As an employment counsel for my company, I am tasked with briefing managers on recent changes to anti-discrimination laws. Does ACC have any resources to assist me?

Answer:  To help understand recent amendments to anti-discrimination laws, ACC has the following resources:
Webcast
• ADA Amendments Act – Is Your Company Ready?  (December 2008) 

InfoPAK^SM
• Managing an Aging Workforce  (August 2008)

Other Resources
• ACC Newsstand has a number of current articles on FMLA and ADAA. Find these resources at the following link (type in “FMLA” or “ADA” for the keyword searches): http://www.lexology.com/?about=&b=acc
• ADA Amendments Act of 2008 Broadens Scope of Protection for Employees, ACC America Central Florida Chapter, Focus.
• Find many other resources in the ACC database by searching the following terms: “ADA”, “FMLA” and “Discrimination”.

Visit us online at www.acc.com/education for additional information on these upcoming education opportunities:
• Mini MBA for In-house Counsel
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• Executive Leadership Institute
   Atlanta, GA, Apr. 20 – 22
• New to In-house Institute (formerly known as CCU)
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• ACC Europe's 2009 Annual Conference
  Geneva, Switzerland, June 7 – 9
• ACC's 2009 Annual Meeting
  Boston, MA, October 18 – 21

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Given the hard economic times, your CFO has asked the legal department to cut its budget.  What should you do? Read this month's ACC Top Ten Value Adds of Your ACC Membership to find out.

More than 300 companies with small in-house departments (those with one to ten attorneys/under $1 billion in revenue), participated in the latest ACC Empsight Small Law Department Compensation Survey, which found that a general counsel’s pay structure changes dramatically depending on the number of staff and that GCs responsible for managing five or more attorneys make 75% more in base pay over solo practitioners.  The cost of the report is $300 for participants and $475 for non-participants (a survey for larger law departments is also available). Visit www.accempsight.com to purchase or for more information.

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Topics will focus on best practices for hiring, retaining, and accommodating lawyers with disabilities.  For more information, please visit http://www.abanet.org/disability/conferences/09conference.shtml.
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In case you missed this on www.acc.com, the Fulton County Daily Report featured ACC Senior Vice President and General Counsel Susan Hackett’s tips for GCs in “ACC Offers Tips on Weathering Economic Storm.”

To learn about more ACC’s media coverage, visit ACC in the News for the latest articles and breaking news.  If you have any questions, or wish to receive additional information about items included in this month's newsletter, please contact Susan Jacobsen at +1.202.293.4103 ext. 354 or via email at jacobsen@acc.com.