7:30am – 8:30am

Breakfast

8:30am – 8:35am

Argyle Executive Forum Opening Remarks

8:35am – 8:45am

Conference Chairperson Opening Remarks

Neal Hochberg
Global Leader, Forensic and Litigation Consulting
FTI Consulting

8:45am – 9:15am

“Building an Effective Global Legal Organization—From the Inside Out, and the Outside In”

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• The internal and external legal environments are undergoing revolutionary changes, what does that mean for the in-house legal team?
• The Legal Organization has never faced more stakeholders, who are they and what are their expectations?
• Learn how Avon, a leading global beauty company and the world's largest direct seller, is navigating and seizing the moment to face the challenges and opportunities of enhancing and repositioning its global legal organization

Kim K.W. Rucker
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Avon Products, Inc

9:15am – 9:20am

Introducing Mark McGuire
Jeffrey H. Greene
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP

9:20am – 9:50am

“Global Compliance Best Practices in the Wake of Increased Anti-Corruption Enforcement”

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Red flags to consider in designing effective compliance programs
• Third party Agent and Distributor sales channel due diligence
• Maintaining compliance with FCPA and other international anti-corruption statutes

Mark M. McGuire
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Eaton Corporation

9:55am – 10:35am

Panel Discussion Presented by FTI Consulting

“SEC Enforcement- Key Developments & What May Lie Ahead”

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Examining the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
• Best practices in staying compliant as new regulations are implemented
• What is the GC’s role in corporate transparency?

Moderator:
Martin Wilczynski
Senior Managing Director
FTI Consulting, Inc.

Panelists:
Eric I. Cohen
Senior Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel
Terex Corporation

Joe Looby
Senior Managing Director
FTI Consulting

Bart Schwartz
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
Assurant, Inc.

10:35am – 11:00am

Coffee Break

11:00am – 11:05am

Introducing “The Evolution of the Legal Profession” Panel Discussion

Bill Mariano, Esq.
Director, Northeast Electronic Discovery
Applied Discovery

11:05am – 11:45am

Panel Discussion Presented by CPA Global

“The Evolution of the Legal Profession”

The economic crisis has accelerated the pace of change in the legal profession. As corporate legal departments are pressured to “do more with less,” buzz words such as convergence, insourcing and reengineering abound. What does it all mean to General Counsel? This panel will discuss strategies and new service delivery models that improve efficiencies and quality while reducing risk and costs.

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• How to combat inefficiencies inherent in the traditional law firm business model
• Figuring out who does what best: insourcing vs. outsourcing and to what third party?
• Reengineering processes to leverage knowledge and inform strategy
• How effective management can simultaneously improve substantive results, compliance and efficiency
• Driving continuous innovation and improvement

Moderator:
Montgomery Kosma
Vice President, Legal Services Outsourcing
CPA Global

Panelists:
Brandon Daniels
Vice President, Legal Services Outsourcing
CPA Global

Tanuja Dehne
Deputy General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
NRG Energy

Michael Reilly
Assistant General Counsel
FMC Corporation

Brian D. Stephen
Senior Counsel, Strategy and Administration
Kaplan, Inc.

11:45am – 11:50am

Introducing Bart Schwartz

Philip Livingston
Chief Executive Officer, Martindale-Hubbell
and
Senior Vice President, LexisNexis US Legal Markets

11:50am – 12:20pm

“Boards, Executives and Shareholders—The Shifting Dynamics, and How the GC Fits In”

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• New expectations of public company boards
• • Where the new expectations are coming from:
  • • New proxy disclosure rules
    • Board requirements for TARP companies
    • Proposed federal legislation & SEC proxy-access rules
    • Proxy advisors, and new flavors of shareholder activism
    • The press and the overall environment
  • What are the new expectations, and what is required by law:
  • • The Role of the GC in connection with:
    • • Risk, compliance and executive compensation oversight
      • Other aspects of board oversight, and the state of the business judgment rule

Bart Schwartz
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
Assurant, Inc.

12:20pm – 12:25pm

Introducing "Leadership Speaks" Panel Discussion:

Edward Sander
Senior Vice President Product Marketing
IntraLinks

12:25pm – 1:05pm

“Leadership Speaks”

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Assessing the Scars: Looking Back on the Past 18 Months
• Containing Costs: Methods & Best Practices
• Living in a Post Sarbanes-Oxley World

Moderator:
Paul Neale
President & Chief Executive Officer
DOAR Litigation Consulting

Panelists:
William L. Deckelman, Jr.
Vice President & General Counsel
CSC

Anthony D'Iorio
Assistant General Counsel & Assistant Secretary
Crane Co.

Peter Lurie
General Counsel & Co-Founder
Virgin Mobile USA

Daniel J. Tyukody
Partner, Securities Litigation
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

*This session is off the record

1:05pm – 2:05pm

Lunch

2:05pm – 2:45pm

Panel Discussion

“The GC’s Role in M&A, Divestitures & Corporate Transactions”

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Examining the legal implications of cross-border transaction
• Due diligence/cost-benefit analysis of acquisition
• Cost mitigation through contract management
• Protecting corporate reputation during growth periods

Moderator:
Robin Johnson
Partner
Eversheds

Panelists:
Rick Borden
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

Michael O. McCarthy, III
Chief Legal Officer
Infinera Corporation

Brian Miller
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
The AES Corporation

Sarah A. O’Connor
Senior Vice President, Strategic Development and Chief Legal Officer
Arch Chemicals, Inc.

2:45pm – 2:50pm

Introducing Seth Krauss

Charles R. Macedo
Partner
Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein, LLP

2:50pm – 3:20pm

“Practice Management for a Global Legal Department”

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Tracking spend to understand emerging trends
• Examining three types of legal spend:
         o Recurring Costs
         o One Time Accounting Expenses
         o One Time Legal Expenses
• Managing outside counsel costs

Seth Krauss
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Take-Two Interactive Software

3:25pm – 3:55pm

Thought Leadership Spotlight Presented by Daticon EED

“Best Practices in Enterprise Risk Management”

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Mitigating risk for financial gain and brand reputation protection
• Ways of identifying potential company wide risks and preventing legal liabilities
• Developments in international regulations and their impact on risk assessment and valuation
• Incorporating models and management into the in-house legal process to reduce risk and cost
• Building cost-effective and defensible in-house discovery platforms

Moderator:

Erin L. Martin
Editor in Chief
Counsel to Counsel

Participants:

Lawrence M. Harnett
General Counsel
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation

John Jessen
Founder and Board Member
Daticon Electronic Evidence Discovery, Inc.

*This session is off the record

3:55pm – 4:25pm

Coffee Break

4:25pm – 4:55pm

“Where Are We Going?:  The Evolving Relationship Between Law Firms and In House Counsel”

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

While the relationship between in house counsel and their law firm providers has always been complex, the recession, escalating hourly fees and continued cost pressures has added significant new stresses. Both sides think they have given more than their fair share. So where is this relationship going? Are we heading for more trouble or can we find a better way to get along?

Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr.
Former Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Schering-Plough Corporation

4:55pm – 5:05pm

Conference Chairperson Closing Remarks

Neal Hochberg
Global Leader, Forensic and Litigation Consulting
FTI Consulting

5:05pm – 5:10pm

Argyle Executive Forum Closing Remarks

5:10pm – 6:10pm

Closing Reception

*Please note agenda is subject to change