The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) named the Law Department of MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE: MSA) as a 2014 ACC Value Champion. MSA’s Law Department was recognized for its innovative legal management practices to improve efficiency, reduce legal expense and achieve better legal outcomes.
ACC, the largest industry group for in-house legal counsel globally, annually recognizes “Value Champions” – Law Departments which deliver excellent value to their corporations. Past recipients include companies such as Pfizer, Nike, Bank of America, GlaxoSmithKline, and Home Depot. The ACC Value Challenge is an initiative to reconnect the value and the cost of legal services, based on the concept that law departments can use management practices that enhance the value of legal service spending to provide excellent service to the corporations they support.