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Join the Central Ohio Chapter for this educational and networking opportunity, presented by PorterWright.

AGENDA

1:30 – 1:55 p.m.
Registration

1:55 – 2:00 p.m.
Welcome and Introductions

Bobby Morgan, CO-ACC Membership Chair

Jared Klaus, Partner, PorterWright

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“AI & Legal Challenges”
This presentation will explore how AI-generated content and machine learning could create issues around intellectual property, both in terms of intellectual property ownership, as well as enforcement of intellectual property where AI is concerned. Furthermore, this presentation will identify new risks to trade secrets posed by AI, including generative models, and explore strategies and policies for deploying AI systems in a manner that leverages the power of these new systems, while also protecting trade secret information and demonstrating reasonable efforts to maintain their secrecy.

Speakers: Kaylee Willis, Associate, PorterWright and Chad Mowery, Partner, PorterWright

3:00 – 3:10 p.m.
Break

3:10 – 3:40 p.m.
“Navigating Tomorrow’s Legal Frontiers: E-Discovery, AI Dynamics, and Ohio Insights in 2024”
his presentation will provide e-discovery highlights, and an assessment of trends and predictions for 2024. We will touch on the traditional and future role of AI, emerging trends in preservation and production, and recent case law relevant to Ohio businesses. 

Speaker: Molly Crabtree, Partner, PorterWright

3:40 – 4:10 p.m.
“The Conservative Feminist, A Study of the Life and Jurisprudence of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor”
In this presentation, we will pay loving tribute to the life of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and the oversized role the first female Justice on the United States Supreme Court played in the development of modern jurisprudence. Beginning with her early career and life influences, moving to her appointment, and finally to her retirement, we will examine whether Justice O’Connor was successful in balancing the competing and seemingly opposing claims of feminism and conservativism, or whether she simply served in the traditional role of a political moderate. We will examine difficult and divisive cases including abortion (Roe v. Wade, Casey, and progeny), Proposition 209, The Florida Recount (Bush v. Gore), and the like. The presentation will include some personal anecdotes designed to give the listener a greater understanding of just who Justice O’Connor was as a person as well as a lawyer.”
Speaker: Matt Stowe, Of Counsel, PorterWright

4:10 – 4:20 p.m.
Break

4:20 – 5:20 p.m.
“Beyond the Brand: Exploring the Legal & Business Dynamics of Name, Image and Likeness”
Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) has changed the rules of college (and high school) athletics. College student-athletes (and some high school student-athletes) are now allowed to earn compensation from the licensing of their NIL to third parties. This presentation will discuss the legal path to NIL’s approval as well as explore the current legal landscape with respect to the differing state laws that impact NIL. This presentation will help equip corporate counsel with the legal guidelines required for NIL contracts and highlight various provisions to watch out for when drafting such contracts. Finally, the discussion will conclude with a forecast of what the future regulatory and legal landscape will entail in this.

Speaker: Luke Fedlam, Partner, PorterWright

5:20 – 5:30 p.m.
Conclusion and CLE information
Megan West, Partner, PorterWright

5:30 – 6:15 p.m.
Reception

6:15 p.m.
Access to Party Tower/Game

CLE
This course is pending approval, by the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Continuing Legal Education, for 3.0 hours of general credit.

LOCATION
Nationwide Arena – Founders Club
200 W Nationwide Blvd.
Columbus, OH 43215
(Please note that bags, electronic devices, such as laptops and Ipads, as well as food and beverages, are not permitted.)

PARKING
Parking is available in the Front Street Parking Garage. Enter Nationwide Arena at the Tower Entrance, located on the corner of Nationwide Blvd. and Marconi Blvd. You are responsible for parking fees.

REGISTRATION
The cost of the program is $25/members and $45/non-members. Registration and payment can be made online. Registration is limited to 48 and on a first-come, first-serve basis.

(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.)

CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellations must be received by
Thursday, February 22, 2024.
There will be no refunds after this date.

QUESTIONS
Please email centralohio@accglobal.com.

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.

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.

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.