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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 11, 2023    11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (virtual)
  • 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!

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:

  • June 27, 2023   11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (virtual)
  • July 11, 2023    11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (virtual)
  • 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!

Please join us for a full-day, in-person conference that will address the key issues a new general counsel or small law department lawyer will face in their role. Learn to uncover and tackle challenges within a variety of subject areas so you can be successful within your department and your company.

The In-House Primer will give in-house counsel an opportunity to attend six CLE sessions and hear from subject matter experts. Learn what you need to know and when to call outside assistance. In addition, at the end of the day we will host a Happy Hour on the terrace of the Westwood Country Club.  You will be able to meet the panelists and network with colleagues.  

SCHEDULE  

9:00 - 10:00 am:  Sustainability for Government Contractors
Sponsored by Blank Rome

10:15 - 11:15 am: Life as a Public Company:  Overview of Requirements, New SEC Rules / Actions, and What to Expect Next
Sponsored by Polsinelli

11:30 am - 12:30 pm:  Hybrid, In-Person, and Remote Work: Optimizing Real Estate and Employment Strategies for Employers 
Sponsored by Womble Bond Dickinson

1:30 - 2:30 pm:  State Attorneys General: What You Need to Know 
Sponsored by Akin

2:45 - 3:45 pm: Managing Regulatory Risk in M&A Transactions: Update 2023
Sponsored by Lowenstein Sandler

4:00 - 5:00 pm: Conversations with the Board and Board Management
Sponsored by WilmerHale

5:00 - 6:30 pm:  Happy Hour and Networking

(We invite you to register and attend just the Happy Hour,  if that is all your schedule will allow!)

For a full Agenda including session summaries click HERE.

6.0 Hours of VA MCLE credit approved.

We look forward to seeing you at the In-House Primer.

(This conference is free for members; there is a $75 charge for non-members.)

Please join us for a substantive panel discussion about the key employee leave issues that employers need to understand to successfully navigate their employee relationships in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. Because a wide range of laws govern workplace leaves for reasons from personal and family illness, pregnancy, and disability, to reasons like organ donation, crime-victim status, and military service, employers face significant challenges in managing leave issues. It is therefore critical that employers stay up to date on all applicable leave laws and ensure that their policies properly address these issues.

In this webinar, our panel will discuss requirements for employers under federal and state leave laws, including the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and state parental leave, sick and safe leave, and similar leave laws. Our discussion will focus on new leave laws and interesting cases impacting employee leave in the DMV, and address practical implications of these new laws and how employers might adjust their policies to meet these requirements. 

Presented by Tony Torain and Jack Blum, Shareholders at Polsinelli and Hannah Breshin-Otero, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel - Labor and Employment at CACI International Inc.

Agenda:

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

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

1.5 Hours of VA MCLE pending.

Please join ACC Northeast and Exterro for this important in-person event at Sam Adams Faneuil Hall, Boston.  The program will lay the legal foundation for new requirements under CA, CO, Utah and VA privacy laws, as well as evolving enforcement positions by the CA Attorney General, and examine data governance tools to help manage access rights and deletion requests, cookies and digital advertising, retention and destruction, and impact assessments and purpose limitations.

Key takeaways:

  • The new consumer rights and controller obligations;
  • The new contractual requirements for processors, service providers and contractors;
  • How to meet new retention schedule and limitation requirements;
  • Managing purpose limitations;
  • How the CA Attorney General views third party cookies.

Register below.

As our work world and organizations have evolved due to COVID and other changes, learn about the current best practices in ADR and the evolving landscape of dispute resolutions.  Experienced in-house counsel and ADR professional will offer valuable tips and insights during this timely webinar.

All In-house lawyers need to ask a variety of questions when handling litigation:

  1. Should the company seek to resolve the claim or litigate through trial?  What are the costs?
  2. What role do your internal stakeholders play, including business leaders, executives and even the Board?
  3. How do you get internal buy-in and facilitate trust in an ADR process?
  4. How do you select the right counsel and the right neutral?
  5. What types of ADR could benefit your case?
  6. How has ADR changed as a result of our new organizational reality post-COVID?

Navigating disputes can be a very winding thoroughfare but, ultimately, you are the driver and can help your company obtain the best outcomes.  Answering some key questions will lead you to the best options to resolve disputes.

Register below.  Dial-in credentials will be provided to registrants within 24 hours of the webinar.

Join us on May 24th at Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd in either Greenville, Columbia, or Charleston for a networking lunch followed by 3 presentations from attorneys who will examine the latest developments and challenges facing businesses today. These topics include...

• Tort Reform Efforts in South Carolina

• Corporate Transparency Act

• Antitrust & Competition-based Issues

Of the number of legal issues companies and their in-house counsel face in their day-to-day, environmental considerations may not be a primary focus.  However, with the recent uptick in enforcement and renewed focus on environmental policy and regulation at the local, state, and federal level, businesses who don't act to protect themselves could face potential legal ramifications: fines, lawsuits, and negative public perception as well as a possible risk to bottom line profitability.

Join ACC Northeast and Beveridge & Diamond for an informative webinar focusing on three major environmental issues affecting businesses in New England today, including:  

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) - While implementing ESG considerations is an important tool for managing and mitigating risk on a number of fronts, TD Bank ESG Counsel, Dylan King, will cover why it is increasingly a point of political contention here in the U.S.

Environmental Justice (EJ) - Beveridge & Diamond Associate, Lauren M. Karam, will review how EJ is rapidly evolving on both the state and federal level, and what this means for area businesses.

Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS) - New England sits at the leading edge of PFAS regulation and litigation, and is now glimpsing at potential unintended consequences. Beveridge & Diamond Principal, Graham C. Zorn, will cover what has happened so far and what to expect next.

You won't want to miss this webinar!  Register by using the link below.  Login credentials will be provided within 24 hours of the start of the webinar.

Agenda

8:00 a.m.
Registration/Breakfast

 

8:30 a.m.
Welcome/Opening Remarks
Mike O’Callaghan, Columbus Office Managing Partner, Shumaker  

 

8:35—9:20 a.m.
PANEL 1: Non-Compete in the Workplace: Examining Recent Trends and Planning for the Future

Non-compete agreements provide a critical resource to protect the intellectual property and customer relationships that a company develops at great time and expense. However, the landscape for non-compete agreements is subject to increasing legislative and judicial scrutiny, including proposed rules from the Federal Trade Commission imposing a nationwide ban on non-compete agreements and a growing trend of states that have increased their scrutiny on the enforcement of non-compete agreements. This panel will discuss several recent non-compete matters in State and Federal Court and address how to a take a proactive approach to deal with this uncertainty.
PANELISTS: Nicholas Stack, Partner, Shumaker; Rebecca Shope, Partner, Shumaker; Outside Counsel TBD
MODERATOR: Greg Wagoner, Partner, Shumaker

9:20 a.m.
Break

 

9:30—10:45 a.m.
PANEL 2: Instituting an Early Dispute Resolution Program to Slash Costs and Achieve Favorable Settlements

Businesses maximize profit and save valuable executive time when they resolve cases early, economically, and on a favorable basis. Until recently, there has been no accepted procedure that overcomes the obstacles to early resolution: lack of information, lack of trust, and the bias of each party seeing its own side of the case. The Early Dispute Resolution Institute has developed Protocols for early resolution that resolve these issues and that the Institute and AAA are training lawyers, neutrals, and judges in nationwide. The Protocols are tried, tested, and effective. This session will explain the Protocols and how to institute a corporate early dispute program.
PANEL: Mediator Anne Jordan, Mandell Menkes, LLC
MODERATOR: Peter Silverman, Partner, Shumaker

 

10:45 a.m.
Break

 

11:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.
PANEL 3: Insurance Recovery
Many companies pay millions of dollars in insurance premiums annually but find themselves "in the rough" when attempting to recover under the policies they have purchased. This presentation will cover best practices for using every club in your bag to maximize your insurance coverage as a corporate asset -- from the presentation of claims to your insurer to negotiating coverage positions and achieving favorable outcomes in insurance disputes. These best practices will be generally applicable across all coverages that may form the basis of your risk management program, including directors and officers (D&O) coverage, general liability, and property policies.
PANELISTS: Shumaker Partner; Keven Eiber, Senior Litigation Counsel, Stanley Black & Decker; Lori Siwik, Founder, Managing Partner, and Counsel, Sand Run Risk
MODERATOR: Shumaker Partner

12:00 p.m.
Lunch/Memorial Golf Tournament (Tickets for the Tournament are limited to 40 and on a first-come, first-serve basis.)  

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