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.
Data has become one of the most valuable assets in businesses today. Rapidly evolving methods for analysing data has enabled businesses to use data in ways that shape day-to-day decisions and operations, as well as its strategic direction. At the same time, businesses are coming under scrutiny for the ways in which it manages and governs its data, as data continues to attract increasing intervention by the regulators.
The need for effective data management and data governance practices is crucial.
Hosted by experts from Gilbert + Tobin’s Technology + Digital team, this webinar will explore the evolving regulatory focus on data practices and what that means for data governance and data management.
The webinar will cover:
key data compliance issues across a broad range of regulations and across the whole data lifecycle, including privacy, confidentiality, Corporations Act, financial services laws and surveillance laws; and
governance practices required to properly manage oversight of data, including data ethics.
The volume and significance of activism by shareholders of Australian companies continues to rise. Motivated shareholders (both global and domestic) are exercising their muscle to influence corporate culture as well as strategy.
This webinar, hosted by experts from Gilbert + Tobin’s Corporate / M+A team, will explore:
the differences between investment and ideological activism;
the tools and tactics employed by activists;
recent trends in Australia and overseas;
activism via social media: the GameStop phenomena; and
how to prepare for, and respond to, shareholder activism.
2021 Labor & Employment Forecast: A Look at the Year Ahead
As we look ahead to a new year, many challenges and opportunities are set to impact the workforce: a new presidential administration poised to lead from Washington; the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; leave and accommodation requests; and anti-harassment, discrimination, retaliation and equal pay issues in a society rife with protests and calls to action for racial and social justice and equity.
Catherine Barbieri, Co-chair of Fox Rothschild’s nationwide Labor & Employment Department, will share her prognostications for the coming year and discuss how you can adequately prepare your business for the anticipated impacts in this evolving legal landscape.
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The ACC Australia WA committee and Corporate Alliance Program Partners Pragma Lawyers invite you to join them for an end of year in-person celebration. Enjoy drinks and hear a recount of the key legal issues thrown up by the COVID-19 Pandemic and a sneak peak of what we can expect in 2021.
You will be entitled to claim 0.5 CPD point (Substantive Law), and meet new and old colleagues - all in the same wonderful session!
The global pandemic and shutdown has been the gravest challenge to Australian business. Contracts and business relationships have been tested, in many cases beyond their limits.
Piper Alderman is guiding its clients through contractual issues including variations, force majeure, electronic execution of contracts and virtual meetings.
Join our webinar as our corporate & commercial partners provide practical insights and real world solutions in the areas of:
Maria Capati – Contract variations and negotiations as a result of COVID-19 particularly risks in terms of force majeure.
Maria will discuss real life examples of contract variations and whether COVID-19 constitutes a force majeure event in a new contract;
Alasdair McLean – Key considerations for drafting contract terms going forward.
Alasdair will discuss the issues that you should consider when renewing or entering into new contracts in light of issues that have arisen during COVID-19;
Andrew Rankin – Making permanent the COVID-19 reforms in respect of electronic execution of contracts and virtual meetings.
Andrew will discuss the amendments proposed by the Corporations Amendment (Virtual Meetings and Electronic Communications) Bill 2020;
Chris Lyons – FIRB’s temporary measures in response to COVID-19 and The Star’s litigation – is coronavirus a catastrophe?
Please join the ACC Northeast Chapter and Mintz Levin for this virtual presentation on critical employment issues related to COVID-19.
The world has been turned upside down since the onset of the virus, and as the crisis continues, all employers are being faced with a multitude of new employment issues to navigate.
Geri Haight, Member, Mintz and former Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at Panera Bread, will lead this discussion and be joined by Amanda (Mandy) Carozza, General Counsel at The Rockport Company. They will provide up to date guidance and legal requirements that in-house counsel and employers should be aware of as they they navigate return-to-work plans for office spaces, the remote working environment, navigating leave policies and the ever-changing wage and hour landscape. They will also address the ongoing economic disruption caused by the pandemic and its impact on non-compete and non-solicit agreements and severance agreements.
All in-house counsel are encouraged to attend and invite their Human Resource colleagues.
REGISTER BELOW. All registrants will receive dial-in/log-on information 24 hours prior to the event.
ACC Greater Philadelphia's IT/Privacy & e-Commerce Committee would like to invite you to a morning of CLE where you can earn 2 hours of CLE credits.
AGENDA:
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. — Session I
10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. — BREAK
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. — Session II
SESSION I, The California Privacy Rights Act: How to Comply with a Brand New Privacy Law (Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP)
Californians are returning to the polls in November to vote on the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA), which will provide new rights to Californians to control the use of their personal information by companies and impose additional privacy compliance burdens on those companies. If your organization does business in California or provides services to a business that operates in California, the CPRA could apply to you. This panel will discuss the details of the CPRA and provide attendees with the tools to analyze whether the CPRA applies to their companies and, if it does apply, how to help their companies comply with its requirements.
SESSION II, New York’s SHIELD Act: What It Means For Your Company (Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP)
New York’s Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (“SHIELD”) Act took effect in March of 2020. Provisions of the Act, such as those defining personal information and private information, and setting minimum standards for reasonably safeguarding sensitive data, are very important for any business with New York customers. This presentation and its panelists will break it down, so that attendees gain a firm understanding of what is expected and what can be done to comply with the SHIELD law.
Just click the button below to preregister! A Zoom login link will be emailed to each registrant prior to the event. In case you have not received your login link email, just follow the link below to join the webinar.
Join ACCGP and our generous sponsor, Troutman Pepper, for a discussion on how to identify and minimize antitrust risk in your organization. The panelists will address potential situations that could expose your company to increased antitrust risk, including litigation and enforcement, and offer practical tips to minimize that risk while still achieving your organization’s business goals. The discussion will also provide guidance on what to do when enforcement agencies are on your door step, including best practices for internal investigations, responding to subpoenas and the proactive use of compliance to prevent enforcement actions and mitigate outcomes.
Over-retention of data is a major data privacy risk for all companies. U.S. and international regulations specifically require that companies ensure their retention standards are up-to-date and enforced, and that all obsolete records containing regulated sensitive data are disposed of promptly. By implementing defensible data minimization strategies across your organization, you can significantly reduce your costs and risks. Data you don't have can't be breached, and doesn't have to be produced during litigation or for data access requests.
Join the ACC Northeast Chapter and ACC's exclusive Alliance Partner for Data Privacy Compliance, Exterro, for this important webinar. Beyond gaining insights into how to practice good data hygiene, you will learn:
How to best implement data minimization strategies that protect your company's data and your organization;
What key data retention considerations you should be considering; and
The vital role technology plays in automating and identifying the right data to delete.
Register below. Dial in to be provided once registered.
The Victorian Commercial Arbitration Scheme (VCAS) is a set of Rules that provide a process through which parties can resolve disputes quickly under a capped-fee scheme with experienced arbitrators. The VCAS deals with the resolution of disputes by means of private arbitration instead of litigation in Court. VCAS’s procedures are simple and convenient and will appeal to companies that are seeking a flexible and low-cost resolution of their civil and commercial disputes.
This webcast, presented in conjunction with the Victorian Bar and the Commercial Bar Association, will provide an introduction to the VCAS Rules, how the Scheme operates, what in-house counsel need to do to access it, as well as an overview of arbitration and how it works in practice. Presented by Victorian barristers Rob Heath QC and Kieran Hickie together with a member of Corporate Counsel.