Events

Description:

Professor Don Cochran will discuss the prosecution of Bobby Frank Cherry, who was convicted in 2002 for his involvement in the 1963 bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church that resulted in the death of four black schoolgirls. This is an extraordinary opportunity to hear from Professor Cochran, the former U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, and a lead prosecutor in the case

Agenda:

12:00-1:00 PM CLE Program 

Additional Information

1.0 hours of General CLE credit in Tennessee (pending)

Please join the ACC NCR Asian-American Pacific Islander  (AAPI) Affinity Group for a  Dinner & a Movie!  We are starting these events to provide a casual setting for ACC NCR members to get to know each other, check out different restaurant and international-type films, and have a fun and relaxing time. 

All members are welcome and feel free to invite friends, family, significant others, etc.  As these events are casual and non-sponsored, all attendees are responsible to buy their own dinner and/or movie tickets.

DINNER: 5:30pm at Yu Noodles McLean (1690 Anderson Road Ste B, McLean, VA 22102 - https://yunoodles.com). Please look for Valerie Pelton at the restaurant. 

MOVIE: 7:40pm at AMC Tysons Corner 16 (7850e Tysons Corner Center, McLean, VA 22102).  Please look for Jessica Lee Young, Valerie Pelton, or Tina Rao at the theatre. 

The movie we are seeing is Godzilla Minus One, a 2023 Japanese epic kaiju film directed, written, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki.  Learn more at: https://godzilla-movie2023.toho.co.jp/

Can't make it this time, but have good ideas for future Dinner & A Movie events?  Please contact Valerie Pelton at vjpelton@yahoo.com

Hope to see you there!

The ACC NCR AAPI Affinity Group

Patrick Chaing, Jessica Lee Young, Tina Rao (Co-Chairs) 

Attendees at the dinner will pay for their own meals.
Please bring cash to make it easier for the servers.

IMPORTANT UPDATE TO OUR COVID-SAFETY PROCEDURES: The health and safety of all attendees at     our events is of utmost importance to ACC NCR. We strongly encourage all those who attend ACC NCR events to be up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations, as defined by the CDC. Please do not attend our events in-person if you are feeling ill or are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. If while you are with us you begin to feel ill or experience symptoms associated with COVID-19, we expect that you will promptly leave, or we may ask you to leave. We will continue to monitor the latest guidance from the CDC and local public health agencies as we endeavor to hold safe events.  We will keep registrants and attendees updated on any necessary changes to our event protocols.

Join us for an exciting evening of networking and golf at our Top Golf Meet Your Counterparts with Stevens & Lee! This unique event brings in-house attorneys together for a fun and interactive networking experience with colleagues from Stevens & Lee. Whether you're a seasoned golfer or a beginner, Top Golf provides a relaxed and enjoyable environment for networking.

Join ACC St. Louis and the Diversity & Inclusion for a tour and discussion art and diversity on Friday, February 23, at 4:00 PM!

Artful Observation is a project spearheaded by the Saint Louis University (SLU) Art History Program to establish curricular and research programs based on evidence-based methods about utilizing the visual arts to help students and professionals develop their awareness of issues related to attentiveness, empathy, diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

Facilitator Dr. Cathleen Fleck, Ph.D., will use Artful Observation techniques to enhance bias and observational awareness and facilitate conversation about diversity, equity, and inclusion. We will use art as conversation tools for members of in a session at the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Timing Changed by Art Museum:      
3:45 - 4:00 Registration CLE Check-In
4:00 - 5:15 Tour & Presentation  

Location:
St. Louis Art Museum
1 Fine Arts Dr
St. Louis, MO  63110

CLE/Elimination of Bias/Ethics:  1.2 Hours Missouri

We look forward to seeing you IN-PERSON on February 23rd!

The ACCHK Board is delighted to invite you to join us for a private guided tour of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Building.  This is a unique opportunity to tour the building and learn of its storied past. The ACCHK Board is honoured to have the Association’s patron, The Honourable Mr Justice Fok, give an introduction before the tour.  

This is a small group event with limited places.  

Please note that as requested by the judiciary, (i) there are to be no social media posts about the event prior to the tour; and (ii) post-event, there are to be no social media posts including photos of The Honourable Mr. Justice Fok.

On December 18, 2023, the US Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department jointly issued the 2023 Merger Guidelines following a public comment period on a draft released in July 2023. The Guidelines contain 11 principles that describe how the agencies may analyze a merger’s potential to harm competition. Although certain aspects of the final Guidelines are notably toned down compared to the draft, overall they continue to reflect the agencies’ current, aggressive approach to merger review and expansion on traditional theories of harm, and even doubling down on untraditional theories that have failed in court. 

In this webcast, panelists will take a deep dive into the 11 principles outlined in the new Guidelines, offer practical advice on how companies should adjust their transaction strategy to adhere to the new Guidelines, and provide an analysis of what the Guidelines may mean for the future of M&A transactions. 

Presented by John Scribner and Kristin Sanford, Partners at Weil and Troy Cahill, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for LaserShip, Inc. and OnTrac Logistics, Inc.

1.5 Hours of VA MCLE pending.

Join fellow ACC SFBA members and our sponsor, Transperfect,  for Networking & Cocktails to kick-off our Life Sciences 2024 conference.

2024 presents itself as a year with some radical changes to employment law. Trends have become reality and the evolution of hot topic issues is upon us. In this program we will examine those issues that cannot be ignored, and how we, as employment lawyers, are working to protect our clients.

Topics will include:

• The future of employment at-will
• Is any restrictive covenant enforceable?
• How COVID reshaped the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act
• The rise of "local laws": Liability from 1,000 needles
• The National Labor Relations Board's pro-employee agenda is here
• Settlement agreements: Do's and don'ts
• Retaliation claims: Avoiding and defending them
• Is there still such a thing as justice from overwhelmed courts?

CLE:

Credits: 1
State: NY
Category: Professional Practice(suitable for transitional and non-transitional attorneys)

AGENDA

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Registration & Networking

12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Luncheon

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Program 

“Thinking Outside the ADR Box: Neutral Analysis and Mock Exercises”

In this program, Hon. Gregory Sleet (Ret.) will discuss often-underutilized tools in ADR: neutral analysis and mock exercises. Judge Sleet will define Neutral Analysis and explain the different options and processes counsel have (mock trials and arguments, oral or written analysis, one or a panel of neutrals), the benefits of utilizing neutral analysis, and how in-house counsel can engage with their outside counsel to be active participants in the process. This interactive program will give in-house counsel an opportunity to ask questions about the process and learn how it can be used to their advantage for various disputes and in all phases of litigation.

Speaker:

Hon. Gregory M. Sleet (Ret.) joined JAMS after serving 20 years on the bench of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, including seven years as Chief Judge. During Judge Sleet’s tenure on the District Court bench, he gained deep experience in a number of areas of complex commercial litigation, especially patent litigation involving pharmaceutical patents and a wide variety of other technologies. Judge Sleet presided over and resolved by pretrial ruling, trial, or settlement thousands of cases involving a wide variety of subject matter, including: intellectual property, antitrust, bankruptcy, class actions, business/commercial, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, products liability, and securities and tax. Judge Sleet focuses his national practice on mediations, arbitrations and neutral analysis (case evaluation, mock trial).

Before taking the federal bench in 1998, Judge Sleet acquired varied experience in civil and criminal litigation and corporate legal work. He served as the United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, as in-house counsel in the legal department of Hercules Incorporated, and as deputy attorney general handling major civil cases for the State of Delaware .Prior to that, he practiced law in Philadelphia for 14 years, six of those as an assistant public defender with the Defender Association of Philadelphia.