Past Events

McDonald Hopkins' Jim Giszczak, Member and Chair of the Litigation Department and Co-Chair of the firm's national Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group, is moderating a cybersecurity panel during the ILN 2021 Fall Virtual Conference.

The construction industry isn't immune to the challenges presented by the lingering COVID pandemic, especially in the public realm. From supply chain issues, to labor and union negotiations, there are many pitfalls to be aware of when entering into a contract for any construction work.

McDonald Hopkins' Michelle Kantor, Chair of the firm's Federal and Local Government Contracting & Procurement practice group, is speaking at a webinar hosted by the American Indian Chamber Education Fund and the American Indian Chamber of Commerce California.

McDonald Hopkins' Ryan Neumeyer will present at the Ohio Grocers Associations' Fall Conference.

McDonald Hopkins' attorney Mike Riley will participate on a panel discussion along with Gary Zwick (Walter | Haverfield) and David Lenz (Schneider Smeltz Spieth Bell) and will be sharing their insights on planned giving.

McDonald Hopkins' Courtney Tito is presenting on "How to navigate the recovery audit and denied claims process" at the American Vein and Lymphatic Society's annual congress.

McDonald Hopkins member Dominic Paluzzi to join How 2020 has blurred attorney client privilege in incident response Panel Session.

McDonald Hopkins' Karina Conley will present at the Tri State Occupational Medicine Associations' 2021 Annual Conference.

McDonald Hopkins' Dominic Paluzzi is presenting on recent supply chain cyber incidents during this session of the Privacy + Security Forum.

If a vendor you do business with suffers a data breach, it opens the door for your information to be compromised. Similarly, if your business is hacked, your concern should extend to your vendors' data, too. Now more than ever, data privacy should be a top priority for every business and organization - do you know what to do if you are attacked? Who should be your first call?

NGCLA Presents: A Live Lunch & Learn Case Study

This webinar will cover a LIVE case study regarding a directional drilling incident.

Healthcare delivery is being transformed by new players, including consumer product giants that are rapidly expanding into innovative virtual healthcare modalities such as telehealth and remote patient monitoring.Our panel of industry experts will share insights on emerging digital health players and their new and upcoming innovative healthcare product and service delivery models.

McDonald Hopkins' public law attorney, Amanda Gordon, will discuss the effects of lakefront erosion along with Jim Park, Coastal Engineer, Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources, Office of Coastal Management at this in person event on Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 3pm ET.

McDonald Hopkins' Emily Johnson is a panelist for this Dark Daily webinar. 

McDonald Hopkins' Michelle Kantor is presenting as part of this live webinar, sponsored by UCEDC. 

Ransomware and wire fraud attacks are becoming an epidemic, and cyber criminals are growing increasingly more sophisticated and brazen in their demands. Now more than ever, data privacy should be a top priority for every business and organization - do you know what to do if you are attacked? Who should be your first call?

McDonald Hopkins' Isabelle Bibet-Kalinyak will present on "Private Equity Investors: Practice Life Cycle Match Made in Heaven" at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2021 ASCRS/ASOA Annual Meeting.

James Giszczak, Co-Chair of McDonald Hopkins' national Data Privacy & Cybersecurity group, will be speaking on Wednesday, July 14, at the 2021 NetDiligence CyberRisk Summit. 

In part 1 of this M&A webinar (available here), we discussed going to market considerations, key due diligence areas, negotiation of the letter of intent, and the roles of the investment banker, attorney and other advisors. In part 2, presented by McDonald Hopkins' National Healthcare Practice Group, attorneys Richard Cooper and Christal Contini will discuss the next steps in the deal process once a buyer has been selected and the letter of intent has been executed.

Startups and Innovation

Innovation is a key component to success when it comes to launching a startup - and it remains important even years later, when you've established your business and are looking to grow. In this IP Plus webinar, McDonald Hopkins IP & Corporate Startup attorneys Jim Muraff and Jordan Koss will lead a roundtable discussion with two company founders on the role innovation played as they launched their companies and how it is the driving force in everything they do.

McDonald Hopkins Associate Joelle Dvir will be speaking on the panel “Ask The Experts: Containment: How Can You Prevent Further Penetration When Most Communication is Online and Digital”

The event, part of the SC Media Annual Digital Congress, is scheduled for June 23 at 11:25 a.m. and registration is now open.

McDonald Hopkins associate Joelle Dvir will be one of the speakers on an expert panel regarding "User-Centric Security" at the Florida and Caribbean Cybersecurity Summit on June 16 at 10 a.m. 

Registration is now open.

Record high water levels are causing millions of dollars of damage to lakeshore properties.  In some cases the damage is so extensive that without repair and mitigation projects, homeowners are in jeopardy of losing their residences. Thankfully, in 2019 the Ohio General Assembly passed legislation to allow lakefront homeowners to create special improvement districts (“SIDs”) to voluntarily assess their property to create funding for erosion control projects. This funding is repaid through the assessment. Now, here in 2021, the Ohio General Assembly is in the finals stages of extending the special improvement legislation to all the watersheds in the state.

McDonald Hopkins Associate Joelle Dvir is the featured presenter for "Beware of #Ransomware: Don’t Fall Victim, Protect Your Practice." Don't miss out on this valuable educational webinar presented by Symplast

Rick Hindmand will be a panelist on a live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A on June 2.  He will present on "Structuring Indemnification Provisions in Business Associate Agreements: Allocating Risk in Healthcare Contracting."

With the rise in e-commerce, many international organizations are facing critical issues stemming from IP and antitrust laws. In this webinar presented by McDonald Hopkins' Intellectual Property Department, attorneys Stephen Rosenfeld, Jeff Van Winkle, Jennifer Dowdell Armstrong, Christopher Allen and Jacob Radecki will highlight recent and prevalent IP and antitrust issues for international organizations, especially in e-commerce and technology. 

McDonald Hopkins member John Wirtshafter will be one of the presenters for an informative program about executive compensation. The program is unique for its dual legal and financial planning perspectives. Whether you’re thinking about joining a new firm, working on getting promoted, have been let go, or planning to retire, it’s important to know how to negotiate the besst package.

Courtney Tito, Member of the Health Law group at McDonald Hopkins, LLC  in its West Palm Beach office will be presenting this informative webinar. This presentation will provide the participants with an overview of the bases for Medicare Revocations and what types of issues can be addressed now to hopefully avoid a revocation action in the future. Additionally, Courtney will provide some thoughts on how best to respond to a notice of revocation and the impact of September 2019 Final Rule on the effect of revocation.

Amanda Martin, a member of McDonald Hopkins National Data Privacy and Cybersecurity group, is a panelist at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law's 2021 Cybersecurity & Privacy Protection virtual conference.  She will be speaking on Technical and Legal Implications of the Growth in Supply Chain Cyberattacks.

Employers, and in particular public and government employers, have faced and learned a great deal since the onset of COVID-19 early last year. Although the proverbial “light at the end of the tunnel” appears to be on the horizon, new challenges continue to arise, creating a complex landscape for employers in 2021.

In this one-hour webinar presented by McDonald Hopkins Public Law Practice Group, labor and employment attorneys Jim Boutrous, Karina Conley and Ryan Neumeyer will provide practical guidance on some of the main issues employers are facing regarding vaccinations and other safety issues. 

Join CREW Cleveland for a discussion on the Van Aken District project. Led by an expert panel, learn who the players were, what roles they played, and how they worked to overcome obstacles and find success as they prepare to embark on Phase II of this transformative project that changed an under-utilized part of Shaker Heights into a vibrant neighborhood.

Come join in a conversation around the UNSDGs, their origins, applicability for all segments of society, their use in organizational governance, investment decisions, financial reporting, and in strategy formation. The discussion will be lead by Amy Wojnarwsky (Attorney at McDonald Hopkins), Richik Sarkar (Attorney at Dinsmore Shohl), and Theo Legwaila (Investment Banker at EPOCH Pi). Please bring your questions and examples of their use and be prepared to share and learn.

It's not a question of if OSHA may appear at your place of business, but when OSHA will appear at your place of business. Is your organization prepared to handle an impromptu visit by an OSHA Safety Officer? Do you have a plan in place on how to handle this situation?

McDonald Hopkins' Dominic Paluzzi, Co-Chair of the firm's national Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group, will be speaking on "How responding to a cyberattack has changed one year into COVID" as part of a webinar series titled "Incidentally Informed" hosted by CyberClan.

McDonald Hopkins' Dominic Paluzzi, Co-Chair of the firm's national Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group, will be speaking on the "Repercussions from Putting Privacy on Pause" as part of the annual PLUS Cyber Symposium.

McDonald Hopkins' Stephen Rosenfeld will discuss litigation and case law updates for licensings lawyers as part of PLI's 2-day Advanced Licensing Agreements 2021 program.

Joelle Dvir (McDonald Hopkins) and Robert Fowler (Exterro) will present at ACC South Florida's 11th annual CLE Conference on April 30, 2021.

Joelle Dvir will be speaking on "Ransomware and the practical and legal considerations of paying the ransom" at the CyberNow Summit on April 27, 2021.  

Stopping IP Infringers Without Expensive Lawsuits

With all of the work that goes into protecting your trademarks, patents, and copyrights, you want to make sure your business is adequately prepared if and when someone infringes on your intellectual property. With the rise of e-commerce, infringers have increased in numbers and become more elusive. In this webinar presented by McDonald Hopkins' Intellectual Property Department, attorneys Matt Cavanagh, Nicholas Kurk and Mark Masterson will highlight cost effective alternatives to combatting IP infringement that occurs nationally or internationally, especially in e-commerce. 

ON-DEMAND

Even amid the challenges presented by the COVID pandemic, healthcare M&A activity has remained strong - and it only looks to accelerate as we head further into 2021. In this webinar presented by McDonald Hopkins' National Healthcare Practice Group, attorneys Richard Cooper and Christal Contini will discuss the state of the market and provide their insight on how to navigate the deal process and key legal issues.

Emily Johnson will be on a panel of specialized healthcare lawyers discussing the CURES Act, a law that is designed to help accelerate medical product development and bring new innovations and advancements to patients who need them faster and more efficiently. 

McDonald Hopkins' Micah Marcus will be a panelist on Tuesday, April 13, discussing the COVID-borne phenomenon of remote trials as part of The Chicago Bar Association Bankruptcy & Reorganization Committee's
Hon. Robert E. Ginsberg Annual Program on Commercial Bankruptcy.

The challenges presented to organizations by the pandemic forced businesses to pivot to accommodate lockdown orders. As more people begin to go back to the office, companies will need to adapt once again.

McDonald Hopkins associate Karina Conley will moderate the first of Team NEO’s two-part webinar series that will explore the legal and cultural aspects to re-starting.

In this on-demand webinar session, McDonald Hopkins Intellectual Property attorneys Todd Benni and Mark Masterson will lead a discussion with a panel of leaders in the medical device industry, to discuss how they managed to stay innovative during the COVID pandemic and what challenges and opportunities they feel will materialize post pandemic. Todd is a member and the chair of McDonald Hopkins' IP Prosecution and Management Practice Group. He assists clients with cost effective patent and trademark portfolio management, preparation and procurement of patents and trademarks, IP related due diligence, competitive analysis, new product clearance, and IP related agreements. Mark is a member and licensed patent attorney with a diverse practice that focuses on developing and executing strategic IP solutions for innovative companies and individuals, and identifying practical legal strategies to resolve IP related disputes in a cost-effective manner.

What We've Learned and Going Forward: Virtual Healthcare Strategies, Opportunities and Compliance Challenges 

In this webinar presented by McDonald Hopkins, legal, telehealth industry and advisory panelists will provide practical guidance on some of the main strategies, opportunities and challenges that physician practices and technology companies face as telehealth visits, remote patient monitoring, and value-based care become more of a norm in the ever evolving COVID-19 era and beyond.