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ACC-NYC Offers Outreach and Opportunity: The regional chapter of a national organization can offer uniquely local networking and educational events
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is a global bar association, promoting the professional interests of in-house counsel through education and advocacy. Via local chapters, the ACC offers its members resources for continuing legal education (CLE) credits and networking. The New York City...
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Backstory: Rebel with a Cause A talk with Ben W. Heineman, Jr.
For Ben W. Heineman, Jr., the heart of the matter is tension. In his nearly 20 years as the top legal executive at General Electric, Heineman redefined the role of the GC in the modern corporation. The key to a GC’s success, he says in his indispensable new book, “The Inside Counsel...
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Creating Transformation Through Managerial Courage: For a general counsel, demonstrating managerial courage can transform the entire organization.
Recently, I was speaking with an executive recruiter about what it takes to be a successful GC in this era of the activist investor (see my column in the April issue of MCC). “If you don’t have managerial courage, you’re probably not going to be an effective general counsel...
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