Schedule and Faculty

Schedule times listed below are for the live seminar. Times for replays may differ due to varied start times and abbreviated lunch and break periods. Please refer to the DATES/LOCATION tab for individual replay start times.

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

CHECK-IN & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.

Identifying High Risk Areas: Regulatory and Litigation Trends

An update on regulatory and litigation trends to help you better understand and identify legal risk for your client.

– Barbara J. D’Aquila & Tom Hanson

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Data Privacy and Security: Getting Ahead of the Curve

Paul Luehr, a privacy and security expert and himself an in-house chief privacy officer, updates you on current developments in this important area. Learn more about the emerging legal landscape – including new developments out of the Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the European Union – and what it all means for the average business. You’ll also learn about the drivers, rewards and potential pitfalls of privacy and security assessments. Find out costs, standards, how they work, what they measure, what can – and can’t – be certified, and more.

– Paul H. Luehr

11:00 – 11:15 a.m.

BREAK

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption Legal Trends and Customized Compliance Programs

George Martin and Dave Sampsell will discuss best practices for FCPA and UK Bribery Act compliance, identify enforcement trends relative to these anti-corruption laws, and provide an overview of how to construct a customized compliance program that mitigates risk while accommodating the needs and resources of your company.

– George D. Martin & David H. Sampsell

12:15 – 1:15 p.m.

LUNCH (on your own)

1:15 – 2:15 p.m.

Intellectual Property: Protecting Company Assets and Avoiding Infringement

From the new America Invents Act – the most significant change in U.S. patent law in fifty years – to the ongoing challenges of keeping up with trademark and copyright issues on the internet and in the digital world, this presentation by a general counsel and outside IP experts will offer practical advice to help you successfully navigate IP issues you are likely to face in 2012-2013. Topics include: (1) key changes made by the new patent law that every in-house generalist should know; (2) guidelines for use of copyrighted material and fair use myths; (3) branding basics and beyond, and working with your marketing department on branding issues.

– Joel D. Leviton, Lee Pulju & Mathias W. Samuel

2:15 – 3:30 p.m.
(includes 15-minute break)

20 Bothersome Employment Law Questions – From New Law to Tough Everyday Issues

Some questions seem never to go away – and new law creates new issues. This is a chance to have an expert’s analysis of how to deal with both recurrent and new questions and apply practical analysis to keep you in full legal compliance. Topics include: wage-hour law, social media’s intersection with employment law, handling complaints, restrictions on background checks, I-9 audits, and much more.

– Marko J. Mrkonich

3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Is It Time to Update Your Insurance Coverages?

Business operations evolve, business risks evolve, and so do insurance policies’ key provisions. While your company’s liability insurance policies may look the same as always, that may not leave your company, your executives and your board properly protected. This session is designed to help you identify those key insurance policy provisions where a slight modification can make all the difference between having your insurer acknowledge, or deny, coverage for your claim. Learn what provisions are always key, what alternatives to the standard insurer contract language might be available, and what Congress may have done to limit the scope of coverage provisions once considered optimal. With a special focus on the interplay between risk transfers in contracts with business partners and direct or "additional insured" coverages.

– Richard G. Erstad & Robert P. Thavis