GC's Role in Remote Work Legal Issues: Data Governance, Privacy, Automating Documentation, Employee Communication
A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE webinar will address the need to effectively manage corporate data while business workforces remain principally in a work-from-home environment. The panel will discuss how to construct a centralized data catalog and how management can effectively work with their teams remotely. The panel will explore the legal issues of securing and communicating data across a company governed by federal, state, and international privacy restrictions, and the role of insurance coverage in breach response preparedness and as part of a cybersecurity and data privacy risk management and mitigation strategy.
Outline
- Data management
- Secure file sharing
- Data breach response preparedness
- Establishing privacy policies
- Automation of documentation
- Communication with employees
Benefits
The panel will review these and other important topics:
- How can the GC assist the company in creating a data management policy to address privacy issues?
- What type of secure file sharing and data breach response preparedness policies can GC establish to improve company performance?
- How can a legal department institute an automated documentation system to improve quality and reduce costs to the company?
- What communication policies can GC institute to foster better corporate culture?
- What role can insurance play in breach response preparedness and as part of a cybersecurity and data privacy risk management and mitigation strategy?
Faculty

Adwoa Awotwi
General Counsel
LocumTenens.com
Ms. Awotwi served as Assistant General Counsel for Jackson Healthcare and its family of companies for five years, which... | Read More
Ms. Awotwi served as Assistant General Counsel for Jackson Healthcare and its family of companies for five years, which included doing a great deal of work for LocumTenens.com. When LocumTenens.com realized that it needed legal services dedicated solely to its business, it seemed like a natural fit for her. Ms. Awotwi was pleased to be considered for the position and for the opportunity to work more closely with and solely for LocumTenens.com. Her background includes working at a couple of “Big Law” firms before joining Jackson Healthcare in 2010 and then LocumTenens.com in 2016. She was named as a partner in 2020.
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Roberta Anderson Sutton
Partner
Potomac Law Group
Ms. Sutton concentrates her practice in the areas of insurance recovery, risk management counseling, and emerging... | Read More
Ms. Sutton concentrates her practice in the areas of insurance recovery, risk management counseling, and emerging cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection-related issues, including security incident planning and breach response, and directors and officers liability-related issues. In addition to successfully pursuing her clients’ insurance recoveries in disputed insurance claims settings and assisting clients in recovering hundreds of millions in insurance assets, Ms. Sutton counsels clients proactively on complex insurance placement and risk management issues. She advises clients in assessing their potential cybersecurity, privacy, and management liability risks, among myriad other forms of corporate risk, and in securing appropriate insurance to cover those risks. Ms. Sutton provides clients with strategic advice on ways in which they can best maximize the value of their current and historic insurance assets. She also has extensive experience conducting insurance due diligence in connection with mergers and acquisitions and in drafting contractual risk transfer provisions, including insurance and indemnity clauses. A recognized national authority in cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection, insurance recovery, and D&O liability issues, Ms. Sutton frequently lectures on these subjects. She currently serves as Vice-Chair for the ABA’s Tort and Insurance Practice Section Cybersecurity and Data Privacy General Committee. She is delighted to have coauthored the cybersecurity guide for executives, Navigating the Digital Age: The Definitive Cybersecurity Guide For Directors and Officers.
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You may pre-order a recording to listen at your convenience. Recordings are available 48 hours after the webinar. Strafford will process CLE credit for one person on each recording. All formats include program handouts.