent system. Understanding them will enable you to make better patent decisions, to better manage your patent portfolio, and to better understand your patent attorney.
Maybe you think you don’t have the skills you need to successfully fundraise for your nonprofit organization. You do. Everything you need to know you learned years ago. So let’s talk about what you know and how you can apply it.