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AGENDA

8:30 am - Welcome & Keynote Speaker Ernest A. Tuckett, Co-Founder of the Black General Counsel 2025 Initiative and Vice President, Associate General Counsel of VeriSign, Inc.

9:00 am - Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on Boards: Why it is a Strategic Game Changer

Boards play an essential role in leading their companies through business and social change for strategic advantage. This panel will explore diversity, equity, and inclusion and compliance for corporate committees, stakeholders, and boards of directors, specifically as they relate to the NASDAQ’s proposed listing requirements, California’s new requirements for board diversity, and transparency in disclosures, such as diversity of employment populations and why it matters to a company’s success.

Presented by Valerie Dahiya and Jill Louis,Partners at Perkins Coie and Chasity Wilson Henry, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of CECO Environmental Corporation.

10:10 am - Racial & Social Justice Challenge Spotlights

10:20 am - Psychological Safety and Driving Inclusion

Psychological safety is one of the key drivers of employee engagement, as well as workplace inclusion and belonging. During this panel discussion, we will define and explain what psychological safety is, then discuss the conditions that managers and leaders must create in order to optimize engagement, inclusion and belonging. This program will also discuss the obstacles leaders face when working toward psychological safety, as well as best practices for maintaining momentum in the drive for diversity and inclusion and steps to overcome diversity fatigue.

Presented by Narges Kakalia, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Mintz, Dr. Constance Noonan Hadley, an organizational psychologist and speaker for Stern Strategy Group, and Sandy Paik, General Counsel of DC Green Bank.

11:30 am - ACC NCR Racial & Social Justice Challenge Spotlights

11:40 am - Closing Remarks 

11:45 am – Small-Group Networking via Breakout Rooms 

12:30 pm - Conference Concludes

“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.

A claim of patent or other IP infringement can take a serious toll on any company. In this session, we will provide practical tips on what in-house counsel should look for when choosing a strategy to respond to an infringement allegation. It will cover the most important things to consider to help steer companies in the right direction, including:
· The major forms of IP protection and how they can be used
· The basics of patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret infringement claims
· The first five things to do if your company is accused of infringing a patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, other form of IP.

Traditionally confined to the purview of voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility norms or "soft law", addressing human rights concerns in the supply chain has quickly become a legal imperative for companies across all industries and sectors, including retail and consumer products, technology, financial services, mining, oil and gas, and manufacturing.

In this seminar, we will discuss strategies for mitigating legal and reputation risk arising from:

• directly or indirectly sourcing from or supplying high risk jurisdictions, including China
• new requirements prohibiting the importation of and dealing in any goods made whole or in part from forced labour
• emerging modern slavery laws requiring public disclosure of your supply chain due diligence
• economic sanctions laws targeting human rights violations
• expanded human rights criteria for export and technology transfer controls
• recent case law on liability of companies in Canada for human rights violations committed by their subsidiaries abroad

This program contains 1.5 hours of Substantive content under the Law Society of Ontario's mandatory CPD Regime.

This event is open and free of charge only to in-house counsel who are practicing lawyers and are current members of a provincial law society; however, you must RSVP to attend. Please RSVP by no later than Tuesday, November 23, 2021.

ACC Ontario reserves the right to review all registrations for eligibility. In-house counsel must be ACC members or meet ACC membership eligibility. Please click here for further details.

Note: All instructions and information on how to access the webinar will be sent by email in advance of the program.

Questions? Please email us.

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The Association of Corporate Counsel – Michigan and Foley & Lardner LLP invite you to join us for a program designed to share supply chain insights and best practices. A team of Foley attorneys will be covering a number of topics and key legal theories relevant to you and your company, including:
 

•  Force Majeure, Commercial Impracticability, and Frustration to Purpose
• Fair and Reasonable Allocation Under UCC 2-615
• Strategies for Managing Requests for Price Adjustment
• Injunctions and Equitable Relief
• Managing Financially Troubled Sponsors
• Case Law Trends

 
For any questions, please contact Trisha Addy at taddy@foley.com. To register, please click on the RSVP button below.

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CLE Information

Foley & Lardner LLP will apply for CLE credit after the program, wherever applicable. Foley & Lardner LLP is a State Bar of California MCLE approved provider. Credit may not be obtained by viewing and/or listening to a program recorded after the event. Certificates of attendance will be distributed to eligible participants approximately eight weeks after the program via email.

Important Information for New York Attorneys: This program is appropriate for experience attorneys only.

Corporate real estate acquisition and relocation is a complex process…let’s talk about it! Join us for a virtual panel discussion on Real Estate Acquisition and Relocation: Process, Pitfalls and Protocols, presented by GrayRobinson. This interactive CLE session, moderated by Rachael Crews, will include topics currently relevant to In-House Counsel, including:

• Best practices in identifying, selecting, and engaging designers/contractors
• Delivery methods
• Key issues for consideration (price escalation, schedule acceleration, and force majeure)
• Real estate acquisition due diligence
• Relocation strategies & how COVID impacted the process
• Opportunity zones’ effect on real estate market
• Bonus depreciation
• Tax cuts from the Jobs Act

Panelists Trevor Arnold, Jeff Bankowitz, and Tucker Thoni of GrayRobinson will lead discussion and engage participants through interactive polling in this customized one-hour session. Come ready to play, because polling quiz winners will receive a $50 Amazon gift card!

(1) CLE Credit, Pending Approval

Stick around after 5 for a Virtual Fall Happy Hour

The first 40 registrants will receive a craft cocktail kit delivery, sponsored by GrayRobinson.