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Unlocking Strategic Potential: Enhancing Legal Operations for Greater Impact
A Contributed Article from Elizabeth Rancourt-Smith from Tilson Technology Management
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Beyond Legal: Today's In-House Lawyer Has More Tools in the Box Than Ever
At an ACC-hosted forum in Paris, Jean-Claude Beaujour, a partner with Paris-based law firm Smith d’Oria, and Veta T. Richardson, ACC president and CEO, discuss how law departments can provide and showcase the value they bring to the business. For today’s in-house lawyer,...
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CLO Will Play a Pivotal Role in Industry Transformation
Veta T. Richardson, president and CEO of the Association of Corporate Counsel, looks at the impact of technology, diversity and career development within the legal profession. CCBJ: You’ve worked with thousands of in-house counsel. Looking ahead, what do you think will be the most positive...
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Tapping the GC’s Full Potential
ACC CEO Veta Richardson talks about the organization's new agenda. Her remarks have been edited for length and style. CCBJ: Let’s talk about the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Strategic Plan 2.0. Given the goals ACC has laid out in the plan how is the organizations looking...
Read MoreFly In, Fly Out, Stay Put? In-house bar is pushing to open the door for non-Indian lawyers
In January 2012 Amar Sarwal, chief legal strategist at the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), filed an affidavit in a case in India. Ironically, the country where multinationals often outsource their legal work is also a jurisdiction where non-Indians have not been able to practice law...
Read MoreThe Privilege Divide: It’s not like the Atlantic Ocean or the Alps, but it can be a challenge to conduct cross-border business
In-house lawyers today advise their companies on new regulations, provide counsel regarding business plans in emerging markets and multiple jurisdictions, and operate in a global environment fraught with risk and ever-evolving legal challenges. Although all in-house counsel face these universal...
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