ACC Files Amicus in Support of U.S. Supreme Court Review of New York’s...
ACC filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in Ekaterina Schoenefeld v. Eric T. Schneiderman, et al. on January 19, supporting a petition to review the constitutionality of a New...
View ArticleModel Information Protection and Security Controls for Outside Counsel...
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and a group of its members have developed this Model Information Protection and Security Controls for Outside Counsel Possessing Company Confidential...
View Article2017 Advocacy Award Winners Announced
The winners of our Advocacy Award were recognized during the Mid-Year Meeting on April 3. The winners were Laura Dorman and Dawn Haghighi, for their work in organizing the Regulatory Working Group...
View ArticleACC Files Amicus in Second Circuit Against Production of Protected Documents
ACC joined the US Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers in an amicus brief filed in the Second Circuit in Kiobel v. Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP. Cravath represented...
View ArticleACC Files Amicus with U.S. Supreme Court to Oppose Dilution of State Ethics...
ACC urges the U.S. Supreme Court to grant the petition to review a Tenth Circuit ruling that a New Mexico professional conduct rule does not apply to federal prosecutors who want to subpoena lawyers to...
View ArticleACC Files Amicus Supporting Privilege When GC Functions as Both Lawyer and...
ACC joined the US Chamber of Commerce in an amicus brief filed June 2, arguing against a “new and aggressive theory of attorney-client privilege” advanced by the FTC that would undermine the ability of...
View ArticleACC Supports Department of Labor Proposal to Rescind “Persuader” Rule
On August 8, 2017, ACC and its Employment and Labor Law Committee submitted comments in response to a proposal from the Department of Labor to rescind the so-called “persuader rule,” that went into...
View ArticleACC Amicus Brief Contends NLRB Decision at Odds with Federal Law on Racist...
In an amicus brief in Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. National Labor Relations Board, ACC argues the NLRB and the 8th Circuit should not put in-house counsel and their employers in the...
View ArticleACC Files Letter Supporting Review of Litigation Privilege Issue in the...
ACC and its Canadian chapters sent a letter in support of Suncor Energy Inc.’s leave for appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada to review the Alberta Court of Appeal’s ruling in Alberta v Suncor Energy...
View ArticleFILING UPDATE: Attorney-Client Privilege Rule Supported by ACC Finalized By...
On November 6, 2017, the US Patent and Trade Office issued a finalized rule that extends attorney-client privilege to both domestic and foreign patent agents with regard to proceedings before the...
View ArticleFiling Update: Petition for En Banc Rehearing Denied in NLRB Picket Line Case
On November 16, 2017 an order was filed denying rehearing en banc in Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. National Labor Relations Board in the 8th Circuit. ACC and the National Association of...
View ArticleACC Argues the Importance of Immediate Appellate Review of Privilege...
In Sampson v. 3M Company, the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court denied appellate review of a lower court determination that documents, argued by counsel to be privileged...
View ArticleACC Argues Against the Improper Extension of Privilege Waiver to In-House...
In a patent infringement case before the U.S. District Court in Delaware, Johns Hopkins University v. Alcon Laboratories, Inc., Alcon is relying on an opinion of counsel defense, and accordingly has...
View ArticleACC Submits Comments on Proposed Data Protection Law in India
In late January, ACC, working with its India Corporate Counsel Forum and Compliance & Ethics Committee, submitted comments in response to the White Paper of the Committee of Experts on a Data...
View ArticleACC Joins Petition Advocating for Removal of California Bar Membership...
On February 6, 2018, ACC joined a group of 11 organizations and individuals in a petition to the Northern District Court in California. The group argues that the requirement of membership in the...
View ArticleFiling Update: NJ Supreme Court Grants Leave to Appeal Privilege Determinations
On February 6, 2018, the New Jersey Supreme Court granted a motion for leave to appeal and remanded to the Appellate Division to hear the appeal on the merits, in a case in which ACC filed amicus...
View ArticleACC Urges UK Financial Reporting Council to Recognize General Counsel...
In March, ACC submitted comments to the United Kingdom Financial Reporting Council (FRC) on revisions to the UK Corporate Governance Code and Guidance on Board Effectiveness, urging the FRC to...
View ArticleACC Submits Comments to Ministry of Justice in Spain
In March, ACC submitted comments to the Ministry of Justice in Spain regarding public consultation on its initiative to draft a bill proposal of an Organic Law on the Right of Defense. ACC held that...
View ArticleACC Joins Effort to Support Funding for Legal Services Corporation
In April, ACC worked with the Pro Bono Institute and the Corporate Advisory Committee of the National Legal Aid and Defenders Association to organize a letter from general counsel supporting funding...
View ArticleACC Describes Effects of Anticompetitive Regulations in the Legal Industry at...
On May 31, ACC participated in a roundtable organized by the Department of Justice Antitrust Division on the topic of anticompetitive regulations. ACC shared member perspectives on regulations in the...
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