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2022 INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE COUNSEL COLLEGE FILING INFORMATION

Approximately 7.5 hours of CLE credit in 60-minute states and 9 hours of CLE credit in 50-minute states has been requested for accreditation from all mandatory continuing legal education jurisdictions where we had registrants as of October 3. Opening Remarks, Closing Remarks, the Keynote Speaker, the Luncheon, Thursday Morning Programming, and Breaks are not available for CLE credit.

4:45 - 6:00 p.m. (75 General CLE Credits)
Navigating Sanctions and the Legal Risks of Armed Conflict

14 October, Friday

8:00 - 9:15 a.m. (75 General CLE Credits)
See 'EU' on the Other Side -- The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework Renewed

9:30 - 10:45 a.m. (75 General CLE Credits)
Bring It On -- International Litigation Trends: What's Hot, What's Not

11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. (75 General CLE Credits)
ESG -- Risk and/or Opportunity? What Are the Liabilities and Litigation Risks to Be Award of and How to Communicate or Not Communicate? How to Detect and Why to Avoid Green Washing 

2022 INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE COUNSEL COLLEGE CLE MATERIALS

Below you will find the CLE schedule with materials for the 2022 International Corporate Counsel College.

Under each CLE program description, CLE materials are listed. Please click each hyperlink to access that specific CLE material. If you have any issues accessing these materials, please contact Melisa Maisel Vanis, Director of Professional Development and Assistant Director of Meetings, at mmaisel@iadclaw.org or Ashley Hatfield, Director of Communications, at ahatfield@iadclaw.org.
 

12 OCTOBER, WEDNESDAY

6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
REGIONAL MEETING RECEPTION

7:00 p.m.
DINNER ON OWN

13 OCTOBER, THURSDAY

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Join the IADC before the International Corporate Counsel College begins for bonus networking time with small group discussions and an interactive health and wellness session.

8:00 - 8:30 a.m.
ARRIVAL AND CHECK-IN

8:30 - 8:45 a.m.
WELCOME

Alexandra Simotta, 2022 International Corporate Counsel College Director, PAYONE GmbH, Vienna, Austria

8:45 - 10:00 a.m.
WELLBEING

Wellbeing at work and in life – learn ways to improve your wellbeing both in your personal and professional life. Take away useful mindfulness and de-stressing techniques to improve the balance of your day-to-day. Let’s live life to our fullest possibilities!

Therese Frank, Thorstensen Frank - Rechtsanwalt und Rechtsanwältin in Kooperation, Vienna, Austria

10:00 - 10:15 a.m.
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

10:15 - 11:30 a.m.
TABLE TOPIC CONVERSATIONS

Attendees will have the opportunity to choose a table at which a specific and timely topic of particular interest to corporate and/or in-house insurance counsel will be discussed. 

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11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE COUNSEL COLLEGE ARRIVAL AND CHECK-IN

11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
BUFFET LUNCH

12:45 - 1:00 p.m.
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

Alexandra Simotta, 2022 International Corporate Counsel College Director, PAYONE GmbH, Vienna, Austria
Mark R. Beebe, IADC President, Adams and Reese LLP, New Orleans, Louisiana USA

1:00 - 1:30 p.m.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER - MARIA ORLYK

HOW TO RUN A LAW FIRM FROM ABROAD: MANAGING A LAW FIRM AMIDST THE WAR IN UKRAINE  

Speaker: Maria Orlyk, CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz, Vienna, Austria (Kyiv, Ukraine)

1:30 - 2:45 p.m.
CYBERSECURITY ISSUES HAVE NO BORDERS — WITHSTANDING CYBER-THREATS WITH PREPARATION, VIGILANCE, LITIGATION, AND INSURANCE (75 General CLE Credits)

Whether a company operates internationally or regionally, there are no borders limiting bad-actors from threatening its business. The panel of experts and practitioners will outline proactive steps to help businesses avoid problems and be prepared to respond should they occur. 

Moderator: Robert M. Craig, III, Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, Berkeley Research Group, LLC, Houston, Texas USA
Presenters: Marc Dautlich, Bristows LLP, London, England; Thomas Kroupa, Head of IT, CMS, Austria + SEE, Vienna, Austria; Alexandra Simotta, PAYONE GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Materials:

• The Evolution of Data Breach Threat Actors and Response By Amy Worley and Marc Dautlich
• Updated Advisory on Potential Sanctions Risks for Facilitating Ransomware Payments
• Memorandum Option – Guo Wengui v. Clark Hill, PLC
• Cyber Security for Small Business Guide – FTC
• Guidelines 01/2021 on Examples Regarding Data Breach Notification

2:45 - 3:00 p.m.
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
WHAT CONVINCES ARBITRATORS? EXPERIENCED ARBITRATORS REVEAL THEIR SECRET INSIGHTS ON THE QUESTIONS YOU’VE ALWAYS HAD BUT NEVER DARED TO ASK (90 General CLE Credits)

Practitioners will reveal their secret insights on the questions you’ve always had but never dared to ask. What convinces arbitrators? Which strategies apply best? How do you use your resources as strategic weapons?

Moderator: Anton Maurer, Attorney and Independent Arbitrator, Anton Maurer International Legal Services Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft MbH, Stuttgart, Germany
Presenters: Dominique Brown-Berset, Brown&Page SA, Geneva, Switzerland; Dr. Bernhard F. Meyer, Senior Legal Counsel, MME Legal | Tax | Compliance, Zurich, Switzerland; Dr. Axel Reeg, Reeg Rechtsanwälte, Mannheim, Germany

Materials:

• Presenting Evidence in Briefs By Moritz Keller, Tim Schreiber, Paul Hauser, and Sarah Lemoine
• Tainted Memories: Exposing the Fallacy of Witness Evidence in International Arbitration By Toby Landau QC

4:30 - 4:45 p.m.
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

4:45 - 6:00 p.m.
NAVIGATING SANCTIONS AND THE LEGAL RISKS OF ARMED CONFLICT (75 General CLE Credits)

This will be a hands-on guide for in-house counsel on how to deal with the rapidly changing sanctions regime. Learn how to stay up-to-date and how to quickly react on worldwide sanctions. 

Moderator: Mark R. Beebe, IADC President, Adams and Reese LLP, New Orleans, Louisiana USA
Presenters: Robert Fairless, Legal Director, International, Amgen, Switzerland; Silvia Kim, Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Philip Morris Products S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland; Tom Spencer, Assistant General Counsel, GlaxoSmithKline, London, England

Materials:

• Navigating Sanctions and the Legal Risks of Armed Conflict By Mark Beebe, Robert Fairless, Silvia Kim, and Tom Spencer
• Sanctions Timeline

6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
COCKTAIL RECEPTION

7:30 p.m.
DINNER

14 OCTOBER, FRIDAY

8:00 - 9:15 a.m.
SEE ‘EU’ ON THE OTHER SIDE — THE TRANS-ATLANTIC DATA PRIVACY FRAMEWORK RENEWED (75 General CLE Credits)

From cloud solutions to international hiring to data analytics - learn how to effectively manage data transfers from the U.K./Europe to America after the fall of Safe Harbor and the Data Privacy Shield.

Moderator: Timothy LaTulippe, Director, IDS Inc., London, England 
Presenters: Cecilia Alvarez, EMEA Privacy Policy Director, Meta, Madrid, Spain; R. Bruce Barze, Jr., Barze Taylor Noles Lowther LLC, Birmingham, Alabama USA; Eleonor Duhs, Bates Wells LLP, London, England

Materials:

• Forthcoming Legislation: A Quick Guide - Bates Wells
• Mock Order on Motion to Compel
• Opinion and Order - Knight Capital Partners Corp. v. Henkel Ag & Company, KGaA
• Opinion and Order - Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale v. U.S. Dist. Court for the Southern Dist. of Iowa

9:15 - 9:30 a.m.
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
BRING IT ON — INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION TRENDS: WHAT’S HOT, WHAT’S NOT (75 General CLE Credits)

This panel will analyze the current class action and mass torts landscape with a close look on US trends potentially spilling over to Europe. 

Moderator: Christopher D’Angelo, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
Presenters: Jiří Černý, Peterka & Partners, Prague, Czech Republic; Alexander Endl, Pressl Endl Heinrich Bamberger Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna, Austria; Steven Rosenhek, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Toronto, ON Canada

Materials:

• State of Play of Pending Climate Litigation at European Level By Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, Stephanie Eaton and Inès Zaoui
• New German Supply Chain Act – New Challenges and Exposure for Companies Doing Business in Germany By Kurt Gerstner
• France and the UK – Asbestos is Again at the Heart of Many Litigation By Sylvie Gallage-Alwis
• PFAS: 2022 Trending Towards a Major Turning Point in Regulation and Litigation By Stephanie A. Fox, Samuel D. Habeeb, and Robert W. Petti
• DIRECTIVE (EU) 2020/1828 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

10:45 - 11:00 a.m.
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
ESG — RISK AND/OR OPPORTUNITY? WHAT ARE THE LIABILITIES AND LITIGATION RISKS TO BE AWARE OF AND HOW TO COMMUNICATE OR NOT COMMUNICATE? HOW TO DETECT AND WHY TO AVOID GREEN WASHING (75 General CLE Credits)

This panel will analyze the current regulatory ESG landscape and advise companies on how to best navigate this landscape, without falling victim to green washing.

Moderator: Döne Yalҫin, CMS Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey
Presenters: Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, Signature Litigation AARPI, Paris, France; Christian Murad, Kellogg Company of Great Britain Ltd. (Dubai Branch), Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Doris Pichler-Herrig, IKEA Austria GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Materials:

• ESG — Risk and/or Opportunity? What are the Liabilities and Litigation Risks to be Aware of and How to Communicate or not Communicate? How to Detect and Why to Avoid Green Washing By Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, Christian Murad, Doris Pichler-Herrig, and Döne Yalҫin

12:15 - 12:30 p.m.
CLOSING REMARKS

Alexandra Simotta, 2022 International Corporate Counsel College Director, PAYONE GmbH, Vienna, Austria
Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, 2023 International Corporate Counsel College Director, Signature Litigation AARPI, Paris, France