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1 Women's Bar Association Conference Brochures, April 17-18, 2002 [1] (2002)

handle is hein.peggy/wbacb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Sugh rue GOODWIN Frankfurt Garbus KurnitKlein & Selz . Media& Eramen Both the National Institute for Women Corporate Counsel and the National Institute for Women in Law Firms will be held at the same time - April 17-18, 2002 at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City! These conferences will include several joint presentations as well as a joint breakfast, luncheon, cocktail reception and breaks. This unique approach will enable you to exchange ideas and interface with both senior women corporate counsel and women in law firms so you can maximize your networking potential! The curriculum has been carefully designed to yield both the in-house and outside counsel's perspective - giving you the complete business picture. The faculty, comprised of senior level attorneys from today's leading corporations, represents a wide array of industries, practice areas and management expertise. This conference will provide a unique forum to share innovative ideas and discuss uncommon solutions to common challenges. Our panel of experts will also give you inside information on: * Understanding corporate security: the use of technology and the laws that govern its use * Best practices in law department management * What to do when the feds come calling: counseling corporations under criminal or regulatory investigation * Crisis management and understanding the impact that public relations has on the corporate legal department * Employment law update: protecting your IP and international interests * Minority women in the profession: maximizing opportunities for women of color in the corporate and law firm environments * Effective litigation management: regulating time and cost SPECIAL HIGHLIGHT: Don't miss the luncheon speaker Mary Anne Gibbons, Vice President and General Counsel of the United States Postal Service who will do a presentation on Terrorism in the Mail: How the Postal Service Fought Back! Register Today! Call 1-800-831-8333, fax 1-800-250-3861, or register online: www.eeiconferences.com Wednesday, April 17, 2002 .8:00-9:00 REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 9:00-9:15 WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS 9:15-10:15 EARNING YOUR PLACE IN THE BUSINESS ARENA,- *Defining and creating your role *Asessing your skill-set and charting your own gap analysis - a hard look in the mirror * Careeradvancement, what is expected of you and what you can expect,- hurdles you might face Deborah Israel- President Women's Bar Association of Washington, DC and Partner Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe LLP TrisaJ. Thompson * ...- Vice President,LegiDepartment Dell Computer Corporation Jeanette D. Rogers Deputy General Counsel Trigon, Legal Department 10:15-10:45 MORNING BREAK Sponsored by: 10:45-11:45 BEST PRACTICES IN LAW DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT: TRENDS AND METRICS * Cost containment strategies * Planning, budgeting and billing * Management techniques - quality and cost control for large and small matters * Implementing grand ideas in small law departments * Making the most out of limited .resources * Leveraging technology -Law department assignments (matter) tracking system: inexpensive, easy assignment tracking tool to facilitate: . - Workflow management - - Resource deployment - Prioritization - Meeting and managing client expectations - Staff performance assessments and discussions Sharon Case Deputy General Counsel - Transactions and Regulatory The Coca-Cola Company 11:45-12:45 RYAN CAVE LLP 12:45-2:00 LUNCHEON ADDRESS: TERRORISM IN THE MAIL: HOW THE POSTAL SERVICE FOUGHT BACK! JOINT LUNCHEON WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN IN LAW FIRMS Mary Anne Gibbons Vice President and General Counsel United States Postal Service 2:00-3:00 AVOIDING LIABILITY IN AN eWORLD * Where can you get into trouble online and offline? * Copyright, trademark, right of publicity, and defamation * Company newsletters, brochures, sales kits, and public relations materials * Linking liabilities * Privacy policies Donita M. King Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary GE Life and Annuity Assurance Company Jean M. Schanberger Associate General Counsel Levi Strauss & Co. EMPLOYMENT LAW UPDATE: PROTECTING YOUR IP AND INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS Protection of Intellectual Property: A Checklist for Employment Policies * Confidentiality & assignment agreements with your employees & independent contractors * Steps to protect your trade secrets and to avoid misappropriation of your competitor's trade secrets * What you can do when your key employee leaves to work for your competitor * What you can do when your com- petitor's key employee comes to work for you Bronwyn E. Billings Vice President and General Counsel Acucorp, Inc. Employment Law Considerations in the International M&A Context * The types of transactions * Particular issues by country * Percentage of redundancy * Selection criteria by country * Practical recommendations Hillary Smith Deputy General Counsel DoubleClick 4:004:30 MaryJ. Hildebrand Partner Goodwin Procter LLP AFTERNOON BREAK 4:30-5:30 UNDERSTANDING CORPORATE SECURITY: THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE LAWS THAT GOVERN ITS USE * Protecting your company from employee complaints: current developments in e-mail and web-blocking technologies * Keeping your internal and external communications secure: tools to help you and the laws that govern them . - * Guarding against loss of physical assets and proprietary information: new tools and procedures to pro- tect your.company against loss * Privacy Issues: your obligation to protect employee information under Gramm-Leach-Bliley -* E-Commerce security issues: a quick look at secure external com- munication tools, identity verifica- tion and privacy rules that affect your on-line interaction with customers * Technology use policy: tips on including security matters in your company's technology use policy 'Stop by the Cyber Caf6 both days! Sponsored by BmgRYAN CAVE I.L.P Terri Dayton Manager, Information Security Management Fannie Mae Marsha Reeves Associate General Counsel Fannie Mae Carolyn J.A. Swift Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Fannie Mae COCKTAIL RECEPTION JOINT COCKTAIL RECEPTION WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN IN LAW FIRMS Sponsored by: .JHOWRGY ....ikSughrue * Advertising, sweepstakes, and promotions * Spam (unsolicited commercial e-mail) and permission marketing * What you can do now to protect your company Candice Kersh Partner Frankfurt Garbus Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC Is Maura Wogan Partne c- FFnkfurt Garbus Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC 3:004:00 A ADVERTISING AND THE LAW: r MAXIMIZING IMPACT, MINIMIZING RISK. * How to properly substantiate advertising claims * Issues and concerns in developing a successful comparative advertising campaign. * Advertising regulationiy the FTC and NAD - - * Establishing preventative trainingto- reduce advertising litigation and regulatory actions Debra A. Freeman Partner J. Walter Thompson Thursday, April 18, 2002 8:30-9:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 9:00-10:00 JOINT SESSION WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN IN LAW FIRMS MINORITY WOMEN IN THE PROFESSION: MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE CORPORATE AND LAW FIRM ENVIRONMENTS * Report on the status of women of color in the profession * Strategies for beating the odds * Developing effective mentor rela- tionships * Becoming a change master for the new millennium Yolanda W. Rabun Senior Attorney IBM Corporation Angela F. Williams Counsel Bryan Cave LLP and Member ABA Commission on Women in the Profession * What is a crisis requiring coordination between the legal department and the public rela- tions/corporate communications department? (Case Studies) * Discuss the pros/cons and recom- mendations on the issue of whether the corporation should comment to -the media on pending litigation? * Whatis the legal department's role inprotecting thecorporation from reputational loss through shaping public opinion? How do you act proactively? (corporate community service, website, etc.)- - Nany L. Banks trDirectoir' Public Relations 0Michelin North America 0) I U 0 '3 Debra G. Reece Senior Vice President and General Counsel Restaurant Services; Inc. Eleanor D. Thompson Deputy General Counsel Independence Blue Cross 0 11:30-12:45 WIHATTO DO WHEN THE FEDS COME CALLING: COUNSELING CORPORATIONS UNDER CRIMINAL 0 OR REGULATORY INVESTIGATION * Discovering the scope of the federal 1 - investigation 0 * Developing and implementing a corporate strategy * Duties of management and the board to investigate government concerns * Whether to conduct a parallel q internal investigation * When and whether to retain outside counsel * The roles of the outside auditor in financial investigations * Balancing cooperation with self- preservation: to disclose or not to disclose U 0 0 0 T/~* 10:00-10:30 MORNING BREAK 10:30-11:30 CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT THAT PUBLIC RELATIONS HAS ON THE CORPORATE LEGAL DEPARTMENT * How does the corporation develop its response (team/plan/approach/ tactics/spokesperson)? * Asserting your privileges without raising flags - Preparing a winning presentation for the government MODERATOR Angela F. Williams Counsel Bryan Cave LLP .. and Member ABA Commission on Women -N - in the Profession PANEL Erica Baird Deputy General Counsel PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP Li Lydia Parnes Deputy Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection Federal Trade Commission Maria R. McGarry General Counsel Quaker Securities, Inc. Therese D. Pritchard Partner Bryan Cave LLP 12:45-2:00 2:00-3:00 LUNCH BREAK JOINT SESSION WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN IN LAW FIRMS EFFECTIVE LITIGATION MANAGEMENT: REGULATING TIME AND COST * Staying on budget * Reducing discovery and other costs * Managing settlement negotiations * Managing PR * Selecting counsel * Setting and understanding objectives * Understanding intended and unintended consequences * Internal due diligence prior to litigation * Special aspects of IP litigation Patricia G. Butler Partner Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP Karen 0. Cottle Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Vitria Technology Isabella E. Fu Co-Director of Litigation Intel Corporation 3:004:00 JOINT SESSION WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN IN LAW FIRMS ETHICS: JOINT DEFENSE AGREEMENTS AND THEIR ALTERNATIVES * Circumstances leading tojoint agreements * Elements ofjoint defense agreements * Drafting pitfalls * Discovery of and challenges to JDA's * Better choices Marcia L. Proctor Vice President and General Counsel Butzel Long Laura S. Shores Partner Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP 4:00 ADJOURNMENT 5:30