Vermont (VT) Internet E Commerce CLE Course Catalog

Join distinguished thought leaders in the crypto and blockchain industry, Malgorzata (Gosia) A. Kulczycka, Ph.D., J.D. (Hickman Becker Bingham Ledesma LLP) and Hannah E. Taylor (Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC), as they discuss the recent trends and legal challenges developing in the crypto and NFT space. Speakers, among other things, will also offer practical tips and strategies to steer clear of potential pitfalls.

Hackers love exploiting weakness. As data breaches increase in frequency and size, corporate legal departments must be armed and ready to proactively tackle these crises and reduce risk and damage to the company.

The pandemic has forced companies to deal with an abundance of contractual challenges across the supply chain and with vendors. With the challenges not likely to disappear for 2020, how can General Counsel successfully navigate these novel contractual issues from force majeure, public disclosure to global supply chain disruption? Collaboration with external advisors and partners will be key to securing successful outcomes, yet for many General Counsel reservations still stand with security fears ranking top of the list.

In this session, we will discuss the most recent developments and explore whether the provisions set forth in the different bills offer the same level of protection.

Join us for this interactive roundtable discussing trends and predictions for privacy law in 2021. Will federal privacy legislation finally gain momentum? Will Washington State pass its comprehensive privacy law? How have companies’ CCPA compliance processes changed and how will they continue to evolve in light of enforcement and litigation activity? In addition to legislative updates, we can discuss how companies are adapting to industry-led privacy developments and requirements such as Apple’s iOS 14, browser blocking of third-party cookies, and industry CCPA/advertising opt-out solutions. We look forward to sharing our thoughts and hearing yours as discuss the current state of play regarding these issues others for 2021.

No one could have anticipated that 2020 would be the year that the legal profession went virtual. In 2019, we talked as it this was 10 years away. Today, legal departments, law firms and courts all across the world have embraced and implemented these technologies and new working practices. This transformative shift for the legal profession has brought new opportunities and risks for General Counsel. The imposing risks have been quick to appear, but understanding the opportunities has been much more clouded. In this new digital age, how can you managing a remote workforce, continuing to drive productivity and inclusivity, over these new digital platforms?

The pandemic has forced companies to deal with an abundance of contractual challenges across the supply chain and with vendors. With the challenges not likely to disappear for 2020, how can General Counsel successfully navigate these novel contractual issues from force majeure, public disclosure to global supply chain disruption. Collaboration with external advisors and partners will be key to securing successful outcomes, yet for many General Counsel reservations still stand with security fears ranking top of the list.

Please join our distinguished panel of experts as they decipher the most recent federal bailout programs and developments. The panel will also discuss how best to successfully navigate the liquidity issues arising in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the coronavirus continues to spread in China and other parts of the world, it is critical for businesses to reassess their connections to global supply chains, evaluate workforce-related issues, and examine risk-minimization and quantization brought about by the pandemic.