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If digital transformation wasn't front-of-mind for business before, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the move to online service delivery across all industries. As organizations design, market and launch digital products and services, privacy and litigation considerations are central.

Join Torys privacy counsel Molly Reynolds, and litigation partner Andrew Bernstein, as well as Legal Director Adrienne Bedrich-Panchuk at Concentra, as they discuss best practices for online applications, consents and customer contracts, allocation of liability and indemnities in vendor agreements for digital products, in-house counsel's role in liaising with internal business, technology, marketing and compliance groups, and the regulatory and litigation risk landscape.

This program contains 1 hour and 30 minutes of Professionalism content.

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 Wednesday, October 6, 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.

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Please join us as we examine crucial legal components of Indian-based operations.  Majmudar & Partners, one of India's largest law firms, will lead this webinar and cover important points for U.S. companies to know, if they are intending on investing in India and/or plan to do business in India.

The webinar will cover foreign investment rules, tax nuances, competition law, anti-corruption and related matters, including recent relevant regulatory updates in India.  Rukshad Davar, Partner and Head of Corporate/M&A at Majmudar & Partners will lead the presentation.  
 
Please plan to attend this webinar and hear from experts on practical strategies to help navigate this complex environment.

Register below.  Dial-in credentials will be provided 24 hours in advance of the webinar.

Babst Calland’s Managing Shareholder Don Bluedorn will moderate a panel of local in-house counsel who have successfully transitioned in their organizations from legal positions to business positions.

This program will look at the initial steps every company should take after it first learns of threatened litigation.  Topics will include:  preparing and implementing a proper litigation hold notice; evaluating possible removal or remand; ensuring work product and attorney-client privilege protections for the investigation; and alternative dispute resolution strategies.

Do you remember telling a teacher that you didn’t have your homework because the dog ate it? Using a cyberattack as an excuse for the unauthorized disclosure of your legal advice may be about as effective, and can also result in an ethics inquiry into violations of the duty of confidentiality. Worse, the report of the technical consultant you engaged to investigate and remediate the attack may not be subject to privilege if appropriate protections were not in place before the report was prepared.  In the wake of seemingly weekly cyberattacks and data breaches, this non-traditional and interactive discussion will address ethical challenges of practicing law across electronic frontiers as cybercrime increases exponentially, including:

• How to satisfy the ethics requirements of technological knowledge, competence and the ability to explain technical challenges to the Board and C-Suite (i.e., your client).
• The relationship between cybersecurity controls and the requirements of reasonable care to keep legal advice confidential.
• Engagement of technical consultants following a cyberattack or data breach in a way that maximizes the availability of privilege regarding the consultant’s reports and communications.
• Protecting communications across national borders within which privilege laws may differ significantly from those in the U.S.

The increasing focus on controlling the “litigation spend” and measuring litigation expenses against metrics can itself come at a high cost. Whether that cost is a high-profile loss or an unintentional misallocation of resources, it can be harmful when your company is facing serious litigation and it frequently undermines the original goals of corporate counsel. We will discuss the importance of building a relationship with your entire litigation team and embracing the unpleasant but inevitable tasks ahead. We will focus on achieving your goals in all kinds of litigation, by addressing the endgame at the outset and developing and committing to that endgame as litigation progresses to conclusion.

This October 7 virtual roundtable discussion, led by two high-profile litigators from Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, will allow attendees to engage in an interactive conversation about these crucial issues. The program will help in-house counsel to reflect on the challenges they face in keeping the focus on the endgame and fully embracing the task ahead in litigation matters.

RSVP below.  Zoom login credentials will be provided in the registration confirmation.

Join in-house colleagues via Zoom to discuss COVID-19 workplace challenges such as vaccine policies, masking and more.

Join in-house colleagues via Zoom to discuss COVID-19 workplace challenges such as vaccine policies, masking and more.

Agenda:

• 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. – Session I (Reed Smith)

• 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – BREAK

• 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. – Session II (Saul Ewing)

• 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – BREAK

• 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Session III (Shook Hardy)

Session I - 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. (Reed Smith) – GDPR Update on EU Data Transfer after Schrems II

Over the past year, thousands of companies have been forced to reassess and revise their international data transfer practices in an effort to comply with GDPR.  The recent Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decision known as Schrems II has created an atmosphere of uncertainty and an evolving legal landscape.  The CJEU’s decision in Schrems II invalidating the Privacy Shield poses significant questions and concerns for many companies handling European personal data or otherwise doing business in Europe.  This session will address the context and history of the Schrems II decision, updated guidance from the European Data Protection Board, and top considerations for business to update approaches to cross-border data transfers.

Session II - 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (Saul Ewing) – Privacy Issue-Spotting for In-house Counsel

This presentation will provide in-house attorneys and non-specialists alike with an overview and some key principles they can draw on to issue-spot and diagnose key considerations in the privacy compliance space.

Session III - 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Shook Hardy) - Trends in Privacy and Data Security Legislation and Litigation: What Every Corporate Counsel Must Know

Session replay litigation, biometric privacy, the impact of privacy laws on marketing analytics, the abuse of private rights of action, a shift in regulatory enforcement under the Biden administration, insuring ransomware events, and new privacy laws in 2022 are some of the privacy and data security legal trends and issues this panel will address in a lively discussion.  There will be a particular focus on how these developments are impacting companies doing business in the Delaware Valley.  Bring your questions for this panel on privacy and data security issues.

Click on the registration button to RSVP for this event.  Use the Zoom credentials below to join in the webinar.

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