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ACC NCR Community Service Committee is hosting a Red Cross blood drive for January through March.  Pledge to give at https://sleevesup.redcrossblood.org/campaign/acc-natl-capital-region-blood-drive/ and you will be included as part of our ACC NCR effort (our goal is 200 donors!).  Then select a Red Cross donation center and time at https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.  Each Red Cross blood drive and donation center has precautions in place to ensure the safety of volunteers and donors.  Of course, please take into account your circumstances and use your own judgement as you consider participating. 

Each blood donation can save up to three lives, so we are grateful for our amazing members, sponsors, and friends who participate! 

2021 was another challenging and momentous year for employers. Join us as we discuss the crucial developments and what to expect in 2022, including the up-to-the-minute updates on vaccine mandates, accommodations and other COVID-related litigation and orders. We will also review relevant Supreme Court decisions, the employment impacts recent and potential legislation, federal agency action during the first year of the Biden administration, plus state and local topics like Virginia’s continued expansion of employment protections and how those may be impacted by the Youngkin administration.

Presented by John Remy and Alyson Guyan, Principals with Jackson Lewis P.C. and Felicia Faragasso, Vice President - Legal and Contracts and Chief Ethics and Privacy Officer at Exostar.

2.0 Hours of VA MCLE pending.

The OFCCP has launched a series of initiatives, imposing new – and questionable – burdens on federal contractors and subcontractors.  This session will provide the latest trends and updates on what you need to know for OFCCP enforcement and compliance.  Topics include:  

• The OFCCP’s new Directive on Compensation that challenges contractor claims of privilege as to pay equity analyses 
• Proposed revisions to the nondiscrimination obligations of federal contractors and subcontractors
• Recent spate of shareholder demands for racial equity and civil rights audits 
• The OFCCP’s new AAP portal and certification requirements 
• EEO-1 and state reporting requirements 
• New census data requirements and their impact on AAPs 
• How to address remote or hybrid workers in your AAPs 
• How to address non-binary applicants and employees in your AAPs 

Presented by Kris Meade and Rebecca Springer, Partners at Crowell & Moring and Stefanee Handon, Associate General Counsel - Head of Employment Law at CoStar Group.

1.5 Hours of VA MCLE pending.

ACC NCR is pleased to announce a Roundtable featuring Lauren McFerran, Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).  Chairman McFerran will deliver remarks and then join Alex Gordon, Senior Counsel, Employment Affairs at the Johns Hopkins Health System, for a conversation that will include the state of the Board, major recent decisions, and issues for which the Board has sought public input.

Chairman McFerran served as a Member of the NLRB from 2014 to 2019; and President Biden named her Chairman of the NLRB on January 20, 2021.

ACC members, in-house counsel, ACC NCR annual relationship sponsors*, and select guests** are invited to join us for this special event.

*ACC NCR annual relationship sponsors may send two representatives, except Diamond, which may send three.

**Guests may include business colleagues and significant others, but may not include law firm or vendor representatives that compete with our sponsors.

(This is for informational purposes only, no VA MCLE will be provided.)

“Open source software” is a broad category that covers software that is licensed by its creators to the public without charge.  Over the past two decades, companies have more and more readily incorporated open source software into their products and services.  This increased use has not necessarily translated to increased understanding, though.  For example, while open source software may not cost any money to use, the specific licensing terms of that software may pass on onerous obligations that surprise most companies using open source in their products and services.  

To various degrees, U.S. Government agencies are also embracing the use of open source software, whether by procuring products incorporating open source software from government contractors or by supporting improved access to code developed for the U.S. Government.  More and more agencies, for example, are creating their own open source software policies and even building portals and platforms to enable sharing of software produced for or by the U.S. Government as open source.  

This panel will provide a background on the legal issues surrounding open source software licensing and will explore the U.S. Government’s policy developments and what they mean for federal government contractors that regularly rely on open source or closed source software.

Presented by Vince Galluzzo and Jon Baker, Partners at Crowell & Moring LLP and Keith Coleman, Senior Manager at Accenture Federal Services LLC.

1.5 Hours of VA MCLE pending.

Join the Nonprofits and Associations Committee for its first social event in two years! 

No delays or single tracking here! Take the Metro (or your preferred form of transportation) to Metrobar for an in-person happy hour with the ACC NCR Nonprofits and Associations Committee. This is an opportunity to reconnect with old friends and colleagues and make new connections with other nonprofit in-house attorneys.

Enjoy a beverage of your choosing and food from a local food truck all alongside an actual decommissioned Metro car. (Attendees will purchase their own food and drinks.)

Registration is limited.

During a protracted period of crisis management, drastic business disruption and a distributed workforce under unrelenting pressure, how are General Counsels pivoting and evolving to lead their teams and organizations?  More than ever, decisiveness, flexibility, empathy, and inclusivity are eclipsing traditional lawyerly traits of deliberateness, consistency, convention, and hierarchy in importance.  What are GCs doing to identify and develop these strengths in themselves and in their teams?  How do these changes affect GC relationships and expectations with your executives/boards, internal clients, and outside counsel? 

Join us for a conversation about these important questions with the following leading chief legal officers:

·  Elizabeth Allen, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary at NPR

·  Monica Douglas, SVP & General Counsel at The Coca-Cola Company

·  Lucy Fato, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Global Head of Communications and Government Affairs at AIG

·  Michael Wu, Chief Legal Officer at Bath & Body Works

·  Simone Wu, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & External Affairs at Choice Hotels International

Moderated by Audrey Jean, ACC NCR VP of Programming and SVP, Privacy Officer & Senior Associate GC at AARP

ACC members, in-house counsel, ACC NCR annual relationship sponsors*, and select guests** are invited to join us for this special event, including time for networking in small-group breakout rooms.

*ACC NCR annual relationship sponsors may send two representatives, except Diamond, which may send three.

**Guests may include business colleagues and significant others, but may not include law firm or vendor representatives that compete with our sponsors.

The increased pace of M&A transaction timelines and the demand to realize near-term economic and strategic benefits from acquisitions has placed a premium on effective acquisition integration.  Both prior to and after the acquisition, legal counsel face a number of challenges related to integration, made more complex and taxing by the demands of closing the transaction itself and a host of potential differences between the companies’ operations, policies, plans and systems.
This interactive roundtable will both identify and discuss solutions and risk mitigation strategies for the “speed bumps” that can challenge successful M&A integration.  Areas to be addressed include: Employment and Labor; Tech, IT Systems and IP Issues; Corporate Governance; Branding; Compliance Policies; Customer Relationship and Continuity; and Residual Purchase Agreement Issues (including post-closing purchase price adjustment processes and indemnity issues).  

This free-flowing discussion format will enable in-house counsel an opportunity to hear from veterans of numerous M&A integration processes, as well as share their own insights, expertise and experience.

Presented by Holland & Knight partners Jonathan Wolcott (Corporate/M&A), Kara Ariail (Employment & Labor) and Glynna Christian (Technology Transactions), Afsaneh “Affie” Ambrose, Vice President, Corporate Counsel at Acumen Solutions, a Salesforce Company and Lisa Anastos, General Counsel of Edifecs.

This session is for informational purposes only, no MCLE credit will be offered.

 Join us for a virtual happy hour hosted by our LGBTQ+ affinity group. Pour your favorite beverage or just join us to catch up with others. All members are welcome to attend.