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57TH ANNUAL Corporate Counsel Institute September 27–28, 2018 Chicago, Illinois Register at: www.law.northwestern.edu/cci Why Attend? • Stay up to date on the most recent legal and business developments, Highlights improve as a manager and a leader, and learn from seasoned in-house • The New Age of Sexual Harassment, counsel and industry experts Pay Equity, and Gender Discrimination Claims • Experience the only program designed exclusively by a group of expert • Trends in Business Cases Before the general counsel Supreme Court • Network with a group of your peers NEW for 2018 from around the country while earning Technology Teaching Moments up to 11.75 CLE credits • Embracing Generational Diversity • ESG: Putting Theory into Practice Thursday, September 27, 2018 7:30–8:30 a.m. | Optional Breakfast 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. | ESG: Putting Roundtable: Demystifying Theory into Practice Cryptocurrency and Blockchain • Key themes and concepts Presented by Charles River Associates • Recent regulatory and other developments (Sponsored event – Separate registration required) • Shareholder proposals and constructive Blockchain and cryptocurrencies have been engagement practices widely recognized as promising technologies that will re-imagine our future. This session will • ESG Integration: Opportunities and challenges address: • Current and emerging hot topics • Key business/legal overview of MODERATOR cryptocurrencies and public/private Yves Denizé, Senior Managing Director and blockchains Division General Counsel, Nuveen, New York City • Critical risks for in-house counsel to help vet and “issue-spot,” including: Risks Posed by PANELISTS Cryptocurrency and Blockchain, Transactional Suzanne S. Bettman, Chief Administrative Fraud Risks, Contractual Enforceability Risks, Officer and General Counsel, LSC Cybersecurity Risks, Risks to Intellectual Communications, Inc., Chicago Property, and Compliance Risks Jon Hale, Global Head of Sustainability Research, Morningstar, Inc., Chicago 7:45 a.m. | Registration and Continental Amy Muska O’Brien, Managing Director, Head of Breakfast Responsible Investment, Nuveen, New York City 8:45–9 a.m. | Welcome and Overview James M. Shea Jr., Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York City Kimberly A. Yuracko, Dean, Judd and Mary Morris Leighton Professor of Law, Northwestern William Ultan, Managing Director, Corporate Pritzker School of Law, Chicago Governance Consulting Group, Morrow Sodali LLC, Stamford, CT Eric A. Reeves, Institute Chair, Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer, 12:05–12:35 p.m. Duchossois Capital Management, Chicago Technology Teaching Moment: Data For Good 9–10:15 a.m. | Lawyers as Leaders: Embracing Generational Diversity Information-driven innovation is improving quality of life and growing the economy. In this People are living longer, working longer, and session, learn how you can enable your legal changing jobs more frequently than in any other operators to use your data to find efficiencies, time in our history. The accelerated pace of reduce risk, pursue your mission, and deliver change, the equal parts connecting and isolating value to your client. Internet, and the presence of four generations further add to the complexity of the workplace. SPEAKER Tim Day, SVP, Chamber Technology Learn how to navigate this new world of work in Engagement Center, U.S. Chamber of which the GC’s role as leader is even more crucial. Commerce, Washington, DC SPEAKER Christopher P. DeSantis, Principal, 12:35–1:35 p.m. | Lunch CPDeSantis.com, Chicago Sponsored by Houlihan Lokey 10:15–10:30 a.m. | Networking Break 1:35–2:35 p.m. | Trends in Business Friday, September 28, 2018 Cases Before the Supreme Court • State Law and the National Economy: State sales tax on internet businesses, sports 7:45–8:45 a.m. | Optional Breakfast betting, and public sector union dues Roundtable: The Law Department as a • Patent Law: Challenging patent validity and the Business Enabler scope of patent damages Presented by Morae Global • Federal Statute Interpretation/“Chevron (Sponsored event – Separate registration required) Doctrine”: The transition from Justice Scalia to Take a practical look at the Corporate Law Justice Gorsuch Department’s mission to Protect and Enable, • Anti-Discrimination Law: Free speech with a focus on the Enable part of the mission. and discrimination, and potential sexual To become a business enabler, law departments orientation discrimination cases need: • A look ahead at the 2018–v19 docket • The Right People: How can law departments promote employee engagement? MODERATOR Martin H. Redish, Louis and Harriet • The Right Process: How can law departments Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy, better align with enterprise objectives? Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Chicago • The Right Systems: How are law departments PANELISTS leveraging technology to enable the right Robert N. Hochman, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago processes and service levels? Michael A. Scodro, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago MODERATOR Chuki Obiyo, Director, Morae Global, Chicago 2:35–2:50 p.m. | Networking Break PANELISTS Megan Agnew, Senior Counsel M&A and 2:50–4:20 p.m. | The New Age Of Sexual Transactions, Conagra Harassment, Pay Equity, and Gender Dennis Kennedy, Former Vice President and Discrimination Claims Senior Counsel, MasterCard • Reporting #MeToo and other discrimination Heidi Rudolph, Managing Director of Compliance claims to the board, dealing with publicity, and Practice, Morae Global the murky world of defamation claims • Changes in the hiring paradigm being driven by 8 a.m. | Continental Breakfast new pay equity rules 9–10:15 a.m. | Lawyers as Leaders: High • The impact of class action litigation on promotion practices Impact Teams MODERATOR It has been said that teams are like Ferraris: Victoria L. Donati, General Counsel, Corporate “High performance, but also high maintenance.” Secretary, and SVP, Administrative Services, This interactive session will focus on how Crate & Barrel Holdings, Inc., Northbrook, IL you can build, maintain, and fortify high performance teams. PANELISTS Rachel B. Cowen, McDermott Will & Emery, SPEAKER Chicago Leigh Thompson, J. Jay Gerber Distinguished Professor of Dispute Thomas S. O’Neill, SVP and General Counsel, Resolution and Organizations, Management Exelon Corporation, Chicago and Organizations, Kellogg School of Grace E. Speights, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Management, Northwestern University, Chicago Washington, DC 10:15–10:30 a.m. | Networking Break 4:20–4:30 p.m. | Networking Break 10:30–11:30 a.m. | Mindfulness 4:30–5 p.m. for Health, Well-Being, and Better Technology Teaching Moment: Lawyering Robotic Process Automation Recognizing the demanding nature of corporate Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has the counsel work, this experiential session will potential to dramatically transform many provide proven techniques for eliminating toxic business processes including internal and stress, balancing personal and professional external financial, regulatory, and compliance priorities, and encouraging peak performance. audits. Learn what conversations you should Session will be submitted for Illinois Mental be having with your IT professionals about the Health and Substance Abuse Credit, and for potential benefits and risks for RPA. similar credit in other states as applicable. SPEAKER SPEAKER Todd Marlin, Principal, Ernst & Young LLP, Tom Klisiewicz, Founder and President, Smart New York City Health Wellness and Performance, Naperville, IL 5–6 p.m. | Reception Sponsored by Mayer Brown LLP 11:35 a.m.–12:05 p.m. 2:30–3:30 p.m. | Public Company Technology Teaching Moment: Breakout Session: When Activists Artificial Intelligence in the Knock: How Do You Deal with an Hiring Process Uninvited Guest? This session will provide an overview of Artificial • Motivations, processes, and timing Intelligence (AI) technology through examples mismatches: How the corporate biorhythm of how it is currently being used in the hiring creates challenges for dealing with activists process. The technology raises some fascinating • Role of the GC in an activist encounter employment law questions such as whether it can effectively eliminate bias or just shift biases • The wolf pack: Dealing with more than one to algorithms used to operate the AI. activist simultaneously SPEAKER • Living with an activist on your board: Special Dr. Nathan Mondragon, Chief Industrial and considerations for the corporate secretary Organizational Psychologist, Hirevue, Erie, CO MODERATOR Walter D. Bay, VP, General Counsel, and 12:05–12:25 p.m. | Box Lunch Break Secretary, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Chicago PANELISTS 12:25–1:40 p.m. | The Role of Corporate Matthew J. Revord, SVP, Chief Legal Officer, Counsel in Managing Technology and Chief People Officer, and Secretary, Information Security Risks Potbelly Corporation, Chicago • The role of legal in a cyber incident, both pre- Gregory P. Taxin, Managing Director, Spotlight and post-attack Advisors, LLC, New York City • How to prepare for and minimize risks caused Monica M. Weed, EVP, General Counsel, and by a third party supplier cyber or information Corporate Secretary, Navigant Consulting, security breach Chicago • Legal risks that new technologies such as AI, Cloud, and the Internet of Things pose to the Private Company Breakout Session: company Current Issues in M&A and • What the board needs to know and how to Private Equity ensure appropriate information security • Back to BRICS: Practical tips for cross-border expertise on the board transactions MODERATOR • What’s