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.
In this webinar Sean Selleck, Partner, Baker McKenzie, will touch on the recent developments in the modern slavery reporting space. Sharing some of the experiences and lessons learned by his clients as they have been working within this new regulatory regime.
Much has happened recently in the modern slavery reporting space:
the Federal Government has:
(i) released a scoping paper outlining how it will prepare its first modern slavery statement;
(ii) appointed a multi-stakeholder Modern Slavery Expert Advisory Group; and
(iii) released a report on implementation of the Modern Slavery Act 2018;
the Australian Border Force has released some guidance materials about reducing the risks to workers exposed to modern slavery because of the coronavirus and how reporting entities can address the impact of the virus in their modern slavery statements;
reporting timelines have been extended;
the online register for modern slavery statements has been launched;
the New South Wales Standing Committee on Social Issues (Legislative Council) has issued its report into the New South Wales Modern Slavery Act 2018;
the New South Wales Government is coming under increasing pressure to commence the New South Wales Modern Slavery Act 2018; and
the Supply Chain (Modern Slavery) Bill 2020 has been introduced in the Tasmanian Parliament.
On top of this, reporting entities have begun preparing their first modern slavery statements and many businesses are now grappling with "modern slavery questionnaires" sent by those reporting entities. Additionally, everyone is having to draft or negotiate new modern slavery provisions in supply agreements.
Please note: If your company/organisation is deemed to be a competitor of the host organisation for this event, you may be excluded from attending this event. If you believe there may be a conflict or are uncertain, please enquire with ACC Australia.
Registrations for this event are being managed by Baker McKenzie directly.
Dow Chemical's, Lorne O'Reilly and Lillian Pan, Thomas O’Leary, and Christy Lee of Dentons Canada LLP will discuss practical guidance for In-house counsel on equitable remedies concerning confidential information, the recent updates on Mareva injunctions and Norwich orders.
In the current climate, sitting on a board can be as risky as it is rewarding. Directors are subject to an increasing number of areas of potential personal liability and reputation risks. The current economic climate combined with increased media reporting of employee underpayments and safety prosecutions have brought into sharp focus the risks that a director takes on when joining a board.
Join Joanne Denley, Chair, Minda Inc, Paul Edginton, CEO, SYC and Erin McCarthy, Partner, Piper Alderman for this live virtual event discussing these topical issues. Facilitated by David Spear, Director, VUCA.
The panel will explore:
Areas of potential personal liability for directors (wage theft, WHS prosecutions, tax compliance, insolvency and new whistleblower laws);
Due diligence before joining a board;
Striking the balance between governance and operational detail in relation to risk management and the role that trust plays in the relationship between management and the board;
Red flags and recognising when the board might need to look closer at a particular matter of concern;
Knowing when to leave a board; and
How to mitigate your personal risk (Deeds of Access and Indemnity, D&O cover).
As The Dynamic Board Series seminars apply the Chatham House Rule, this webinar will not be recorded and will not be available to view at a later date.
Please note: If your company/organisation is deemed to be a competitor of the host organisation for this event, you may be excluded from attending this event. If you believe there may be a conflict or are uncertain, please enquire with ACC Australia.
Registrations for this event are being managed by Piper Alderman directly.
Baker McKenzie and ACC Australia invite you to a discussion covering hot topics in competition law, including:
the impact of COVID-19;
criminal cartel investigations; and
trends in penalties.
Partners Lynsey Edgar and Helen Joyce will discuss the latest case examples and offer practical risk management strategies for in-house counsel.
Please note: If your company/organisation is deemed to be a competitor of the host organisation for this event, you may be excluded from attending this event. If you believe there may be a conflict or are uncertain, please enquire with ACC Australia.
Registrations for this event are being managed by Baker McKenzie directly.
The basic principles governing statutory interpretation have been repeatedly stated by the courts: start from the text of the legislation; give effect to the purpose of Parliament as expressed in the text of statutory provisions; and look to meaning in the context in which the words in dispute appear. But statutory interpretation is an art and not a science.
In this ACC Australia and VicBar seminar, Justice Maxwell, Kathleen Foley and Julia Watson will discuss how to approach the task of statutory construction, the recent authorities that illustrate differences in approach, and what are the issues that arise for practitioners, particularly government lawyers.
Join ACC Greater Philadelphia General Counsel and Chief Legal Officers, our sponsors, Akin Gump, Cozen O'Connor and Faegre Drinker, for a morning of trending topics relevant to GCs and CLOs in Crisis Management: Planning, Managing and Handling the Aftermath of a Crisis. This event is designed for and relevant to General Counsel and Chief Legal Officers ONLY.
Agenda:
Session I - 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. (Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP) Never Let a Crisis Go To Waste: Leadership and Lessons Learned During a Pandemic
This session will focus on the role that our expert panelists have played in helping their respective companies manage the current crisis, their perspectives on opportunities arising from the crisis, and the lessons they and their teams have learned.
Session II - 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (Cozen O'Connor) Managing Internal and External Threats and Opportunities During a Crisis
The COVID-19 crisis has forced companies to rethink how they operate, and quickly adjust to a changing environment. This panel will discuss how to effectively manage the impact of large-scale remote work, cybersecurity threats and vendor and customer management. They will focus on issues confronting management now – data loss prevention, videoconferencing, BYOD devices, force majeure clauses, layoffs, return to work protocols, employee accommodations and more.
Session III - 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. - (Akin Gump) Telehealth in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic
In keeping with this year's Summit theme of "Crisis Management" this session will focus on telehealth innovation in the face of the COVID crisis.
Companies often seek discretion to determine requirements to be met by individuals involved in the company's business. However, the scope and exercise of that discretion can become more challenging when the individuals concerned are not intended to be employees of the company. Creation of unintended employer liability is perhaps a greater risk at the moment, given that uncertain economic conditions have meant more businesses are looking to engage individuals under different, often short-term, arrangements.
Partners Kellie-Ann McDade and Anne Petterd take a look at scenarios for independent contractor and services contracts where the companies seeking these services may need to rethink the discretions they seek. This session will examine:
terms customers seek to include in independent contractor and services contracts raising an employer liability risk;
contract drafting tips drawing on recent cases on independent contractors;
allocation of work health and safety responsibility in contracts in light of joint legislative responsibility, particularly given COVID-19 new workplace practices for health screening and collection of health data from individuals; and
employer liability considerations for a business under outsourced off-shore arrangements.
Please note: If your company/organisation is deemed to be a competitor of the host organisation for this event, you may be excluded from attending this event. If you believe there may be a conflict or are uncertain, please enquire with ACC Australia.
Registrations for this event are being managed by Baker McKenzie directly.
The chance of an Australian company facing a significant class action is a material and increasing business risk as Australia’s class action landscape continues to heat up. While the funding landscape continues to face scrutiny, the class action risk to Australian corporates is unlikely to abate any time soon.
This webinar hosted by leading Disputes + Investigations experts Richard Harris and Colleen Platford, with insights from Corporate Advisory partner Tim Gordon, will explore the boiling Australian class action landscape and how companies can protect against this major risk. It will cover:
• factors contributing to the ongoing expansion of the class action regime in Australia;
• the funding market, tightening regulations and their impact on the prevalence and nature of class actions;
• the role of the regulator;
• navigating the new norm of competing class action claims;
• the future of class actions – including shareholder class actions and the rise of data breach class actions; and
• how to mitigate against the risk of a class action.
Please note: If your company/organisation is deemed to be a competitor of the host organisation for this event, you may be excluded from attending this event. If you believe there may be a conflict or are uncertain, please enquire with ACC Australia.