Registration deadline: 02/22/18
Join us for the 5th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute! The
Institute was designed by the MSBA Corporate Counsel Section for
corporate attorneys looking for quality CLE courses with topics meaningful to their practice
at a reasonable cost. Come for the practical education and the
opportunity to connect with friends and colleagues.
Registration includes breakfast, lunch and
social hour drinks and appetizers. We look forward to seeing you!
8:00 a.m. Breakfast and
Registration
8:45 a.m. How to Partner with
the FBI to Mitigate Organizational Risk
The presentation is titled, "How to Partner with the FBI
to Mitigate Organizational Risk." Many companies work closely with the FBI to
mitigate risk from a wide variety of domestic and international threats every
day. Through this presentation, you will learn about the FBI’s mission,
organization, structure, and how to best position your organization to
collaborate with the FBI to protect your company.
Jeff Van
Nest | Chief Division Counsel, Federal Bureau of Investigation
10:00 a.m. The Basics of Business Immigration Law
This program will provide an overview of the employment-based
immigration system, temporary work visas and permanent residence “green card”
sponsorship, and immigration compliance strategies. Sandra will also discuss
recent trends in business immigration.
Sandra Feist | Partner, Grell Feist PLC
11:00 a.m. Data is the New Oil: What Companies Need to Know about
Existing and Proposed Legislation and How to Build a Privacy
Program
This program will provide an overview of
privacy law, how GDPR has influenced companies and legislators, new
legislation and proposals for a federal privacy law, and a high-level
discussion of how to build a privacy program.
Tracy Lechner |
Founder and Attorney, Law Offices of Tracy L. Lechner LLC
12:00 p.m. Lunch
12:15
p.m. Why Recruiting and Retaining Foreign-Trained Lawyers Matters in
Minnesota
Minnesota does not allow foreign-trained lawyers with a
Master of Laws (LLM) degree from an ABA-accredited school to sit for the Bar
Exam. That needs to change. Jurisdictions like the state of Washington,
Wisconsin or Vermont, with similar demographics or economic landscape, have
more welcoming admission rules—not to speak of more cosmopolitan jurisdictions
like New York, DC or California.
If Minnesota bar
admission rules were more immigrant-friendly, corporations in this state would
benefit extensively. For example, instead of hiring a Mexican or Chinese law
firm thousands of miles away, Minnesota corporations could hire local
Minnesota lawyers who are licensed in that foreign nation, licensed in
Minnesota, AND who have knowledge of the US legal system. The benefits would
be noticeable.
Currently in the global scene, a Minnesota law license is not
highly regarded or even known. That could change with more open admission rules.
Minnesota would be coveted as one of the select jurisdictions allowing
foreign-trained lawyers with an LLM degree from an ABA-accredited school to sit
for the Bar Exam. That would give greater value to all of our law licenses
worldwide.
Inti
Martínez-Alemán | Attorney, Ceiba Fôrte Law Firm
1:15 p.m. Chevron Deference: Past, Present, and
Future
The Supreme Court's 1984 decision in
Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. established
that courts should defer to agency interpretations of ambiguities in the
statutes they administer, unless those interpretations are unreasonable.
The Chevron standard has evolved and become more complex over time.
Judicial opinions and commentary have called for it to be curtailed or even
overturned. Professor Hickman will review the Chevron standard's myriad
nuances and provide an update on recent developments around the
doctrine.
Professor Kristin E.
Hickman | University of Minnesota Law School
2:30 p.m. Corporate Subsidiaries – Best Practices for Growing and
Caring for the Family Tree
A discussion with in-house and
private practioners on the pros and cons of subsidiaries, how to manage them,
when to talk about them, and why the effort can pay off in the end.
Matt
Kuhn | Partner, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
Louis Lambert |
Senior Assistant General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, Polaris
Industries
Jason
Stokes
| Corporate Law and Compliance
Executive
3:30 p.m. General Counsel
Roundtable
The General Counsel roundtable will be a discussion of
how each panelist made his/her way to the GC position, specific challenges and
rewarding aspects of the GC role, what they expect from the lawyers in their
departments, and what some of their "pet peeves" are with respect to running the
department, as well as discussions of what they consider to be their top
challenges for 2019.
Gretchen
Cepek | Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Allianz Life Insurance
Company of North America
Mike
Kolar | Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Prime Therapeutics
Amanda
Rusin | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Regis
Corporation
Tom
Ting | General Counsel, Starkey Hearing Technologies
Moderator:Tom Lynch | General
Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary, CHF Solutions, Inc.
4:30 p.m. Networking Social
Hour
CLE Credits:
7.0 Standard credits approved | Event Code: 269340
Cost:
Section Member: $80
MSBA
Member not in the section: $150 OR join the CCS and attend
for $100 (must contact Kayla
Erbach)
Non-MSBA
Member: $200
Law Student: $25
Remote Participation:
Remote participation is not available.
Want more information about the Corporate
Counsel Section?
To register with a check, please mail in this registration form.
Need to cancel? Please see our cancellation policy.
Questions? Contact Kayla
Erbach
| 612-278-6325
The MSBA is committed to creating an inclusive
environment in which all members can participate fully. If you need reasonable
accommodations to participate in this event, please notify Kayla Erbach. Please provide
notification at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to allow sufficient time to
make arrangements for accommodations.