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GC Roundtable

2022 University of Chicago General Counsel Roundtable Agenda

The 2022 University of Chicago General Counsel Roundtable is sponsored by Bartlit Beck LLP.

2022 Agenda

  • Wednesday, June 15, 2022
    • Welcome Reception and Dinner
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      • Bartlit Beck | 54 W Hubbard St., Suite 300, Chicago IL

      • Cocktails begin at 6:00pm, dinner served at 6:45pm

  • Thursday, June 16, 2022
    • Breakfast and Registration
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      • Gleacher Center, Room 220
    • Opening Remarks
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      • Gleacher Center, Room 208

      • Dean Thomas J. Miles, University of Chicago Law School

    • Panel 1 - High Stakes Litigation and Government Investigations
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      • Gleacher Center, Room 208

      • Large corporations often face litigation and government investigations that pose major risks and sometimes threaten the core of their business. Managing these cases require in-house lawyers to respond to demands from powerful government agencies, negotiate complex multi-party settlements, assemble and manage large teams of outside lawyers, and generally become crisis management experts. This panel will lead a discussion on high stakes litigation and investigations and explore the best practices for responding to the challenges they present.

        Brett Gerry, Boeing, Chief Legal Officer
        Hilary Krane, Creative Artists Agency, Chief Legal Officer
        Michael Ullmann, Johnson & Johnson, General Counsel
        Professor Douglas Baird, University of Chicago Law School (Moderator)

        CLE Documentation for Panel I
        Innovating under Pressure Towards a Science of Crisis Management
    • Panel 2 - Legal Challenges in the Face of International Volatility
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      • Gleacher Center, Room 208

      • The last few years have brought unprecedented uncertainty and volatility to international relations. As a result, the legal rules for most large international companies seem to change daily. Companies and their lawyers have had to react to the invasion of Ukraine, the implementation of Brexit, threatened trade wars, rapidly changing data protection rules, and varied moves to regulate online speech. The shifting landscape and resulting cross-border uncertainty have legal departments on high alert. This panel will lead a discussion of these and other issues arising from the new volatility in international relations.

        Halimah DeLaine Prado, Google, General Counsel
        Paul Grewal, Coinbase, Chief Legal Officer
        David Zapolsky, Amazon, General Counsel
        Professor Adam Chilton, University of Chicago Law School (Moderator)

        CLE Documentation for Panel II
        IMPLEMENTING HUMAN RIGHTS DUE DILIGENCE THROUGH CORPORATE CIVIL LIABILITY
    • Lunch and Keynote by Professor Steven N. Kaplan
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      • Gleacher Center, Room 220

      • Steven N. Kaplan, Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance and Kessenich E.P. Faculty Director at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Chicago Booth

        CLE Documentation for Keynote
        Discovering Your Authentic Leadership
    • Panel 3 - Corporate Purpose and Stakeholder Values
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      • Gleacher Center, Room 208

      • In 1970, Nobel economist Milton Friedman stated that the sole purpose of business was to “engage in activities that increase its profits,” and in 1997, the Business Roundtable declared that “the paramount duty of management and of boards of directors is to the corporation’s stockholders.”  In recent years, however, there have been varied calls for a new focus. On August 18, 2019, the Business Roundtable changed course, issuing an updated statement of corporate purpose that “moves away from shareholder primacy, [and] includes commitment to all stakeholders.”  This panel will lead a discussion on this emerging view of corporate purpose, and will focus particularly on how the board of directors, CEO and General Counsel must respond in this complex and rapidly changing environment.

        James Cole, Jr., AIG, Board Member
        Kim K.W. Rucker, Celanese Corporation, Lennox International,
        Marathon Petroleum Corporation & HP Inc.        , Board Member
        Professor Adriana Robertson, University of Chicago Law School (Moderator)

        CLE Documentation for Panel III
        Do ESG Mutual Funds Deliver on Their Promises?
    • Keynote by Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot
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      • Gleacher Center, Room 208

      • The Honorable Lori E. Lightfoot, Mayor of The City of Chicago