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.
Recent experience, as well as, surveys of in-house counsel indicate that legal matters continue to increase and impact companies across a broad spectrum of industries. The recent COVID pandemic has highlighted the need for every size organizations to proactively and retroactively examine their internal policies and procedures to appropriately identify and mitigate risks to their organizations.
This Webinar will address the importance of planning and developing a business continuity and risk management strategy to ensure success especially in a challenging business environment like we all experienced in 2020.
Join Bowditch Partners, Patrick Tracey and Doug Radigan as they explore the following key areas:
Business continuity from an internal and external perspective
Document retention and preservation
Data privacy
Reputational impact and integrity preservation
Patrick and Doug will share best practices and discuss the importance of formulating and maintaining appropriate business policies and procedures that can be implemented to address issues going forward.
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Join ACC MI and Jackson Lewis P.C. attorneys for a webinar discussion on why business success requires effective Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). We will also address achieving business goals with enhanced DEI performance and assessing organizational DEI performance.
Social justice issues are affecting American workplaces more than ever and raise a number of day-to-day and systemic workplace issues. Companies are likely struggling to answer the following questions: * How should employers address employee conduct relating to political and social justice issues in the workplace? * How should employers address employee off-duty conduct or action on social media? * Should employers be agents for change in driving diversity initiatives, and if so, what can they do? * What are the challenges and risks to companies in addressing social justice issues? Join us for an informative webinar discussing these important issues.
Presented by Sarah Biran and Margaret Scheele, Partners with Fisher Phillips, LLP, Robyn Welter, Assistant General Counsel at Sodexo and C. Edwin Hopkins-Gillispie, Director - Employment Practices, Lidl US LLC.
Cyber attackers didn’t stay home during the COVID-19 public health emergency; they’ve continued to be up to no good. The bad guys keep attacking businesses of all types, and their methods are evolving. Join us to discuss the data privacy and security issues keeping us all up at night. We will review recent international, state, and federal regulations, developments, and enforcement related to data security issues; preparing for and responding to different types of cyber-attacks, including by leveraging data security tools like certifications and frameworks; and best practices for health care entities of all types with regard to data governance.
Presented by Iliana L. Peters, Shareholder at Polsinelli and John Bates, Senior Counsel at DocuSign.
Insurance is one of your Company’s most important assets. This program will explore how companies can use their liability insurance policies most effectively. We will cover practical tips about the purchase of insurance and the submission of claims. We will then review insurance coverage for emerging liabilities including Covid 19 and cyber. The final portion of the program will focus on recent developments under Delaware law in connection with directors and officers’ insurance policies and several recent court decisions of significance.We will provide summaries of these recent developments, and practical takeaways for in-house counsel seeking to make the most of their insurance coverage.
Presented by Andrew Reidy, Partner and Joseph Saka, Senior Counsel at Lowenstein Sandler andDanielle Erkmann - WashREIT.
Join the members of our Young Lawyers Committee for a virtual micro networking lunch. Enjoy casual conversation during your lunch "break" and catch up with colleagues. This event is hosted by our Young Lawyers (Generation Y and late Generation X) but all are welcome. To keep the lunch interactive, we will be capping registration so please check your calendars before you RSVP.
Join us for Part 3 of our Series: Tax Planning to Preserve and Enhance Long-Term Wealth
There are significant tax considerations and personal consequences when passing wealth from one generation to the next. Private wealth tax policy can change from administration to administration. However, structuring your estate plans with long-term strategic goals in mind can make sure you are maximizing wealth preservation for future generations.
Nutter’s Private Client attorneys, Kevin Meuse and Johanna Sullivan, will present on September 22 and address the following questions:
What are the current federal and state tax policies on wealth transfer?
What strategies are available to maximize preservation of wealth?
What are best practices when planning for future generations?
Register below. If you missed Parts I or II of the series, you can click on the links below to catch up.
Join us for Part 2 of our Series: Management, Alignment and Stewardship of Your Assets Through Trusts
Some people assume that trusts are unnecessary because a will is all that is needed to dispose of their assets at death. Others assume that trusts are appropriate only for the ultra-wealthy. Trusts, however, are invaluable planning tools that can serve a variety of tax and non-tax purposes for people at all levels of wealth, both during lifetime and after death. Nutter’s Private Client attorneys, Aimee Bryant and John McBrine, will lead the discussion on June 9th and will address the following questions:
What is a trust?
What might I create a trust as part of my estate plan?
What does it mean to fund a trust?
How can a trust benefit me and my family?
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Webinar I in a Series of III: Why You Need an Estate Plan and Steps to Getting the Right One in Place
As in-house counsel, we understand the importance of ensuring that our organizations have contingency and disaster preparedness plans. Many times, however, we do not pay the same careful attention to our own preparations for the crises that could come our way. As the old proverb goes, “the shoemaker’s children go barefoot.” Having the right estate plan in place is a crucial step toward putting our personal affairs in order.
Nutter’s Private Client attorneys will be hosting a three-part series on estate planning. The first session will be held on March 31 and address:
The purpose of an estate plan and the importance of keeping it up to date.
The role that wills and trusts play in an estate plan, what happens without them, and the benefits they provide.
The role of health care proxies and powers of attorney in disability planning and other measures to consider.
Actions you can take now to review your estate plan, identify your next steps and prepare for moving forward.
The two subsequent webinars in the Series will be:
June 9 @ 12:00 PM - Management, Alignment and Stewardship of Your Assets Through Trusts
Sept. 22 @ 12:00 PM - Tax Planning to Preserve and Enhance Long-Term Wealth
Session details and registration information will be provided at a later date.
Session I - 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Financial Services Regulatory and Litigation Update: Where Do We Go From Here?
Industry disruption caused by the pandemic and new technologies are creating unique challenges and opportunities for in-house counsel in financial services. From the new Biden Administration’s focus on expanding the regulatory environment, fair lending protections, as well as artificial intelligence tools making credit decisions, to the inevitable rise in defaults and litigation caused by the pandemic, this is no time to be in the dark.
Break - 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Session II - 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Digital Asset Custody Update
Federal regulators (CFTC, SEC, OCC) are beginning to provide guidance around custody of digital assets by financial institutions. While the regulators are signaling that they are open to financial institutions providing digital asset custodial services, they have not provided specific guidance around developing internal compliance programs and best practices for these services. Financial institutions that are exploring establishing a digital asset custodian should ensure they understand (and incorporate) the latest guidance from the relevant federal regulators and the operational and technical requirements of best-in-class digital asset custody. In this session, our team will provide guidance on these developments.
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