MCLE London™ Programme 2019

CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET (PART 1)? THE NEW EU TRADE SECRETS DIRECTIVE
Trade Secrets as a hidden and vital part of business intellectual property  have always lacked coherent formal protection at law but EU Directive of 2016/943 (June 2016) now gives more systematic protection and remedies for know–how and business information against unlawful use and disclosure. This new milestone in international cover provides a long overdue additional sword and shield for this aspect of business and is being implemented across the EU..

Joe Smallhoover, Attorney (CA, PA), Avocat à la Cour, Partner (Paris Office), Brian Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

ELIMINATION OF BIAS  –  SUCCESS AND CHALLENGES OF THE UK’S FRAMEWORK FOR ACHIEVING GENDER BALANCE AT THE TOP OF PUBLIC COMPANIES 
Denise Wilson OBE, CEO of the independent, Government sponsored Hampton-Alexander Review, which tracks and reports annually on progress of FTSE 350 companies to increase the representation of women on boards and in executive leadership.

CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET (PART 2)? California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: An Overview of the Act, Its Relation to GDPR, and What You Should be Doing Now to Prepare.
Libby J Weingarten, Attorney (DC, .VA) (Associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Washington DC) practicing US and international privacy, consumer protection, and data security laws for companies from entrepreneurial start-ups to multibillion-dollar global corporations, at every stage of development.

CAUTIONARY TALES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
An historical presentation about advising and assisting a President who breached the law and covered up his misdeeds – sad lessons to be learned, but which uiltimately clarified and confirmed many professional perceptions in the US of an attorney’s duties towards a political principal viv à vis principles of legality and public duty. It caused changes in the ABA Model Rules, and led to more modern assessments of the role and its duties.

John W Dean, former attorney at Law (VA and DC) and White House Counsel for Richard Nixon, now a legal and political author, lecturer and TV commentator

COMPETENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH – SEX ADDICTION.
Statistics show that after Alcohol-related issues, sexual conduct issues are the second most prevelant cause of professional disciplinary cases. This aspect is less well-recognised as most often being conduct of an addictive nature. Jonathan Goodliffe, Solicitor, researcher and legal writer, presently working at HM Treasury on Brexit issues.

TECHNOLOGY – AI, Digitalisation, and Access to Justice: The UK Experience
Professor Abi Adams and Professor Jeremias Prassl – Both are key members of the interdisciplinary team working on the brand new project led by the Oxford Faculty of law “Unlocking the potential of AI for English Law” and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). 

CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCE – a key legal facet in a vital area of life which needs urgent development and reinforcement, and which is the subject of current major policy studies.
Dr. Ben Caldecott, Founding Director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. Lead Researcher, Oxford Martin Programme on the Post-Carbon Transition

ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW – Ethics Star; The New California Rules (effective November 1, 2018); Recent cases of significance; Money matters – will the new rules affect the handling of fees and client trust accounts by CA attorneys?; Emotional Distress Damages and Lawyer Causation etc.

Diane L Karpman – Attorney (CA), of Karpman & Associates, Los Angeles a practice specialising in attortney-related issues

ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS SESSION (CONT).