| MCLE Credit: | 8.0 (Ethics: 0.0) |
| Live-Interactive Credit: | 0.0 |
| Price: | $369 (Includes a downloadable audio version.) |
| Viewable Through: | 08/31/2024 |
$369.00 (or 8 Bundle Credits)
A pre-recorded streaming VIDEO replay from the September 2021 live seminar, 47th Annual Advanced Business Law Conference 2021: Back to Business as Unusual—Legal Issues Impacting Businesses in 2021 (That Have Nothing to Do with COVID-19)
Cosponsored with the Business Law Section of the Virginia State Bar
Virginia’s Premier Business Law Program
This conference is designed to provide business lawyers with an in-depth, advanced-level overview of the legal and business considerations in structuring the ownership, governance, and capital raising of startup and emerging companies. The presenters include small- and large-firm attorneys experienced in forming, restructuring, and assisting early-stage and growth companies in founder and employee equity terms and venture capital financings. Basic and some more detailed model practice forms are provided.
COURSE TOPICS
| Introduction Autumn Visser, Principal, Woods Rogers PLC |
| Data Privacy and Your Business—Virginia’s Data Privacy Laws and How They Impact Your Clients Moderator: Karl Knoll, General Counsel & Data Protection Officer, Clarabridge Panelists:
While comprehensive federal law discussions continue, states have acted. The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) makes Virginia the second state in the nation to have sweeping data privacy legislation. Colorado followed quickly, becoming the third with a new privacy law of its own. Our discussion will include comparative considerations for each of these laws as well as practical tips and considerations to flexibly adapt and plan for an emerging state patchwork of laws. Although the VCDPA becomes effective January 1, 2023, there is no reason for clients/companies to wait to start on a compliance plan. Some of the steps that national or international businesses may have taken to comply with CCPA and/or GDPR will give them a leg up, but may not be sufficient for compliance with VCDPA. Other clients/companies may be starting from scratch. This session showcases how all Virginia businesses should begin the process of analyzing data and taking the steps to being compliant, and how your internal compliance policies should (and will) impact customer and vendor relationships and contract terms. In addition, our discussion will explore how the VCDPA may impact transactional practice, including M&A and commercial deals. We will also compare the VCDPA with Europe’s GDPR, California’s CCPA, and Colorado’s CPRA and provide suggestions on programs and steps companies can take to become compliant with each of these privacy laws and be well situated to efficiently deal with future privacy laws that will inevitably come our way. |
| Valuing Diversity and Recognizing Implicit Bias Panelists:
Everyone has a bias. We like one thing over another—a big city vs. a small city, one TV show or another, cupcakes vs. cookies—and often with a valid reason. But when it comes to what is known specifically as implicit bias, preference turns into certain attitudes or thoughts where the result is being unaware or mistaken in decision-making without realizing the decision is wrong. In today’s environment where media and culture often perpetuate stereotypes, how do you check yourself and your team for implicit bias? |
| Business Succession Planning—An Old Topic Gets a 21st Century Makeover Panelists:
“Business succession” planning used to be the purview of tax, estate planning, and family business lawyers, with the help of insurance, ESOP, and other consultants. The focus was often on tax-efficient preservation of ownership and management control of the business. Today, “exit planning” consultants and a constantly changing M&A environment are encouraging business owners to consider outside capital, possibly a company sale, and a variety of options in between. This session will provide a framework for developing a business succession plan in a dynamic business environment. The presenters will share their experience and insights that, while ownership and management continuity are important, an effective and flexible business succession plan should be designed to enhance company value, encourage a periodic review of all strategic options, and build in the flexibility to pursue the right strategic options when circumstances, opportunities, and timing warrant a change in direction. |
| Government Contracting—Navigating the Minefield: An Expert Panel Discussion on Emerging and Recurring Issues for Small Business Government Contractors Panelists:
A dedicated government contracting focus is a great way for any business to grow, especially when their “traditional” lines of business may have slowed or experienced a disruption. Our panel of experienced practitioners will focus in on the specific issues of most concern to small business contractors and subcontractors, whether they are new to government contracting or are veterans in this challenging field. The discussion will include issues like teaming agreements and joint ventures, prime contract “flowdown” provisions, small business set aside rules, mentor-protégé arrangements, and affiliation rules. |
| International Essentials for Domestic Business Lawyers Panelists:
The world has become a small place! Even our smallest domestic clients frequently encounter issues with “international” legal implications, and the needs of many of our clients in this regard are complex and evolving rapidly. We are painfully aware of how many of our clients as well as their service providers have been profoundly impacted in recent years by extreme tariffs and other significant shifts in global policy and enforcement initiatives, IPR challenges, and supply chain disruptions caused by COVID and compounded by those political and regulatory dynamics. Likewise, the challenge of staying abreast of new opportunities related to new or evolving free trade agreements and global business challenges demands informed and proactive strategies. Effective issue-spotting capabilities and access to subject matter experts in this field are essential for today’s business attorneys and in-house counsel. This session is intended to provide practical insights and strategies, with particular emphasis on recent developments and important transactional and compliance considerations, to improve our effectiveness in this regard and will also address expectations for trade policy and regulatory initiatives under the Biden administration. |
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