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Please join us for an enlightening discussion as our panel shares best practices for effectively marshalling evidence while maintaining confidentiality within the company as well as privilege in case of future litigation or government investigation. In addition, the panel will discuss conducting internal company investigations in anticipation of a potential government investigation as well as in parallel with an ongoing investigation. Finally, the panel will discuss best practices for effectively engaging with the government during an investigation, along with what to expect from federal and state regulators this year.

Driven by the current global pandemic, businesses have rapidly shifted to nearly 100 percent virtual work, and it is unclear if or when businesses will return to a pre-pandemic work paradigm. As such, it is critical to understand and prepare for risks associated with a virtual workforce. This webinar will identify key cybersecurity risks and provide some best practices and practical guidance to businesses that have shifted to virtual work and those that will continue to support virtual work after the pandemic.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Identify growing cybersecurity threats and risks in a world of virtual workers 
   
• Provide guidance on best practices to manage risk across people, processes, and technology
   
• Provide some key cybersecurity technical controls to reduce unauthorized access to company systems
   
• Provide guidance on protecting and preserving business documents while working remotely
   
• Provide guidance on legal and regulatory requirements related to data protection and breach notification

FREE for ACC Members & In House Counsel Non-Members (must be in-house counsel to attend.) 

FOR FULL DETAILS AND TO REGISTER, PLEASE CLICK BELOW: 

In-house counsel are facing new and unique ethical challenges arising from a rapidly changing business and technology environment. ACC Northeast and CSC are pleased to bring this virtual program to our members at a time when they are facing more and more challenges in our 24/7 digital world. The program will focus on technology and in-house counsel's ethical responsibilities surrounding agreements, compliance and data.  

Featuring a panel of in-house counsel from various industries, the program will include a review of relevant ABA model rules and other ABA and state bar association guidance.  Beyond that review, these panelists will discuss realistic scenarios that in-house counsel face that include AI, workplace communication tools, data monetization and WFH challenges all while operating within our ethical obligations.

To ensure technology competence, does the in-house counsel skill set need to evolve with thechology?  Come join us as the panel fully explores the concept of technical competence and explores our ethical obligations under the Rules of Professional Conduct.

Register below.

AGENDA:

Wednesday, April 6:

• 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. - Session I, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
• 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. - Break
• 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. - Session II, Fisher & Phillips LLP

Thursday, April 7:

• 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. - Session I, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
• 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. - Break
• 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. - Session II, Jackson Lewis P.C.

Wednesday, April 6, Session I – Promoting Inclusivity for Queer Employees: A Guide for Management and Co-Workers

This presentation will address a wide variety of topics, with a special emphasis on language surrounding queer individuals, how to engage in critical conversations about sexual orientation and gender expression, and current workplace issues and topics affecting the Queer community.

Wednesday, April 6, Session II – The President Cancelled My Non-Compete: Urban Myths, Misconceptions and Evolving Realities for Drafting Restrictive Covenants

No, President Biden didn’t cancel anyone’s non-compete agreement, but the President’s recent Executive Order, and the seemingly constant churn of legislative activity in state capitals on non-competes, has the issue in the forefront of employee’s minds, both management and workforce.  With all this activity, and in the midst of red-hot competition in the marketplace for employee talent, what do companies need to know right now about employee restrictive covenants of all types – non-competes, client non-solicits, employee non-solicits?

Thursday, April 7, Session I – Reefer Regs: Riding the Wave of Marijuana Law Changes

In-house counsel face complex and evolving issues in complying with myriad state medical and recreational marijuana laws – many with express job protections for users.  In addition, the City of Philadelphia has its own marijuana ordinance impacting hiring practices.   With these state and now local laws, in-house need to balance legal compliance with safety and business concerns, and may face strong objections (on either side!) from company leadership or other business partners in operations, health and safety, or risk management.  Join this session for a discussion about the challenges faced by employers related to statutory compliance, disability discrimination and accommodation, workplace safety, and litigation avoidance.

Thursday, April 7, Session II – A Look Back: The Most Significant Developments in Employment Class Action Litigation in 2021

The year 2021 saw significant developments in class and collective action employment litigation. The COVID-19 pandemic continued to impose a considerable toll on employers and COVID-19-related complaint filings showed no signs of slowing down.  The rollout of vaccine mandates in various forms led to a surge in lawsuits challenging those mandates. Vaccine mandate litigation was not the only story, though. The circuit courts issued several significant procedural decisions impacting class litigation, including a groundbreaking decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that changed the way district courts must handle plaintiffs’ motions for conditional certification in that circuit. During this session, we will discuss the most significant employment-related class action activity from the tumultuous year.

Register below.  The Zoom link will be provided with your completed registration, and is also shown below.

https://accinhouse.zoom.us/j/96878674004

ACC GREATER PHILADELPHIA INVITES YOU TO JOIN ITS
 IN-PERSON OR VIRTUAL LEGAL RUNNING TEAM FOR THE
 43RD ANNUAL PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION’S
5K RUN/WALK FOR CHARITY.

ThE IN-PERSON event is a fun-filled day for runners and walkers of all ages!  THE EVENT STARTS PROMPTLY AT 8:30 am on sUNDAY, MAY 15, 2022 AT MEMORIAL HALL, FAIRMOUNT PARK (4231 AVENUE OF THE REPUBLIC.)

Not able to join us in person on May 15th?  You can still choose your own starting line - whether it’s 3.10 miles on your treadmill, at your local park, or a neighborhood street! SEND A PICTURE OF YOUR FINISHING TIMe TO TEAM ACC ORGANIZER, Alejandro Bautista at Alejandro.Bautista@pjm.com who will collect and forward the results to the PBA.

IN ADDITION, Join us for a group Peloton ride on Saturday, May 14th, OR participate in any Peloton class the week of May 9th and THREE generous donors will match all participants who join with THE EVENT hashtag (MORE info COMING SOON)!

All runners are invited to a post-race brunch, the details of which will be provided after registration.

Please email Alejandro.Bautista@pjm.com
if you have any questions.
For more information you can visit:
https://sccalaw.org/philabar-virtual-5k-run-walk/ 

  Do not Register directly with the PBA. Registration for this event is closed.

Description coming soon

ACC South Florida has teamed up with Legal Aid Service of Broward County to offer a Pro Bono opportunity for our members. 

WHAT

The Legal Aid “Telephone Advice and Counsel Hotline” offers free legal advice and counsel to low-income residents of Broward County and is staffed by volunteer attorneys from our community. The Hotline is being operated remotely on Tuesdays at 2 PM and is primarily advising tenants concerned about their housing rights. Legal Aid will provide a training by phone at 2pm on that Tuesday so the attorneys do not need to prepare before their appointments. We email PDFs of the case files (with suggested advice) and our Hotline manual to you and ask you to call the clients from your own phone (using *67 to block the number if you choose).

Lastly, Legal Aid asks you to fill out an online form to tell us briefly what you advised the clients to do so that we may update our client records. The attorneys do not need any prior experience with the areas of law that we handle, and all advice is covered by our malpractice insurance. Also, there is no follow-up work that the attorneys have to do. Every volunteer attorney will receive 3 pro bono credit hours for each day that they volunteer.

WHEN

Every Tuesday in April – April 5, 12, 19, 26 from 2-5pm. Pls note, this three hour time block is when clients expect to receive calls and is not necessarily the minimum or maximum time commitment.

WHERE

Via phone

If you would like to participate, please click here to sign-up. For more information on Legal Aid Service of Broward County, please visit www.LegalAid.org.

JOIN US IN PERSON AT THE HARD ROCK ON MAY 12, 2022 >>> ACC NYC CHAPTER 2022 ETHICS MARATHON

Join us for 4 hours of ethics CLE credit, followed by a cocktail networking reception.

AGENDA*

2:00 - 2:30 PM // Registration & Opening Remarks

2:30 - 3:20 PM // Session 1: Common Ethical Issues in Commercial Transactions

This presentation will cover various ethical traps that corporate counsel face and how to navigate them. Topics discussed will include ethical issues in negotiating contracts (including when corporate counsel has duties to disclose information), ethical issues when disputes arise, as well as conflict of interest issues pertaining to subsidiaries and affiliates and how to navigate these matters when you represent more than one entity.

Presented by Jenner & Block

SPEAKERS

Megan Manfred, Head of Commercial Legal, Via

Jenna E. Ross, Partner, Jenner & Block

Corey E. Schoellkopf, Associate, Jenner & Block

3:20 - 3:30 PM // Break

3:30 - 4:20 PM // Session 2: Artificial Intelligence and Legal Ethical Considerations

Artificial intelligence is not only an exploding technology area, but it is diffusing into all sectors of business and life.  Even for those who do not work at a tech company, it is hard to avoid interacting with AI as every industry continues to use AI to improve its operations.  This presentation will discuss some of the legal ethical issues that arise with this emerging technology, including privacy and confidentiality considerations when using AI, ownership of work product when using AI to automate certain tasks, ethical considerations when using data and AI analytics, and other ethical issues surfacing with this technology.

Presented by Baker Botts

SPEAKERS

Ndidi M. Elue, Lead Counsel, Responsible AI, Meta

Kevin Fumai, Assistant General Counsel, Oracle

Nicole A. Spence, Counsel, Data and AI - IBM Corporation

Margaret M. Welsh, Senior Associate, Baker Botts, LLP

4:20 - 4:30 PM // Break

4:30 - 5:20 PM // Session 3: Attorney Client Privilege in Investigations

The program covers the preservation of the attorney client privilege during internal investigations and will examine both the basics of privilege law and best practices for preserving it in the U.S. Attendees will find this program very beneficial for members of the compliance, internal audit, and legal functions.

During this session, we will discuss certain key aspects of privilege including:

• Fundamentals in the US and considerations in other jurisdictions
• Special considerations regarding waivers
• Audits and investigations
• Safeguarding privileged information

Presented by Crowell & Moring

SPEAKERS

Matt Amatruda, Senior Counsel, Investigations at Zoom Video Communications, Inc

Andrea Charles, Associate, Crowell & Moring

Kelly T. Currie, Partner, Crowell & Moring

Danielle L. Giffuni, Counsel, Crowell & Moring

Sheila Marhamati, Associate General Counsel, Government Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

5:20 - 5:30 PM // Break

5:30 - 6:20 PM // Session 4: Don’t Have Ethics Put You Next to a Hard Rock

In-house counsel are facing new and unique ethical challenges arising from a rapidly changing business and technology environment. This program focuses on technology and in-house counsel’s ethical responsibilities surrounding agreements, compliance and data. The program will include a review of relevant ABA model rules and other ABA and state bar association guidance. Afterwards, panelists will discuss realistic scenarios touching on technology that in-house all while operating within our ethical obligations.

Presented by CSC

SPEAKERS

Chris Brancati, Commercial Counsel, Google Cloud at Google LLC

Helena Ledic, Associate General Counsel and Senior Director of Client Relations, CSC

Jesse Melman, Counsel, Third Party Risk Management at Zoom Video Communications, Inc.

Penny Williams, Commercial Counsel, Strategic Industries, Google Cloud at Google LLC

6:30 - 7:30 PM // Cocktail Networking Reception

CLE

Credits: 4 | State: NY | Category: Ethics and Professionalism | Suitable for both transitional and non-transitional attorneys

PHOTOGRAPHY POLICY

Your registration and attendance at this event indicates your consent to be filmed and/ or photographed and to the use of your image, without payment of any kind, for use in program(s) and for other promotional/ editorial activities of the Association of Corporate Counsel - New York City Chapter (ACC-NYC) for future use in any and all media, now known or hereafter created.

*Agenda subject to change.

Click here to view the ACC-NYC financial aid policy

All chapter members are cordially invited to join their ACC Greater Philadelphia colleagues and friends, along with representatives of our generous sponsor, Obermayer Rebmann, for an afternoon of tennis on the Germantown Cricket Club's famous grass courts, followed by a Meet-Your-Counterparts Networking Reception.

agenda:

• 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. – Tennis

• 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. – Cocktail Reception

Our sponsor would like to be able to provide tennis shirts for all registrants, but has encountered supply-chain issues.  Please register by April 15th so that they can gauge their ability to acquire sufficient sizes/quantities for men/women. 

The registration deadline to participate in the event without a custom tennis shirt remains at Friday, May 27th.