Not a member? Join ACC About ACC Resources Education Membership ACC Docket Advocacy Careers eGroups Member Directory – Committees – Chapters – CLOs – About ACC Advocacy Issues Take Action Filings Legal Strategies Blog Advocacy Resources Advocacy Events ACC Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Attorney-Client Privilege for Government Contractor’s Internal Investigation On March 6, ACC joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers in filing an amicus brief in In re Fluor Intercontinental, Inc. in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. In the brief, the … Continue reading → ACC Opposes Restriction on Use of Senior Legal Counsel Title On November 11, ACC and its Australia chapter submitted a comment letter to the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia (LPBWA) in response to letters the LPBWA sent in-house counsel practicing under the title “Senior Legal Counsel,” directing them to … Continue reading → ACC Files Comments with Australian Legal Services Council On November 8, ACC and its Australia chapter filed comments with the Legal Services Council and Commissioner for Uniform Legal Services Regulation, requesting an amendment to the Legal Profession Uniform Law. In its comments, ACC argued for expanding the ability … Continue reading → Key Campaigns Right to Practice ACC Opposes Restriction on Use of Senior Legal Counsel Title On November 11, ACC and its Australia chapter submitted... Continue reading → More in Right to Practice Gatekeeper Liability ACC Submits Comments to United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority In April, ACC submitted comments on a United Kingdom... Continue reading → More in Gatekeeper Liability Attorney Client Privilege ACC Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Attorney-Client Privilege for Government Contractor’s Internal Investigation On March 6, ACC joined the U.S. Chamber of... Continue reading → More in Attorney Client Privilege Role and Status ACC Files Comments with Australian Legal Services Council On November 8, ACC and its Australia chapter filed... Continue reading → More in Role and Status ACC Value Challenge It’s a Buyers’ Market — Let’s Treat It that Way in the Courts ACC filed an amicus letter with a federal court... Continue reading → More in ACC Value Challenge Compliance & Ethics ACC Files Amicus Brief with NLRB Opposing Racially Charged Language In November, ACC filed an amicus brief in response... Continue reading → More in Compliance & Ethics Advocacy News In-House Teams Bypass Noise in the Middle with Direct Briefing Lawyers Weekly (Australia) covers the recent trend where corporate legal departments brief barristers directly rather than work through solicitors, which saves on external legal costs. Australian Company Lawyers Cut Big Firm Crust Australian Financial Review covers law department management achievements of the finalists for the ACC In-house Lawyer Awards and quotes ACC Australia president Adrian Goss on overall trends. Law Firm Competition: Buyers Become a New Entrant LexisNexis Business of Law Blog cites ACC research on insourcing and notes the launch of ACC Legal Operations in an article about a new era of competition for law firms. AIG Announces Its Creating a Legal Ops Consultancy Corporate Counsel reports that AIG will start its own legal operations consultancy, news that the company announced at the 2015 ACC Annual Meeting. Why GCs Should Look Beyond Arbitration Law360 writes about a session on arbitration at the 2015 ACC Annual Meeting, noting that 21 states with business court programs as of 2014. RIGHT TO PRACTICE RULES BY Right to Practice Rules Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming LEGAL STRATEGIES BLOG ACC and Cozen O’Connor Hold CLO Roundtable in New York On November 17, ACC Advocacy, along with Cozen O’Connor,... Continue reading → Advocacy Award Winners Recognized at 2016 Australian In-house Lawyer Awards On November 17, 2016, representatives of the ACC Australia Legal... Continue reading → Washington Supreme Court Holds Attorney Client Privilege Doesn’t Apply to Former Corporate Employees In an October 20 ruling of great concern to... Continue reading → FILINGS & DECISIONS ACC Files Comments with Australian Legal Services Council On November 8, ACC and its Australia chapter filed... Continue reading → FILING UPDATE: ACC’s Stance against Internal Law Firm Privilege Rejected by New York Court of Appeals ACC’s stance against internal law firm privilege was rejected... Continue reading → ADVOCACY RESOURCES ACC Comments to ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 Working Group — Inbound Foreign Lawyers In comments to the ABA ethics commission, ACC recommends... Continue reading → Webcast: Enhancing the Audit Committee Report: A Call to Action Through the release of Enhancing the Audit Committee Report:... Continue reading → ADVOCACY EVENTS Prosecuted for Providing Advice of Counsel: An Insider’s Perspective Date: 10/03/2014 Location: St. Paul, Minnesota In 2010, the government targeted Lauren Stevens for allegedly... Continue reading → Emerging Issues in Litigation from the In-House Counsel Point of View Date: 09/16/2014 Location: San Francisco, CA In an open and interactive session, senior in-house litigation... 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