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.
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has taken effect as of January 1st, 2020. And any company that does business or has users in the world’s fifth-largest economy should be CCPA compliant.
Join CCPA experts from RSI Security, Darktrace, and Procopio Legal to learn about securing your workforce amidst this new era of privacy regulation.
In this webinar, our speakers will cover some of the following topics:
CCPA obligations and how to achieve reasonable compliance
How Cyber AI supports CCPA compliance measures
Why AI provides more active threat monitoring and detection
Reducing legal liability risk as it relates to CCPA
The 50-minute session will kick-off with our expert panel presentation, and conclude with a 15-minutes live Q&A.
The United States is going through significant changes as a result of numerous social injustice events. Employers and counsels are starved for information regarding the business community and what others are doing to support equity and inclusion for all.
Introduced by SHRM president and CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, and Association of Corporate Counsel president and CEO Veta T. Richardson, and hosted by Alexander Alonso, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, SHRM's chief knowledge officer, this program will provide insights into perceptions and employer data around inclusive practices and how they have evolved in the current climate. Alonso will share data from general counsels, HR leaders and the American workforce regarding their perspectives on the true meaning of inclusive practices and how organizations have responded to current events.
To accommodate anticipated large interest in this program, it will be offered in four sessions. Please register for only one, the content is identical.
Grab a beverage of your choice and connect with other in-house lawyers in the food and beverage industry in California and Hawaii. During this conversation, new and existing F&B Group members are invited to share best practices and burning topics affecting your businesses right now.
Moderated by Laura Altieri, Deputy General Counsel of Del Monte Foods, Inc., and Amy Norris, Associate General Counsel of Clif Bar & Company from the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter.
Past discussions have focused on workplace safety, distribution challenges, imports, and re-opening after shelter-in-place. New topics are welcome.
As San Diego County advances through the phases of the reopening plan, businesses have started returning employees to the workplace while being mindful of the myriad uncertainties surrounding testing, worker and customer safety, and evolving guidance from federal and state governmental agencies. Join us for this forward-looking webinar that will address the legal and practical issues employers should be considering as they resume operations and continue to bring back employees. Our speakers will cover the legal and practical considerations in returning employees to work, including:
Status of County Reopening and Protocols
Leave of Absence Options for Employees with Caregiving Responsibilities or Students on Part-Time Schedules
Work-From-Home and Other Accommodations for Disabilities, Age, At-Risk Family, or Personal Safety Concerns
Accommodations for Employees, Visitors or Customers Who Cannot or Refuse to Wear Masks
Employee Testing and Monitoring – Temperature Checks, Self-Assessment Forms, and COVID-19/Antibody Tests
Poison Pills and Takeover Defense Considerations During Pandemic Times
History has shown that extreme stock market volatility often triggers a wave of unsolicited or hostile M&A activity and stockholder activism. Since March of this year, there has been a surge of companies adopting and publicly announcing shareholder rights plans (“poison pills”) to protect stockholders from such predatory activities. Should you be considering the same strategy?
Join Mintz and Stifel for a webinar discussion that will address a number of strategic and tactical business, legal, and investment-related considerations, including:
Lessons learned from the 2020 proxy season and recent wave of poison pill adoptions — mistakes made and winning decisions
Understanding the modern, evolving role of the poison pill within a broader activism and takeover defense strategy
Managing internal discussions to drive smart decisions and mechanics for implementing rights plans
During this webinar, we will explore success strategies for working remotely. Legal industry and workplace expert, Debbie Epstein Henry, will share tips to keep yourself engaged and productive on your work projects while maintaining fulfillment (and sanity) in your home life. We’ll also explore recommendations to more generally manage the pace and effectiveness of remote work in these challenging times.
The Association of Corporate Counsel is pleased to invite you to join Jeena Cho for PART II of this wellness series — Tools for Relaxing the Anxious Brain.
We'll cover:
The science of stress & anxiety
How mindfulness practice changes the anxious brain
The power of gratitude practice
Guided loving-kindness meditation
About Jeena Cho:
Jeena is an attorney, and author of the best-selling book, "The Anxious Lawyer: An 8-Week Guide to a Joyful and Satisfying Law Practice Through Mindfulness and Meditation."
No matter what sector you are in - or whether you are a small business, large corporation, non-profit or a public sector organization - you are at risk of significant liability from cybersecurity deficiencies and practices. Cybersecurity deficiencies create significant liability that even if not exploited by hackers, you can expect will be exploited by plaintiff attorneys or regulators. Don't be caught unprepared!
In this interactive educational webinar you will learn:
Which cybersecurity deficiencies and practices create liability under federal and state unfair or deceptive acts or practices (UDAP) laws.
How cybersecurity deficiencies created over $700M in UDAP liability in one recent case.
How cybersecurity deficiencies created a five year, thousands of dollars in UDAP liability in another case even though there was no data breach or theft.
How federal and state regulators are ramping up enforcement actions for privacy and cybersecurity deficiencies.
The five critical steps and tools to mitigate cybersecurity deficiencies and UDAP liability before any damage is done.
This educational webinar is designed for business owners, CEOs, COOs, CTOs, CIOs, CISOs, CPOs, CROs and in-house legal counsel to gain timely and practical how-to knowledge to mitigate the risk.
Each attendee will also receive an electronic copy of Sai Huda’s best-selling book, Next Level Cybersecurity.
The killing of George Floyd while in police custody and subsequent protests around the world have brought renewed focus on racial disparities in society. This program, presented as part of a commitment by SHRM and the Association of Corporate Counsel to help organizations move beyond discussions and take action, will examine race relations in the workplace. You will learn strategies organizations' chief HR officers and chief legal officers can champion to improve diversity, acceptance, and open dialogue in their organizations, and how they can work together to amplify results.
To accommodate anticipated large interest in this program, it will be offered in three sessions: 10:00 am, 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm.