Leadership and Innovation in Changing Times
The Massachusetts Bar Association is presenting its 15th Annual In-House
Counsel Conference. This year the theme of this popular program is Leadership
and Innovation in Changing Times. The conference will be held on Thursday Nov.
16, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 1p.m., at the Sheraton Framingham. Please save this
date on your calendars. A free networking lunch will be served following the
conference.
We are pleased that the keynote address will be delivered by Brackett B.
Denniston, senior counsel, Goodwin Procter, and former general counsel to
General Electric Company.
Conference highlights include:
- The expanding role of general counsel in strategy
development and governance
- The intensifying risk of cyber attack by elusive
global hackers
- The case against (and for) mandatory arbitration; and
- Emerging employment risk issues, including the medical marijuana and
recreational marijuana acts, drug testing in the workplace and demands for
religious accommodation.
Conference Agenda:
Welcoming Remarks
Keynote Address: Lessons from Experience: Counseling from the Inside
in Private and Public Organizations
Brackett B. Denniston, Senior
Counsel, Goodwin Procter, and former General Counsel to General Electric Company
Panel discussion: Litigation v ADR
James Donnelly,
Moderator
Paul Dacier, General Counsel to Indigo Agriculture and former
Executive Vice President and General Counsel to EMC Corporation
Hon. Charles
B. Swartwood, III (Ret.)
Cybersecurity Address: Cybersecurity / Industry and Practitioners in
Crisis
Arthur W. Coviello, Jr., Venture Partner at Rally Ventures
and retired Executive Chairman of RSA, The Security Division of Dell
Technologies
Networking Break
Panel discussion: Employment Law Developments
Robert
Kilroy, Mirick, O’Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP
Reid Wakefield,
Counsel to Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Michael Murphy,
Mirick, O’Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP
Joe Ricciardi, Chief Human
Resource Officer, Reliant Medical Group
Lightning Round Topic: July 21, 2017 Decision in Baker v. Wilmer
Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP: Fiduciary Duties by Company
Counsel
David Parke, Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas
LLP
Faculty:
J. Christopher Collins, Esq., Conference Co-chair
Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee LLP, Worcester
James C. Donnelly, Jr., Esq., Conference Co-chair
Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee LLP, Worcester
Robert J. Kerwin, Esq., Conference Co-chair
General Counsel, IAMERS
Peter D. McDermott, Esq., Conference Co-chair
Law Office of Peter D. McDermott, Hopkinton
David A. Parke, Esq., Conference Co-chair
Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas LLP, Springfield
Paul T. Dacier, Esq., Panelist
General Counsel, Indigo Agriculture
Brackett B. Denniston, Esq., Panelist
Former General Counsel to General Electric
Arthur W. Coviello, Jr., Esq., Panelist
Venture Partner, Rally Ventures
Reid Wakefield, Esq., Panelist
Counsel, MCAD
Hon. Charles B. Swartwood, (ret.)
Robert Kilroy, Esq.
Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee LLP, Westborough