MANAGING LEGAL RISKS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN: Contracts & Government Relations (w/Sponsor Firm Duane Morris)

Global supply chains continue to feel the impact of COVID-19 and business disruptions.  Companies should proactively review their risk management tools.  This panel discusses how companies and their counsel can proactively review these tools and take steps to manage their commercial and legal risks through government actions, contingency planning to address disruption, and managing contractual obligations. 

An Overview of Panel Discussions:

A.            Types of contract

B.          Risk management contractual clauses              

C.            Defenses to default clause              

D.           Government Relations - Legislative & Regulatory as an integral SCRM tool

GENERAL TOPICS

1.            Section 889 implementation

2.            Shipping regulation

3.            Port infrastructure

4.            Buy America provisions

5.            AI procurement rules

6.            Immigration

LEGISLATION

- United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 (USICA) (S. 1260)

- Ocean Shipping Reform Act” (H.R. 4996)

FEDERAL ENTITIES

LABOR

CYBER