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Read more about WEBINAR: What In-House Counsel Need To Know About Mobile App Compliance: New Requirements & Risks

What In-House Counsel Need To Know About Mobile App Compliance: New Requirements & Risks

Mobile apps bring unique compliance and legal risks. Apple and Google have recently implemented new requirements with more on the horizon. In this webinar Tyler Thompson will discuss app store provider requirements, privacy and data sharing considerations in apps, mobile app terms, and mobile app accessibility. Current metrics on how mobile app leaders are dealing with these requirements
will also be discussed.

Wednesday, March 30, 2022
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. MDT

Speaker:

Tyler Thompson
Of Counsel, Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice

Read more about WEBINAR: America’s Secret Cybersecurity Regulator: The SEC gets serious and specific about security Risk

America’s Secret Cybersecurity Regulator: The SEC gets serious and specific about security Risk

Overview: With new proposed public company disclosure rule announced in March and a string of enforcement cases, the SEC has emerged as a unexpected regulator in the cybersecurity space. We discuss what the new proposed disclosure requirements entail, some potential compliance pitfalls, and some broader cybersecurity and corporate governance issues that are likely to flow from the new rules.

David R. Hale, Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP

Joshua A. Weiss, Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP

Read more about VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: Step Up to the Plate with the Miracle League of Metro Denver

Read more about The Clue Room - IN- PERSON

Thursday, April 7, 2022 | 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM MDT | No Cost to Attend
**Arrive at the Clue Room at 3:45 PM for a game from 4 PM - 5 PM. Food and drinks to follow at the Viewhouse from 5 PM - 6:30 PM.

The Clue Room - 7286 S Yosemite St, Centennial, CO 80112
Viewhouse - 7101 S Clinton St, Centennial, CO 80112

Looking for something exciting to do with friends and colleagues? Then come out to The Clue Room: Colorado's First and Largest Escape Game Company.

As the door closes behind you, you and your chosen teammates will be "trapped" in an unfamiliar room. You only have 60 minutes to escape, so use your time wisely! The clock is always ticking! You and your team will need to work together in order to solve hidden clues, mysteries, and riddles. Remember, it’s all about fun, critical thinking, and teamwork!

The Clue Room Live Escape Games are designed for groups of 2-10 players. Any team with a bit of creativity, good ideas, and logical thinking can escape The Clue Room, so be sure to always think outside of the box! We recommend reading glasses and comfortable shoes. We guarantee that this experience will be unlike any other you have ever had!

Sounds intriguing? Come out and see if you and your team have what it takes to beat the Clue Room's 10 originally designed games!

Arrive 15 minutes prior to the scheduled time (345PM arrival) since we begin the clock promptly at 4PM. The game will last one hour. Then join us for food and drinks at the Viewhouse from 5 PM - 6:30 PM - 7101 S Clinton St, Centennial, CO 80112.

Read more about WEBINAR: Confessions of an Outside Counsel: Internal Investigations

Confessions of an Outside Counsel: Internal Investigations

In 2022, the complexity of the legal and regulatory environment continues to intensify. This is leading to an increase in the number and intricacy of internal investigations conducted or overseen by in-house counsel. This presentation will provide corporate counsel with a roadmap for successful investigations, offering attendees practical tips and tricks from two experienced labor and employment attorneys. Topics covered will include:

Selecting investigators;
Defining the scope of the investigation;
Preserving attorney-client privilege in investigations and other ethical concerns;
Practical tips for completing an investigation in a timely manner; and
Confessions of investigations gone right and wrong

Presenters:

Helen Holden, Partner, SpencerFane

Elizabeth Wente, Partner, SpencerFane

Jon Watson (Moderator), Partner, SpencerFane

Read more about CLO/GC Member Event

Employment Law Hot Topics: A Roundtable Discussion and Networking Event

Littler Denver attorneys and Colorado ACC invite you and other CLO members to a highly engaging question and answer session addressing changes, trends, and best practices in labor and employment law. This interactive forum will allow attendees to share how businesses are handling current legal challenges as we begin year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, explore practical and out-of-the-box approaches to address these challenges, and share ideas and strategies that have proven successful.

Topics to be discussed at this roundtable include:

Considerations for mandating COVID-19 vaccination
Other COVID-19-related issues
Handling accommodations
Safety rules
Return to work
Litigation update

Please submit your questions upon registering to krogers@littler.com or bring your questions with you. All questions welcome!

When: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022

4:30-5:00 p.m. Registration

5:00-6:00 p.m. Dinner & Roundtable Discussion

6:00-7:00 p.m. Cocktail Hour Networking

Where:
Coohills
1400 Wewatta St
Denver, CO 80202
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Cost: Complimentary

Parking: You may park in the garage connected to Coohills. Pre-paid vouchers provided at the registration table.

Continuing Education: CLE certification is pending approval

For More Information: Please contact Kaylie Rogers at krogers@littler.com

Read more about When is a data breach a breach? Ethical considerations around the duty to notify. - IN PERSON

When is a data breach a breach? Ethical Considerations Around the Duty to Notify

Personal information is currently protected by a patchwork of industry specific international, federal and state legislation whose scope, jurisdiction and notification requirements vary. This can be challenging for organizations that conduct business across multiple states and countries. This presentation will focus on the compliance complexity and the ethical considerations counsel should be aware when deciding on when they need to notify authorities.

Speakers:

Jake Frazier, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting Sibito Morley, SVP and Chief Data Officer, Lumen Jennie McQuade, Chief Legal Counsel, Swisslog Healthcare

Agenda:

4:00-4:30 PM - Registration/Networking
4:30-5:30 PM - CLE
5:30-6:30 PM - Reception/Networking

Read more about CLE WEBINAR: Product Designs and Packaging Protection: How to Leverage Your Trade Dress Rights

Description: Product design and packaging are an essential part of every company’s operations. Your brand is your image – but it is more than just a name or a logo. Valuable consumer recognition may derive from the look of your packaging, the tune of your jingle, or even the colors used in your store. Join Maschoff Brennan shareholders Parrish Freeman https://mabr.com/professional/parrish-freeman/ and C.J. Veverka https://mabr.com/professional/cj-veverka/ as they explore how trade dress law can be a powerful tool to distinguish your brand within the marketplace, and how to use trade dress to protect against competitors looking capitalize on your goodwill in the marketplace.

Read more about In-House Counsel Forum - In-Person or Virtually

ACC Colorado In-House Counsel Forum is set for Wednesday, April 13, 2022!

Time to reconnect with your peers. We hope you mark your calendars, bring a colleague, and join us for an afternoon of education with CLE credit (approved for three credits), networking and reception at the Four Seasons Hotel Downtown Denver.

Plus those attending in person can update their online presence with a free professional headshot offered from 3:50 PM - 6:30 PM.

Two ways to attend – in person or virtually via Zoom!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

ACC Member Price - $40
Member rate extended to paralegals and contract managers.

Non-Member Price - $70

1:00 P.M. – 1:50 P.M. – 2 Sessions (1 CLE Credit)
2:00 P.M. – 2:50 P.M. – 2 Sessions (1 CLE Credit)
3:00 P.M. – 3:50 P.M. – 2 Sessions (1 CLE Credit)

4:15 P.M. – 5:15 P.M. – General Session
5:15 P.M. – 6:30 P.M. – Reception

**Zoom connection links will be emailed three days prior to the program. Once registered, you do have the opportunity to change from in-person to remote, email coloradoevents@accglobal.com to make this request.

1:00 PM – 1:50 PM – 2 Sessions

Grand Ballroom A

Grand Ballroom B

Blockchain, Distributed Ledger & Smart Contracts With Their Applications

The panel will start off slowly by explaining these concepts before talking about applications such as crypto currency, transactional security and NFTs along with emerging applications in healthcare and security. Expect a discussion of problems you might encounter with these technologies as they evolve. Beyond the problems there will also be opportunities that the panel can explore.

Olivia Maria Baratta, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend

Thomas D. Franklin, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend

How to Avoid Pitfalls in Contract Negotiations Based on Lessons in Litigation

Drafting and negotiating agreements often result in unanticipated mistakes, disputes, and contractual breakdowns. Business counsel must understand and carefully construct provisions that anticipate and address common mistakes to effectively minimize litigation risk for their clients. We will cover contract principles from a litigation perspective to help you avoid disputes.

Thomas J. Krysa, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

2:00 PM – 2:50 PM – 2 Sessions

Top 10 Priorities in Technology Transactions

With the proliferation of artificial intelligence systems, data analytics, IoT sensors, and cloud services, companies across industries are deploying these technologies in their business operations. This session will cover some of the top issues and considerations in technology transactions (cloud service agreements, software development agreements, asset purchase agreements, etc.) such as intellectual property ownership, scope of license rights, data ownership and usage, open source software issues, indemnification, and warranties and imitations of liability. Our speakers all have extensive experience in negotiating and closing technology and IP transactions. They will discuss the ins and outs of technology transactions that will apply whether you represent a startup, a medium size company, or a corporate giant in any industry, and provide practical takeaways that you can use in negotiating technology transactions.

Jama Cantrell, Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation

Chris Maxie, General Counsel & Secretary, CSC ServiceWorks, Inc.

Bart Eppenauer, Managing Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon’s Seattle Office

Avoiding Trial and Error in Internal Investigations

Lawyers are not acrobats. But the series of balancing acts internal investigations require is unique even among legal professionals. True, the search for the truth (or, at least, an approximation thereof) is usually the most immediate goal of any internal investigation. But that observation offers little more than spotting the pig in the python. In the complicated real world occupied by today’s companies, the search for the truth finds itself in constant tension with other important, and often outcome-determinative, considerations. And this pressure is felt by all involved from the day the investigation is launched.

As practitioners whose daily job it is to investigate allegations of wrongdoing of all types (bribery, fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, theft, hostile work environment, cybercrime, sexual harassment, etc.), your presenters Chelsea Curfman and Markus Funk have learned most of their lessons while on the front lines. But their at-times hard-knocks experiences will be your gain. Our goal here is to mine their and the attendees’ collective experiences and discuss them candidly so that the participants will be better prepared to answer the most common questions when facing the tricky task of investigating claims that an employee—and, not infrequently, someone at or near the top of the company— may have engaged in wrongdoing.

T. Markus Funk, PH.D., Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
Chelsea Curfman, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP

3:00 PM – 3:50 PM – 2 Sessions

Brand Protection in a Decentralized Landscape

Web 1.0 debuted a portal into information and purchasing products from anywhere in the world. Web 2.0 provided a gateway to personal information via social media. Web 3.0 is where our lives go virtual, including currency and property. As the web grows, new opportunities and challenges are presented to brands. We will walk through brand protection strategies that can be used in all phases of the Web. We will also provide an overview of the impact of Web 3.0 and the metaverse on brands, both in and outside of computers.

Will Schultz, Partner, Merchant & Gould

The Other Epidemic: Cyber Fraud in the Work from Home Age

Cyber Fraud- the Other Pandemic. COVID 19 is not the only virus to sweep the world in 2020. With the advent of work from home, cyber criminals have pounced and exploited poor training and substandard security. As a result, businesses large and small have seen in increase in ransomware, cyber fraud and more. This presentation will address best practices to prevent being targeted and minimize loses if your business is hit.

Michael Carrigan, Partner, Holland & Hart

Patrick O’Rourke, Executive Vice Chancellor for University of Colorado Boulder and former G.C. for the University of Colorado

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM – General Session
5:15 PM – 6:30 PM - Reception

Over the past two years, companies and employees have experienced dramatic shifts in the framework of business. We are now beginning to realize that our old tools are becoming obsolete and that we can no longer use the past to predict the future. Join us for Shifting the Paradigm - A New World as we seek to understand what lies ahead. For this presentation, ACC Colorado, Law Week, and Gibson Arnold & Associates have worked in conjunction to conduct a salary survey in order to provide us with a better picture of the post-pandemic landscape. Attendees will get firsthand information on Colorado in-house salaries as well as an insightful discussion on the following:

What does "the new normal" look like for employees in the workplace?
What is the future of remote working, and how will it affect businesses and employees?
What are the challenges and opportunities of the new paradigm?
How do I develop my personal brand working in this new environment?
How can employers and managers build a meaningful/impactful culture in the shifting framework of business?
How are compensation structures shifting?

Speakers:

Lori Lantz, SVP and Chief People Officer, CableLabs

Jess Brovsky-Eaker, Managing Editor, Circuit Media

Melinda Delmonico, President and CEO, Gibson Arnold & Associates

Moderator - Victor Morales, Corporate Counsel, Microsoft

Read more about Tech Law Symposium

Join us for ACC Mountain West's inaugural Tech Law Symposium on April 1, 2022 at the Grand America in Salt Lake City.

We invite in-house legal teams and other business leaders to come together for a top-notch conference on the latest issues in Tech.

7 CLE Credits pending

Program Agenda:

8:30 am-9:00 am: Registration/Breakfast

9:00 am-10:00 am: Managing IP and IP Issues in a Technology Company

Presented by Jeff Gunn, Shareholder and Andrew J. Baca, Shareholder, TraskBritt

For the intellectual property law newbie: a high level overview of intellectual property rights, with some specific information about managing intellectual property assets and intellectual property issues that sometimes arise in a technology company.

10:00 am-10:10 am: Break

10:10 am-11:10 am: Cybersecurity Best Practices from CISA and Critical Infrastructure Sectors, Ethics CLE

Presented by Armstrong Teasdale and the Association of Corporate Counsel – Mountain West Chapter

Last summer the White House issued an Executive Order on improving the nation’s cybersecurity, and a letter to corporate executives and business leaders urging them to immediately convene their leadership teams to discuss the ransomware threat and review corporate security posture and business continuity plan, leading government agencies to announce first-of-their-kind cybersecurity enforcement actions, and updates to decades-old data security standards. Join Ruben Arredondo, former in-house attorney for the Western Electricity Coordinating Counsel, Robert Kang, Chief Counsel for Cyber & National Security at Southern California Edison, and Romaine Marshall, cybersecurity attorney at Armstrong Teasdale, for a presentation and discussion to be moderated by renewable energy attorney, Jose Abarca, of Armstrong Teasdale.

The presentation will include a brief presentation on cybersecurity and data privacy best practices to help lawyers comply with their ethical and legal obligations, including application of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1 and 1.6, requiring attorneys to “keep abreast of changes in the law and its practice, including the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology” and the confidentiality of client communications.

11:10 am-12:00 pm: Hot Topics in Tech Law 2022

Presented by Rick Gilmore, Paul Johnson, Ryan Cook, Maschoff Brennan

Upcoming Tech Regulations: How new rules will affect Utah Tech companies
Patent Eligibility: Discrepancies between USPTO guidelines and federal circuit case law
How the fallout from Epic v. Apple will affect the already delicate relationship between developers and platform providers
The New Defend Trade Secrets Act: Should you keep your Tech a secret?

Trademark Modernization Act Updates and Best Practices. New ex parte expungements, reexamination proceedings, attorney verification processes, and upcoming changes to office action response times.

12:00 pm-12:15 pm: Break

12:15 pm-1:00 pm: Special Lunch Speaker

Lance Soffe, Director of Targeted Industries, The Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity

Lance will focus on the growth of Utah's tech sector, how Utah catapulted to the dominant position it is in today, and areas of focus over the next 5+ years. This special lunch speaker will be available for in-person attendees only.

1:00 pm-2:50 pm: Key Terms in Cloud and Software Contracts: Intellectual Property, Commercial Terms, and Liability

Presented by David Tollen, Tech Contracts Academy

This 2-hour program will cover the key issues in IT contracts, particularly in agreements about SaaS and other forms of cloud computing and in software licenses. We will address the business issues behind each clause and talk through negotiation strategy and drafting. We will also debunk the many myths and misunderstanding surrounding these contracts, to help lawyers avoid common mistakes. The course is appropriate for counsel representing both information technology customers and vendors. Topics covered include:

Top mistakes lawyers make in IT contracts
Indemnities
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscriptions vs. software licenses
Data rights, management, and security
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Warranties
Limits of liability

2:50 pm-3:00 pm: Break

3:00 pm-3:50 pm: Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs)

Presented by Dave Wright, Foley & Lardner

3:50 pm- 4:40 pm: Tech Talk: Best Practices for Communication Between Lawyers and Engineers

Presented by Shayne Nelson, Information Security Manager, Ebay; Elise Selinger, Lead IP Counsel, DexCom; Phil Harris, Partner, Holland & Hart

Elise, Shayne, and Phil will discuss key strategies for effective communication in the technical arena and vital practices in forming effective technical partnerships. Our panelists with different engineering, in-house, and outside counsel roles will detail different perspectives and approaches to avoiding problems, building trust, methods for improvement, and proven practical tips for excelling. The Panel will also discuss techniques for communication and relationships in the current era, including working from home and in the age of COVID, among other aspects.

This live event will be webcast for those outside of Utah. Virtual participants will be able to interact with presenters through a constantly monitored Chat session, and all questions will be addressed. We will apply for CLE in Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming.

We encourage companies to send their teams. If your group purchases 3-5 tickets together, you can save 10% off each ticket with the code GROUP3. If you purchase 6 or more tickets, you can save 15% on your tickets with the code GROUP6.

Covid Policy: Based on CDC guidelines, masks are strongly encouraged. We will endeavor to maintain social distancing in seating, and meals will be individually served.

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