The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is the world's largest organization serving the professional and business interests of attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations, nonprofits and other private-sector organizations around the globe.
Most organizations inevitably engage with a public entity throughout the course of business. During this CLE presentation, GrayRobinson Shareholder Scott Cole will outline best practices to help navigate challenges you will likely face during your engagement. Scott will address how to:
Operate within Florida's Sunshine Law
Avoid becoming an "accidental governmental contractor", and what to do if you become one.
Navigate intellectual property rights in sponsored research agreements
In-house and law firm attorneys depend on each other every day to support their respective businesses and grow and develop in their careers. The ACC Northeast and the Boston Bar Association In-House Forum invite you to share tips and best practices on how to make the most of this relationship.
Panelists will explore the relationship between in-house legal departments and law firms, discuss how to establish appropriate expectations and ensure accountability for both parties, how to effectively share relevant business and industry knowledge for the benefit of the engagement, provide insights into their roles and day-to-day work in support of in-house legal departments, and strategies for establishing and maintaining a successful relationship with their in-house or law firm peers.
Don’t miss this opportunity to network with in-house and law firm colleagues across industries and practice areas.
Register below for free by using Promo Code ACCMEM.
Remote work arrangements are here to stay, but wage and hour laws were not enacted with remote work in mind. This program examines the wage and hour issues associated with remote work arrangements, and provides practical tips and strategies that you can use to help your clients navigate these potential pitfalls.
Every company is a tech company and any company that isn’t a tech company is losing. One of the most important aspects of any emerging technology and innovation effort is the existence, maintenance, protection, and use of data, but most companies have only begun to scratch the surface of their legal and regulatory obligations with regard to the data that flows in, through, and out of their systems every day – regardless of industry focus. At Frost Brown Todd LLC, we have significant experience working with companies of all shapes and sizes and across industries and advising them with regard to ensuring compliance in the collection, use, and securitization of data in all aspects to make their efforts more efficient, effective, and profitable. We will look forward to exploring the most up to date developments in the data privacy area as well as outlining next steps in the constantly growing and evolving global landscape of data.
Registration : 4:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Program: 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Reception: 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
This program has been preapproved for one hour of PA substantive CLE credit.
Disputing parties’ investment of time, effort and money in the process of resolving the dispute at hand would seem to be a recipe for success. Yet this process often fails. Why? There are several recurring reasons why efforts to mediate do not succeed despite the seemingly reasonable efforts by the parties to the dispute. This presentation will identify those common pitfalls and address how to avoid them, so that your next mediation is more likely to end in a successful resolution.
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8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. - Registration, Breakfast, Sponsor Visitation
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. - Data Protection
10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. - Break with Sponsors
10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. - Contracts
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch, Sponsor Vignettes and Presentation of the Paralegal/Legal Assistant of the Year Award
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. - Cybersecurity
2:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. - Break
2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. - The Burned-Out Paralegal (Ethics)
Join us for a very special event – our 16th Annual Paralegal/Legal Assistant Forum is back!!! It will be a full day with lots of exciting educational sessions (with two (2) CLE credits approved for those of you who need it!) a networking breakfast and lunch and, new this year, we will be presenting our first-ever Paralegal/Legal Assistant of the Year Award. We've been busy asking your department heads for nominations, so it could be you!
We also have great sponsors coming this year, who will be on hand to give you some useful information on their services (and swag!)
After three years, you deserve a day off to network with your colleagues and enjoy everything we are offering you that day. You won't want to miss this event, and we look forward to seeing you there!
Getting the Most Out of Your Legal Department: Leveraging Internal Resources + Syncing with Outside Counsel
They say that going in-house is any lawyer’s dream job. While going in-house certainly has its advantages, times are getting tougher given talent wars, rising inflation, and pressures to do “more with less.” In-house legal departments are faced with questions such as: how do we meet the ever-growing demands of our business unit with our consistently shrinking budget? How do we get all these commercial contracts done after an 8-hour day of meetings? How do we get outside counsel to stop writing these useless memos (and sending me a $50k bill) when all we really need is some practical legal advice via email from someone who has a Westlaw account? We invite you to come hear about real-world, AFFORDABLE answers to some of the key questions challenging in-house lawyers today from a panel of attorneys who have seen it all.
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5:00 PM Chapter Annual Meeting and election, cocktails and other beverages and hors d'oeuvers served
5:45 PM Dinner Buffet
6:00-7:30 PM CLE presentation and dinner
Members and Spouses/Guests, please join us for our annual meeting and elections at 5:00 and then stay for cocktails, dinner and a one-credit CLE program presented by: Brian S. Quinn, Esq, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Lawyer Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania Inc., the lawyers and judges assistance program for the Commonwealth. The presentation will focus on:
Burnout: Recognition and Prevention Strategies in the Post-COVID World
If there is one word we heard during our journey through the pandemic and continue to hear more than any other term as we navigate into the post-COVID “new normal” world, it is “burnout.”
But what is burnout? What does it look like and feel like? More importantly, what can we do to prevent the normal stress and “lawyer anxiety” so common in our profession from developing into the physically and emotionally draining state known as burnout?
Recent studies have shown that there has been a dramatic increase in impairment due to alcoholism, addiction and mental health disorders among members of the legal profession. The statistics are compelling and clearly indicate that 1 out of 3 attorneys will likely have a need for substance use or mental health services at some point in their careers.
Please register below by October 1st. Looking forward to an evening of fun and catching up with our membership!