TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2023
8:55 Welcome and Introductions
9:00 Using Technology in the Modern In-house Practice‡
Catherine Sanders Reach, North Carolina Bar Association, Cary
Are you looking for ways to work smarter, not harder? Tracking emails, deadlines, contracts, meetings, litigation, and more can be exhausting and overwhelming. What are some ways you can use what you already have to manage your time more effectively and stay on top of your work? What tools are available for in-house counsel to collaborate more effectively and maintain transparency and awareness on projects and processes? How can you leverage technologies that improve consistency and accuracy in your documents, plus leverage prior work product and "best of" documents for knowledge management? In this session, we provide a glimpse of tools and techniques to make technology work for you in service to your clients.
10:00 Break
10:10 Capture the Privacy Red Flag: Privacy Issue Spotting for the Non-privacy Lawyer‡
Elizabeth H. Johnson, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh
Alexander M. "Alex" Pearce, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh
This presentation addresses a variety of legal topics in privacy and cybersecurity that commonly confront corporate counsel. The presenters focus on helping attendees spot common privacy and cybersecurity issues, and cover topics such as how to identify and react to a data breach, what to watch out for in commercial contracts, how to know if GDPR and new U.S. state consumer privacy laws apply, employee privacy "gotchas," and privacy features that may need to appear on a website. Attendees leave equipped to better avoid privacy and cybersecurity pitfalls for their organization.
11:10 Break
11:20 Supreme Court Update
Christopher G Browning, Jr., Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Raleigh
Michael B. Cohen, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Raleigh
This interesting and exciting session that focuses on highlights and takeaways from the current Supreme Court term, including notable cases on the docket and emerging themes, especially as they may relate to or impact your in-house practice. Troutman has been carefully tracking some of the most high-profile cases of the Supreme Court and follows all aspects of the Court's work and the public debates surrounding it.
12:20 CLE Adjourn for the Day
12:30 Networking Section Event
This session does not provide MCLE credit.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2023
8:55 Welcome and Introductions
9:00 Managing Outsourced Legal Matters – Panel Discussion
Ken Crutchfield, Wolters Kluwer, New York City, NY (Moderator)
Sneha Desai, Stryker, Mahwah, NJ
Kim M. Keenan, JAMS, Washington, D.C.
Warren T. Savage, Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of NC, Cary
How can you leverage outside sources to provide top-quality legal support and guidance to your organization? Join us for a discussion of outsourcing options and learn how to manage law firms and alternative legal services providers both onshore and offshore in support of your legal department and organization’s goals. We cover when to outsource and how to choose your partners (with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion), best practices in contracting with a law firm or other service provider, ethical considerations, managing outsourced matters, and cost mitigation.
10:00 Break
10:10 Intersection of Legal and Compliance
Jonathan J. Harper, BASF Corporation, Florham Park, NJ
Ebony S. Johnson, Truist Financial Corporation, Washington, D.C.
Tanya Mitchell-Allen, Bank of America Corporation, Chapel Hill
Casselle A.E. Smith, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Raleigh & Washington, D.C. (Moderator)
In-house legal and compliance teams engage with nearly every aspect of an organization, from employment matters to third-party risk, contracts to cybersecurity, and a myriad of other legal and regulatory compliance obligations. This session focuses on the roles and responsibilities of "legal" versus "compliance," including regulatory interpretation and guidance, risk assessment, jurisdictional and industry requirements, and addressing legal matters that arise out of compliance incidents, all the while protecting attorney-client privilege and fostering good working relationships amongst the legal and compliance functions. Topics include defining roles and responsibilities of your legal versus compliance teams to avoid conflicts of interest, managing investigations, attorney-client privilege, the roles of dual-hatted employees, conducting local/international law surveys and ensuring legal and regulatory compliance, and the pros/cons of bifurcated legal versus compliance functions.
11:10 Break
11:20 The Psychology of Transitions for Corporate Attorneys†
Robynn E. Moraites, NCLAP, Charlotte
Transition appears in myriad forms throughout our lives and careers: marriage, divorce, having children, children leaving for college, moving to a new town, leaving a law firm, changing practice areas, retirement…the list goes on. Add to that, many of us spend our days counseling and advising clients who face major change arising from divorce, criminal charges, bankruptcy, starting a new business, selling a business, business breakups, personal injuries, and the like. This session examines the unspoken "elephants in the living room" that directly impact and influence our ability (or seeming inability) to welcome or embrace transition and change. Transition is never easy, but with increased awareness of the invisible forces within us that fight transition, it need not be so difficult.
12:20 CLE Adjourn
12:30 Networking Section Event
This session does not provide MCLE credit.
† Indicates portion providing Substance Abuse/Mental Health credit
‡ Indicates portion providing Technology Training credit
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