Live from the Retail Law Conference: Day 3
- By [ Deborah White ]
- 10/21/2019
The First Major U.S. Privacy Law Takes Effect
An in-depth and immersive look at important aspects of California’s comprehensive privacy law, this session kicked off the conference’s CCPA Boot Camp. Moderated by Meredith Slawe, Co-Chair Retail Group; Class Actions Team, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, the session featured a “view from the outside” panel as well as a “view from the inside” panel, offering attendees difference perspectives on the law’s impact on the retail industry and the risk landscape associated with it. The Boot Camp also included four additional breakout sessions to offer insight into CCPA’s implementation moving forward.
Tom Spahn of McGuire Woods LLP presented on the evolving issues stemming from the widespread use of electronic communications, as well as the ethical concerns in legal professional conduct surrounding privacy, intracorporate communications, discovery, marketing, and more.
Retail Law x Design Thinking Camp
Attendees toured Vanderbilt University’s Wond’ry Innovation Center and participated in an interactive session examining retail legal department challenges by applying key steps from design thinking.
