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Question of the Month
Are there any resources available that will aid a new managing attorney
in developing and managing effective relationships with outside counsel?
Answer: From in-person and online training to documents, articles, and sample forms, ACC can provide the resources you need.
• Webcast: Managing Outside Counsel: Getting off on the Right Foot—And Staying in Step
Wednesday, January 18, 1:00 PM (EST); 6:00 PM (GMT)
• Outside Counsel Management InfoPAK
• Five Ways In-house Counsel Can Talk to Law Firms
• Sample forms such as RFPs, billing guidelines, and evaluation forms can be found in the ACC Virtual Library: select keyword “outside counsel management,” select material type “sample form and policy,” then click on search.
•ACC’s Corporate Counsel University—Get more information and register.
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Upcoming ACC Webcasts
• Redefining
and Expanding the Compensable Workday—Implications and Practical
Application of the Supreme Court’s Recent Decision in IBP vs. Alvarez
Tuesday, January 10, 1:00 PM (EST); 6:00 PM (GMT)
• The Essential Elements of Private Securities Offerings
Tuesday, January 10, 4:00 PM (EST)
This session will provide insights into the process of undertaking a
private offering, including registration examples, offering materials,
aggregation of offerings, and more.
• Coming in February: Enterprise Compliance eLearning and Risk Assessments—Best Practices and Benchmarking from 700+ Companies
Thursday, February 23, 1:00 PM (EST); 6:00 PM (GMT)
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Learn First-hand from In-house Colleagues
With the new year comes new educational opportunities from ACC.
Plan now for a busy spring to learn, network, and earn continuing legal
education credits with all of ACC’s programs. Whether you are new to
in-house or a seasoned corporate practitioner, you will find the
information you need to succeed.
• ACC Europe’s Corporate Counsel University,
February 12–14, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Learn from in-house experts
from companies such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard, The Body Shop, and
Starwood Hotels.
• ACC Europe’s Annual Conference,
May 14–16, Athens, Greece. The conference, “Taking the Lead as In-house
Counsel” will feature legal updates, management advice, and insights on
key in-house issues.
• ACC’s Corporate Counsel University,
May 21–23, Baltimore, Maryland. Open only to in-house counsel, this
meeting will teach new to in-house attorneys and new managers how to
excel.
• ACC’s Corporate Counsel University, Toronto, Canada. For the first
time ever, ACC will hold CCU in Toronto in June 2006. Contact
Erica Pina at pina@acca.com to be among the first to receive information when details are finalized.
• ACC’s Annual Meeting—Call for Programs. There are only a few days left to submit your ideas for a CLE program. Get more information and submit your ideas. If you have questions, contact ACC’s education team at 202.293.4103 x315.
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This Month in ACC Docket
In addition to the usual slate of insightful articles written by your
in-house colleagues, you’ll notice that ACC Docket has a new and
improved look and expanded content. Find out more about the
changes in the ACC Docket or go directly to the article that interests you:
• “Before Signing Your Next Nondisclosure Agreement, Count to Ten” provides you with 10 key questions to ask when drafting your next nondisclosure agreement.
• If you want to know how to avoid common pitfalls in telecommunications service contracts, “A Primer on Telecommunications Service Agreements” will help you navigate this process.
• “Can Your Company Enforce Its Intellectual Property Rights in China?” Find out how recent changes in Chinese law now make actions in China worthy of consideration.
•“Roadblock to Revenue or Onramp to Opportunity? Practical Tips and Tools for Negotiating Every Day Contracts” provides you with strategies for success when dealing with common contract negotiation situations.
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Address Complex In-house Issues with ACC InfoPAKs
ACC’s InfoPAKs provide in-depth information on a variety of topics and
include substantive resources to help you effectively handle difficult
in-house issues. Here are some of the most recent InfoPAKs:
• Compliance Training and eLearning Programs
Learn the best way to develop and implement trainings for your company
including delivery methods, curriculum development, and instructional
design and testing methodologies. This InfoPAK also includes
information on the best practices in training boards of directors and
the role risk assessment plays in compliance training.
• Retiree Health Coverage and Prescription Drugs
Retiree health insurance coverage is largely maintained for diminishing
numbers of retirees from prior years, but relatively few employers
(primarily those with union contracts) are still promising to
contribute to health plan coverage for future retirees. This InfoPAK
provides an overview of retiree health insurance coverage by employers
for their retired employees.
• Sarbanes Oxley Primer for the Small Law Department
This primer provides a broad overview of several provisions of Sarbanes
Oxley. It is intended to offer a brief introduction into SOX topics to
non-securities law practitioners practicing as in-house counsel, and
provide a quick, summary level "brush-up" for securities practitioners.
To aid readers in their understanding of the covered topics, this
primer includes practice tips and several forms and reference materials.
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Connect with Your ACC Colleagues with LinkedIn
Forget the loop, get in the Link. LinkedIn, that is. ACC now offers a
new benefit free to its members—access to an exclusive ACC group in the
LinkedIn.com professional networking service. LinkedIn helps connect
you to people you want or need to know, via people you already know.
Want to talk to someone about how to handle a telecom contract issue?
LinkedIn can tell you in seconds that your friend and ACC member Paula
Smith knows Tim Roberts at Acme Telecom—so you can call up Paula right
away and ask her to introduce you to Tim. You can check it out at www.linkedin.com. To protect your privacy, you must opt-in to the LinkedIn system by clicking on the following special link.
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A New Job in the New Year?
In-house Jobline provides access
to nearly 700 jobs from more than 1,200 registered employers. It
is the destination for corporate counsel career opportunities.
And now, In-house Jobline features RSS feeds so you will know the
moment a relevant new posting appears. Check out In-house Jobline today.
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Nominations Sought for the 2006 CPBO Pro Bono Partner Award
Corporate Pro Bono (CPBO) is now accepting nominations for the 2006
CPBO Pro Bono Partner Award, which will recognize innovative team
approaches to pro bono work involving corporate legal departments that
partner with law firms or public interest organizations.
Recipients of the award may comprise a two-way (i.e., a legal
department and a law firm, or a legal department and a public interest
group) or a three-way (i.e., a law firm, a legal department, and a
public interest group) partnership. The award will be presented
in March at the 2006 Forum on In-House Pro Bono in Washington,
DC. To nominate a pro bono partnership, send four copies of the
partnership’s description and your reasons for nominating it to
Corporate Pro Bono c/o Pro Bono Institute at Georgetown University Law
Center, 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20001 or email to cpbo@probonoinst.org no later than January 20, 2006. For award criteria, visit the CPBO website or contact Eve Runyon, project director of CPBO, at erunyon@probonoinst.org or at 202.662.9669.
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New eDiscovery Service Available Through the ACC Alliance Program
Fios, Inc., ACC’s newest Alliance partner, provides comprehensive
electronic discovery services to corporate counsel. With
litigation costs rising and discovery rules changing, Fios helps
in-house counsel prepare for litigation long before a lawsuit is filed.
Through the ACC Alliance program, Fios offers ACC members its
Litigation Readiness Assessment at a substantial discount: ACC members
pay $1,500 for the service, which normally costs $15,000. Let the
Fios assessment team evaluate how ready your organization will be when
a discovery order becomes a reality. Their analysis includes
metrics along with recommendations for improvements. For more
information or to schedule an assessment, contact Fios at alliance@fiosinc.com or visit the Fios website.
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