SGMA Spring Market added the Protecting Your Brand Equity legal series, which consists of four in-depth discussions on the threats and opportunities to intellectual property and business value, to its conference line up.
The series will take place on Monday, June 11 and Tuesday, June 12 on the show floor and is open to all SGMA Spring Market attendees. The team of 16 experts has designed the following agenda to provide legal guidance and education for both retailers and manufacturers.
Presentations in the series included Protecting your Employees and their Valuable Information; Protecting key employees and covenants not to compete; Hot Topics in Privacy and Security: Obligations a company owes to its employees and customers with respect to the use and protection of their information; Protecting your valuable employees' information from being poached; and “Monster Litigation” – Class Actions and Punitive Damages; amongst others.
“These presentations take retailers and manufacturers to the cutting edge of legal issues facing our industry in the next five years. Lawyers from across the country with long experience representing the sporting goods industry will share their ideas and knowledge with the audience. Attendees, this program will prepare you for what is coming the good and the bad but be ready!” said Mark S. Granger, senior partner, Boston office of Morrison Mahoney LLP.
