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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.

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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.

Join Morrison & Foerster’s IP Litigation Group for our 60-minute CLE webinar on developing issues in patent law. John Lanham and Janet Kim, IP litigators with Morrison & Foerster’s San Diego Office, and Denise Hickey, Assistant General Counsel with Bristol Myers Squibb, will provide an update on emerging issues and trends to keep an eye on in patent law that warrant attention from in-house counsel.   

Networking with the presenters and ACC members will follow the presentation.

ESG Basics and Principles In House Counsel Need to Know

Join Mintz and the San Diego Chapter of ACC for a webinar on ESG fundamentals, as they relate to the role of in house counsel as advisors to corporate boards. While a growing number of companies and investors embrace ESG, it is evolving to encompass a broad spectrum of social and governance developments that shape and impact shareholder interests. Some of these issues include environmental sustainability, the economic, community, and health effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the increased focus on gender and racial equity in board composition, and the call for racial justice — both in the boardroom and throughout corporate America.

This webinar will focus on ESG fundamentals; what is the ESG movement, what ESG means for the role of in house counsel and as advisors to corporate boards, the economic, community, the increased focus on gender and racial equity in board composition, and the moral imperative of achieving racial justice. Topics to be covered include the in-house counsel’s role in matters such as board refreshment, compliance with statutory mandates such as California’s gender and underrepresented community laws, diversity and the role of in house counsel in governance matters.

Our discussion will include:

·       Direction for in house counsel in understanding their role in ESG

·       Compliance with statutory mandates such as California’s gender and underrepresented community laws

·       Role of in house counsel in governance matters

·       How corporate diversity, inclusion, and equity initiatives influence ESG metrics

Join attorneys from Jackson Lewis for a 1 hour overview to discuss the latest round of California workplace law developments and best practices for employers as they navigate these new obligations. Speakers will offer guidance on how employers can prepare for 2021. Topics to include:

• Can You Say That? – Limitations on Speech in the Workplace
• Corporate Efforts to Combat Systemic Racism: Mitigating Risks and Unintended Consequences
• OFCCP Has Been Busy – What’s New, What’s Coming, and How to Prepare
• Wage and Hour Development in the COVID Era

Companies need to protect the confidentiality of their proprietary information and trade secrets. The use of non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements is a  key element in making necessary efforts to put such protections in place.  Join Procopio Partner and Licensing Practice Group Leader, Eli Mansour, and Procopio Corporate Attorney, Lana Turpie, for a primer on NDAs, which will cover important principles and factors to consider for your next NDA, including:

·         Why and when to use NDAs

·         Principles to approaching NDAs

·         The confidential information you should care about

·         Elements of an NDA

    ·         Red flags relating to disclosing confidential information to receiving parties

Networking with the presenters and ACC members will follow the presentation.

From preservation and collection through analysis and production, the eDiscovery process is a minefield for attorneys. Please join us for a 60-minute CLE webinar and earn ethics credit as we address the unique ethical challenges that arise in the context of eDiscovery, including cooperation with opposing counsel, competence with technology, protecting client confidences, candor with the court, and diligence throughout the process.