West Virginia (WV) In House Counsel CLE Course Catalog

As countries around the world develop and others tighten already existing privacy guidelines, in-house counsel will need to quickly adapt and be clear on how all that activity impacts their particular business. In this session, the panel will discuss the most important data privacy regulations regulations and initiatives.

From adjusting physical offices to compensation issues around working from home permanently, the discussion will provide insights into the most critical questions heads of legal departments are grappling with.

In this session, we will look at how companies have been addressing the impact of various states’ data privacy laws, including CCPA and CPRA. Additionally, we will focus on how companies should deal with various consumer protection guidelines instituted by regulators and whether or not there we will see the introduction of a federal privacy law.

Freeing up attorneys from boilerplate proofing is never a bad thing, but as machines begin to acquire deep learning capabilities, what does that mean for the future role of the contract attorney? What tasks will they be left with? Join us for this provocative session as our expert panelists ponder these questions and more.

In this revealing session, our expert panelists will share their varied experiences and perspectives on how to overcome some of the institutionalized norms and attitudes that make innovation a challenging (albeit gratifying) endeavor.

2020 fundamentally changed the way that businesses get work done. Everyone is now fully digitized, and dependent on Zoom, Microsoft, Slack, and mobile apps to engage with others and collaborate internally. This will have a profound impact on eDiscovery as we move toward a work-from-anywhere future. Join our panel as they discuss the implications, and share best practices to prepare for the future of work.

With companies’ obligations, risk - and value - defined by their agreements nowadays, contracts should be treated as their most vital business assets. That is why in-house legal departments need deeper insight into every agreement - to manage their risk profile and make better business decisions.

If you are looking to implement new technologies and want to understand the steps to make the change, join this discussion and learn from award-winning legal technology experts and immigration attorneys who have a track record in creating and embedding these technologies into law firm processes.

The volume of conversations on platforms like Slack and Teams has grown exponentially in the past year, as employees look for ways to connect and work more efficiently. However, compared to email, this conversation data is largely nuanced and unstructured—making discovery and governance a challenge.

In this session, the panel will discuss why this data set is drastically different and explore considerations.