Our 2011 CEO Forum brought together a panel of experts from the private sector and government enforcement to discuss the most recent developments in the field, including risk management approaches and best practices for businesses facing cyber attack.

Co-Chaired by:
Paul T. Dacier, Esquire, EMC Corporation
 James L. Messenger, Esquire, LeClairRyan

Moderator:
Dr. Herbert H. Thompson, Chief Security Strategist at People Security and an Adjunct Professor in the Computer Science Department at Columbia University in New York

Panelists: 
Arthur W. Coviello, Jr., Executive Vice President, EMC Corporation and Executive Chairman, RSA, The Security Division of EMC 
Stephen P. Heymann, Esquire, Chief of the Cybercrimes Unit in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts
Stuart D. Levi, Esquire, co-head of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP’s Intellectual Property and Technology Group
Carl S. Young, Managing Director and Chief Security Officer at Stroz Friedberg.

In October 2011 NELF presented its fall breakfast seminar, bringing together a panel from the worlds of law, business, and the academy to discuss the economic and legal impacts of the rapid expansion of social media usage by businesses and individuals. The panelists discussed some of the new issues raised by the use of social media as well as strategies and policies for the successful management of social media by businesses.

Moderator:
Sara Jane Shanahan, Esquire, Partner, Sherin and Lodgen LLP

Panelists: 
Kristin Caplice, Esquire, Assistant General Counsel, Analog Devices, Inc.
Professor John Deighton, Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
David J. Goldstone, Esquire, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
Lori L. Roeser, Esquire, Associate General Counsel, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
C. Forbes Sargent III, Esquire, Partner, Sherin and Lodgen LLP

In May 2011, NELF’s spring breakfast seminar presented the latest updates from the Massachusetts Superior Court Business Litigation Session (“BLS”), a specialized trial court session dealing with business cases. NELF has long supported such sessions throughout New England. A panel, including three judges currently serving on the BLS, discussed recent developments at the BLS, plans for the future, and best practices for those litigating in the BLS.

Moderator:
Wayne A. Budd, Esquire, Counsel, Goodwin Procter LLP

Panelists: 
Hon. Barbara J. Rouse, Chief Justice, Massachusetts Superior Court 
Hon. Judith Fabricant, Associate Justice Massachusetts Superior Court
Hon. Peter M. Lauriat, Associate Justice, Massachusetts Superior Court
Hon. Christine M. Roach, Associate Justice, Massachusetts Superior Court