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Concurrent Session One: Corporate/Litigation

Moderator: Michael D. Berger, Conoco Phillips Company, Houston, TX

• Remote Notary Services; Electronic Signature Options in the US Compared to Other Jurisdictions; Wet Signatures; Notaries; Apostilles, Services for Certified Translators - Michael Nye, Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC, Troy, MI
• IP Protection in a Work-From-Home World - Laurie Young, Katun Corporation, Bloomington, MN
• IP and Distressed Companies: A Deep Dive on the Impact of Bankruptcy on IP: From Retailers to Data - Stuart Riback, Wilk Auslander, LLP, New York, NY
• Data Data Everywhere: Balancing and Managing the Exchange Between Various Jurisdictions (EU, US, and China) - Lavonne Burke Hopkins, Dell Technologies, Houston, TX
  
  
  

Speakers

• Riback, Stuart

  Wilk Auslander, LLP | Attorney

  As a business litigator with more than 30 years of experience, Stuart brings to his clients a practical sense of how to achieve the client’s business goals in the most businesslike way — without litigation if possible, but by winning when litigation is necessary. Stuart is known for his careful preparation, well-considered strategic sense, clear presentation style, and consistent record of producing results.
• Young, Laurie

  Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner | IP Attorney

  Laurie Young is an intellectual property attorney with Schwegman, Lundberg and Woessner. Before joining SLW, she was Senior Intellectual Property Counsel Katun Corporation. While at Katun she managed all intellectual property matters, both domestic and foreign. This included managing patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret matters and any business matters which may relate to intellectual property. Laurie was also Data Privacy Officer for Katun Corporation. When Laurie is not handing intellectual property matters, she loves to bake cookies (even placing at the Minnesota State Fair three times for her cookie entries).
• Nye, Michael

  Harness Dickey | Principal

  Michael’s practice focuses on patents in electrical and computer related technologies. He devises strategies for protecting and developing IP assets to achieve each client’s business objectives. He prepares and prosecutes patent applications, reviews competitive landscapes to identify potential infringers, analyzes opportunities for future patent protection, performs due diligence reviews of IP portfolios, and advises on freedom to operate for new product offerings and features.
• Burke Hopkins, Lavonne

  Dell Technologies | Senior Legal Director, Cybersecurity, Product & Application Security and Dell Digital (IT)

  Lavonne Burke Hopkins currently serves as Senior Legal Director, Cybersecurity, Product & Application Security and Dell Digital (IT) for Dell Technologies, Inc. In this role, Lavonne is responsible for providing key legal support to Dell’s Chief Information Security Officer and global cybersecurity and IT organizations.