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CLE: With the explosion of Artificial Intelligence, this presentation will provide an overview of how AI is relevant in different areas of Intellectual Property. We will briefly explore different issues that can arise in Patent, Trademark, Copyright, and Privacy when AI is involved, along with some practice tips for handling such issues and using AI for its benefits.

NETWORKING EVENT: Join us for passed hors dourves and food stations, a strolling magician, wine tasting, and a local distillery crafting drinks. Join the fun! Come for the CLE only, the Networking Event only, OR BOTH!!

 

Agenda for the Day:

8:00 am     Registration and Networking Breakfast

8:25 am     Welcome by Don Kelly

8:30 am     Non-Compete Agreements by Doug McSwain and Carole Christian

9:15 am     Employment Law Update by Sharon Gold and Joe Stennis

10:00 am   Networking Break

10:30 am   BlueOval SK - The Largest Economic Development Projects Ever in Kentucky and Tennessee by Mike Fine and Odell Horton

11:00 am   GC Panel Discussion:  What Keeps You Awake at Night? with Kellie Watson, GC/Legal Director for MSD; Deanna Durrett, Chief Strategy Officer & GC for El Toro; and David Haick, GC and Corporate Secretary for ISCO Industries; moderated by Don Kelly

12:00 pm   LUNCH

12:30 pm   Ethics in Alternative Dispute Resolution:  Different Roles and Different Perspectives by Shelby Grubbs, Arbitrator, Mediator and Special Master at JAMS

1:30 pm     Closing Remarks by Don Kelly

Join our Breakfast Club!

Network with local in-house peers over the most important meal of the day.  (Coffee is on us!)

Check In 5:30 p.m. | Line up 6:45 p.m. | Start Time 7:00 p.m.

The "Legal Pace Makers" is the ACC Northeast NextGen Committee's team, and we are once again putting on our sneakers and participating in the Lawyers Have Heart Race.  This year's Race will be in-person on June 1st in Boston at the Black Falcon Terminal.

The race is a 5K and you can participate at your own pace, either walking, jogging, running or racing, in any way that gets you to the FINISH LINE so that you can enjoy mingling with your fellow members.  Please consider joining us as it's a FUN event and supports a great cause.

The entrance fee for the race is $75.00 and you can sign up by clicking on the red Register button below. 

 

Please also let ACC Northeast know that you will be joining the team by emailing juliesduffy@accglobal.com.

 

According to the 2023 ACC Chief Legal Officers Survey, data security and privacy are among the most pressing issues currently faced by corporate legal departments.  At the same time, e-discovery is taking up an outsized share of litigation expenses, and we are now encountering new generative artificial intelligence that has the potential to reshape the ways companies do business—but that comes with its own set of legal and data concerns.  This program will discuss these challenges—and offer concrete suggestions for how to limit or eliminate some of the greatest legal risks.

 

Registration:   3:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Program:   3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Networking Reception: 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

 

This program has been preapproved for one hour of PA substantive CLE credit.

 

 

This practical program will address legal issues in managing and contracting for software development that uses new software development methodologies, including Agile (including Scrum, Crystal, Extreme Programming (XP), and Feature-Driven Development (FDD)), DevOps, Waterfall and Rapid Application Development (RAD).  We will discuss: (i) the risks for vendors in using those methodologies to develop software for internal products for delivery to customers; and (ii) contractual terms that appropriately allocate responsibilities and risks between vendors that use those methodologies to develop custom software and the customers that purchase or license such software. 

The panel will:

•            Briefly describe each of the new methodologies;

•            Contrast traditional development models and contracting paradigms with those applicable to the new methodologies;

•            Address the growing need to include software security principles both in the design and development process (DevSec) and throughout the operational life cycle of software (DevSecOps); 

•            Discuss the emerging and future role of large language models (LLMs) and other AI/ML tools to be used both in the development of software and as features and functions of software products and services; and

•            Advise on the proper use of open source software and data in software development and deployment.

Presented by Bea Hinton, Senior Associate and Dirk Lasater, Associate at King & Spalding and Kaye Cyrus, Corporate Counsel at HealthEdge.

Moderated by Thomas Knox, Partner, Corporate Technology at King & Spalding.

 Agenda:

12:00 - 12:30 pm - Lunch and networking (in-person)

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm - Panel Presentation (in-person and via webcast)

1.5 Hours of VA MCLE pending.

We are pleased and excited to announce a special FIVE-part leadership development series available for ACC Northeast members.  Sessions will consist of TWO in-person and THREE virtual sessions focusing on relevant topics in leadership, including but not limited to:

  • Influencing skills;
  • Strategic agility;
  • Decision making and execution
  • Team building and change management
  • Leading in a global environment, and;
  • Diversity, equity and inclusion.

Sessions will run from mid-June through mid-September, and are targeted at new managers, aspiring managers, and those who are new to in-house practice.  The final session will be held on:

  • Sept.14, 2023   5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (in-person in Burlington, MA)

Watch your mailbox for further details!

We are pleased and excited to announce a special FIVE-part leadership development series available for ACC Northeast members.  Sessions will consist of TWO in-person and THREE virtual sessions focusing on relevant topics in leadership, including but not limited to:

  • Influencing skills;
  • Strategic agility;
  • Decision making and execution
  • Team building and change management
  • Leading in a global environment, and;
  • Diversity, equity and inclusion.

Sessions will run from mid-June through mid-September, and are targeted at new managers, aspiring managers, and those who are new to in-house practice.  Additional sessions will be held on:

  • July 18, 2023    11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (virtual)
  • Sept.14, 2023   5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (in-person in Burlington, MA)

Watch your mailbox for further details!

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