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Insurance is a multifaceted asset that companies use to protect against and manage risk far beyond the traditional areas of general liability, including in complex commercial payment relationships,  corporate mergers, purchases, and realignments. 

Insurance provides layers of assets that should be conceived and utilized in coordination with other risk mitigation and hedging tools like indemnity agreements, hold harmless, swaps, and subrogation. Conceiving and utilizing these risk mitigation measures, and ensuring that they weave together in the optimal waterfall of the assets, is a key function of understanding, planning, and mitigating your company’s risks, and preserving your company’s capital assets.

This program will explore mechanisms to manage and transfer risk and to create a connected series of protections. 

Presented by John Gibbons, Partner and Vice Chair, Insurance Recovery Practice, Blank Rome LLP and Carnot Evans, Vice President & Senior Counsel at Marriott International, Inc.

1.5 hours of VA MCLE credit pending.

The ACC NCR Board of Directors and the Corporate Counsel Awards Co-Chairs and Judges are excited to announce the finalists for the 2020 Corporate Counsel Awards and invite you to our first (and hopefully only) online Corporate Counsel Awards Reception! This is the 16th year of these prestigious awards and ACC NCR’s 40th anniversary.

Please join us on Wednesday, July 15, 7 – 8 pm, when we will announce the winners in the following categories:

Outstanding Chief Legal Officer

Angela Ciccolo, Special Olympics International 

Caroline Davidson-Hood, Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute  

Jeffrey Francer, Association for Accessible Medicines

Outstanding In-House Counsel

Margaret Chase, Fannie Mae 

Crista Cole, Nestlé USA, Inc. 

Patrick McCarthy, Fluor Government Group 

Karen Vossler, Nestlé USA, Inc.


Outstanding Paraprofessional

Chanel Bradden, Lockheed Martin Corporation  

Farah Elherazy and Karl Johnson, Fannie Mae 

 

Outstanding Law Department

ICF  

Special Olympics International 

 
In addition, ACC NCR will present the following awards:

 

Outstanding Pro Bono Service (Individual)

Kathi Westcott, The Pew Charitable Trusts 

 Outstanding Commitment to the Community (Department)

Verizon Media Inc.

Career Achievement Award

Leslie T. Thornton, former Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of WGL Holdings Inc. and Washington Gas

Chapter Service Award    

The co-founders of the ACC NCR Leadership Academy:

Co-Chairs Constantine Athanas and Mona Mahoney

Cynthia Boyle, Margaret Hackbarth, Kenneth Pollack, Zachary Stewart, Maria Votsch, Luise Welby, and Nichole Williams-Miller 

We will also mark the chapter’s 40th anniversary and toast to our 2020 Annual Relationship Sponsors and to our Reception Sponsors: FH&H and Thompson Coburn.

Additional details, including directions for logging into the Reception, will be provided in a reminder email to all who are registered for the event.

Registration is free for members and sponsors. The fee for non-member in-house counsel and their colleagues is $30. Personal guests are welcome. Please do not invite representatives of law firms or vendors that compete with current sponsors. 

Project management – one of many critical skills for any professional that is generally not taught in law school or private practice - is essential for in-house counsel.  When business colleagues ask you to take on projects, whether as lead, project manager, or some other versions, you want to have tools at the ready.  Panelists will offer just that - practical tips and tools to project manage.

Presented by Bill Garcia, Chief Practice Innovation Officer and David A. Wilson, Partner with Thompson Hine LLP and Andrea Shandell, Former Associate General Counsel and Chief Ethics and Privacy Officer, Gannett Co., Inc.

No MCLE credit for this program, for informational purposes only.

Join ACC and Ogletree for an hour long CLE webinar followed by a half hour question and answer session on return to work best practices.

Description
Join us to discuss employer best practices in addressing the return to the workplace of employees. We will address common issues, including disability accommodation issues, strategies for recall, the necessity for continued reductions or wage decreases, employer liability risks, how to handle positive COVID-19 cases, and employee health and safety concerns.

The program will be set up as an hour long cle (PA substantive) followed by a 30 minute question and answer session. If you have a legal issue or question you think others might benefit from Ogletree addressing during the program, please email your question to ACC VP-Programs Nate Platt at nplatt@libertytire.com or ACC Western PA Chapter Administrator Barb Dudek at westernpa@accglobal.com.

As we continue to move through unprecedented times, the presence, utility and implications of force majeure and related contractual provisions have come to the forefront. Babst Calland attorneys Kevin Wills, Kate Cooper and Mary Binker will discuss these provisions with a focus on addressing COVID-19 implications and agreement workarounds.

Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) applications help companies of every size reduce their software costs, increase internal efficiencies, and enhance the customer experience. Panelists will discuss obligations and regulations pertinent to your business, and legal issues associated with conducting SaaS security and operational risk assessments, as well as offer best practices and key questions to ask during every security review.

Presented by Helena Ledic, Associate General Counsel and Director of Client Relations and Scott Plichta, Chief Information Security Officer at CSC, John Bates, Senior Counsel of Partner Ecosystem at DocuSign and Aparna Williams, Senior Director at Norton LifeLock.​

1.5 hours of VA MCLE credit pending.

In times of uncertainty, businesses need fully to understand contractual rights and obligations. Whether you wish to temporarily waive performance, re-negotiate contract provisions or enforce existing contractual rights, understanding the applicable legal framework and putting that together with the real world commercial context is critical. In this webinar, we will hear from three Partners at international law firm Gowling WLG about the contractual hot topics in their jurisdictions: Canada, China and the UK. In particular, we will cover emerging trends and insights with respect to force majeure clauses, hardship and the doctrine of frustration - and touch on whether any of the lessons learned so far from the Covid-19 crisis should change the approach to contract negotiation and drafting.

The session will be in a discussion format, with the opportunity to participate in a live Q&A at the end. The team will circulate related materials afterwards.

Please join ACC Northeast and Finnegan's expert panel for a lively and informative discussion on tips and tricks to use when addressing due diligence investigations.

Freedom to Operate (FTO) refers to whether it's commercially 'safe' for you to make or sell your product in the country in which you wish to do so, without infringing existing third party rights.  As in-house counsel know, this can be an extremely complex process so gaining any insight into best practices and ways to avoid risk is invaluable.  Our expert panel of four seasoned attorneys will give you practical guidance along with tackling the following topics:

  • When IP due diligence and FTO projects are desirable;
  • How to determine what the scope should be;
  • What happens during IP due diligence investigations;
  • Why IP due diligence is important, and best practices on tight timelines and budgets;
  • Considerations for protecting against allegations of willful infringement, and options for obtaining non-infringement or invalidity opinions.

Please mark your calendars for this Virtual CLE Institute, and check back often for program updates!


AGENDA:

Session I, 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. - Manko Gold Katcher Fox LLP
Being Prepared to Respond to the Next Emergency

REGISTRATION LINK: https://acc.inreachce.com/Details/Information/e8c66c19-553f-4127-bc5a-9655fde00e6d

With the increased occurrence of climate-related emergencies, such as hurricanes, floods and now a viral pandemic, it is now more important than ever to ensure that your company is in compliance with its emergency response planning obligations.  Understanding and complying with the applicable requirements can help your company be both prepared and more resilient to the next disaster.  In this session, we will review relevant provisions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, the Clean Air Act and OSHA’s Emergency Planning and Process Safety Management Standards, discuss how the requirements interrelate, and suggest useful tools for successful emergency planning.

Session II, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. - Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Where Do We Stand (or Fall): An Evaluation of Trends in Drug Cost Transparency and 340B Pricing Program Legislation

REGISTRATION LINK: https://acc.inreachce.com/Details/Information/9b7219d1-918c-4825-823e-49dff2b86593

With the stated objective of lowering drug prices and increasing transparency, many state governments have enacted drug costs transparency laws.  Simultaneously, both state and federal governments have introduced and enacted legislation aimed at the 340B Drug Pricing Program.  Join us in a discussion of the trends and compliance lessons garnered from these legislative developments.

Session III, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m - Armstrong Teasdale LLP
United States v. Black: Implications for Internal Investigations

REGISTRATION LINK: https://acc.inreachce.com/Details/Information/b9706cff-90eb-41f7-9745-6d6e06a18084

In May 2019, the Southern District of New York found that lawyers for Deutsche Bank effectively acted as government agents in the investigation into manipulation of the LIBOR benchmark rate that resulted in the conviction of Deutsche Bank employee Gavin Black. Although the Court found that Black’s interview with outside counsel as part of that investigation was unconstitutionally compelled, it upheld his conviction because it found no Garrity violation had occurred.  Join our expert panelists for a discussion of the implications that corporate counsel in the health, biotech and pharma industries should consider when conducting internal investigations, including the impact of Black upon internal investigations, the role of in-house counsel, the role of outside counsel, and counsels’ interactions with the government as they run concurrent investigations.

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