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2026 ACC Annual Meeting

The world's largest gathering of in-house legal professionals | October 4-7, 2026 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Tuesday, October 6, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM ET
Networking Breakfast

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM ET
600 - Opening Keynote: Briana Scurry, Hall of Fame Goalkeeper, Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist, and FIFA World Cup Champion

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM ET
700 - Financial and Operational Benchmarks for Law Departments: 2026 Survey Results

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM ET
701 - AI, Ethics, and the In-house Lawyer: Guardrails, Governance, and What Comes Next

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM ET
702 - Transatlantic M&A 2026: Essential Insights for General Counsel

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM ET
703 - (Real) Board Members in the Boardroom: An Unscripted AI Drama

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM ET
704 - In the Trenches: An In-house Lawyer's Guide to Conducting an In-house Investigation

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM ET
705 - Litigation Readiness and Playbooks for the New Data Reality

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM ET
706 - AI and Privacy DPO Functions: Alignment and Best Practices

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM ET
707 - Real Estate for the Non-Real Estate Lawyer: Navigating Purchase and Sale Agreements

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM ET
708 - Scammers, Fraudsters, and Trolls, Oh My! How Bad Actors Can Distract from Your Organization's Mission

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM ET
709 - CLO Club: Future Focus — Envisioning a 2030 AI Transformation for the Corporate Legal Department (CLO Club Approval Required)

11:45 AM - 1:45 PM ET
Environmental & Sustainability NetConnect Lunch

11:45 AM - 1:45 PM ET
Financial Services NetConnect Lunch

11:45 AM - 1:45 PM ET
Health Law NetConnect Lunch

11:45 AM - 1:45 PM ET
Information Governance NetConnect Lunch

11:45 AM - 1:45 PM ET
Insurance Staff Counsel NetConnect Lunch

11:45 AM - 1:45 PM ET
Legal Operations NetConnect Lunch

11:45 AM - 1:45 PM ET
Networking Lunch

11:45 AM - 1:45 PM ET
Nonprofit Organizations NetConnect Lunch

11:45 AM - 1:45 PM ET
Real Estate NetConnect Lunch

11:45 AM - 1:45 PM ET
Small Law Department NetConnect Lunch

11:45 AM - 1:45 PM ET
Transportation & Warehousing Community NetConnect Lunch

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET
800 - Marquee Session: Inside the Sports Betting Boom — Building Legal Infrastructure in a Hyper-Regulated Gold Rush

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET
801 - EU Cyber Laws Today and Tomorrow: CRA, NIS2, DORA, and Emerging Quantum Risks

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET
802 - Redlining the Machine: Advanced Negotiation of AI Contract Provisions

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET
803 - How to Run a Defensible ADA Accommodation Process from Start to Finish

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET
804 - Escape the Deal Room: The 4:00 pm Board Packet (Boston Edition)

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET
805 - Entity Management: Lifecycle of an Entity

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET
806 - "The North End Nexus": Bridging the Gap Between General Counsel and Compliance

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET
807 - How Nonprofits Are Navigating Privacy and AI

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET
808 - Avoid Having to Say "It Wasn't Privileged": The Limits of In-house Privilege Here and Abroad

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET
809 - CLO Club: Tariffs, Trade Wars, and Corporate Geopolitical Risk — The CLO's Strategic Role Today (CLO Club Approval Required)

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM ET
900 - Marquee Session: Article III Coalition Judges — Why the Rule of Law and Judicial Independence Matter for In-house Lawyers

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM ET
901 - Multi-Jurisdictional Policy Development

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM ET
902 - Supply Chain Security Workshop

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM ET
903 - Who's on First?: Navigating the SEC's Playbook for Public Companies

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM ET
904 - Agentic AI: Turning Fraud Investigation into Recovery

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM ET
905 - Leave, Safety, and Liability: Building a Compliance Strategy for Overlapping Workplace Obligations

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM ET
906 - The "Unprivileged" Machine: Navigating the New Wave of AI Discovery, Agency Liability, and Trade Secret Erosion

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM ET
907 - Insurance Coverage for War and Political Risk Losses

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM ET
908 - Staying Financially Steady When Everything Else Isn't

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM ET
909 - NextGen Club: Creating Your Successor Strategy — How Deputy GCs Position Themselves to Become CLO

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM ET
1000 - Red Flags and Record Fines: The New Reality of Global Anti-Money Laundering Laws

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM ET
1001 - The GC as Chief AI Officer: How In-house Legal Can Lead, Not Follow, Your Company's AI Strategy

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM ET
1002 - You Be the Judge

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM ET
1003 - Avoiding IP Contagion

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM ET
1004 - Avoid Boston Crème Pie in Your Face: Effective Crisis Communication Strategy

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM ET
1005 - Lost in Translation? Managing Legal, Compliance, and Reputational Risk in Latin American Investigations

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM ET
1006 - Update on Third-Party Litigation Funding

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM ET
1007 - Viral, Valuable, and Vulnerable: Negotiating Influencer Agreements in Sports and Entertainment

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM ET
1008 - Clear Skies Ahead or the Eye of the Storm? Major US Developments Affecting the Energy Industry

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET
Networking Reception

8:00 PM - 11:30 PM ET
ACC's Smart After Dark: A Night at the Museum of Science