Alaska (AK) Technology CLE Course Catalog

Corporate teams are facing pressure to reduce e-discovery costs but many don’t know where to begin. To shed some light on the subject, our in-house panel will review the personnel, productivity, and financial impact of key process changes, such as automating data preservations and reviewing matters in-house.

As AI goes from mythology to reality in legal, how can GCs smartly incorporate it into their legal department strategy?

While very similar from a commercial standpoint, Canadian and U.S. laws differ in important respects when it comes to employment issues. Appreciating these differences is critical when advising clients on their entry to Canada (a typical launching point for U.S. companies seeking to expand globally) or their existing Canadian operations to avoid unintended consequences. This roundtable will provide a Canadian employment law 101 overview.

There can be many benefits that come from a 'globalized' legal function from providing rapid regional expertise to creating a more diverse work environment. However, specific challenges can also appear from establishing a remote, digital and flexible work environment, a more astute understanding and sensitivity towards cultural differences, and ensuring that the legal function supports the core and regional business objectives.

Learn the key areas to focus on from financial management, human resources, analytics, and data and which strategies yield the optimum results for the legal department.

In this session, experts will discuss how to effectively and confidentially harness and unleash the power of data.

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.

It is inevitable that we must face change at some point. At times, we can predict the changes ahead, but it is not always possible to see what lies just beyond the horizon. Embedding agility and resilience within your legal operations team and wider legal department can be thus crucial to responding to these unforeseen challenges with a well-orchestrated plan. Building strong relationships with external partners, including law firms, ALSPs and LPOs, can be further important to deliver a well-executed plan that effectively navigates unforeseen change on a global scale. Resilience training for your in house team & how to support their response to change Flexing to global market shifts with pace: leveraging your external partners to gain an inside view to what lies on the horizon Collaborating with external partners/ALSPs/LPOs to gain real-time advice on your legal operations and resource planning

Legal advice is the minimum that a General Counsel should provide to the business. They must also be able to provide advice on a whole range of scenarios and situations from commercial to operational and financial. In this session, we will explore the ever-expanding role of the General Counsel and how you can see these challenges as opportunities up the ladder.