Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
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In-House CounselCost-Cutting Clients Look To Bring More Work In-House Next Year
Sixty-six percent of legal department respondents looking to cut back on outside counsel. -
In-House CounselWhen It Comes To In-House Work, It's A Legal Operations World And We're All Just Living In It
Data privacy doesn't excite businesses the way it should. 
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In-House CounselAddressing The Weakest Link In Data Security... The Law Firm
ACC program provides clear answers for clients worried about data. -
In-House CounselTechnology Emerges As Top Concern For In-House Counsel
And yet, in-house lawyers don't seem in a rush to invest in tech solutions. -
Morning DocketMorning Docket: 11.28.18
* Dr. Christine Blasey Ford says that she’s used some of the money in the GoFundMe account started by her supporters for security costs after her sexual assault testimony against then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh, but plans to donate the rest of the funds to trauma survivors. [Fox News]
* Of course Justice Department lawyers are going to appeal the ruling blocking the Trump administration’s new asylum restrictions and of course they want that ruling to be put on hold while the appeal is pending. Let’s keep teargassing kids while we’re at it. [CNN]
* Paul Manafort’s lawyers sure are acting strangely in the wake of new allegations from Robert Mueller. “You would expect them to be a little more bold and say, ‘This is untrue, he has cooperated,’” but that’s not what seems to be happening. [Daily Beast]
* “We’re very keen to do something in the U.S.” Hot off a three-way merger, U.K.-based CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang is looking for yet another merger partner, but this time, the firm’s leaders are looking across the pond. [ International]
* Sorry if you were planning to lateral up the in-house food chain from a Biglaw firm, but according to this survey from the Association of Corporate Counsel, most GCs were born and bred in corporate law departments. [Corporate Counsel]
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Law SchoolsNew Law School Rankings, The Plight Of The Managing Partner, And In-House Work In The #MeToo Era
A recap of the last week. 
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In-House CounselIn-House Counsel Turn Their Nervous Eyes On The Courts
In-house lawyers try to navigate troubled courthouse waters. -
In-House CounselCourts Split On LGBTQ Questions, Leaving In-House Counsel Flummoxed
The federal courts are confused over discrimination law. In-house counsel should stay above that fray. -
Biglaw, In-House CounselDid A Biglaw Firm Really Build Its Own Video Game?
All the best swag from #ACCAM17. -
Biglaw, In-House CounselUnderstanding The Lawyer Generation Gap, Or Millennials Are Way Too Obsequious
How can you trust these Millennials? -
General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Job SearchesFrom Doghouse To In-House
Being corporate counsel is a more coveted position than in dinosaur days -- and with good reason.
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In-House Counsel, Job Searches4 Red Flags At In-House Interviews
Think about these things as you apply for an in-house job; they may spare you a couple of years of misery. -
General Counsel, In-House CounselIn-House Legal Budgets And Compensation: Survey Says....
In-house lawyers are responding to today's challenges in interesting ways -- and earning more money, too. -
Federal Judges, Richard Posner, SCOTUS, Supreme CourtJudge Richard Posner Corrects The Record Regarding His Supreme Court Comments
Two important clarifications from Judge Posner about his controversial remarks. -
Conferences / Symposia, General Counsel, In-House Counsel5 Tips For Running Your In-House Legal Department Like A Business
Wise advice from a panel of top general counsel. -
In-House Counsel, Litigators5 Tips For In-House Lawyers To Make Discovery Less Painful
Discovery doesn't have to suck (well, at least as much as it so often does). -
In-House Counsel, Labor / EmploymentFrom Bathrooms To Body Art: Emerging Issues In Employment Law
It's hard out here for an employment lawyer. -
Conferences / Symposia, In-House CounselHow In-House Lawyers Can Expand The Role Of Non-Lawyers Allied Professionals To Improve Delivery Of Legal Services
The gains from working more closely with these colleagues should not be ignored out of inertia or fear.
