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ACC MID-AMERICA CHAPTER AND STINSON


JOINTLY PRESENT
 

DIVERSITY TRAILBLAZERS 

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            Presented by:

  • Allison Murdock, Deputy Managing Partner of Stinson LLP – Moderator
  • Ann Jenrette-Thomas, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer of Stinson LLP – Panelist
  • Lisa Stauffer, Managing Senior Counsel at PNC Bank & Chair, PNC Legal Department Diversity & Inclusion Council – Panelist 
  • Mary Frontczak, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary at Compass Minerals – Panelist
  • Dr. Andrea Hendricks, Senior Executive Director of Global Diversity & Inclusion Strategy at Cerner Corporation – Panelist

                       WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 from 12:00PM – 1:00PM

Virtual Zoom Presentation

Hear from the visionaries and the leaders that are making great strides to foster inclusion in the workplace. This candid discussion will take a close look at the various diversity plans and programs being implemented within each company. The panelists will share some of the challenges that they have faced, as well as positive outcomes that have resulted because of their efforts.

  • Why diversity and inclusion are important in the workplace (20 minutes)
  • Why companies should have a diversity plan and how to create one (20 minutes)
  • Discussion of the implementation process and how to identify and address possible challenges and outcomes (20 minutes)
  • Q & A (10 minutes)

We encourage members to bring an associate or colleague that may be interested in joining the ACC Mid-America Chapter. The Association of Corporate Counsel offers numerous benefits and resources to in-house counsel including CLE offerings and networking opportunities and we look forward to sharing that information with others in the field.

Click here to Register by October 26, 2020

*Kansas, Missouri & Nebraska Continuing Legal Education Credits pending.

Trouble with the Link? Copy & paste this link into a new browser to register:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tACD-zGlRumTDZpQgB719Q

ACC Mid-America Chapter 
and
Husch Blackwell, LLP
jointly present 
Double Jeopardy:  A Game Show of Legal Ethics

Presented By: 
Grant Leach, Partner 
Casey Kidwell, Attorney

Wednesday, September 30, 2020
from 
2:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. 
 

Hosted Via Interactive Online Webinar
The webinar link will be sent the on 9/28/20 to the email address used during registration.

Approved for 2 Hours of Ethics Credit in Kansas, Nebraska & Iowa
*Missouri Approval is pending

Presentation Description:

Join us for a fun, but informative, CLE ethics seminar in the format of a panel game show. Contestants answer and discuss legal ethics questions, hypotheticals and dilemmas posed by our Legal Ethics Hosts, who will involve the audience in competition with the panel as well as lively discussion on current legal ethics issues and rules of professional practice. Discussion will follow each question wherein the Legal Ethics Hosts will provide references to relevant rules, cases and ethics opinions.

Topics include:

  • The use of social media                                                            
  • Conflicts of interest
  • Reporting misconduct and breaches of ethical rules
  • Spousal conflicts and other relative-related conflicts
  • Negotiation tactics 
  • Multi-jurisdictional practice issues
  • Communication and disclosure dilemmas
  • Threats and coercive tactics
  • Attorney-client privilege
  • And much, much more . . .

We encourage members to bring an associate, colleague or friend who may benefit from learning more about this topic, or who might be interested in joining our Mid-America Chapter of ACC.  The Association of Corporate Counsel offers many benefits and resources to in-house counsel and we look forward to sharing that information with others in this field. 

Please click here to RSVP by Friday, September 25, 2020.

Questions? Please contact Lori Beck at mid-america@accglobal.com

To obtain leverage in the litigation and access the company's Directors and Officers' Insurance, plaintiffs' lawyers often name as defendants, individuals employed by the company.

This presentation will cover what the in house attorney needs to know concerning the possible insurance coverage available for officers and others named as defendants; the interplay between their rights and the company's obligations concerning indemnification and insurance; the effect of bankruptcy and/or the inability or refusal of the company to indemnify the individual defendants as well as the various ethical rules implicated under the Texas Rules of Professional Conduct.

Bob Dylan’s famous line “The times, they are a’ changin’” has never had more resonance than in the practice of law in 2020.  Remote work, meeting with clients and business partners virtually, taking fingers to keyboard rather than pen to paper, finding and producing evidence from the recesses of computer systems all raise ethical issues you probably never learned in law school or at traditional ethics seminars.

This rather untraditional, interactive presentation will address the ethical challenges of practicing law across electronic frontiers, including

  • How to satisfy the duty of technological knowledge and competence
  • Keeping client information and communications secure
  • Protecting that information across national borders within which privilege laws may differ significantly from those in the U.S.

In this evolving hypothetical, in-house counsel confront a series of issues, some prompted by COVID-19 and some not, and then are guided through the nuts and bolts of their ethical investigation and remediation. 

Anticipated topics include

  • Investigating alleged fraud arising from the pandemic
  • Investigating non-COVID issues such as corruption and harassment that in-house counsel continue to address, and
  • Related privilege, conflicts and other ethics implications. 

Implicit Bias in the Boardroom and the Courtroom - How to Recognize It and Deal With It

Implicit bias is the unconscious attribution of particular qualities to a member of a certain social group. 

Even the most self-aware individuals probably harbor some implicit biases, whether they realize it or not.  These biases play out every day in corporate America and the judicial system. 

This seminar will address understanding, recognizing and counteracting implicit bias in the work place and the courtroom. 

Immigration law continues to be an under appreciated area of Australian compliance. Despite this, significant penalties can apply, including civil and criminal penalties capturing company officers.

This session will focus on the essential elements of any organisational immigration policy – who should it cover, why, when and how.

Find out how to mitigate risk, manage obligations and ensure your organisation is fully compliant with this dynamic area of Australian law.

During the webinar Hammond Taylor partner, Jackson Taylor, will also provide an update on how the global pandemic is affecting Australian employer's use of the immigration program, providing a 30 minute overview of how the immigration landscape has changed since the pandemic hit our shores.

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