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Whether a result of the pandemic, key relationships that move businesses forward face challenges that require care and nurturing for the long haul. This webinar presentation will cover strategies for settling claims with vendors, contractors, and borrowers that could be tied to solvency and tightening credit issues.
This session will cover:
Strategies to resolve outstanding payment balances, including to preserve go-forward business.
Mitigating reputational harm when solvency issues become public.
Communicating with banks/vendors/creditors regarding payment issues.
Communicating with borrowers concerning covenant and payment defaults.
Evaluating payment plans with cost recoveries and interest, plus default provisions, versus letting the matter go to court.
Ethics and appropriate use of delay tactics in vendor workouts.
Banks versus other vendors – what information should/must you disclose regarding cash flow, solvency status, AP outstanding, etc.
Speakers:
Mark Bell, Banking & Financial Services Partner at Stinson LLP in Denver.
Lucas Schneider, Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights Partner at Stinson LLP in Denver.
Remarkable new technological and cultural transformations over the past ten years are impacting how businesses are currently operated and managed. But Intellectual Property legal practices are not keeping up with today's technologies. Join Rick Gilmore for a discussion around ten upcoming changes that will have a significant influence on future IP practices, and how those changes will help your business adapt and be ready for what lies ahead.
Empowering Women: Effective Strategies for Effecting Change
The Pandemic forever changed the workplace settings of many organizations including culture, work and communication styles, and objectives. Join us for this informative panel discussion of women leaders regarding new perspectives on post-pandemic labor and employment issues including leading hybrid workforces, cultivating employee culture, rebuilding and maintaining essential networks, and new wellness and well-being strategies. Lunch will be served.
12:30pm Panel Topic Discussions Leading a Hybrid Workforce Cultivating a Strong Employee Culture, Serving Internal Clients Building a Network that Works Resilience and Well-Being Strategies
Come Break the Ice at the
3rd Annual Denver
“Learn to Curl” Clinic & Reception!
Faegre Drinker’s Denver office is delighted to once again co-sponsor this “Learn to Curl” social event with ACC Colorado!
WHAT IS CURLING?
Curling is a team sport, played on ice, where two teams take it in turns to slide stones made of granite towards a target – known as a House. It is an Olympic and Paralympic winter sport with medal disciplines for Women’s, Men’s, an Mixed Doubles. Join us an evening of game play and conversation with friends and colleagues. Work in small groups and learn the basic skill of delivery, sweeping and shot making.
REGISTER/WHEN YOU ARRIVE
Space is limited, so register as soon as possible! Upon arrival, each participant will sign a Release of Liability form. Please plan to arrive at 5:30pm and be ready to go at 6pm. The session begins with a short off ice introduction, then demo on the ice and break into teams of four for learning and game play.
PARKING
Complimentary
ATTIRE
Guests should wear clean, rubber-soled shoes and warm, comfortable clothing (athletic/stretchy pants, no jeans). Participants will be fitted for grippers to wear on the ice and brooms will be distributed. Locker rooms are available on-site.
REFRESHMENTS
Enjoy hosted wine and beer and a light buffet available at 5:30 pm.
In this session, Littler Shareholders Ethan Thomas (Las Vegas) and Michelle Gomez (Denver) will guide you through addressing return to work and work-from-home battles, performance issues commingled with protected leaves or accommodations, leave obligations beyond FMLA, organizational changes and the impact of the FMLA/ADA on those changes. They will also touch on the additional hot topic of lawsuits over access to companies’ websites and physical locations. Finally, they will address how the isolation, stress and suffering of the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected employees’ mental health. Employers need to recognize these behaviors and know the immediate and long-term options available to address them in order to protect workplaces from conduct that could lead to dangerous workplace conditions.
Participating in pro bono work can pose unique challenges for in-house attorneys. These include a lack of employer-provided professional liability coverage, lining up your skillset with available pro bono work, or simply finding the time to connect with and participate in pro bono opportunities. Fortunately, the Idaho Supreme Court Pro Bono Commission and the Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program can help alleviate some of these challenges.
Idaho Supreme Court Justice and Idaho Pro Bono Commission Chair Robyn Brodie will lead a discussion on Idaho Rule of Professional Conduct 6.1 (Voluntary Pro Bono), the Idaho Pro Bono Commission’s mission, and making time for pro bono work. IVLP Director Jennifer Schindele will also be on hand to discuss many of the pro bono opportunities available to in-house counsel in Idaho. And finally, Maggie Thompson, CASA Advocate Supervisor with Family Advocates, will discuss how in-house attorneys can serve as guardian ad litem counsel in child protective action cases in Idaho’s Fourth District.
Williams Weese and ACC Colorado invite you to an informative afternoon CLE program inside Coors Field followed by a relaxing Rockies game and refreshments with your fellow ACC members in an adjacent Rockies suite. Register today - space fills quickly!
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Coors Field, Registration at Gate C
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
CLE Presentations in Conference Room 1
Welcome and Introductions
In-house Counsel Perspectives on Supporting a More Diverse & Inclusive Workplace
Employment Law Update
Rule 16.1 Litigation: Simplified Procedure or Surely Prejudicial?
The In-House Administrative Lawyer: Essential Principles for Working with Federal and State Agencies
Top 5 Things to Know in 2022 About Estate Planning
A Conversation with Federal Magistrate Judge Michael Hegarty
Dinner with CLOs An Insider’s Guide to Becoming A Trusted Advisor/Leader to the Executive Team and Respected Counsel to the Board of Directors
Reception begins at 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 6:00 p.m.
The value of your role as an internal legal advisor is evolving right alongside the operation cadence of your organization. In-house lawyers are key members of the corporate decision-making team. Some corporate counsel already participate in strategic meetings and provide wide-ranging counsel as decisions are being made.
How will you elevate your status and serve as a trusted advisor and member of your organization’s executive team? When will you make the leadership leap to where you become respected counsel to the board of directors? Join the ACC for this unique opportunity to gain firsthand insight from leading Colorado CLOs about personal experiences in the evolution of their organizational roles.
The ACC Emerging Leaders Group is proud to provide all ACC members with this opportunity to sit down with four of Colorado’s prominent CLOs who will share their experiences in a casual, conversational setting.
Hear from the following featured guests:
Robin Ricketts, VP and General Counsel, Lockheed Martin Space
Chris Fawzy, Corporate VP and General Counsel, Woodward
At this informal dinner, our guest CLOs will offer insight on how to work more effectively with your in-house clients, provide other invaluable advice, and answer your questions. Join us, have a great meal and, most importantly, enjoy casual conversations with our guests and each other.
This presentation will explore the implications of the recent change to C.R.S. § 8-2-113, which makes violation of the statute restricting non-competition agreements a class 2 misdemeanor. We will provide practical tips and takeaways and review the current state of Colorado case law as well as dos and don'ts in crafting acceptable non-competes under the statutory requirements.
At the same time, certain restrictive covenants are becoming less and less optional.
New data privacy laws require that employees exposed to confidential customer data sign nondisclosure agreements. These agreements, however, may also implicate C.R.S. § 8-3-113. Business handling protected customer data will have to navigate their obligations under C.R.S. § 8-2-113 while also enforcing acceptable nondisclosure agreements under emerging data privacy laws, including the Colorado Privacy Act.
