Events

It's time to celebrate!  Join ACCGP for our Annual Fall Gala at the Penn Museum on November 2.  The Museum is a uniquely Philadelphia venue and houses one-of-a-kind artifacts acquired from over 300 archaeological and anthropological expeditions.

We will also be celebrating our administrator, Chris Stewart, who has been the backbone of ACCGP for more than 20 years.  Please come out to wish Chris a fond farewell as she enters into retirement from our chapter.

Discount parking available for $15 per car at the Penn Museum garage.

AGENDA

3:30 – 3:50 p.m.
Registration 

3:50 – 4:00 p.m.
Welcome

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
“Behind the Headlines – How Employers Should Manage Through the Current Labor Environment”
This update will focus on the legal and social trends that are creating uncertainty and urgency in the world of labor law—from employee relations issues and union organizing to ever-shifting National Labor Relations Board precedent—and a focus on how employers can respond to this quickly changing environment.

Speakers: Brendan Fitzgerald, Shareholder; Erik Hult, Shareholder; and Emily Levy, Associate, Littler

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Join us for a happy hour, small bites and networking!

CLE
This course is pending approval, by the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Continuing Legal Education, for 1.00 hours of general credit.

LOCATION
Huntington Center – Century and State Rooms
41 S. High Street, 36th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215

PARKING
Parking is available in the Huntington Center Garage. Please pull a ticket and bring it into the event for validation.
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REGISTRATION
The cost of the program is $25/members and $45/non-members. Registration and payment can be made online. Refunds will be honored up to Thursday, November 2, 2023. There will be no refunds after this date.

(Our law firm-sponsored events are open to CO-ACC members, prospective CO-ACC members, and guests of the sponsoring firm. Membership ineligibility includes attorneys presently working in law firms. ACC membership is open to individuals who are engaged in the active practice of law employed by organizations in either the private or public sector, do not have regulatory, enforcement or policymaking responsibilities nor work in an institution with such authority, and do not hold themselves out to the public for the practice of law.)

Join ACCGP for an in-person Health, Biotech & Pharma CLE Institute at Conshohocken's newest hotels - Hotel West and Main!  We will be offering three legal education sessions offering CLE Credit.  Following our half-day program, we invite all attendees to join us for an outdoor networking happy hour to mingle with those in the HBP practice area.

1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Registration

Session 1 - 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
"Life Science Leasing – Not Your Parent’s Traditional Office Lease"
Presented by Cozen O'Connor

Life sciences industry growth is driving the demand for more lab and research space across the country. There has been an increase in new dedicated life sciences development and a surge in converting underperforming commercial and office real estate for use by life sciences companies. The panel will address the unique aspects of life sciences leasing compared to traditional office leases, focusing on commonly overlooked and unaddressed provisions in these leases. The discussion will also include a unique perspective of life sciences transactions from the C-Suite.

Speakers:

• Matthew Weinstein, Chair, Real Estate Lease Restructuring, Cozen O'Connor
• Adam Silverman, Member, Cozen O'Connor
• A.L. Braun, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Brandywine Realty Trust

Session 2 - 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
"Recent Litigation Trends for the Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industry "
Presented by McCarter & English

The pharmaceutical and biotech industries are no stranger to litigation. This session will review recent litigation trends and significant cases impacting the industry and discuss what may be on the horizon. Topics will include Hatch-Waxman, BPCIA, 340B, and the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Speakers:

• Daniel Silver, Partner, McCarter & English
• Sky Adams, Senior Litigation Counsel, AstraZeneca

Session 3 - 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
"Managing Risk: An Analysis of Key Contract Provisions In Life Sciences Litigation" 
Presented by Shook Hardy & Bacon

When deals go bad or a collaboration goes wrong, it is often the "simple" boilerplate provisions and words that matter significantly in litigation: indemnity provisions, damages limitation provisions, force majeure and impracticability conditions, dispute resolution provisions, and "commercial reasonableness," to take a few examples.

Join Shook, Hardy & Bacon for this important webinar as we focus on the types of contract provisions that are most often at the center of disputes in the life sciences.

Tom Sullivan, a Litigation Partner at Shook, will analyze and discuss recent case law regarding these and other critical provisions to tease out the lessons learned from the disputes involving these provisions. Tom's extensive experience with complex commercial case in various industries, including health care and the life sciences, will help all in-house counsel become better business advisors for your companies.

Speakers:

• Stefon David, Associate, Shook Hardy & Bacon
• Thomas Sullivan, Partner, Shook Hardy & Bacon
• Don Mankoff, Vice President, Associate General Counsel, PTC Therapeutics, Inc.

5:30 p.m.  - 7:30 p.m.
Networking Cocktail Reception

Join ACC St. Louis and Lewis Rice for a 1-hour CLE on Thursday, October 19th. 

Topic:  Judge it Fairly: Litigation Risk and Corporate Diversity after Fair Admissions and the New Supreme Court Term—and Beyond

Discussion will include an understanding the litigation challenges to corporate diversity initiatives emerging after the Supreme Court’s Students for Fair Admission cases, including the recent Fearless Fund, Starbucks, and Perkins Coie cases and identifying where new challenges may arise. 

We’ll also examine the important cases coming up in the Court’s new term and the path beyond as the Court’s conservative majority continues to make sweeping changes in many areas of the law.

Location:
     Hilton St. Louis Frontenac
     1335 S. Lindbirgh Blvd.
     Ambassadeur Room
     Frontenac, MO  63131

Schedule:

     4:00 - 4:30 - CLE Check-In
     4:30 - 5:30 - Program
     5:30 - 7:00 - Reception

We look forward to seeing you IN-PERSON on October 19th!

Join ACC St. Louis for an Estate Planning for Veterans Clinic on Tuesday,  October 17 from 3:00 - 7:00 PM.  Please note that this is an in-person pro bono clinic. 

We need attorneys and notary publics who will be working directly with eligible veterans and their spouses to prepare:

- Simple Wills
- Powers of Attorney
- Living Wills
- Health Care Directives

Volunteers will be:
- Trained (see below)
- May work in pairs if desired
- Provided snacks/drinks during the event

We will be using an estate planning package developed by the Missouri Veterans Commission.  In advance of the Clinic, training be a 1-hour webinar, conducted by Scott Allen, General Counsel, Missouri Veterans Commission. 

Deadline to register:  Friday, October 13th

Location:   
Vet Center   
287 N. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO  63141

We look forward to seeing you in-person on October 17th. 

Join Porter Wright attorneys David Kelch and David Belczyk and guest speakers Bernie Rafferty and Brian Webster from Schneider Downs Consulting for an interactive session that will walk you through how the need arises for an internal investigation of fraud and what happens immediately after the investigation.

Registration:     3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.   

Program:           4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Reception:         5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.   

This program has been preapproved for one hour of PA substantive CLE credit.

Managing A Real Estate Portfolio
(Whether or Not Real Estate is Your Core Business)

Join ACC Tennessee and Gold Sponsor Husch Blackwell for a panel discussion regarding the legal aspects of managing a real estate portfolio. Each panelist has significant experience as in house and/or outside counsel providing legal advice on real estate portfolios for RE-focused businesses and companies where real estate is not the main focus of day to day operations.

Agenda:

4:30-5:00 PM Check-In

5:00-6:00 PM Panel Discussion

6:00-7:30 PM Social Hour

Additional Information

1.0 hours of General CLE credit
in Tennessee and Georgia (pending)

Join ACC Tennessee and the Young Lawyers Division of the Chattanooga Bar Association at a happy hour to celebrate the 2023 launch of ACC Tennessee's New To In House Division. Hope to see you there!

Join ACC Central Florida and the Attorneys of RumbergerKirk for an interactive CLE presentation on insurance coverage best practices, including:

• how you can use insurance to minimize risk
• how courts interpret common provisions
• how to avoid making mistakes that could reduce or eliminate coverage
• and what to do when there’s a claim made against your company that should be covered by insurance.

Grand Bohemian Hotel Orlando

Thursday, October 12, 2023

 Check-in: 3:30 PM
CLE Program: 4:00 PM
Happy Hour w/Fabulous Prizes: 5:00 PM

1.0 General CLE (approval pending)

Complimentary valet parking