Past Events

To build a solid cyber defense, it is important to understand today's threat actors and the different ways they could exploit vulnerabilities at your company. Knowledge is key to not only recognize how they could breach your company, but also what they do once they get in and how to respond to the damage once its done.

McDonald Hopkins' Ryan Neumeyer will be presenting as part of a panel presented by the National Business Institute. Six hours of Continuing Legal Education is available in Ohio and Indiana.

McDonald Hopkins' Spencer Pollock will be speaking at this virtual event presented by SaaS Alerts.

McDonald Hopkins is proud to present "Growth, Opportunities, and Challenges Heading into 2023," a two day learning event with seven different sessions from which to choose, all covering different legal areas and providing the latest updates. Topics include labor and employment, business litigation, strategic advisory and restructuring, intellectual property, data privacy and cybersecurity, and business real estate.  

McDonald Hopkins' Kate Jarrett will be presenting as part of a panel for this live event presented by M3Linked.

Laboratories continue to be major targets of civil and criminal investigations and prosecutions by the Department of Justice and other healthcare enforcement agencies. Questions relating to billing procedures, medical necessity, and payment arrangements with employees, sale representatives, and laboratory client accounts remain primary areas that government prosecutors and enforcement agents probe for potential kickbacks and false claims violations. The aftermath of COVID related testing has only increased government activity and laboratories now find themselves under more scrutiny than ever before. 

McDonald Hopkins' Spencer Pollock will be presenting as part of a panel at the Big I Maryland Annual Conference.

McDonald Hopkins' Kelly Campbell will be presenting as part of a panel at the Big I Maryland Annual Conference.

Data breaches are occurring rapidly and everyone is at risk - including your business! Preparation for a proper response is critical for your business due to the potential long-term damaging affects of a breach. What can you do to mitigate the impact?

For over two years, countless federal contractors nationwide have suffered from unanticipated contracting issues starting with stop work orders, remote working, contract terminations, and project delays. If that wasn’t bad enough, due to the volatile market, contractors have taken losses due to fuel, material and labor price escalations and material and labor shortages.

McDonald Hopkins' Michelle Kantor will be presenting three different sessions during this live conference in Nashville Tennessee.

McDonald Hopkins' attorneys Elizabeth Sullivan, Emily Johnson, and Ryan Neumeyer will be presenting multiple sessions as part of this in-person annual meeting presented by the American Pathology Foundation.

McDonald Hopkins' Spencer Pollock will be presenting as part of a panel at the AFP 2022 Annual Conference presented by The Association for Financial Professionals.

McDonald Hopkins' Kate Jarrett will be presenting multiple sessions as part of this live and virtual event at the Cyberween Risk Management Conference presented by Global Network Solutions.

McDonald Hopkins' Elizabeth Sullivan will be presenting as part of a panel for this virtual event presented by the College of American Pathologists.

McDonald Hopkins' Spencer Pollock will be presenting as part of a panel at The CyberCall - a weekly 60 minute collaborative production, that exposes MSP & MSSPs to industry experts, that share their knowledge about specific security domains to elevate the cyber capabilities of you and your organization.  

McDonald Hopkins' Colin Battersby will be presenting as part of a panel at the sold out Cyber Risk Summit in Santa Monica presented by NetDiligence.

McDonald Hopkins' Elizabeth Sullivan will be presenting as part of a panel for this virtual and in person event presented by the College of American Pathologists. 

State legislatures have led the way to pass comprehensive data privacy laws and regulatory frameworks. California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018 and began enforcing the law in 2020. California has already amended the CCPA, and several other states have passed their own versions. These new data privacy laws are scheduled to go into effect in 2023. 

McDonald Hopkins' Rick Hindmand will be presenting as part of a panel for this virtual event presented by Strafford.

McDonald Hopkins' Spencer Pollock will be presenting as part of a panel at the 2022 Annual Treasury & Finance Conference presented by the Nebraska Association for Financial Professionals. 

McDonald Hopkins' Micah Marcus will be presenting as part of a panel for this live in-person event presented by TMA. 

McDonald Hopkins' Spencer Pollock will be presenting as part of a panel at the 2022 Tech Exchange Executive Luncheon presented by MIS.

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles continue to gain traction in the market from a top-down regulatory approach and bottom-up consumer-driven approach, and this increased traction is likely to influence the deal-making process for private equity funds concerned about ESG.

McDonald Hopkins' Michelle Kantor will be presenting at the 34th Annual Department of the Navy Gold Coast Conference September 6-8.

Many government entities and nonprofit organizations are unaware of what intellectual property they have and how important it is to protect it. With e-commerce and the internet presence of these entities rapidly growing, it is more important than ever to understand the risks of not protecting your proprietary materials, content, name, trademarks, and other intellectual property.

McDonald Hopkins' Rick Hindmand will be presenting as part of a panel for this virtual event presented by Strafford.

McDonald Hopkins' Blair Dawson and Sean Bowen will be presenting as part of a virtual event presented by Halfmoon Education Inc.

As summer heats up, so does the ever-changing and often unpredictable employment law landscape. Employers continue to face new challenges and need to equip themselves with an understanding of how new legislation, guidance, and employment law trends impact their workplace. 

McDonald Hopkins' Amy Willey will be presenting as part of a panel on Paths to Scalability for MBE Firms as part of this virtual event presented by the Ohio MBDA Business Center, OMSDC, and ACR Capital. 

This webinar sheds light on the intricacies involved in DIP financing.

McDonald Hopkins' Michelle Kantor will be speaking at the Southwest Regional Technical Workshop as part of this live and virtual event presented by the Society of American Military Engineers.

McDonald Hopkins' Dave Kall will be speaking at the Medtech startup symposium as part of this live event presented by the Project Medtech. 

McDonald Hopkins' Dave Cupar will be presenting on intellectual property strategies to protect your innovations as part of this virtual event presented by MAGNET.

McDonald Hopkins' Spencer Pollock will be presenting as part of a panel on cloud based incident response at the NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit in Philadelphia. 

Backing up your data is quite easy, but is it secure enough to survive an attack? Many companies are finding out the hard way that just backing up their data isn't enough. They need to have a disaster recovery plan and an incident response plan in place to follow after a suspected data breach.

Federal government laws are constantly changing, and compliance is crucial to maintain you small business certifications and to successfully comply with government contract requirements.

McDonald Hopkins' Elliot Raff will be presenting on surviving a DOL cybersecurity audit as part of this virtual conference presented by NJCPA.

McDonald Hopkins' Christine Czuprynski will be speaking on mitigating cybersecurity risks in automation and engineering as part of this virtual event presented by SAE Cleveland.

This webinar takes the audience through the basic elements of a Chapter 11 plan, how a plan proponent (usually but not always the debtor) seeks to confirm a plan, and how objectors can try to defeat confirmation.

Elizabeth Sullivan and Emily Johnson will lead the presentation "What to Know About Operating Clinical Laboratories – Nuts and Bolts" at the Healthcare Compliance Symposium 2022  presented by First Healthcare Compliance on April 28, 2022.

McDonald Hopkins' Healthcare attorneys Elizabeth Sullivan, Richard Cooper and Emily Johnson will be presenting multiple sessions as part of this live event at the Executive War College in New Orleans, Louisiana. 

Spencer Pollock will be serving as a member of the faculty at the American Bar Association's Tips Section Conference April 27-30 at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor. 

Pollock will feature as one of four speakers on the  "Nextgen Privacy: Going Above and Beyond PHI and PII Cybersecurity and Data Privacy" panel from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27. 

McDonald Hopkins' Dominic Paluzzi will be speaking on ransomware attacks as part of this virtual event at the 2022 Incident Response Forum Masterclass.

Aerospace supply chain restructuring strategies translated from automotive solutions.

McDonald Hopkins' Scott Opincar will be moderating a panel discussing what's next for workouts and recapitalization as part of this live event presented by the TMA Northern Ohio Chapter. 

Potential acquisitions of targets require private equity firms to spend significant resources on financial, operational, and legal due diligence. McDonald Hopkins' Private Equity Practice Group understands that mitigating risk and identifying value is paramount to the success of any investment. Two areas that require review during any transaction process are data privacy and intellectual property.

Join us for an overview of the latest developments related to Environmental Justice, EPA Regulations, the Infrastructure Act, and how they could affect your business and your profits.

McDonald Hopkins member Mike Witzke will be presenting "What Should I Be Aware of in the Current Income and Estate Planning Environment?" at the Exit Planning Institute Southeast Michigan Chapter's Business Owner Forum: Building Towards a Successful 2022.

Session 4, featuring Witzke and fellow presenter Stephen Skok of Doeren Mayhew, will be held from 4 to 4:45 p.m. ET on March 10.

Earlier this month the U.S. Treasury Department issued its final rule governing the use of state, county and local government funding under the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the Biden administration’s signature COVID-19 relief bill. The rule finalizes government’s use of $350 billion in ARPA money set aside under a portion of the aid package known as the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF).