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ACC Houston March Chapter Meeting CLE Crisis Management Beyond Emergency Response Wednesday, March 22, 2023 | 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Maggiano's Little Italy | 2019 Post Oak Blvd. | Houston, TX 77056
Because the best crisis is one that never occurs, and because government agencies often expect robust pre-planning, it is crucial to develop policies, procedures, and training aimed at incident prevention and mitigation beyond and apart a company’s typical emergency response plan. This panel will discuss best practices for crisis management, internal investigations, incident response for corporate crises across industries.
ACC Houston Past Presidents' Lunch February 23, 2023 | 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Grotto Ristorante | 4715 Westheimer Rd. | Houston, TX 77027
This lunch for all past ACC Houston Board of Director Presidents. Please join us for a Past Presidents’ lunch on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at Grotto Ristorante on Westheimer. We are excited to continue to reconnect and gain insights from our past presidents who served our chapter so effectively!
ACC Houston Career Development Event How Lawyers are Making a Difference Outside of the Law February 28, 2023 | 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm The Federal American Grill | 510 Shepherd Drive | Houston, TX 77007
Join the Houston ACC Chapter and Gibson Arnold & Associates for a lively discussion on How Lawyers Are Making A Difference Outside of The Law. In this panel discussion, we will meet lawyers that have stepped out of the practice of law and into thriving and creative alternative roles.Join us for drinks and appetizers as we hear from members of the legal community who have successfully transitioned into new and exciting career paths. RSVP today for this extraordinary event.
Explore how to transition into a non-legal role if practicing law no longer serves you.
Discover how skills from your legal career can transfer to a new position.
Uncover what opportunities and industries compensate competitively.
Learn best practices to determine a future outside of law.
As the world’s largest single consumer, the U.S. government has the power to subject government contractors to a broad range of USG laws, regulations, and contracting requirements. Failures with compliance and internal controls can result in serious repercussions and limit a company’s ability to tap into the government’s $600 Billion annual spend.
We invite in-house lawyers at government contractors to join us for this engaging and informative discussion. Lunch will be provided.
Please join us for an interactive panel discussion addressing the ways in which in-house counsel can partner with outside counsel to create pathways for success to attract and retain diverse legal professionals in rewarding careers in Chicago.
Following the CLE program, all guests are invited to continue the conversation with a private networking mixer in the Molson Coors Pub.
The program will consider the following topics, providing attendees with actionable takeaways to further DEI efforts:
Setting the Stage: Cornell Boggs, Of Counsel and Senior Strategic Advisor with Quarles & Brady LLP, and Chair of the Thrivent Board of Directors, will share diversity statistics to guide the conversation.
Mapping the Journey: Our panel of Chicago in-house generals counsel and leaders will provide insights on their career journeys, how they arrived at their current roles, and their experience with DEI throughout their careers.
Candid Conversations about Diversity: Panelists will discuss DEI strategies and dialogue on several levels, including within in-house legal departments, within law firms, collaborative efforts with general counsel, and partnerships between in-house legal teams and law firms. Our panel will identify practical action steps that participants can implement to further the dialogue and implement effective change to support DEI in their legal departments, in their companies, and in the legal industry.
Diversity Dialogue: We'll invite attendees to pose questions to the panelists.
Please join us for a presentation on unfair competition and trade secrets, followed by a truffle and wine tasting.
Best practices pair with complex trade secret litigation like fine wine pairs with chocolate.
Increased employee mobility can give rise to litigation surrounding unfair competition and trade secrets. The success of this litigation is highly dependent upon a company following valuable best practices both before a case is filed and during its prosecution or defense.
Presented by Taft partners Rachel Schaller and Daniel Saeedi, this one-hour CLE program will explore important lessons learned – sometimes the hard way – from recent state and federal rulings. Attendees will acquire a better understanding of some of the key pitfalls that can sink a trade secrets misappropriation case and how companies can avoid them.
A truffle and wine tasting will follow the program. Truffles provided by local female-owned company Vosges Haut Chocolat.
We are reinitiating our GC/CLO Club designed to connect ACC Chicago members who are in a senior leadership role within their law departments. Please join us to network, share best practices, and participate in a roundtable discussion on current issues at the SEKO Logistics Global HQ in Schaumburg hosted by our Chapter President, Char Dalton.
Char is the Chief Legal Officer & Chief of Staff at SEKO where they provide complete Supply Chain Solutions, specializing in transportation, logistics, forwarding and warehousing. They specialize in innovative and configurable IT solutions, which provide a seamless flow of information and give their growing client base true supply chain visibility.
Corporate America has responded to demands from employees, shareholders, and customers by building out programs of various sizes and types to emphasize diversity, equity, and inclusion in their organization. Recently, interest groups and individuals are pushing back on this trend, raising internal complaints and filing lawsuits challenging these initiatives. At the same time, single plaintiff and class action litigation alleging reverse discrimination is on the rise. In this panel, we will explore these trends and what to expect in the future, and we will provide practical advice about legal guardrails that ensure DEI programs can withstand this new scrutiny.
ACC Houston CLE Webinar
Managing the Unmanageable in a Security Breach Response (Rising to the Challenge of the Rogue Insider)
January 31, 2023 | 12-1 PM | 1.00 HRS CREDIT CLE (TX)
The panel will describe a very unique breach matter involving an insider threat, specifically a hospital medical staff physician who abandoned his home and left behind several reams of unprotected Protected Health Information (PHI) and over 100 computer and hand-held devices.