The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is the world's largest organization serving the professional and business interests of attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations, nonprofits and other private-sector organizations around the globe.
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?
Please join attorneys from Latham & Watkins in a discussion of trends and recent developments regarding board diversity. We will discuss board composition trends, board diversity legislation, and shareholder litigation brought against the directors of companies such alleging breaches of the duty of care and loyalty based on asserted insufficient commitment to diversity at the board level and within the company.
Please join us for Mintz’s Annual Employment Law Summit as we bring together thought leaders to discuss the most pressing issues employers are facing in today’s unprecedented work environment.
This year, we are pleased to announce Adam Smiley Poswolsky as our keynote speaker. Adam is a leading expert in helping companies attract, retain, and engage millennial talent, increase employee engagement, and build intergenerational collaboration in the multigenerational workplace. He has helped companies like Google, Apple, Unilever, Verizon, and Deloitte. Smiley’s TEDx talk has been viewed over 1.5 million times, and his work has been featured in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, USA Today, Fast Company, Forbes, CNN, and the World Economic Forum, among many other outlets.
Each Spring, the SDCBA’s Committee for Diversity & Inclusion brings together our local diversity bars and law-related organizations to celebrate the rich diversity of our legal community. This year’s virtual event will highlight our NEW diversity, equity and inclusion accomplishments, including the new Diversity Pledge, Dialogue on Diversity Series, Exchange on Equity Roundtables, Anti-Racism Resources, our virtual Diversity Fellowship Program, and much more! After brief welcome remarks, participants will be able to mix it up and network on our REMO platform.
COVID-19 brought significant changes to both the employment practices liability and medical malpractice arenas in 2020.Looking ahead,Tyson & Mendes presents an insightful webinar on employer liability issues, including how 2021 proposed legislation will impact the workplace and employment law claims in upcoming months, as well as current and anticipated issues in the medical malpractice field. How should you and your attorneys prepare for these changes? How will the ongoing global pandemic, including implementation of COVID-19 vaccinations, impact employment claims/filings, medical malpractice cases, and jury verdicts?
In the first half of this webinar, we will share concrete methods for insurance professionals, employers, and defense counsel to effectively defend wage and hour claims and mitigate exposure. Then, in the second part of the webinar, we will discuss the ongoing pandemic’s impact on medical malpractice claims, including legal roadblocks for nursing home suits, increased juror vulnerability, the frontline “Halo Effect,” and potential defense advantages in a post-pandemic trial environment.
2020 and COVID-19 brought rising uncertainty in the construction insurance market and along with it, risk management took center stage. This webinar will focus on effective and cost-efficient solutions to complex and potentially protracted liability cases in the age of COVID-19. Tune in ready to be engaged and challenged by speakers Scott Ruksakiati, Managing Partner of Tyson & Mendes’ Chicago office, and Mike Coffey, Managing Partner of Tyson & Mendes’ Connecticut office and member of the T&M National Complex Trial team. This panel brings their experience and a deep understanding of the complex legal and regulatory frameworks underpinning Construction and Construction Defects law to a discussion on emerging trends in construction as we move forward in a post-pandemic world.
Panelists will discuss strategies for early claims resolution in construction and construction defect cases, as well as ways to work with defense counsel in litigation to reduce the potential of a nuclear jury verdict. Attendees will leave the webinar with knowledge on preparing construction matters for a post-pandemic environment, current trends in the construction, risk management, as well as legal world, and risk management techniques to reduce risk and costs for construction projects, insurance programs, and legal claims.