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.
Please join ACC Northeast and Mintz for this unique virtual event featuring a mixology session and a small group exchange. Exclusively for General Counsel or Deputy General Counsel, this discussion will focus on effective compliance, improving stakeholder engagement, and how to prioritize risk. The session will be interactive and will be facilitated by Mintz members, Geri Haight and Brent Henry, and Of Counsel, Kate Stewart.
Topics will include:
Stakeholders in your compliance program;
Adapting to ever-changing regulatory guidelines;
Board accountability for compliance;
Implementing an effective ERM program.
Using ingredients delivered to your door, we’ll build delicious cocktails or mocktails with the help of an expert mixologist to enjoy during the exchange of ideas and best practices.
Registration is limited so kindly respond by Thursday, September 23rd by clicking below.
Scott L. Rogers, Founder and Director of the Mindfulness in Law Program at Miami University School of Law, will guide us through this important session for In-House Counsel.
This joint event brings together ACC Members from both the Central Florida and Tampa Bay Chapters. Please remain online directly after the presentation for a networking social/virtual happy hour.
Bring your own favorite beverage. To toast with a drink in theme, we suggest a balanced "zen"fandel, a chill craft brew from Funky Buddha or a Cool as a Cucumber cocktail.
Companies continue to announce reopening plans, in-person events or return to the physical office guidelines (and schedules), but guidance keeps changing. What one organization (or office) is doing can be vastly different from what others are doing depending on size, geographic location, vaccine acceptance rates and local ordinances. Have you diligently worked on a return to work plan that addressed potential liabilities, only to be asked to modify these dates or guidelines? Have you considered which employee data is covered by ADA and HIPAA and which insurance protections are in place? Join ACC NCR Nonprofit and Association Roundtable to hear from nonprofit and trade associations as well as insurance leaders on reopening plans, risk mitigation strategies, policy language, policyholders’ rights to your exposure for liability over disputes that could arise from opening offices and/or hosting events.
This continues our series of discussions geared toward GCs and in-house counsel in the nonprofit and trade association space. Thank you to our sponsor Lockton for hosting this event!
We are excited to gather on September 30, 2021 from 6-7pm EDT for our virtual Magic & Mentalism event. This show is all about influencing your decisions. Our performer is a mentalist and magician who has performed off-broadway in New York City, for theaters around the country, and completed a TED talk on interactive performance. You've seen rabbits pulled out of hats... now see hats pulled out of rabbits (figuratively of course!)
It is best if everyone can arrive about 5 minutes early if possible. This ensures that the show starts on time, but also it gives everyone a moment to get comfortable and chat with each other.
If you can, please bring to the event:
A standard deck of playing cards, or have a stack of about 10 extra index cards on hand. You can draw cards on them or just label them by random playing card names; 9 of clubs… king of hearts, etc.
5 index cards or note cards, and write something fun on each card. For example, maybe draw holiday themed items on each one like a snowflake, a candy cane… Or if you want to keep it simple, you can also label the note cards 1, 2, 3, - whatever you want! Or, you can use 5 playing cards instead… but keep in mind they will be ripped up! Uno cards also work.
A pen or a Sharpie
A sticky note, sheet of paper, extra index card… something to write on. The notes app on your phone is sufficient, too.
Ideally, a table in front of you that you can shuffle cards on or deal cards onto.
This will be a great event to bring the kids and get them involved. Who knows? You may be called on to come up to the 'stage'.
Register below by Thursday, September 23rd to receive a special deck of cards, as well as another surprise gift from our Diamond Sponsor, Cozen O'Connor.
8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. – Session I (Stevens & Lee)
9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – BREAK
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. – Session II (Greenberg Traurig, LLP)
11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – BREAK
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Session III (Jackson Lewis P.C.)
Session I – NEW TOPIC! – What Every Employer Should Know About the President's Employee Vaccine / Testing Mandate
On September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced a sweeping, six-pronged COVID-19 Action Plan that includes an employee vaccine mandate that will significantly impact many private employers. Under the proposed regulation, which will be enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), covered employers whose employees refuse to get vaccinated will need to require proof of a negative COVID test each week. Covered employers must also provide paid leave to employees who receive vaccines or are recovering from the side effects of a vaccine. This panel will address the likely implications of the law and what employers can do to prepare, along with steps in-house legal teams can take to comply with other OSHA standards in the age of COVID-19.
Session II – Fairy Godmother to Ebenezer Scrooge: Approaches on Addressing Nuances of Leaves and Accommodation Laws
From COVID-caused complications to expanding definitions of family, employee leave requests continue to take on newer, more complex contours. This panel will explore such issues through the lens of federal, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware laws, providing informed legal and real-world perspectives on this ever evolving space. Covering the intersection of the Family Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, state-level leave of absence laws, and other accommodations requests and regulations, panelists will parse what is reasonable as well as what is required.
Session III – Advanced Investigation Techniques and Best Practices to Avoid Employment Litigation
In this session expert panelists will explore such issues as:
The Speak Out Evolution: From Working Women to #TimesUp;
Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace: Definitions of Sexual Harassment; and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Race;
The Importance of Investigations: Help the Workplace Identify and Resolve Internal Problems Before They Become Widespread;
Conducting Investigations: Having a Plan, and the Dos and Don’ts of Interviewing;
Investigation Issues: Employer Obligations regarding Privacy and Confidentiality; and
The Law of Training: Supreme Court Guidelines
Click on the registration button to RSVP for this event. Use the Zoom credentials below to join in the webinar.
Due to the impending bad weather predicted for Thursday, September 23rd, we have rescheduled this event for next week, Wednesday, September 29th. Please use the link below to re-register if you are able to attend.
Join us for our next IN-PERSON Meet Your Counterparts Networking event in Center City. We will be at a new-to-us venue....Chops on The Plaza at the Comcast Center. We will enjoy delicious hors d'oeuvres and cocktails outside in the Plaza. And don't worry, if it's chilly, we have heaters and if the weather is less than perfect, we are covered! We look forward to seeing you at this fun event with our sponsor, Faegre Drinker Biddle.
FAR Part 12 provides for streamlined procedures that an agency can use to procure commercial supplies and services. The principle is that an agency can procure items already available in general commerce through acquisition policies that more closely resembling those of the commercial marketplace.
This program will discuss the current landscape of law, regulation and agency guidance governing commercial item contracting and price reasonableness determinations. A commerciality determination enables an agency to acquire items using the streamlined procedures of FAR Part 12. The speakers will provide an overview of how recent changes to that landscape have impacted contractors and discuss best practices for navigating commerciality and price reasonableness determinations.
Presented by Elizabeth Jochum and Zachary Prince, Members of Smith Pachter McWhorter LLP’s Government Contracts Group, Laura Semple, Assistant General Counsel at Amentum, and John Chesbro, Principal, Government Contracts Group at HKA.
Cybersecurity rules and best practices for government contractors are complex and constantly evolving. From the FAR and DFARS, to agency-specific requirements and President Biden’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (EO 14028), there is a lot to digest and understand. This session will explore the current landscape and expected future state of cyber for companies that do business with the federal government.
We will cover how to identify sensitive unclassified information that needs to be protected and requirements for safeguarding that information as well as the roll out of the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program and expected final regulations and guidance on cyber incident reporting, critical software, and more under the Executive Order.
Presented by Townsend Bourne, Partner and Nikole Snyder at Sheppard Mullin, Mike Tomaselli, Senior Manager at Chess Consulting LLC, and Sharon Steele, Senior Counsel at Xerox Corp.
With more people reliant on online platforms for basic communication, entertainment, information, and commerce, the legal strategies around trademark selection, clearance, registration, and enforcement continue to evolve.
This program will offer in-house counsel an overview of the trends affecting trademarks and brands, including the flood of fraudulent foreign trademark and domain name scams; navigating the ever-changing rules on the use and misuse of your brand on social media and e-commerce sites; the evolving approaches to trademark searching and clearance; new considerations, tools, and approaches to enforcement; and more.
Presented by Janet Satterthwaite and Julia Anne Matheson, Partner at Potomac Law Group andAuma N. Reggy, Chief Trademark Counsel at McKesson Corporation.