8:00am - 8:55am

Breakfast

8:55am - 9:00am

Argyle Executive Forum Opening Remarks

9:00am - 9:05am

Introducing Samuel Walker:

Jonathan Waters
Director Southeast Region
IntraLinks

9:05am - 9:35am

"FCPA and UK Bribery Act Developments"

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Federal enforcement initiatives and priorities in connection with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and what they mean for in-house counsel
• Impact of the U.K. Bribery Act on multi-national corporations

Samuel Walker
Chief People and Legal Officer
Molson Coors Brewing Company

9:40am - 10:20am

"Doing More with Less"

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Where is the legal department budget being spent and how can it be improved?
• How to obtain and retain talent in today's economy?
• Using metrics and benchmarking to improve your performance?
• Using e-discovery to help mitigate risk easily as a legal team
• What are some strategies to control costs?
• Building relationships with outside counsel and vendors that understand your goals.
• The importance of e-discovery and maximizing return on investment when faced with litigation.

Moderator:
Scott Rammell
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Tesoro Hawaii Corporation

Panelists:
William Belt
Team Leader of the Discovery Solutions Practice 
LeClairRyan

Janet Dhillon
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
JCPenney

David Hickey
Managing Director
American Discovery

Raquel Tamez
Deputy General Counsel - Litigation/e-Discovery
Computer Sciences Corp.

John Torres
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Lennox International Inc.

10:25am - 11:05am

"Best Practices for the General Counsel: How to Expand and Protect"

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Understanding the role of the general counsel in advancing the objectives of the business
• Mergers & acquisitions due diligence in evaluating and negotiating bad purchases
• The importance of knowing your company inside and out and protecting intellectual property
• Managing IP issues in M&A, divestitures & strategic alliances
• Controlling IP assets in the global marketplace

Moderator:
Tyron Stading
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Innography

Panelists:
Leigh Ann Epperson
SVP, General Counsel & Secretary
Alliance Data Systems Corporation

John Martin
Partner
Baker Botts

Denise McWatters
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
HollyFrontier Corporation & Holly Energy Partners

Navin Rao
Vice President & Assistant General Counsel
Michaels Stores, Inc.

11:05am - 11:35am

Coffee Break

11:35am - 11:55am

“Purchasing Legal Services 2012 - An Alternative That Provides Value”

James LaRosa
President, Client Services
JuriStaff's Substantive Legal Services Division

12:00pm - 12:30pm

Louise Pentland
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
Nokia Corporation (ADR)

12:35pm - 1:00pm

"Crisis Management"

Stephen Hellrung
SVP, General Counsel, and Secretary
Graphic Packing Holding Company

Interviewed by:
Lawrence Bowman 
Shareholder
Cozen O'Connor

1:00pm - 1:55pm

Lunch

1:55pm - 2:35pm

"Strategies for Brand Protection and IP Asset Management in a Global Marketplace"

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Creating a proactive strategy to protect your brand in the global marketplace
• How to address the upcoming expansion of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs)?
• Extracting value from IP assets
• The right to protection and the value added from protecting your brand" 

Moderator:
Nick Sayeedi
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Blockbuster L.L.C.

Panelists:
Elisa Cooper
Director of Product Marketing
MarkMonitor

Brett Johnson
Principal
Fish & Richardson

Forrest Shoaf
Senior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

Jay Young
SVP and General Counsel
CEC Entertainment, Inc.

2:40pm - 3:20pm

"The General Counsel as a Strategic Business Partner"

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Examining the two types of GC: reactive versus proactive
• Understanding the role of the GC in advancing the global business objectives of a corporation
• Understanding the difference between the General Counsel title and the day to day functions of the job
• Red flags to consider in designing effective compliance programs and the value of these programs for a company
• Maintaining compliance with FCPA and other international anti-corruption statutes
• Best practices in building a leading in-house team
• Moving beyond the “first lawyer” mentality: examining the General Counsel’s role and impact through a corporation 

Moderator:
Samuel Cooper
Partner, Litigation
Baker Botts

Panelists:
Mark Berg
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Pioneer Natural Resources

David Deitchman
Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Corporate Compliance
HP Enterprise Services

Gregory Sangalis
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Service Corporation International

Mark Stachiw
General Counsel, Secretary & Vice Chairman
MetroPCS, Inc.

Kent Thomas
General Counsel and Secretary
Delek US Holdings

3:20pm - 3:40pm 

Coffee Break

3:40pm - 4:10pm

"Employee and Consumer Arbitration:  Are They Right For Your Company?"

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• History of employee/consumer arbitration/Judicial hostility
• Enforceability of mandatory arbitration provisions; recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions
• The Department of Defense Appropriations Act; the pending Arbitration Fairness Act; Dodd-Frank implications
• Insight on key arbitration agreement provisions; Rent-A-Center’s experiences

Ron DeMoss
Executive Vice President - General Counsel and Secretary
Rent-A-Center Services

4:15pm - 4:45pm

“People are Our Most Important Asset - Managing the Partnership Between Legal and HR”

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Making sure that employee investigations are not over lawyered. 
• Making sure that HR Professionals have the proper training to avoid legal minefields.
• Managing the balance between day to day employee problems / grievances and issues that have the potential to escalate into serious legal liabilities.
• Training your lawyers to use HR as a “scouting tool” for potential legal liabilities. 

Jeff Steen
Sr. V.P. Legal and Human Resources
Oil States

4:45pm - 4:50pm

Argyle Executive Forum Closing Remarks

4:50pm - 5:50pm

Closing Reception