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.
Over the last 4 years, laws legalizing sports and other online wagering have proliferated across the country. Today more than thirty states have adopted laws legalizing gambling on sports within their borders, most often allowing wagers to be placed online, while six states allow full casino gambling (including slots, blackjack, and roulette) to be played online or on your favorite mobile device. Other states (including California) are considering such legalization. But there are important hurdles, especially in California and Florida – most notably, state constitutional prohibitions on the expansion of legal gambling. But that does not mean that just anyone can open up a storefront, throw-up a website, or publish a mobile app, and start taking bets online; these operations are subject to strict regulatory and practical limitations, under both state and federal law. This program will focus on the continued impacts of federal laws (including most notably the Wire Act and the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (“UIGEA”), and the state legal foundations required to bring legal sports or other online wagering into a given state. Focusing specifically on California, this program will also explore two propositions on the November 2022 ballot – Proposition 26 and Proposition 27 – that would each legalize some forms of sports wagering in the Golden State, and will explain the similarities and differences, why proponents and opponents support each, and offer some insights on what would happen depending on the outcome of the votes on November 8th.
Although NFTs have been around since approximately 2014, they exploded into mainstream consciousness in early 2021, fetching eye-popping prices at auction with more companies continuing to get involved with the latest blockchain innovation. Join our interdisciplinary panel of Manatt professionals as they provide an overview of NFTs and the metaverse, including new revenue streams, how to sell NFTs, key issues surrounding NFT sales and technology, differences between open and closed trading platforms, contract rights, major NFT-related litigation trends and the impact and influence of NFTs in the sports world.
Topics will include:
The basics of NFTs and the metaverse
An overview of new revenue streams including how to sell NFTs and secondary-sales
Key issues surrounding NFT sales and technology
Key differences between open and closed trading platforms
Contract rights for various deals and smart contracts
The impact and influence of NFTs in the sports world, including opportunities and trends
Description: This panel will review the growing litigation challenging the employment status of student-athletes, including efforts to classify student athletes as employees under both the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act, and how forthcoming decisions may impact all workplaces. Panelists will also discuss what employers can do now to prepare themselves for potential adverse rulings, including identifying common pitfalls in dealing with unionized employees, and how to avoid them.
Please join PPSC attorneys at Gravity Heights for an overview of new employment legislation affecting California employers in 2023. Bring your questions for an interactive session!
The presentation will be followed by tasty cocktails and appetizers.
In this seminar, Michelle Galloway will address gender bias in the practice of law.
Participants will learn about:
• Differences in workplace communication styles between genders
• Difference in non-verbal communication between genders
• Gender biases related to perceptions of competence, self-promotion, negotiations, dealing with confrontation
• Strategies for individuals, teams and organization to reduce gender bias in legal practice
After 3 long years, we will finally be back together for our legendary chapter party featuring a splendid evening of fun at the House of Blues Las Vegas located at the Mandalay Bay Casino. Join your ACC Greater Philadelphia Chapter colleagues and other friends for cocktails, light fare and, of course, DANCING til the wee hours! Space is limited, so be sure to register soon!
Transportation will be provided from hotel to House of Blues and back. Looping shuttle transportation provided between Hilton Entrance at Resorts World and the lower “Beach” level of Mandalay Bay (close to B-side) between 8:30 pm and 12:30 am.
Once again, we thank or partner, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP, for co-hosting this event with us!
Click the red "Register" button below to RSVP. There is no charge for chapter members and their significant others to attend this party, but pre-registration is required.
Businesses are increasingly embracingWeb3.0, orWeb3, as the future of the internet. In fact, companies are already usingWeb3 in many different ways, including in decentralized finance, governance, and gaming. But the legal framework surrounding related emerging technologies, such as blockchain, cryptocurrency, and non-fungible tokens (or NFTs), remains unsettled. As a result, companies trying to navigateWeb3 and these technologies are wading into largely uncharted legal waters. In this presentation, partners Sarah Paul and Brandi Taylor, who routinely advise businesses onWeb3issues, will discuss some of the keyWeb3 technologies, how companies are already using those technologies, and the various novel legalissues they present.
Speakers: Brandi Taylor, Partner, West Coast Technology & Data Lead, Eversheds Sutherland Sarah Paul, Partner, Co-Global Head of Corporate Crime and Investigations, Eversheds Sutherland Jaya Kasibhatia, Associate General Counsel, Product at Coinbase
8:30 – 9:00 am PT | Registration & Breakfast
9:00 – 10 am PT | Program
Please join ACC-San Diego and Mintz for an interactive discussion regarding the challenges in-house attorneys face as they advise their companies and business partners on responding to crisis events that have direct consequences for their various stakeholders. Increasingly, crisis events are a significant part of the work of general counsels and their teams – both avoiding them from a proactive compliance standpoint as well as developing effective reactive strategies. Our panel will present, in an iterative, moderated “docudrama” format, the approach, roles, responsibilities, and best practices associated with responding to a corporate crisis that unfolds in real time.
Fact pattern: A board member of public company NMC, Inc. (“Not My Circus,” a key manufacturer of widgets used in everything from cars to hair dryers to wind turbines) receives an anonymous letter accusing NMC’s CEO of engaging in a history of inappropriate personal relationships with her subordinates. The letter demands that the company send disclosable dollars — or unsavory material would be unleashed on every popular social media platform. The board member forwards the letter to company counsel (you). What you do next will impact the board, the company, employees, customers, potentially certain government agencies, and your career. Insights will be shared on the decision-making and pitfalls around these types of challenges and how various companies create constructs to include diverse stakeholder interests.
Join us as we outline a legal, regulatory, and PR playbook for in-house counsel regarding how to respond to a C-suite crisis. Specific topics to be covered include:
PR management in light of attorney-client privilege
Governance guides for communications with the board
The framework for the legal analysis
Disclosure issues for public and private companies
Who needs to be involved (and why)
Charters, bylaws, indemnification, and other corporate basics
Notification to insurers (which ones, why, and when)
Emerging cyber laws and regulations coupled with increasing cyber threats requires leadership to proactively manage and address risks facing their organizations. Often times the responsibility to develop a compliance and cyber program is entrusted to in-house counsel. With sophisticated threats targeting supply chain coupled with a prescriptive regulatory landscape, failure to understand the consequences of cyber risk places an organization, its employees, customers, and stakeholders at risk.
Hear actionable guidance from inside and outside counsel about how to build a cyber program that inspires trust through emotional intelligence and leveraging relationships within the enterprise.