Privacy and Access to Information Law & The Canadian Corporate Counsel Association | Original Program Date: November 16, 2016

Data security and privacy are among the most important issues facing organizations across Canada. With a wave of recent regulatory activity and class action litigation, legal requirements and risks have emerged as a major focus. Corporate counsel face a number of unique challenges in this legal area, ranging from privilege, to ethical and professionalism issues, to questions about their appropriate role. Join our expert panel to explore the key issues in this practical session geared to corporate counsel, including:

• Lessons learned from real-world data breaches
• Plaintiff counsel’s perspective on red flags to watch out for
• Privacy litigation update: recent decisions you need to know and outcome predictions
• Protecting privilege and the role of corporate counsel
• What steps can you take to reduce risk?

PROGRAM CHAIR

Evan Thomas, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

SPEAKERS

Laila Brabander, Chubb Insurance Company of Canada
Alex Cameron, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Jean-Marc Leclerc, Sotos LLP