The presentation I moderated at the ACC Annual Meeting drew a capacity crowd because of our great panel that included thought leaders from a large law department, Molly Dodge from Capital One, and a small law department, Jim Sullivan from FMC Technologies, as well as the general counsel of the ACC, Jim Merklinger. The topic …
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Top five things to keep in mind when creating a contracts playbook
Deployed correctly, contracts playbooks can be powerful tools that save time and minimize risk. If our sold-out session at the Association of Corporate Counsel annual conference, A Play-by-Play Guide to Creating a Contracts Playbook, is anyindication, they are also not completely understood. During the panel, we fleshed out some of the most important issues in-house …
- October 3, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
Third-party compliance
As emerging markets evolve, companies often rely on third parties to sustain and increase their positions in those markets. Regulators have started to focus on these relationships, causing compliance officers and legal departments to do the same. Natasha Wyss, senior vice president of Global Business Compliance for Thomson Reuters, participated on a panel that discussed …
- October 2, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
A practical guide to contracts playbooks
This year, the Association of Corporate Counsel annual conference will attract thousands of attendees from around the world who come to exchange strategies for creating more dynamic legal departments. All four panelists in the ACC session A Play-by-Play Guide to Creating Contracts Playbooks are corporate counsel with a range of experiences—from in-house counsel at a …
- October 1, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
ACC Annual Conference – legal process outsourcing 2.0
Pangea3 CEO David Perla was a member on the panel for Legal Process Outsourcing 2.0 at the ACC Annual Conference in Denver recently. With the rapid growth surrounding LPOs in the legal industry, the panel addressed numerous topics and issues ranging from: how each company addresses the relationship with the LPO differently to the best …
- December 8, 2011
- Jeff McCoy
Top 10 from the 2011 ACC Annual Meeting
As if guided by the unofficial U.S. Postal Service mantra, neither rain or shine, nor snow and sleet could stop the 2000-plus general and corporate counsel attendees from the Denver Conference Center for the ACC (Association of Corporate Counsel) Annual Meeting held Oct. 23-26. During the conference, attendees truly weathered the elements: a sun-filled record high …
- November 4, 2011
- Jeff McCoy
Trends and developments in advance of the ACC conference
I’m really looking forward to this year’s ACC meeting in Denver. It’s always a great place to re-connect with in-house counsel we’ve worked with during the year and to meet GCs who are eager to share best practices. This year we can also expect to see the beginning of new approaches from the new team …
- October 24, 2011
- Rob Thomas
ACC annual meeting next week
Legal Current chatted with Eric Laughlin, vice president, Corporate Legal Solutions, for a view of what attendees of the upcoming Association for Corporate Counsel (ACC) annual meeting will see from Thomson Reuters. According to Laughlin, this year’s gathering is already being touted as the largest in the association’s history. Earlier this month, Laughlin hosted Former …
- October 21, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
American Corporate Counsel article on using technology to control costs
Corporate counsel look to law firms for greater efficiencies in supporting their corporate requests. And of course general counsel are also looking for ways to cut costs internally. This American Corporate Counsel article Top Ten Tips for Leveraging Cutting-Edge Legal Research Technology to Control Legal Costs and Drive Client Value, reflects the experiences and insights of Lydia Flocchini, …
- May 6, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter