Compliance and Ethics

This program originally aired on November 4, 2025. Please note that the on-demand format of this program is not eligible for CLE/CPD credit.

A panel comprised of law firm professionals and in-house counsel will provide insight into the intricacies of contracting with AI vendors. This program will cover key negotiation strategies, identify common contractual impositions, and highlight missing provisions that could impact your business. Additionally, it will examine AI program governance once the vendor relationship is established. 

Presented by:

Sheila Garber
Vice President, Managing Attorney
Assurant

Gabriel J. Oros
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, & Privacy Officer
Delta Community Credit Union

Ted Claypoole
Partner
Womble Bond Dickinson

ACC Houston November Chapter Meeting CLE
Ethical Scenarios: What Would You Do?
November 20, 2025 | 11:30 am - 1:00 pm | Landry’s Seafood House

This presentation explores complex workplace dilemmas involving ethics, legal compliance and HR decision-making. Through detailed scenarios, it examines issues such as medical privacy under ADA and FMLA, OSHA investigations following a fatal accident, harassment by a client executive and safety concerns tied to regulatory procedures. Each case presents conflicting pressures between HR, management and employees, raising questions about confidentiality, union involvement, legal privilege and leadership accountability. Rather than offering clear-cut answers, reflection is encouraged on how to respond when values, policies, and people collide. Participants are challenged to consider how organizations can balance employee rights with operational demands while maintaining ethical integrity in high-pressure environments.  

1.00 hours CLE (TX) and includes 1.00 hours ethics credits.

We will cover the following topics:

• Data minimization standards, esp. Maryland
• Biometric data collection and use by tools being engaged to allow employees access to various systems
• Pixel litigation status
• Third-party risk management
• 2026 survey of new privacy laws

Generously Sponsored by Fisher Phillips

Join us for an exploration of the most anticipated cases in the upcoming Supreme Court Term and their potential impact on in-house counsel. Our panel of legal experts will break down key cases involving corporate law, regulatory disputes, constitutional challenges, employment law, intellectual property, and other issues of interest. We’ll discuss how these rulings may shape legal strategies, compliance efforts, and risk management for businesses in 2025 and beyond. This session is essential for in-house counsel looking to stay ahead of emerging legal trends and prepare their organizations for the changing legal landscape. 

This presentation will address the unusual ways lawyers—and judges—get into ethics trouble, and how to avoid same. 

From battery and embezzlement to gags, evidence fabrication, and even tampering with corpses, it’s been another zany year! 

Speakers will cover Model Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1, 1.7, 3.4, 8.4, and more in sorting out actual—and alleged—ethical transgressions.

Artificial Intelligence is reshaping industries, but its development and deployment often sit at the nexus of intellectual property and data privacy laws. This panel will explore how regulations like GDPR and CCPA influence the creation, protection, and commercialization of AI-driven IP, including discussions on how these frameworks impact trade secrets, data-driven innovations, and compliance strategies in cross-border matters. Attendees will gain insights into balancing IP protections with privacy obligations, practical strategies for navigating compliance, and the implications of overlapping legal regimes for businesses leveraging AI technologies.

Presented in cooperation with Brooks Kushman P.C.

Please join ACC Alberta and McCarthy Tétrault on Wednesday, Nov 19, for a Lunch and Learn on The exercise of contractual discretion: how to advise your business team during contract negotiation or re-negotiation

Brandon Kain, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, and author of Good Faith in Canadian Contract Law, and Robert Walker, Senior Legal Counsel, Projects & Supply Chain Management, Legal Affairs, Suncor Energy Services Inc, will explore the duty of good faith and the role it plays in the exercise of contractual discretion, as well as the practical guidance legal counsel can give their business counterparts throughout contract negotiation. 

Lyndsey Delamont, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, will moderate this discussion.

Lunch & Learn

Wednesday, Nov 19, 12:00 - 1:00 pm

McCarthy Tétrault

TD Canada Trust Tower

421 7 Ave SW Suite 4000

Calgary, AB T2P 4K9

Many of us were attracted to the legal profession because we care about people and want to help them. 

Attorneys hopefully recognize that, unlike many other professionals, their lives are already filled to the brim with anxiety and stress. The consequences of shrugging it off can be catastrophic. One of those consequences that we often hear about is burnout. 

And then there’s a special type of burnout called “secondary traumatic stress” or “compassion fatigue”. The ramifications of trauma and compassion fatigue aren’t discussed as frequently as those of stress and burnout thus, for many attorneys, they are topics in need of attention. 

Secondary or vicarious trauma can be the cumulative effect of listening to a client or witness relay stressful, often graphic, stories and experiences. Those who experience compassion fatigue tend to take on the pain, suffering and burdens of the people they are helping. It is an exhaustion that is felt physically, emotionally, or mentally and can affect numerous areas of your life, often leaving you feeling numb. 

Recent studies have shown that there has been a dramatic increase in impairment due to alcoholism, addiction, and mental health disorders among members of the legal profession. The statistics are compelling and clearly indicate that 1 out of 3 attorneys will likely have a need for substance use or mental health services at some point in their careers. 

Mr. Quinn will discuss: 
1. The early warning signs of impairment, with special emphasis on stress, burnout, trauma and compassion fatigue. 
2. The free services that Lawyers Assistance Programs provide to lawyers, judges, their family members and law students. 
3. A close look at what barriers exist that prevent lawyers and judges from seeking the help they need will be provided. 
4. The role that education plays in breaking the stigma and fear associated with addiction and mental illness in the legal profession. 5. How best to approach the impaired individual.

This program offers practical guidance for legal professionals navigating complex ethical and professional challenges. The first session will focus on the ethics of settlement negotiations, examining the boundaries of competence, candor, and truthfulness, and how AI tools factor into modern practice. The second session will address attorney–client privilege in the workplace, especially for in-house counsel managing overlapping legal, HR, and business responsibilities. Together, they provide actionable insights for maintaining ethical integrity and protecting privileged communications in high-stakes legal environments.

AGENDA
1:30pm - 2:00pm        Registration
2:00pm                         Welcome and Introductions 
2:05pm - 3:35pm        The Ethics of Settlement Negotiations 
3:35pm - 3:45pm        Break
3:45pm - 4:45pm        Navigating Attorney-Client Privilege in the Modern Workplace: The In-House Counsel Edition 
4:45pm - 6:00pm        Networking Reception 

LOCATION
Lockkeeper’s
8001 Rockside Road
Valley View, OH 44125

PARKING
Free onsite parking is available.

CREDITS
2.5 CLE (This course has been approved by the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 2.5 total ethics CLE hours)

SPEAKERS
Fisher Phillips
Bob Dezort, Partner
Kirsten Mooney, Associate
Bonnie Kristan, Partner

In-house Counsel
Adrienne Stemen, Swagelok

Note: At the Northeast Ohio (ACC NEO) chapter level, event sponsors/hosts are provided the name, title, and company of all attendees. ACC NEO never provides or sells member emails, phone numbers, or addresses to sponsors or any other external audiences.

Attendees must abide by ACC NEO's Event Code of Conduct.

QUESTIONS
Contact neoh@accglobal.com