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If you are a General Counsel or Chief Legal Officer, we'd love to have you to join us for our next GC/CLO Lunch Club gathering of 2023. We will be meeting at Eddie V's Prime Seafood in King of Prussia, where the luncheon discussion of "The Impact of M&A on Your Company" will be moderated by Michael Yecies from Continental AG. There is no charge for GC/CLO chapter members to attend this luncheon, but pre-registration is required.

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THE 2023 ANNUAL LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW CHECKUP

When

Thursday, February 16, 2023
3:00 – 3:30 PM - Registration and Networking
3:30 – 5:00 PM - Program
5:00 – 6:30 PM - Outdoor Networking Reception

Where

Epicurean Hotel
1207 South Howard Avenue Tampa, FL 33606
*Valet parking is complimentary until 7:00 PM

About the Program

Have the last few years made your HR/legal department feel uneasy? Is there preventive care you could be doing in anticipation of challenges to your labor and employment law health in 2023? Employers have been hit with a host of legal and economic ailments over the past two years. From debilitating labor shortages and employees’ acute wage sensitivity, to nagging employee demands and constant legislative changes, it may feel like your labor and employment health will never recover. However, like all health concerns, proactive preventive measures can be the best medicine in your workplace first aid kit. Join FordHarrison partners Tammie Rattray and Chris Johnson for an in-depth look at recent developments and emerging concerns in employment law and traditional labor. Tammie and Chris will review the major decisions and legislative changes from 2022 and will give you a prognosis of your 2023 labor and employment law health, including what challenges you may face at the federal and state level in the year to come.

RSVP

Attendance is complimentary and limited to in-house counsel. Please RSVP with Audrey Bailey, Executive Director of ACC Tampa Bay, at TampaBay@accglobal.com by Wednesday, February 15.

CLE

Approval is pending from the Florida Bar for 1.5 hours of CLE.

1-Antitrust Enforcement Trends etc.

-Overview of the Antitrust landscape and "the enforcers" at the FTC and DOJ, Lina Khan and Jonathan Kanter

- An Update on M&A Enforcement today in the U.S.

- Attendance deal structure considerations

-Other antitrust topics, including FTC's non-compete rulemaking, interlocking directorates & international M&A considerations

2-Need To Know: Recent Developments In M&A etc.

- Shareholder activism developments, including the SEC's new universal proxy rules and how companies can prepare

- Financing market update

- Hostile deals and other 2023 M&A  Market Trends

- Bridging the valuation gap (CVRs, earnouts, deferred payments and other strategies

- Representation and warranty insurance prevalence for strategics and sponsors

1

The Backup Plan – Alternative Immigration Strategies to the H1B

• Cap-exempt H-1B petitions
• Alternatives to H-1B cap

• Certain students on optional practical training (OPT)
• Country-specific categories similar to H-1B

• E-3 for Australian professionals
• H-1B1 for Chilean and Singaporean professionals
• TN for Canadian and Mexican professionals

• L-1 intracompany transferees
• O-1 for extraordinary ability individuals

Please join Suzanne King and Katy Rand of Pierce Atwood for an interactive presentation regarding the recognition and avoidance of harassment and discrimination in the legal industry, specifically tailored to role of in-house counsel.
 
While attendees will receive an important reminder of the definition of sexual harassment, the presentation will cover harassment and discrimination more broadly. Using hypothetical fact patterns, Suzanne and Katy will lead a discussion about discrimination / harassment in the legal industry on the basis of various protected characteristics--including gender identity, gender expression, race, and mental health-and occurring in a variety of contexts.
 
One of the most important things an employer can do to eliminate harassment and discrimination in the workplace is to respond appropriately and effectively when placed on notice of the same. This program will tackle how in-house counsel should respond to a report of harassment or discrimination, including how to conduct an effective investigation and when to impose disciplinary action.
 
Attendees will leave the session with information about how discrimination / harassment other than sexual harassment can manifest, with a greater understanding of their own right to be free from discrimination or harassment, as well as, practical information about how to respond to and address reports of harassment with the goal of promoting a professional and respectful work environment for all employees.

There will be a networking reception immediately following the program, and we look forward to seeing you there!

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LinkedIn^® is a powerful tool that can support you in every professional realm - job search, overall career development, personal brand, and life-long learning.  The key to unlocking LinkedIn's^® power is knowing how it works, keeping up with its new features, optimizing its networking capacity and seeing the benefits beyond looking up individual members' profiles and reading through news feeds.
 
Please join ACC Northeast and the P&CM (Practice and Career Management Committee) for this webinar presented by legal career transition expert Colleen Torell, J.D., of Keystone Partners Legal.  
 
This updated webinar will help you gain perspective on how you can and should use LinkedIn^® for your own short - long term goals.  Colleen will also address the following topics:

• Putting LinkedIn^® in context: a quick-hit discussion of why in-house counsel should embrace LinkedIn^®;
• Building a stand-out profile that maximizes your active/passive job search, networking presence and personal brand;
• The types of user activity that can drive more profile views and maximize reach;
• Learning opportunities to prepare for career change and other transitions;
• Professional development and life long learning.

Register below.  Registrants will receive dial in/log on information 24 hours prior to the event.

Discover how user-friendly contract management software can effectively assist your organization with managing contracts and committals - including organizing your contracts in a searchable database, receiving email and calendar alerts for key dates, tracking financials, improving cycle times with automated workflows, electronic signature processing, authoring contracts from pre-approved templates and clauses, extracting data with IntelliXtract^™ AI, running advanced reports, and much more.

By joining this webinar, you will discover how contract management software, backed by CobbleStone’s VISDOM^® artificial intelligence with machine learning, can optimize your organization’s contracts - as it can provide you with better governance over your organization’s contracts within a user-friendly legal CLM platform. Learn why thousands of legal professionals around the globe rely on CLM software to streamline their legal operations.

During this webinar, you can learn how to:

• leverage legal CLM software;
• find contracts easier;
• draft stronger contracts;
• manage risk with artificial intelligence;
• improve contract negotiations;
• and more!

With CobbleStone Contract Insight^® contract lifecycle management (CLM) software, you can take control of your contracts and legal operations. After the demonstration, you will have the chance to engage in a question-and-answer time with CLM software expert, Michael Gormley, Jr.

Register below.  This webinar is open to all in-house counsel and their legal operations team.