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This is the first in a series of ACC member roundtables.

As the changing legal landscape and economic outlook becomes better understood, join Procopio's Hospitality Industry Group for an interactive Hospitality Industry focused virtual roundtable discussion. Topics will include: 

• Employment
• Real Estate
• Commercial Contracts
• CARES Act
• And more...

Procopio attorneys will address key questions in-house counsel are asking and lead a live Q&A session.

Procopio Panelists:
John Cleary, Hospitality Industry Group Leader
Annie Ellis, Labor & Employment Team
Lana Turpie, Corporate & Securities Team, CARES Act Specialist

In this webinar, the panelists will discuss best practices in addressing the impact of COVID-19 on deal-making, including with respect to structuring and negotiating M&A transactions and performing employment, labor, privacy and cybersecurity due diligence.

Morrison & Foerster LLP Speakers:
Dario de Martino, Partner
Kristen Mathews, Partner
Janie Schulman, Partner

Please join Morrison & Foerster for a series of webinars presented by Dr. Doreen Maller intended to help you cope during this time of social distancing and sheltering-in-place. As you attempt to establish new daily routines, you may also encounter new daily obstacles. To help navigate through these challenges, Dr. Maller will share her insights and tips on how to work, parent, and self-care during the crisis.

To better address your needs during these webinars, please submit your questions in advance here.

You are welcome to register for as many sessions as you would like using the register button below.

Join attorneys from our Cannabis Industry Group for a discussion on how California cannabis companies are adjusting to the COVID-19 pandemic by way of operational changes, such as increasing curbside and home delivery and seeking alternative sources of revenue, while responding to lease issues in relation to various eviction moratoriums and other matters.

Speakers:
Tracy Gallegos, Partner, Duane Morris
Justin Santarosa, Associate, Duane Morris

Manufacturers and distributors across the country are grappling with the unprecedented Coronavirus/COVID-19 crisis. From daily White House and CDC updates to significant new legislation, the constantly-changing legal landscape appears to create new questions and challenges every hour. In this webinar, we will address key employment-related issues that manufacturers, as essential businesses, are currently facing.

• Best practices to ensure employee retention
• Medical privacy, response to positive test & social distancing best practices
• Discipline considerations

Jackson Lewis Speakers:
James Stone, Principal
Lisa Barnett Sween, Office Managing Principal
Corey Donovan Tracey, Principal

Join us as we review the most common questions we are getting from employers about managing a workforce during this unpredictable time, which seems to change hour by hour.  We will review applicable federal and state guidance, including the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, payroll/benefit issues, WARN Act issues, and best practices. 

Bring your questions for what is sure to be an interactive webinar!

Speakers:
Denise Brucker, Partner
Camille Gustafson, Employment Attorney

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) is effective April 1st, and many employers are addressing their workforce needs to sustain business through these unprecedented times. For many employers, the Paycheck Protection Program in the recently enacted CARES Act may provide financial assistance.

In a complimentary webinar, Procopio attorneys Stephenie M. Alexander and Brook Taylor Barnes will address key questions business owners and employers are asking and provide answers on topics including:

• Clarifying outstanding FFCRA questions regarding the integrated employer and joint employer test for counting employees, the impact of layoffs, furloughs, reduction of hours and worksite closures on FFCRA benefits, calculating benefits for non-exempt, exempt and part-time employees, intermittent use of FFCRA benefits, continuation of health insurance benefits, small business exemption, health provider exemption and more

• Paycheck Protection Program of the recently enacted CARES Act

• What to do when employees that work within a Company’s “essential component” operations refuse to report to work

SPEAKERS:
Stephenie M. Alexander, Senior Associate, Procopio
Brook Taylor Barnes, Senior Associate, Procopio

We will discuss the duties of officers and directors during this COVID-19 pandemic – when both human safety and corporate survival are at stake. We will discuss business, insurance and legal information that directors and officers should receive, including safety reports and sources of available cash under the newly enacted CARES legislation, other Pivot to Cash^TM drills, and potential insurance policy responsiveness - as business leaders develop COVID-19 corporate survival strategies.

Presenters:
Pamela Newman, CEO, PJN Strategies LLC
Paul Musselman, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
Kandace Watson, Corporate Partner, Sheppard Mullin

Nuclear Verdicts. Will there be more ?  How will the current pandemic affect the way cases are argued? Are your public communications setting you up for a trap down the road? What can in-house and outside counsel do to turn the tide on nuclear verdicts?  How can you even the playing field with a well-organized and connected plaintiff’s bar, even in the wake of a disastrous pandemic? This dynamic and interactive webinar will answer these questions and more, drilling down into the case specific causes of runaway jury verdicts and exactly what insurance professionals and their counsel should be doing to avoid them. Tune in ready to be engaged and challenged.

Speakers:
Bob Tyson, Partner, Tyson Mendes
Codie Dukes, Partner, Tyson Mendes

Cooley's international products law team is pleased to announce a webcast series focused on the issues product manufacturers and suppliers are facing in the rapidly changing global environment. This series will deliver practical insights and the latest updates on critical matters for companies in the products sectors.

The series will kick off with a round-table discussion on how product regulators around the world are responding to the COVID-19 crisis.

Topics include:

• Global patterns in regulatory responses
• The view from North America, CPSC and beyond
• The French response to public crisis, consumer rights and business interests in Europe

Panelists:

• Rod Freeman – Cooley, London
• Matt Howsare – Cooley, Washington DC 
• Claire Temple – Cooley, London
• Sylvie Gallage-Alwis – Signature Litigation, Paris

We encourage attendees to join ready with questions for our panelists or submit questions ahead of time.