ACC AZ Chapter Meeting December 3, 2024

Join ACC AZ Chapter and Perkins Coie and Grant Thornton for our December CLE Meeting.

Earn up to four (4) hours of Arizona CLE featuring topics specifically tailored to meet the continuing education needs of in-house counsel in Arizona.

Agenda

CLE Credit is available separately for each program. Attendees may attend any or all of the programs and may come and go during the meeting.

8:30 am - 9:00 am

Check-in, Networking, Continental Breakfast & Welcome

9:00 am - 10:00 am - The Importance of Fraud Risk Management:

In today’s complex business environment, the risk of fraud is ever-present and evolving. This presentation provides an overview of fraud risk management from the general counsel’s perspective, emphasizing the critical need for proactive measures to detect, prevent, and respond to fraudulent activities. We will also touch on integration of fraud risk management into existing compliance programs. Attendees will gain practical insights and strategies to safeguard their organizations against fraud, including learning from prior fraud events and investigations.

Presented by: Zachary Snickles (Principal, Risk Advisory Services) and Anne Layne, (Sr Mgr, Risk Advisory) - Grant Thornton

10:05 am - 11:05 am - "Won’t you be my neighbor?" Compliance with the State privacy laws bordering Arizona: Arizona does not have a privacy law of general applicability, but many of its neighbors do. As many Arizona-based businesses have regional reach, they may be required to comply with some or all of them:

This session will examine how organizations doing business in the southwest U.S. can build and maintain compliance a with the multitude of state level data privacy regulations covering California, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and Texas (close enough). We will address major and minor state privacy law differences, new and upcoming potential regulations, and how to ensure your privacy program is addressing regulations proactively, rather than reactively.

Presented by: Jason Schultz (Manager) - Grant Thornton

11:10 am - 12:10 pm - Structuring & Negotiating Private Equity Investments

Presented by: Eliot Kaplan (Partner) and Drew Kuettel(Counsel) - Perkins Coie

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm - Key Issues When Running an M&H Sales Process

Presented by: Presented by: Eliot Kaplan(Partner) and Drew Kuettel(Counsel) - Perkins Coie

Lunch will be served at 12:15 pm

Each program on the agenda qualifies for one (1) hour of CLE in Arizona.