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Advocacy
ACC is the voice of the in-house bar, fighting for both our members’ professional rights and their clients’ representational needs before courts, media, government agencies, legislatures and bar groups.
Our advocacy work focuses on matters of importance to in-house counsel and the bar at large: multijurisdictional matters, corporate responsibility, attorney-client privilege, ethics and other issues that affect the ability of in-house counsel to provide effective guidance to their corporate clients.
What we're fighting for
Read focus documents on key advocacy issues.
Advocacy News
ACC, in Comments Letter to FASB, Continues to Voice Concerns on Proposals for Loss Contingency Reporting
Aug 19, 2010 - ACC files comments with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) protesting proposed changes to the financial loss contingency disclosure rules.
Curbing Those Long, Lucrative Hours
Jul 22, 2010 - Susan Hackett comments on the increase in demand for value-based billing within in-house legal departments.
ACC Statement - Impact of Supreme Court Ruling On Sarbox in Free Enterprise v. PCAOB
Jun 29, 2010 - The Supreme Court decided they did not need to invalidate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act over a flaw in a small provision due to a lack of a severability clause.
Supreme Court Denies Cert. in Textron – Weakens Work Product Doctrine
May 24, 2010 - First Circuit ruling, that tax-related documents prepared by in-house are not entitled to protection, will stand.
Advocate General of EU Court of Justice Issues Opinion Against In-house Privilege in AKZO
Apr 29, 2010 - AKZO opinion denies legal privilege protections (LPP)/confidentiality to clients of EU in-house counsel, as well as clients of any lawyer not recognized in an EU jurisdiction