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January 15, 2019 | 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM EST
Maggiano's Little Italy at Cumberland Mall
1601 Cumberland Mall SE
Pricing
Members: Complimentary for the first 120 members; $25 Thereafter
Non-members: $35

Overview (Program Summary)

A program hosted by:

ACC Georgia
The ACC Georgia Chapter welcomes Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs whose attorneys, Nancy Baughan, Ron Coleman and David Darden will present "New Year/New Challenges: Hot Topics for In-House Counsel in 2019" . The presentation's topics will include:
 
" Newest IP frontier "" the increasing importance of trade secret protection under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act;
" Telephone Consumer Protection Act update, including the latest FCC rules;
" Key issues in negotiating IT vendor contracts;
" Hot Topics in Arbitration Enforcement "" forthcoming SCOTUS opinions and cert watch; and
" Litigation financing goes mainstream "" what you should know.

Speakers

Nancy Baughan is a Partner in the Litigation group at Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs. Nancy focuses her practice on complex business litigation, with an emphasis in the areas of banking, consumer finance, insurance services, business tort, and products liability. She regularly represents clients in jury trials, bench trials, and appeals in state and federal courts. Nancy also represents clients in various ADR processes, including arbitrations before FINRA and the AAA, and mediations. Nancy is experienced in handling all aspects of business litigation for her clients, which include, among others, national and state-chartered banks, insurance brokers, retailers, product manufacturers, and broker-dealers. She earned her law degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law.

Ron Coleman is the head of the Litigation group at Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs. Ron is a trial lawyer who focuses his practice on complex business litigation, intellectual property disputes, and franchise and distribution litigation. He also regularly represents clients in a variety of commercial and business tort cases, product liability litigation, as well as federal and state appellate litigation. Ron has served as a mediator in several business and intellectual property cases, and he served as an arbitrator in a complex AAA commercial arbitration. Ron's background gives him a unique perspective on the business of private law practice. He was an equity partner at an AmLaw top 25 international firm before choosing to join Parker Hudson in 2004. Ron also served as outside general counsel for a client company on an interim basis for several months while the general counsel was on leave. Ron earned his law degree from Duke University School of Law.
 
As a partner at Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, David Darden represents clients buying new technology or entering into SaaS agreements. David brings deep IT experience to the table and operates at the forefront of technology law. His extensive historical litigation experience helps him provide his clients with a uniquely valuable perspective in these processes.
In particular, David's technology contract practice evolved out of years of litigation experience dealing with ill-considered agreements between clients and their technology vendors. He regularly advises clients when negotiating software licenses and SaaS agreements, source code escrow, and other critical technology contracts. These negotiations often take place in the context of complex healthcare, banking, or other heavily-regulated environments.
David's work is centered around being a strategic advocate for his clients, negotiating technology deals that protect his clients and best position them for success. He earned his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
Attendance is limited to ACC members and their invited in-house counsel guests, as well as prospective ACC members. ACC membership is open to attorneys who practice law as in-house counsel employees of organizations and who do not hold themselves out to the public for the practice of law.

Notes

Attendance is limited to ACC members and their invited in-house counsel guests, as well as prospective ACC members. ACC membership is open to attorneys who practice law as in-house counsel employees of organizations and who do not hold themselves out to the public for the practice of law.

Thanks to Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, the CLE lunch program is complimentary for the first 130 ACC members who register on-line. Thereafter, the fee for current ACC members is $25, and, in all circumstances, $35 for non-members, including prospective members. A CLE credit of one (1) hour is being applied for, and if approved, will be submitted to the Georgia State Bar for attendees licensed to practice in Georgia.

While we understand that some "no shows" are unavoidable, we kindly ask that you please consider our speakers and hosts who have spent a considerable amount of time and resources to put this event on for you before deciding not to attend. Good attendance helps ensure that ACC Georgia can continue to offer CLE programming and networking events at no cost to our ACC Georgia members. If you need to cancel, we ask for 48 hours notice to georgia@accglobal.com. ACC Georgia reserves the right to charge a fee for attendees who do not cancel.

CLE

Credits: 1.0 Hour
State: GA; Other States Upon Request

Contact (RSVP)

Connie Swindell-Harding at georgia@accglobal.com

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