18th Annual In-House Counsel Conference

ACC Greater Philadelphia's 18th Annual In-House Counsel Conference will be held on Thursday, April 16th at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (13th Street Concourse). 

This full day conference will give attendees the opportunity to earn up to 6 CLE credits on one day, including ethics CLE credits, on cutting edge legal topics impacting in-house counsel.  Breakfast, lunch and a cocktail reception are included with your registration.  

For 2026, we are also incorporating a few Legal Operations sessions into the IHCC.  These sessions are great for your paralegals and other colleagues working in legal operations.

This year's conference will also include:

• Networking with exhibitors and tech vendors
• Relaxation room with chair massages and a calm environment to take a break
• Complimentary headshots with a professional photographer
• Career Coach consultations
• Therapy dogs from Pals for Life
• Mini golf course

AGENDA

7:15 – 8:30 a.m.
Registration/Breakfast/Exhibitors

7:25 – 8:25 a.m.
Pre-Conference Ethics CLE Breakfast
"In House and In Distress: Impairment in The Corporate World and What YOU Can Do About It" Presented by Brian S. Quinn, Esq., Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers (ETHICS)

8:40 – 9:40 a.m.
Session I

• Dechert LLP - "Litigation-Ready Contracts: Building Enforceability and Leverage at the Drafting Stage"
• Fisher Phillips - "A Decade Later: Spoliation of ESI Under Amended Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37"
• Blank Rome LLP - "From the Boardroom to the Courtroom: Navigating Risk in the Era of Privacy and Data Breaches"

9:55 – 10:55 a.m.
Session II

• BakerHostetler LLP -"Ethical Issues Faced by In-House Counsel Dealing With Uncovered Antitrust Problems"
• Cozen O'Connor - "Negotiating Key M&A Deal Terms: From Strategy to Execution"
• Fisher Phillips (GC/CLO TRACK) - "Managing the Difficult Executive:  Performance, Investigations, & Exits at the C-Suite Level"
• Troutman Pepper Locke - "Skinny Labelling of Generic Drugs"
• LEGAL OPERATIONS TRACK: "How to Drive Meaningful AI Adoption: From Experimentation to Enterprise-Wide Impact"

11:10 – 12:10 p.m.
Session III

• Holland & Knight - "Current Antitrust Risks For Financial Services, Banking and FinTech Companies"
• Hogan Lovells - "Broadening the Strategic Playbook: Alternatives to M&A"
• Ballard Spahr - "Antitrust Risks in Information Exchanges"
• Stevens & Lee - "Sponsorship Agreements, Naming Rights, and Protecting Brand Identity in Healthcare Organizations"
• Cozen O'Connor (GC/CLO TRACK) - "Agentic AI – Major Legal Issues and Risks"

12:15 - 1:30 p.m.
Buffet Lunch

1:45 – 2:45 p.m.
Session IV

• Stradley Ronon - "The Autonomous Legal Dept: Risk, Liability, and Control in AI-Driven Contracting"
• Holland & Knight (GC/CLO TRACK) - "Staying Ahead: Practical Insights on SEC Trends and Public Company Practices"
• Fox Rothschild - "Ethics in Internal Investigations: Conflicts, Privilege and Upjohn Warnings"
• Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP - "IP Licensing in 2026 and What is on the Horizon for Fair Use"
• Saul Ewing LLP - "Building Influence and Value: Establishing the In-House Counsel Role as a Strategic Business Executive"

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Session V

• Ogletree Deakins - "Workplace Wellness: Managing Mental Health Leave and Accommodation Issues"
• Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads - "Mastering Mass Arbitration: Solutions and Tools to Maximize Success"
• Fisher Phillips (GC/CLO TRACK) - "Global AI Regulation and Its Impact on U.S. Businesses"
• Obermayer Rebmann - "From Dispute to Prevention: What In House Counsel Need to Know About Today’s Real Estate Litigation Landscape and Contractual Terms to Avoid the Courtroom"

4:00 – 5:15 p.m.
Cocktail Reception with Exhibitors
(Sponsor Drawings/Raffles)

Photography Permission: Your registration and attendance at this event indicates your consent to be photographed and/or filmed and your consent to the use of your image, without payment of any kind, for use in program(s) and for other promotional/editorial activities of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Greater Philadelphia and for future use in any and all media, now known or hereafter created.

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