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Business Acquisitions/Divestitures and Contract Implications in the Age of COVID-19: The Impact on Transactions and Standard Contract Terms [1.0 CLE hours]
COVID-19’s disruption on workplaces continues to be realized. This program will cover the pandemic’s impact on transactions and standard contract terms, including:
•    Business contracts
•    PPP loans and forgiveness complications 
•    Loan covenants
•    COVID-19 as a material adverse effect

CREDITS   
1.0 CLE (This course has been submitted for approval by the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 1.0 total CLE hours)      

AGENDA
11:55am                 Zoom meeting waiting room opens
12pm – 12:50pm    Presentation
12:50pm – 1pm      Q+A and final remarks

SPEAKERS
Frantz Ward
Kevin Hinkel, Partner
Dave Weibel, Partner

While the implications and timeline of COVID-19’s disruption on workplaces are still being fully realized, it’s clear that the transition to remote work for the vast majority of corporate employees has made data less secure and more vulnerable to compromise, leakage and theft. Additionally, the pandemic’s upheaval of the global economy means that workforce shifts or reductions are likely inevitable. 

Forensic and trade secret theft experts will present on the following issues and share techniques for developing a proactive and prepared stance to face them:
•    How can a corporation protect sensitive data in these circumstances? 
•    How do organizations detect and respond to data leakage and/or theft when it happens? 
•    And once data is compromised and litigation started, how do businesses put a value on what was lost?

The last portion of the program will be dedicated to interactive discussion/Q+A, with all participants and speakers participating.

CREDITS   
1.0 CLE (This course has been submitted for approval by the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 1.0 total CLE hours)      

AGENDA
11:45am – 12pm    Zoom meeting waiting room opens
12pm – 12:45pm    Presentation
12:45pm – 1pm    Q+A (Note: Should participants still have unanswered questions beyond 1pm, the presenters will be available to stay online for an additional 15-20 minutes.)

SPEAKERS
FTI Consulting 
Brent Bersin, Senior Managing Director
Jared Trent, Senior Director

This three-part webinar series will cover the history of medical and recreational cannabis use and legalization, the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program, and the use of medical marijuana under Ohio law. Each session will focus on 2-3 conundrums that employers face when cannabis comes to the workplace.

Part I: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 12:00 PM EDT
In Part 1, we will discuss the history of medical and recreational cannabis use and legalization.  We will then focus on two conundrums facing employers when cannabis comes to the workplace – contract issues and discrimination against medical marijuana card holders and users.

Part II: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 12:00 PM EDT
In Part 2, we will discuss the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program and the use of medical marijuana under Ohio law.  We will then focus on three conundrums facing employers when cannabis comes to the workplace – accommodating medical marijuana users, what to do with employees who engage in off-duty marijuana use, and the impact of medical marijuana laws on workers’ compensation and unemployment compensation benefits.

Part III: Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 12:00 PM EDT
In Part 3, we will focus on two final conundrums facing employers when cannabis comes to the workplace – drug testing applicants and employees and the proliferation of CBD issues.  We will conclude with final thoughts on the future of legalization and employer liability issues.

CREDITS
3.0 CLE total (This course has been submitted for approval by the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 3.0 total general hours)

SPEAKERS
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Tom Crookes, Partner
Mike Griffaton, Of Counsel
Mairi Mull, Associate
Elizabeth T. Smith, Partner

This three-part webinar series will cover the history of medical and recreational cannabis use and legalization, the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program, and the use of medical marijuana under Ohio law. Each session will focus on 2-3 conundrums that employers face when cannabis comes to the workplace.

Part I: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 12:00 PM EDT
In Part 1, we will discuss the history of medical and recreational cannabis use and legalization.  We will then focus on two conundrums facing employers when cannabis comes to the workplace – contract issues and discrimination against medical marijuana card holders and users.

Part II: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 12:00 PM EDT
In Part 2, we will discuss the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program and the use of medical marijuana under Ohio law.  We will then focus on three conundrums facing employers when cannabis comes to the workplace – accommodating medical marijuana users, what to do with employees who engage in off-duty marijuana use, and the impact of medical marijuana laws on workers’ compensation and unemployment compensation benefits.

Part III: Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 12:00 PM EDT
In Part 3, we will focus on two final conundrums facing employers when cannabis comes to the workplace – drug testing applicants and employees and the proliferation of CBD issues.  We will conclude with final thoughts on the future of legalization and employer liability issues.

CREDITS
3.0 CLE total (This course has been submitted for approval by the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 3.0 total general hours)

SPEAKERS
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Tom Crookes, Partner
Mike Griffaton, Of Counsel
Mairi Mull, Associate
Elizabeth T. Smith, Partner

This three-part webinar series will cover the history of medical and recreational cannabis use and legalization, the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program, and the use of medical marijuana under Ohio law. Each session will focus on 2-3 conundrums that employers face when cannabis comes to the workplace.

Part I: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 12:00 PM EDT
In Part 1, we will discuss the history of medical and recreational cannabis use and legalization.  We will then focus on two conundrums facing employers when cannabis comes to the workplace – contract issues and discrimination against medical marijuana card holders and users.

Part II: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 12:00 PM EDT
In Part 2, we will discuss the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program and the use of medical marijuana under Ohio law.  We will then focus on three conundrums facing employers when cannabis comes to the workplace – accommodating medical marijuana users, what to do with employees who engage in off-duty marijuana use, and the impact of medical marijuana laws on workers’ compensation and unemployment compensation benefits.

Part III: Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 12:00 PM EDT
In Part 3, we will focus on two final conundrums facing employers when cannabis comes to the workplace – drug testing applicants and employees and the proliferation of CBD issues.  We will conclude with final thoughts on the future of legalization and employer liability issues.

CREDITS
3.0 CLE total (This course has been submitted for approval by the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 3.0 total general hours)

SPEAKERS
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Tom Crookes, Partner
Mike Griffaton, Of Counsel
Mairi Mull, Associate
Elizabeth T. Smith, Partner

COVID-19 has already impacted so many of our members’ career via layoffs, furloughs and salary cuts. This Happier Hour, we’ll feature a career coach who can help you identify your career goals and make a plan to achieve them.

MODERATORS
Bruce Martino, ACC NEO Chapter President
Julie Lady, JL Consulting

WHAT'S A "HAPPIER HOUR"?
ACC NEO’s Happier Hour is an opportunity for members to take a break to video chat with fellow ACC NEO members.

Hosted virtually via the Zoom webinar platform, topics vary each time and will range from health + wellness to how in-house attorneys can set and achieve their career goals.

While employers and their employees---especially those formerly deemed as essential---continue to battle COVID-19 with great resolve, some employers have faced threatened walkouts, sick-outs, strike threats and other disruptions.

Both union and nonunion employers are dealing with these challenges and complicated labor law issues. Union employers are concerned about when and how they are required to bargain over business changes in the midst of a crisis. Non-union employers are dealing with new and different kinds of potentially protected concerted activity related to COVID-19, including actions by employees in response to health and safety concerns.

Still other employers are concerned about union organizing in the wake of the pandemic.

This session will focus on what both union and nonunion employers can do now to address and manage these issues, maintain positive and lawful labor relations, and prepare for the future.

CREDITS
1.0 CLE (This course has been submitted for approval by the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 1.0 total general hours)

AGENDA
9:50am                          Registrants enter into webinar waiting room
10:00am                        Program begins
10:50am                        Q+A
11:00am                        Program ends

SPEAKERS
Littler, Cleveland Office
Morena Carter, Associate
Stephen Sferra, Shareholder

We heard you and in response, this year’s IHCC conference with be held virtually!  Thanks to all of you who provided us with critical survey feedback.

When will the IHCC be held?
 
The IHCC will now be held on two days — Tuesday, July 28th and Wednesday, July 29th  — with the opportunity to obtain all the CLEs you have in the past.  We have engaged technical experts who will coordinate virtual rooms for both substantive and social programming.  The give-away opportunities you have come to love will still be available.  In the coming weeks, additional information will be coming your way.  Our recent virtual institutes have been a great success and we expect the Virtual IHCC to be just as worthwhile to you as in-person events!

We thank you for your continuing support.

Please mark your calendars for the Virtual IHCC, and check back often for program updates and registration information!

ACC Northeast, together with FTI Consulting, invites you to dial-in for this informative webinar.  

In the current economic climate of uncertainty, business resiliency is top of mind for many organizations and their in-house counsel, but many are struggling to articulate what that might look like and how to achieve it. Moreover, data privacy and security concerns have increased exponentially during the pandemic's work from home mandates.
 
Fortunately, there are steps you and your organizations can take right now to strengthen business resiliency. These strategies not only help with regulatory compliance, but also serve as a meaningful business integrity component that can help steady the rudder following tumultuous times.  You will also learn how to:

• Create a data map that pulls together business processes, and how to associate them with relevant systems, stakeholders and data;
• Develop a baseline data taxonomy, including metadata elements;
• Align data privacy policy and procedure with IT infrastructure to implement good data hygiene.

Join this webinar and hear our expert panelists as they discuss these strategies and share practical steps for implementing them.

The webcast link will be sent with your confirmation email.

The ACC Georgia Chapter is pleased to announce that Bondurant Mixson & Elmore will host the first Virtual Value Challenge Series program at noon on Wednesday, May 27, 2020.  Free lunch included!  A $15 Door Dash gift card will be emailed to everyone who signs up. 

This hour-long CLE program will feature three 20-minute topics:

• Guideposts for Navigating Contract Disputes in Georgia amidst COVID-19 – presented by Pat Fagan and Jane Danny Vincent of Bondurant
• Update on Georgia Courts and Virtual Hearings – presented by Michael Terry and Naveen Ramachandrappa of Bondurant
• Cyber Dangers with a Remote Workforce – presented by Kamal Ghali of Bondurant and Mark Ray of PwC