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The in-house/outside counsel relationship can be a very powerful one. One you can use to build a strategic relationship that can last for years and contribute to the long-term success of your company. Yet, how do you get there, and what should you consider to make sure you’re making the right selection. And once you’ve found the right match, what is the best way to manage the relationship?  

Our panelists will share factors to consider when hiring outside counsel, the importance of auditioning more than one law firm, the pros and cons of using Outside Counsel Guidelines, the importance of fee arrangements, and tips for managing the relationship. You won’t want to miss this informative session.   

Is your company making investments in early-stage companies? Trying to figure out the right type of financing and what rights you should get? Wondering if you should be treated like a venture/angel investor or treated differently?

Topics include:

• Key points of negotiation
• Understanding valuations in private financings
• What is the norm for a Series A deal
• Common differences in rights/terms for “strategic” investors

Sensitive client data stored at law firms is increasingly a target of cyberattacks. This year Chief Legal Officers have again rated information security as one of their highest concerns. Yet a recent Association of Corporate Counsel survey revealed that despite the risks, more than 70% of companies do not assess their law firms’ security, because they don’t know the right questions to ask and because they simply don’t have the internal resources to evaluate each of their firms. The 30% of companies that do assess their law firms’ security find the process extremely cumbersome, and the law firms themselves are equally frustrated.  There is a better way.

This discussion will explore the Association of Corporate Counsel’s recently launched Data Steward Program for assessing, benchmarking, validating and accrediting law firms on their information security capabilities. It will address the professional responsibilities of a lawyer as it relates to the supervision of others, client confidences and the benefits and risk associated with technology.  

The Data Steward Program utilizes a consistent, standardized process based on established information security standards, to enable law firms to easily demonstrate that they follow best practices.  A number of large corporate legal departments have decided to standardize on the Program as a more secure and efficient model for assuring law firm security.  Even better, this program is free for corporate legal departments.

Join James Merklinger, President,  the ACC Credentialing Institute and Mark Diamond, CEO, Contoural,  to discuss:

• The inherent information security risks when a company shares its most sensitive information with law firms and legal services providers
• What information standards and best practices help ensure information is properly protected
• Why the current law firm assessment process is frustrating and time consuming for both companies and their law firms
• How companies can take advantage of ACC’s Data Steward Program

Join us for what is sure to be a lively discussion.

Insights and recommendations for Law Department Leaders:  leveraging trends from the most recent HBR Law Department Survey

ACC MEMBERS ONLY.

Join Mintz, ML Strategies, HBR Consulting, Intel and the San Diego Chapter of ACC for a webinar where we will consider the vision for what’s on the horizon in Washington, as the new administration and Democratic lead Congress set their agenda on key regulatory and policy issues.

This webinar will focus on insights and recommendations for law department leaders, leveraging trends from the most recent HBR Law Department Survey of leading Fortune 500 law departments. HBR will present the results of the recent survey, and share the trends common to successful legal departments across industries and how they are meeting the challenge of meeting new priorities. Then first-hand experience will be shared on leading Intel’s law department efforts to evolve to a best in class law department while balancing a continually shifting set of corporate priorities and regulatory pressures.

Our discussion will include:
• What to anticipate from the Biden Administration and the democratically lead Congress
• The role of corporate counsels in navigating the present and future policy
• How to adapt to new regulatory developments coming from the new administration

Solar Winds, Microsoft Exchange attacks, new ransomware variants and other cyber incident developments present significant legal and enterprise risks to companies of all sizes. Our panel of experts will discuss recent and significant developments in the world of data security incident response and provide practical guidance on how to manage the response process while mitigating risk.

During this webinar, attendees will explore the second of California’s most significant recent jury verdicts, assessing the psychology behind nuclear verdicts. Attendees will learn the value of giving a number in their cases and strategies on how to do so effectively.

Join Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth in a discussion of SPACs, Delaware court decisions on choice of law and other key topics, the Cares Act complications in deals, and other topics of interest to those considering selling and buying assets or companies.

With vaccination rates increasing and government-issued restrictions loosening, many companies can expect at least a portion of their workforce to physically return to the office in the coming months. Allen Matkins labor and employment attorneys Amy Wintersheimer and Nicholas Schuchert will outline key safety guidelines and identify potential liabilities that employers should be aware of in order to provide a safe and healthy work environment. Topics and issues to be covered include Cal/OSHA emergency temporary standards, workers’ compensation considerations, vaccination issues, reimbursements for business expenses incurred during remote work, and overall best practices as employees return to the in-person office work environment.

Let's sip, taste, and learn about tea health, tea culture, and tea wellness.  Join us on Zoom for tea, chocolate and conversation, hosted by Kasia Lindeberg (owner) and Jeannie Holst (certified mindfulness educator) of Open Door Tea.

Please sign up only if you know you can attend.
Must be an in-house counsel to attend.
ACC San Diego current and prospective members only are invited. Attendance is limited.

This 90-minute webinar will explore the processes, considerations, and other factors behind the incubation and launch of new companies by some of today’s leading venture capital firms. We’ll address the following key questions and topics:

• What are common sources of ideas for new companies and how do VC business models facilitate and measure the progress and de-risking of translational science?   
• How do venture firms approach financing a new entity and how do they balance capital at risk and value capture with syndication and/or non-dilutive funding from partnerships?
• What are venture firms’ views on founder equity for inventors, for initial key team members, and for their own firms in their capacity as new company founders?  

What are key steps to creating an ideal initial management team?