Sponsorship & Speaking Engagement

Sandpiper - Cybersecurity and Trade Secrets: Protection and Litigation 2024-2025

November 19, 2024
Houston, TX

Gibson Dunn Conference Center
811 Main Street, Suite 3000

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Join us for our complimentary, invitation-only enforcement and litigation briefing featuring the views of government speakers, legal experts from top law firms, corporate counsel, and advisors. Our fast-paced, highly practical format ensures that you will receive a complete look at what is taking place, key trends, and expert analysis from our panelists.

The program will address a variety of topics, including:

  • Featuring A Fireside Chat with the U.S. Attorney Alamdar Hamdani and SEC Regional Director Eric Werner
  • Cybersecurity Threat Landscape
  • Cybersecurity Investigations, Litigation, and Class Actions
  • Restrictive Covenants and Non-Competes
  • Trade Secrets and Cybersecurity: Challenges in Protecting Data/Information
  • Trade Secrets: Civil Litigation, including Damages

CLE and CPE have been applied for.

 

Faculty From the Government
Alamdar Hamdani, U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston
Michael Chu, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Computer Hacking & Intellectual Property Coordinator, National Security/Public Corruption Section, United States Attorney’s Office SDTX, U.S. Department of Justice, Houston
Brian F. Sawyer, Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Houston
Eric Werner, Regional Director, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Fort Worth

Other Faculty
Collin J. Cox, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Houston
Gregg J. Costa, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Houston
Erin Crockett, Principal, Intellectual Property Practice, Charles River Associates, Los Angeles
Michael A. Cromwell, Executive Counsel, Technology & Intellectual Property, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Spring, TX
Will Daugherty, Partner, Head of Cybersecurity, US, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Houston
Cordero Delgadillo, Counsel, Cybersecurity, United Airlines, Chicago
Andrew J. DeFilippis, Special Counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York
Michael Galdo, Counsel, King & Spalding LLP; Former Assistant US Attorney in Charge of Cybercrime, US Attorney’s Office – WDTX, Austin
David Isaak, Partner, Steptoe LLP, Houston
William Marsh, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Cactus Wellhead, Houston
Chris Peele, Founding Partner, PNT Law Firm, Dallas
Jonathan Rajewski, Vice President, Forensic Services, Charles River Associates, Houston
Noelle M. Reed, Partner, Securities Litigation; Complex Litigation and Trials, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates, Houston
Adam Smith, Cybersecurity Regulatory Advisor, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Houston

 

For questions contact ginarivera@sandpiperpartners.com.

Program: 8:30am – 1:00pm CST
Includes breakfast, sandwich buffet, complimentary conference

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