Ivana Kriznic, chair of the Corporate Counsel Division of the Hispanic Bar Association sits down with Veronica Pastor, ACC’s deputy general counsel, to discuss the value of being a member in both ACC and HNBA, how the HNBA corporate counsel division’s focus has evolved during her tenure, the meaning of being a Hispanic lawyer today, and how awareness and cross promotion can advance diversity and integration in the legal profession and help you advance your career. #ACCDocket #DEI #inhouse #HNBA

Colm MacKernan, an international technology lawyer, sits down with Veronica Pastor, deputy general counsel of ACC, to talk about the recent US Supreme Court Decision in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith et al. and its impact on AI. #ACCDocket #inhouse #AI

Why is legal privilege important for in-house counsel? Veronica Pastor, ACC's deputy general counsel and Amy Chai, ACC's director of advocacy, sit down to discuss how in-house counsel can balance the private interests of clients with the public interest in the rule of law. #ACC #ACCDocket #Inhouse

Pourquoi le secret professionnel est-il important pour les avocats d'entreprise? Giuseppe Marletta, directeur général d'Europe chez ACC, rencontre Veronica Pastor, directrice juridique adjointe d'ACC, dans le cadre de la série Privileged Conversations d'ACC. #ACC #ACCDocket #InHouse

¿Por qué es importante el privilegio legal para los abogados internos? Ivana Kriznic, directora de políticas públicas de Canadá, América Latina y mercados emergentes de Verizon, se sienta con Veronica Pastor, consejera general adjunta de ACC, dentro del marco de la serie Privileged Conversations de ACC. #ACC #ACCDocket #InHouse

The Dutch Supreme Court has confirmed the right of foreign in-house lawyers to benefit from legal professional privilege, but only if (i) they are members of an EEA or Swiss bar or are otherwise entitled to work as a lawyer with legal professional privilege in their home country, and (ii) they have an agreement with their employer guaranteeing their independence and freedom to comply with rules of professional conduct. . #attorneyclientprivilege #inhousecounsel #professionalprivilege #ACCadvocacy

ACC Deputy GC Veronica Pastor talks with Cercle Montesquieu President and Broadcom Senior Associate GC Laure Lavorel about the fallout for French business. #ACCDocket, #legalprivilege, #attorneyclientprivilege, #ACCEurope
Veronica Pastor s'entretient avec Laure Lavorel, Présidente du Cercle Montesquieu et associée principale de Broadcom, GC, sur les retombées de ce manque pour les entreprises françaises.

In this dual language interview, ACC Europe Board Member Javier Ramirez discusses the impact of Spain recognizing legal privilege for in-house counsel.
En esta entrevista bilingüe, Javier Ramírez, miembro del consejo de dirección de ACC Europe, analiza el impacto del nuevo reglamento de la abogacía que afirma el secreto profesional para los abogados de empresa en España.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the bedrock principle that communications with attorneys are protected, while also noting that public statements about investigations imperil work product protections.

Following submissions made by ACC, a Dutch appeals court has ruled that lawyers who benefit from in-house legal privilege in their home jurisdiction can rely on that privilege before the Dutch courts and investigators, explains Paul Gilbert of Cleary Gottlieb in a recent interview with the ACC Docket.

In 2020, ACC members asked us to defend in-house privilege in a case before the Court of Appeals of Massachusetts involving fallout from the Cambridge Analytica privacy investigation.

On Dec. 2, 2020, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) launched its first representative office in the United States in New York City. The new SIAC office will benefit US-based arbitration parties, who rank among the top five users of SIAC.

Diversity and inclusion cannot stop at the door of the legal department. As in-house lawyers, we typically control budgets, select firms, and review and approve legal bills. Here are a few concrete steps in-house lawyers can take to help effect change in law firms.