DLA Piper's Beyond the Curve

Artificial intelligence is transforming the legal profession, reshaping how lawyers work, advise clients, and manage risk. In this episode of Beyond the Curve, DLA Piper Partner and Fordham Law adjunct professor Amadeu Ribeiro speaks with Microsoft’s Alessandra Del Debbio and DLA Piper’s Sean Fulton to discuss the evolving role of in-house counsel, global approaches to AI regulation, and the opportunities and challenges ahead for legal leaders.

Cyberattacks are emerging as one of the greatest risks to ports, shipping operations, and global supply chains. In this episode of Beyond the Curve, DLA Piper's Christian Ford and Andy Serwin are joined by Ryan Calkins, President of the Port of Seattle Commission, to discuss ransomware, evolving maritime cybersecurity regulations, and lessons learned from real-world cyber incidents.

In this episode, DLA Piper’s Oliver Wright is joined by Mike Regan, Chief Growth Officer at Impossible Metals, for a deep dive into the fast-evolving world of seabed mining, including the dynamic landscape governing the recovery of critical minerals.

DLA Piper’s New Perimeter marks twenty years advancing access to justice, strengthening pro bono in Mexico, and training government lawyers to negotiate fairer contracts.

In this episode, we will examine the possibility of international tax reform in the context of a possible 2025 budget reconciliation. Evan Migdail will provide an overview of what the legislative process looks like this year, key proposals under consideration, and their likely effects on multinational corporations. The discussion will cover issues about scoring and what companies should be doing now to prepare for possible reforms.

In this episode, DLA Piper’s Dr. Ehab Elsonbaty and former US Congressman Patrick Murphy discuss the growing investment ties between the Middle East and Miami, from sports and travel to real estate.

In this episode, DLA Piper's Kathleen Ruhland and Lisa Moon, President and CEO of The Global FoodBanking Network, discuss the nonprofit’s work combating food insecurity around the world, challenges food banks face, and how they support the world’s most vulnerable communities.

In this episode, DLA Piper’s Austin Brown, Isabelle Ord, Floris de Wit, and Danny Tobey discuss the rapidly expanding role of AI in the financial services sector, including the fast developing regulatory, reputational, and litigation challenges during this AI boom.

In this episode, DLA Piper’s Rich Klawiter and Dominique Gonzales are joined by Mary Meg McCarthy, executive director of the National Immigrant Justice Center, to discuss the US immigration system and the firm’s pro bono work with immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.

In this episode, DLA Piper’s Katie Hausfeld, Brian Benjet and David Stier discuss crisis management including the different types of company crises that can arise, how to prepare in advance, and ways to effectively and efficiently respond if needed.

In this episode, Texas Rangers’ General Counsel Erin Kearney is joined by DLA Piper’s Hayley Curry to discuss privacy and cybersecurity as they relate to both the famed baseball club and the overarching sports industry.

Duke University athletic director Nina King and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill athletic director Bubba Cunningham join DLA Piper's Richard Burr for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), including the issue of name, image and likeness.

DLA Piper antitrust partners John Hamill, David Hamilton, David Bamberger and Brian Boyle share an overview of the firm’s antitrust practice and latest trends and issues in areas including merger control, unfair competition, and the use of artificial intelligence.

Richard Burr, former US senator and current chair of DLA Piper’s Health Policy Strategic Consulting practice, talks with Julie Gerberding, former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and current CEO of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH). The wide-ranging conversation includes thoughts on the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), lessons learned from COVID-19, and potential benefits of AI in therapeutic research and development.

In this episode, Francisco Cerezo, Partner & Chair of the firm’s US-Latin America Practice, is joined by Ambassador Michael McKinley for a discussion on current events in Latin America.

In this episode, DLA Piper’s Isabelle Ord (US), Mark Dwyer (UK) and Jose Sosa (LatAm) discuss the continuing global effects of recent bank failures.

In this episode, DLA Piper’s Kristy Balsanek and Holly Lake are joined by Deloitte’s Christina Brodzik to discuss the importance of diversity in a company’s overall ESG framework.

In this episode, DLA Piper’s Richard Hans is joined by former bank regulator and chief compliance officer Michael Silva to discuss the regulatory and supervisory fallout from recent banking failures.

DLA Piper’s Thomas Pilkerton and Lin Pang are joined by Quarter Homes’ CEO Shannon Diesch to discuss ways technology and innovation will shape the housing market in coming decades.

The Supreme Court has decided the closely watched student loan forgiveness case, Biden v Nebraska, but the dust has far from settled. In this episode, DLA Piper's Paul Hemmersbaugh, Austin Brown and Peter Karanjia discuss.

In Tyler v Hennepin County, the US Supreme Court considers whether the County violated the Constitution’s prohibition on the taking of private property without “just compensation” when it sold and kept the value of an elderly woman’s condominium over a small unpaid tax bill. DLA Piper’s Samantha Chaifetz, Jeff Tsai and Justin Sarno discuss.

Microsoft’s Beth Henderson and DLA Piper’s Lisa Dewey open this episode, a recording of a recent panel discussion on the access to justice crisis in America held at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Professor Rebecca (Becky) Sandefur of Arizona State University’s School of Social and Family Dynamics and Jim Sandman of the Future of the Profession Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School join Beth and Lisa in a discussion on the growing movement to provide equal access to legal services.

For more than 15 years, DLA Piper’s New Perimeter has collaborated with charitable organizations, governments and academic institutions to provide pro bono assistance in under-served regions around the world. In this episode, New Perimeter co-directors Sara Andrews and Claire Donse are joined by past director Lisa Dewey to discuss the impact the organization has had over the years and why access to justice, social and economic development, and women’s advancement continue to be a focus.

As part of a series of conversations with women dealmakers, Kathy Ruhland, chair of DLA Piper’s US Corporate practice, and Marci Fábrega, Chief M&A Counsel at Ecolab, discuss dealmaking and their shared experiences as female leaders in the world of M&A.

DLA Piper partner Matt Schwartz, associate Bri Charles, and Chief Talent Development & Inclusion Officer Lenora Ausbon-Odom discuss the mentor and mentee relationship, how technology plays an important role, and why the firm is backing the Legal Mentor Network, a non-profit dedicated to connecting law students and recently barred attorneys with legal mentors.

As jury trials resume in courthouses across the country, how will the experiences of the past few year sway juror opinions? What will a post-pandemic trial look like? DLA Piper partners Lyn Pruitt, Buffy Mims, and Adria Conklin discuss.

Pulitzer-winning Wall Street Journal journalist Joann Lublin, author of Power Moms: How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life, joins Jackie Park, DLA Piper’s Co-U.S. Managing Partner, and Cara Edwards, Co-Chair of the firm’s Leadership Alliance for Women, for a conversation on the challenges and opportunities involved in juggling managerial careers and families, and changes that have taken place from generation to generation.

DLA Piper’s Ray Williams and Kirsten Axelsen are joined by Dr. Benson Hsu of the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine for a frank discussion on disparities to engaging with  telehealth and ways to better serve low-income communities.

DLA Piper’s Chief Operating Officer Bob Bratt and Chief Administrative Officer Joanne Chiedi are joined by community leader Bill Kaneko to discuss their work with the Department of Justice’s Office of Redress Administration, a historic program that issued redress payments and a presidential apology to individuals of Japanese ancestry evacuated, relocated and interned during World War II. Bob, Joanne and Bill share what it was like to be a part of the program, Bill as a community leader who led the fight in Hawaii to seek redress, Bob as redress administrator, and Joanne as deputy administrator.

DLA Piper's Lisa Dewey talks with Nancy Drane, executive director of the DC Access to Justice Commission, and Becky Troth, executive director of the DC Bar Pro Bono Center, on the need for equal access to justice during the pandemic and beyond.

In this episode, DLA Piper's Stasia Kelly and Kristin Campbell, executive vice president and general counsel for Hilton, discuss ways one of the world's largest hotel chains took an outside the box approach to doing business during the pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented change to the global grocery industry. In this episode, DLA Piper partners Angela Agrusa and Stefanie Fogel are joined by GlobalData's Maureen Hinton and Joseph Robinson to discuss the impact of the pandemic on the industry, with a focus on current developments and the outlook for 2021.

DLA Piper's Tom Ara, co-chair of the firm's Entertainment Finance and Transactions Practice, speaks with Mike Sepso, co-founder and CEO of Vindex, and Sarah Needleman, reporter for the Wall Street Journal, about the history and evolution of esports and ways the pandemic has affected the industry.

In this episode, DLA Piper's Victoria Lee, Co-Chair of the firm's Global Technology Sector, talks with Andrew Serwin, US and Global Co-Chair of the firm's Data Protection, Privacy and Security Practice, about implications of Schrems II and other recent data privacy legislation, and how technology companies can navigate the ever-changing landscape of global privacy regulatory issues.

As employees return to the office amid the COVID-19 pandemic, several products have been created to help with the transition, including Salesforce’s Work.com platform. DLA Piper's Victoria Lee, co-chair of the firm’s Global Technology Sector, talks with Léo Murgel, VP, Legal and Corporate Affairs COO at Salesforce, about ways technology can help streamline the return of the global workforce.

What is allyship, and what does it mean to be an effective ally in a time of racial, economic, and social crisis? Fenimore Fisher, DLA Piper's Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, and Kenji Yoshino, Director of the Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at NYU School of Law, discuss.

As the COVID-19 pandemic strains healthcare services worldwide and threatens the safety of our frontline workers, telehealth technologies have emerged as a powerful tool to connect patients with vital services while reducing in-person interactions that can spread the virus. DLA Piper's Kristi Kung, Danny Tobey and Ray Williams discuss.

DLA Piper's Susheela Rivers and John Sullivan speak with Christina Gaw, Managing Principal and Head of Capital Markets at Gaw Capital, one of the world's largest private equity real estate companies, about the reopening of office, retail and hotel properties in Asia in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

DLA Piper's Tom Ara, co-chair of the firm's Entertainment Finance and Transactions Practice, speaks with prominent Hollywood film and television producer David Broome on the impact COVID-19 is having on the entertainment industry, including halts in production, the need for increased safety measures, and ways content is being consumed.

DLA Piper's John Gilluly, global co-chair of the firm's Corporate practice, talks with General James Mattis and Ambassador Nick Burns about the COVID-19 pandemic, its implications for global economies and international cooperation, and the importance of leadership during a global crisis.

With a vaccine potentially months (if not years) away, health experts predict we will be living with COVID-19 and its aftershocks for some time. Nevertheless, employees across the nation will be returning to work as pressure to open the economy builds, and employers need to prepare now. In this episode, DLA Piper's Ryan Vann and Rita Patel highlight near-term employment and compensation strategies for U.S. employers to consider when bringing people back to work.

The Coronavirus pandemic has brought the economy to a near halt and turned the financial markets on their head. A range of issues have come to the fore as businesses, cutoff from their customers and consumers, seek to balance the need to meet their contractual and financial obligations while also preserving cash, the results of which cascade through the economy. DLA Piper's Thomas Califano, Richard Hans, and Rachel Albanese discuss the challenges and opportunities businesses should be aware of as they navigate these shoal waters.

DLA Piper’s John Sullivan talks with Dean Shapiro of Oxford Properties about ways the company has served its communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, including turning vacant real estate space at Hudson Yards into a commissary to feed healthcare workers. In addition, DLA Piper’s Mariah DiGrino talks Kate Maehr, director of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, a hub for a network of more than 700 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other programs, about the pandemic’s effect on daily operations.