Events

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
  

Please join ACC NCR volunteer leaders and 2023 sponsors as we celebrate an amazing year and thank you for your contributions towards the chapter's success. 

Enjoy networking at this neighborhood wine bar in historic Chinatown.  Please respond by November 13, 2023. 

**Annual Relationship Sponsors who applied by the early deadline may send three representatives. All others may send two representatives. If you are unsure of when you applied, contact Beth McConnell at beth.mcconnell-ncr@accglobal.com to confirm.

Dear {[C-FIRST NAME]},

The Bridges Group has always been about bringing Members together to learn more about the differences and similarities between people.

Please bring yourself and/or your significant other and join the Diversity & Inclusion Bridges Group for an evening with Morgan Talty, author of "Night of the Living Rez" on Thursday, October 12th.

Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Rez is a riveting debut collection about what it means to be Penobscot in the twenty-first century and what it means to live, to survive, and to persevere after tragedy.

This event is free, but registration is essential.   Kindly RSVP for yourself and accompanying family members to ensure we're well-prepared for your arrival. 

Event Location: Kirkwood Performing Arts Center 210 E. Monroe Ave. Kirkwood, MO  63122

Program Starts: 7:00 PM

The Bridges Group is planning a Meet Up to have conversation about the program.  Location to be determined. 

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, October 12th at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center!