Upcoming NJCCA Events

OCTOBER

Women's Networking Planning Meeting
Date & Time: October 9, 2007, 6:00 to 8:30PM EDT
Description: Come join NJCCA's Women's Networking Committee's leaders for dinner to plan events for the coming year.
Location: Huntley Taverne
Chapter Contact: Kristi Vaiden, Executive Director
RSVP:  (973) 706-5027 or by Email at njcca@optonline.net
Sponsors: Bridgeway Software and Haley Stuart

Protecting the Corporation 
Date & Time: October 12, 2007, 9:00 AM -noon PM EDT 
Description: The New Jersey Defense Association and the New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association have planned an educational morning to provide you with the tools to protect today's corporation.  The program will also provide the necessary updates on the key decisions in New Jersey case law this year.  Preeminent members of both the NJDA and the NJCCA will present at this event, which you do not want to miss.
Chapter Contact: Kristi Vaiden, Executive Director 
RSVP: (973) 706-5027 or by Email at njcca@optonline.net 
Cost: TBD 

The New USPTO Rules: Suggestions for Survival in a New Environment
Date & Time: October 16, 2007, 1:00 to 2:00 PM EDT
Description: An overview of the new USPTO Rules Package limiting the number of claims and continuation applications with suggested changes to in- house practice in light of these new rules. This is a Webinar. 
Sponsor: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
Speakers: Robert Fischer and Anthony Zupcic, Partners, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, with an introduction by Sylvia Ayler, Assistant General Counsel, Merck & Co., Inc.
Chapter Contact: Kristi Vaiden, Executive Director
RSVP: (973) 706-5027 or via Email at njcca@optonline.net

Meeting the Challenges of Global Compliance 
Date & Time: October 17, 2007, 8:00 AM -5:00 PM EDT 
Description: An international conference for corporate counsel and compliance officers in partnership with The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel and Eversheds LLP.  Reasons to be there:  (1)  Execellent speakers on practical issues you can put to use in your work; (2) Fantastic networking with global in-house counsel and compliance professionals through best pratices roundtables and interactive panel discussions; (3) A rare chance to hear the enforcement perspectives first-hand from SEC and European Commission regulators; (4) CLE credit, first-rate hand-out materials, plus breakfast, lunch, and cocktails: and there is no registration fee for NJCCA members 
Speakers:  The faculty includes leading in-house counsel and compliance officers from Tyco, Schering-Plough, Cisco Systems and other companies facing similar challenges to yours.
Chapter Contact: Kristi Vaiden, Executive Director 
RSVP: (973) 706-5027 or by Email at njcca@optonline.net 
Sponsor: Eversheds 

NOVEMBER

NJCCA Annual Dinner Meeting
Date & Time: Wednesday, November 14, 5 PM
Location: Pleasantdale Chateau
Description: Save the date for our gala Annual Meeting, the Keynote Speaker is Arthur Miller, Constitutional Law Professor, at the Harvard University School of Law. Also on the program will be Installation of 2008 officers and board members. Wine tasting at 5pm,  Cocktails at 6 pm, and Dinner at 7:30 pm
Chapter Contact: Kristi Vaiden, Executive Director
RSVP Phone: (973) 706-5027 or for FAX call first
RSVP Email: njcca@optonline.net
Cost: TBD

Note to General Counsels: McNulty Made Your Jobs Harder
Date & Time: November 29, 2007, 8:30 to 11:00 AM EST
Description: The McNulty Memorandum’s mincing recission of some of the more objectionable government policies regarding attorney-client/work product privileges should raise prescient red flags in its bootstrapping coda: “prosecutors may always [emphasis added] favorably consider a corporation’s acquiescence to the government’s waiver request in determining whether a corporation has cooperated in the government’s investigation.”

This practically oriented (hands on) seminar from two leaders in white collar defense will develop strategic and tactical processes you need to implement in the face of the McNulty Memorandum’s clouded message. Among the topics that will be developed for your use:

• Corporate Miranda: when necessary, who should do this and when;
• Joint Defense Agreements;
• Attorney Client Privilege and Conflicts.
 
Speakers: Ray Brown, Partner, Greenbaum Rowe; and Bruce Goldstein, Partner, Saiber Schlesinger
Chapter Contact: Kristi Vaiden, Executive Director
RSVP: (973) 706-5027 or via Email at njcca@optonline.net
Cost: $35 member; $75 non-member 

NJCCA Officers, Board Members and Committee Leaders Planning Session
Date & Time: November 29, 2007, 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. EST
Description:  NJCCA's leadership will review its strategic plan and set objectives for the coming year.
Leader: Lee Braem, NJCCA President
Chapter Contact: Kristi Vaiden, Executive Director
RSVP: (973) 706-5027 or via Email at njcca@optonline.net
 

DECEMBER

Protecting Trade Secrets
Date & Time: December 13, 2007, 8:30 to 11:30 AM AKST
Location: Hyatt Regency in Morristown, NJ
RSVP: (973) 706-5027 or via Email at njcca@optonline.net
Cost: $35 member; $75 for non-member. Any corporate attorney who is an in transition member at the time of the seminar is eligible to attend the seminar for free.
Sponsor: Duane Morris

JANUARY 2008

2008 Corporate Counsel Institute
Date & Time: January 23, 2008, 9:00 to 4:00 PM EST
Description: This comprehensive conference addresses a wide array of issues facing corporate counsel.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ 
Speakers: NJCCA's Immediate Past President Art Saiewitz and others
RSVP: 732-214-8500, by Fax at 732-249-0383 or via Emal: www.njicle.com
Sponsor: New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education in cooperation with the NJSBA Business Law Section and the New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association 

MARCH

Microinequities: The Power of Small
Date & Time: March 6, 2008, 6:00 to 9:00 PM EST
Description: NJCCA's Diversity and Women's Networking Committees are hosting a discussion by Stephen Young.
Speakers: Introduction by Merck's Chief Diversity Officer Deborah Dagit; Keynote Presentation by Stephen Young
Chapter Contact: Kristi Vaiden, Executive Director
RSVP: (973) 706-5027 or by Email at njcca@optonline.net
Cost: $25 member; $35 non-member
Sponsor: Porzio, Bromberg & Newman

JUNE

Third Annual Golf Outing
Date & Time: June 17, 2008, 1:00 to 9:00 PM EDT
Description: Enjoy an afternoon of golf followed by cocktails, dinner and prizes.
Location: The Knolls
Chapter Contact: Kristi Vaiden, Executive Director
RSVP: (973) 706-5027, by Fax (973) 706-5027 (call first) or via Email njcca@optonline.net
Cost: TBD