Events

Please join us for a morning “Coffee Break” hosted by the ACC NCR Café con Leche (Hispanic and Latinx) Affinity Group, featuring actual café con leche, or a morning beverage of your choice. During this meeting, we will come together to introduce ourselves, discuss our plans for the year and chat about networking skills. Networking in business is one of the best resources for career development and professional success.  

All registrants will be invited to order coffee (or other beverage) and a snack to enjoy during the meeting. Please register to receive the link to order.

Register now for ACC NCR's third annual DEI Conference. 

Join the ACC NCR DEI Programming Committee and in-house counsel from around the region to learn about the barriers to DEI success and what your organization can do to move the needle forward in DEI. Many organizations commit to fostering and advancing DEI within their companies through the hiring of DEI officers, creation of affinity or employee resource groups, development of DEI training, and other initiatives. Yet, there's still the observation that DEI efforts are not yielding sufficient results.

Join us for the following and learn practical tools to make an impact:

• Keynote by DEI expert Paula Edgar, CEO of PGE Consulting Group LLC. 
• Session "Getting DEI In the DNA" sponsored by Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney and presented by Timothy J. Fair, Gena Pemberton  and Lloyd Freeman.
• Session "DEI Data – The Key to the Kingdom?" sponsored by Ogletree Deakins and presented by Lauren Hicks, Aisha Jorge Massengill, and Paul Kehoe.
• Insight into the ACC & ACC Foundation Maturity Model with ACC Foundation Program Director KJ Forest (click here to preview the Model). 
• Insight into the ACC NCR 2021 DEI Survey Results with ACC NCR DEI Committee Leader Te-Mika Warner.
• We will close the conference with break-out sessions designed to provide an opportunity for you to benchmark with your peers and learn more about how to play an active role in your organization’s DEI efforts.

Join us for ACC NCR's first Financial Services Industry event and first in-person event since March 2020!  

The event will start with a roundtable discussion of regulation hot topics for in-house counsel at financial services companies, followed by a reception on the Nelson Mullins terrace, overlooking the Capitol.  

• Topics will include the federal and state legislative and administrative policy developments, as well as sanctions against Russia and the latest news on fintech.
• Whether you work at a traditional financial services company or a fintech company, or you have a bank account, mortgage or credit card or just simply want to join other in-house counsel for some in-person networking - this program is for you!

The roundtable discussion will be led by Richard Levin, Partner and Chair of the FinTech Regulation Practice at Nelson Mullins; Autumn Hunter, Associate General Counsel & Managing Director, Public Policy and Political Law, at Bank of America; and Andrew Ting, General Counsel at Koalafi.  The Honorable Jim Moran, Senior Policy Advisor at Nelson Mullins, will also join the event to provide insight.

Attendees must follow the ACC NCR COVID-19 Guidelines & Duty of Care.  Registrants will receive information about how to provide evidence of vaccination closer to the date of the event.

CLE credit is not available for this event.

ACC NCR Pro Bono Education Series:  History of Poverty, Racism, Discrimination, Oppression and Systemic Barriers Presented by Legal Services of Northern Virginia. 

Please join the ACC NCR Pro Bono Committee and Legal Services of Northern Virginia to learn about and discuss laws and policies that have had a particular impact on low-income individuals.  This program will also discuss the influence of inequities in society that cause poverty, with a focus on racism.  Virginia specific policies will be highlighted, as well as the role of legal aid and pro bono services.  This is intended as an introduction to these topics in the civil context and will not focus on criminal law.  Virginia MCLE – approval pending. 

This program is the first of a series of virtual offerings from the Pro Bono Committee to provide more information from organizations we regularly partner with on pro bono opportunities. Open to members and sponsors. Everyone with an interest in pro bono and access to legal justice is welcome. (Annual Relationship Sponsors may send two representatives. Diamond level may register three)

ACC NCR Community Service Committee is hosting a Red Cross blood drive for January through March.  Pledge to give at https://sleevesup.redcrossblood.org/campaign/acc-natl-capital-region-blood-drive/ and you will be included as part of our ACC NCR effort (our goal is 200 donors!).  Then select a Red Cross donation center and time at https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.  Each Red Cross blood drive and donation center has precautions in place to ensure the safety of volunteers and donors.  Of course, please take into account your circumstances and use your own judgement as you consider participating. 

Each blood donation can save up to three lives, so we are grateful for our amazing members, sponsors, and friends who participate! 

2021 was another challenging and momentous year for employers. Join us as we discuss the crucial developments and what to expect in 2022, including the up-to-the-minute updates on vaccine mandates, accommodations and other COVID-related litigation and orders. We will also review relevant Supreme Court decisions, the employment impacts recent and potential legislation, federal agency action during the first year of the Biden administration, plus state and local topics like Virginia’s continued expansion of employment protections and how those may be impacted by the Youngkin administration.

Presented by John Remy and Alyson Guyan, Principals with Jackson Lewis P.C. and Felicia Faragasso, Vice President - Legal and Contracts and Chief Ethics and Privacy Officer at Exostar.

2.0 Hours of VA MCLE pending.

The OFCCP has launched a series of initiatives, imposing new – and questionable – burdens on federal contractors and subcontractors.  This session will provide the latest trends and updates on what you need to know for OFCCP enforcement and compliance.  Topics include:  

• The OFCCP’s new Directive on Compensation that challenges contractor claims of privilege as to pay equity analyses 
• Proposed revisions to the nondiscrimination obligations of federal contractors and subcontractors
• Recent spate of shareholder demands for racial equity and civil rights audits 
• The OFCCP’s new AAP portal and certification requirements 
• EEO-1 and state reporting requirements 
• New census data requirements and their impact on AAPs 
• How to address remote or hybrid workers in your AAPs 
• How to address non-binary applicants and employees in your AAPs 

Presented by Kris Meade and Rebecca Springer, Partners at Crowell & Moring and Stefanee Handon, Associate General Counsel - Head of Employment Law at CoStar Group.

1.5 Hours of VA MCLE pending.

ACC NCR is pleased to announce a Roundtable featuring Lauren McFerran, Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).  Chairman McFerran will deliver remarks and then join Alex Gordon, Senior Counsel, Employment Affairs at the Johns Hopkins Health System, for a conversation that will include the state of the Board, major recent decisions, and issues for which the Board has sought public input.

Chairman McFerran served as a Member of the NLRB from 2014 to 2019; and President Biden named her Chairman of the NLRB on January 20, 2021.

ACC members, in-house counsel, ACC NCR annual relationship sponsors*, and select guests** are invited to join us for this special event.

*ACC NCR annual relationship sponsors may send two representatives, except Diamond, which may send three.

**Guests may include business colleagues and significant others, but may not include law firm or vendor representatives that compete with our sponsors.

(This is for informational purposes only, no VA MCLE will be provided.)

“Open source software” is a broad category that covers software that is licensed by its creators to the public without charge.  Over the past two decades, companies have more and more readily incorporated open source software into their products and services.  This increased use has not necessarily translated to increased understanding, though.  For example, while open source software may not cost any money to use, the specific licensing terms of that software may pass on onerous obligations that surprise most companies using open source in their products and services.  

To various degrees, U.S. Government agencies are also embracing the use of open source software, whether by procuring products incorporating open source software from government contractors or by supporting improved access to code developed for the U.S. Government.  More and more agencies, for example, are creating their own open source software policies and even building portals and platforms to enable sharing of software produced for or by the U.S. Government as open source.  

This panel will provide a background on the legal issues surrounding open source software licensing and will explore the U.S. Government’s policy developments and what they mean for federal government contractors that regularly rely on open source or closed source software.

Presented by Vince Galluzzo and Jon Baker, Partners at Crowell & Moring LLP and Keith Coleman, Senior Manager at Accenture Federal Services LLC.

1.5 Hours of VA MCLE pending.

Join the Nonprofits and Associations Committee for its first social event in two years! 

No delays or single tracking here! Take the Metro (or your preferred form of transportation) to Metrobar for an in-person happy hour with the ACC NCR Nonprofits and Associations Committee. This is an opportunity to reconnect with old friends and colleagues and make new connections with other nonprofit in-house attorneys.

Enjoy a beverage of your choosing and food from a local food truck all alongside an actual decommissioned Metro car. (Attendees will purchase their own food and drinks.)

Registration is limited.