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ACI’s flagship conference on Economic Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance in Washington DC is widely regarded as the premier conference for legal and compliance professionals working in economic sanctions. The 2024 conference will address the critical emerging geopolitical issues that organizations face in the Middle East, Asia and Russia. The conference will address the expanding export control restrictions and how the various agencies are working together on enforcement actions.
Partner Neena Shenai will speak on a panel titled "Opening Strategy Exchange: New Global Sanctions Takeaways to Ready Your Program for the Unknowns of the Next 6-12 Months” on Thursday, April 29 at 9:30 a.m.
Partner Zachary Goldman will speak in a session titled "The Biggest Hurdles to Harmonizing Compliance with US, EU, UK and More International Sanctions: Case Studies on Resolving Expected and Unexpected Pain Points” on Thursday, April 29 at 3:30 p.m.
WilmerHale presents “The Revolution Will Be Synthesized: A Webinar Series on Legal Developments in the Age of AI.” This is the eighth webinar in this series.
On March 13, 2024, the European Parliament adopted the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). The AI Act is considered to be the world’s first comprehensive horizontal legal framework for AI. It provides for EU-wide rules on data quality, transparency, human oversight and accountability. During this webinar, WilmerHale lawyers Martin Braun, Anne Vallery and Itsiq Benizri will provide an overview of the essential definitions, the material and territorial scope, and the basic implications of the AI Act.
Topics will include:
- legislative and political background;
- defining AI;
- identifying key AI players;
- understanding the scope of the AI Act; and
- overview of the AI Act’s risk-based approach, key requirements and obligations.
Entrepreneurship at Cornell’s Celebration is a two day entrepreneurship conference held every spring to bring together students, alumni, faculty, staff and community participants. Highlights this year will include fireside chats with featured speakers, eLab Demo Day, Student Business of the Year recognition, the BenDaniel Venture Challenge and the recognition of the 2024 Entrepreneur of the Year.
Partner Ariel Soiffer will lead a session titled "AI, Startups, and the Law" on April 11, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. The session will focus on the legal complexities that startups face in the AI sector.
On May 8, Partner Felicia Ellsworth will serve as a panelist at the New England Legal Foundation’s SCOTUS Crystal Ball in Boston, Massachusetts. The panel, moderated by Akhil Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale, will discuss the details of the Supreme Court’s remaining cases, the arguments presented, and the potential implications of decisions on either side. Ellsworth will be joined by Jeremy Christiansen, Partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Edwina Clarke, Partner at Goodwin Procter; and Zach Tripp, Partner at Weil Gotshal & Manges.
This event is open to the public and the media and will be live-streamed on WGBH. All attendees must register to attend.
On Thursday, May 9, WilmerHale Partner Kirk Nahra and Counsel Shannon Mercer will speak in a session titled “Key Developments in Health Data Protection and Cybersecurity” from 10:10–11:10 a.m. This session will analyze cyberattacks against healthcare providers – including ransomware attacks against hospitals in 2023; HHS key investigations and settlements; and the growing impact of state laws and health data outside of the ambit of HIPAA (and the complications of the gaps / exemptions / how those are playing out with new comprehensive privacy laws).
On Friday, May 10, WilmerHale Special Counsel Arianna Evers will lead a session titled “Pixel Audits: Understanding Legal Risks and Compliance Best Practices” from 10:10–11:10 a.m. This interactive session will cover legal risks and best practices for compliance reviews for online properties, and offer in-house, consultant, and outside counsel perspectives.
The annual Convergence Forum brings together high-level healthcare players to discuss and debate the most pressing topics of interest in the rapidly converging worlds of biotech, pharma, healthcare, medical devices and the Internet.
On Thursday, May 9, Partner Rosemary Reilly will be speaking at the 2024 Convergence Forum on a panel titled "What Happens When Strategic Options Run Out." The forum’s full agenda can be found here.
American Conference Institute is hosting its 19th Annual FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry conference, held from May 9–10 in New York. This year’s program will feature practical, carefully researched content based on key findings from experts in the life sciences and anti-corruption fields, and will bring together legal and compliance professionals from pharmaceutical, medical device, CRO and biotechnology companies.
WilmerHale Partner Jay Holtmeier will speak on the panel “Voluntary Disclosures: Understanding ‘Prompt Reporting’, Cooperation Credit, Remediation and When to Engage Outside Counsel.”
The 2024 edition of GCR Live: Cartels, hosted at WilmerHale’s Washington DC office, will bring together local and international private practitioners, corporate counsel, and government enforcers, to explore key developments in competition law. The conference will provide attendees with a unique opportunity to connect and learn from like-minded individuals through different panel formats and purpose-built networking sessions.
Partner Thomas Mueller is co-chair of the event and will moderate the panel “Can Bots collude? Cartels in the age of artificial intelligence” from 10:05-11:05 a.m. Hear from an experienced panel of enforcers, defense counsel and in-house lawyers on how to gather market intelligence in a brave new world of AI.
ACC NCR is hosting a virtual webcast presented by WilmerHale partners Kevin Lamb and Lauren Moore, together with in-house panelists. This panel will examine the practical and legal considerations for corporate counsel in advocating for their clients before government agencies and filing suit in response to potential enforcement actions. Companies often face questions from government agencies about their business practices such as:
- When does it make sense to go on the offense, engage with agency lawyers and leadership, and potentially assert the company’s own claims against the government in court?
- What strategic issues should companies consider in weighing agency engagement and affirmative litigation against traditional defensive options with respect to government enforcement?
- What are broader tactics for proactive strategic engagement with the Executive Branch and Congress?
Join us on May 28 from 12:30–2 p.m. EDT virtually as we discuss the answers to these questions and more.
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