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The DATA Law Conference:
Navigate AI, Privacy & Data Risk with Confidence
Seyfarth Shaw | Chicago
About the Program
Organizations are facing rapid change across AI, privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, and data governance, creating new opportunities and legal risks. Seyfarth’s DATA Law Conference is a half-day client conference convening Seyfarth DATA Law practitioners, in-house legal leaders, and experts for a focused, interactive exploration of today’s converging AI, privacy, and data risks.
This conference will help you:
- Understand how AI, privacy, cybersecurity, IP, and information governance risks intersect
- Navigate evolving regulatory expectations with confidence
- Learn from real-world examples across industries
- Identify practical steps to strengthen your organization’s approach
What makes this program different:
- Integrated, cross-disciplinary perspective
- Practical insights — not just theory
- Designed for in-house counsel and risk leaders
Conference Agenda
11:00 – 11:45 AM | Check-In & Arrival Networking
Refreshments, connections, and a chance to meet fellow in-house counsel before the program begins.
11:45 AM – 12:30 PM | Networking Lunch & Opening Remarks
From Complexity to Clarity: Why DATA Law Disciplines Can No Longer Operate in Silos
How AI, privacy, IP, cybersecurity, records & information governance, and eDiscovery converge in practice, and why an integrated approach is now essential to managing risk, enabling innovation, and moving the business forward with confidence.
12:30 – 1:45 PM | From Legal Advice to Enterprise Execution: What Compliance Looks Like in Practice
How organizations move from legal guidance to practical implementation through workflows, ownership, controls, documentation, and decision points that can withstand business pressure and legal scrutiny across AI, privacy, cybersecurity, IP, information governance, and eDiscovery.
1:45 – 2:00 PM | Transition Break
2:00 – 3:05 PM | Breakout Sessions — Session I (Choose one track)
- Track A | Labor & Employment: AI in the Workforce
Automated decision-making, hiring tools, bias audits, and the evolving compliance expectations for AI in employment from legal requirements and litigation-based learnings. - Track B | Privacy & Data Litigation: The New Wave of Exposure
Biometric, tracking, wiretap, algorithmic decision-making, and intellectual property claims — where plaintiffs are focused and how defensibility is built (or lost) upstream. - Track C | AI, Privacy, & IP Counseling: Governance Before Deployment
Building AI governance frameworks, vendor diligence, by-design, and aligning policy with rapidly shifting global regulation.
3:05 – 3:20 PM | Break
3:20 – 4:25 PM | Breakout Sessions — Session II (Choose one track)
- Track A | Labor & Employment: Operationalizing AI in HR and Talent Acquisition
For HR leaders, AI governance does not end at deployment. This session addresses practical strategies for operationalizing and overseeing AI tools in recruiting, hiring, promotion, scheduling, performance management, and other workforce processes, including monitoring, training, escalation, and documentation to support defensible and consistent employment decisions. - Track B | Privacy & Data Litigation: From Incident to Courtroom
How data governance, cybersecurity readiness, privacy compliance, and information governance decisions shape outcomes in breach litigation, biometrics claims, regulatory investigations, and other privacy and data disputes. - Track C | AI, Privacy, & IP Counseling: Operationalizing Governance Across the Enterprise
Turning governance frameworks into practical execution across AI, privacy, intellectual property, contracting, retention, and information governance, with a focus on cross-functional ownership and scalable controls for managing enterprise data risk.
4:25 – 4:35 PM | Transition Break
4:35 – 5:20 PM | Guided Roundtable Discussions
Small-group conversations facilitated by table leaders. Candid peer exchange on governance models, internal ownership, business pressure, and what's working (and what isn't) inside in-house teams.
5:20 – 5:30 PM | Closing Reflections & Key Takeaways:
Themes from the day, cross-track highlights, and where DATA Law is heading next.
5:30 – 7:00 PM | Networking Reception & "Ask Me Anything" Stations
Continue the conversation over drinks and hors d'oeuvres. Informal office-hours-style stations with Seyfarth practitioners across each DATA Law discipline.
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