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Schedule - Chicago


47th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute - Chicago Session

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All sessions will take place at Northwestern University School of Law, Thorne Auditorium, 375 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago.

Thursday, September 25

8 a.m.

Registration, Continental Breakfast

8:45–9 a.m.

Welcome and Overview

David E. Van Zandt, Dean and Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago
Kelly R. Welsh, Institute Chair; Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Northern Trust, Chicago

9–10 a.m.

Legal Issues in the Current Credit Environment
  • Managing existing credit facilities
  • Cash management considerations
  • Tighter terms for new credit facilities
  • Financing and related conditionality in M&A transactions

Panelists

Mark B. Tresnowski, Managing Director and General Counsel, Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, Chicago

Michael D. Wright, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago

10–10:15 a.m. 

Break

10:15–11:15 a.m.

Forseeing the Risks of Doing Business in Non-U.S. Jurisdictions
  • Risk management and compliance
  • Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
  • Office of Foreign Assets Congrol (OFAC)
  • Technology export control laws

Panelists

Jonathan Feig, Ernst & Young LLP, Chicago

William B. Jacobson, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Washington, D.C.

Laurence A. Urgenson, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C.

11:15–11:30 a.m. 

Break

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Data Protection and Privacy
  • Customer concerns including PCI compliance
  • Implementing an effective privacy protection program
  • Hot topics in security breaches
  • Privacy laws of other countries and safe-harbor provisions

Panelists

Jim Halpert, DLA Piper US LLP, Washington, D.C.

Benjamin Hayes, Data Privacy Compliance Lead, Americas, Accenture LLP, Reston, Virginia

Robert T. Wentland, Managing Director, Huron Consulting Group, Chicago

12:30–1:15 p.m. 

Lunch (provided)

1:15–1:45 p.m. 

Current Developments: Employment Law and Labor Relations

Presenter

Joseph E. Tilson, Meckler Bulger & Tilson LLP, Chicago

1:45–2:45 p.m.

Current Developments: Coporate Social Responsbility
  • International norms and behavior
  • Workplace and social issues
  • Environmental concerns

Panelists

Adam P. Kahn, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston

Gare A. Smith, Foley Hoag LLP, Washington, D.C.

2:45–3 p.m. 

Break

3–4 p.m. 

Current Developments: White Collar Crime
  • Protecting the corporation
  • The sentencing guidelines
  • Attorney-client privilege and defendant rights issues
  • Deferred prosecution agreements and monitors
  • Criminal actions against general counsel

Panelists

Daniel E. Reidy, Jones Day, Chicago

Zaldwaynaka (Z) Scott, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago

4–5 p.m. 

Ethical Dilemmas for Corporate Counsel

Moderator

John C. Coffee Jr., Adolph A. Berle Professor of Law, Columbia University School of Law, New York City

Panelists

Christine A. Leahy, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, CDW Corporation, Chicago

James H. Wooten Jr., Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Chicago

5 p.m.

Reception

Friday, September 26

9:00–9:30 a.m. 

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement, Washington, D.C.

9:30–10 a.m. 

Moderated Q&A with Chairman Cox

Moderator

Kelly R. Welsh, Institute Chair; Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Northern Trust, Chicago

Panelists

10–10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15–11:15 a.m.

SEC Developments Affecting Corporations
  • Disclosure developments
  • Insider trading, including Rule 10b5-1 plans
  • Executive compensation
  • Commission enforcement developments

Presenters

John P. Kelsh, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago

Lisa J. Reategui, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago

11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Advising Management and the Board Regarding Corporate Governance
  • Shareholder activism
  • Shareholder proposals, including "Say on Pay"
  • Corporate governance ratings
  • Responding to hedge fund pressures
  • Use of electronic proxies

Presenter

Martin P. Dunn, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C.

12:15 p.m.

Program Concludes

 

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