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Join ACCGP for our Annual Holiday Party as we celebrate the Chapter's successes in 2023 and look ahead to the new year.  We will thank our outgoing board members and welcome some new incoming board members.  We will also recognize some of our outstanding volunteers for their dedication and hard work.

Come celebrate with us at one of Philadelphia's newest hotels, The Notary Hotel.  There will be delicious food, holiday libations and plenty of networking and good cheer!

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 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.