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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, ChicagoPanelists
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
