The Next Wave of Corporate Enforcement

November 3 and 5, 2021 

With a new administration, new enforcement agency leadership, and the accompanying changes in enforcement policy, firms are preparing for increased enforcement activity across a number of issue areas. This invitation-only, virtual conference addresses four high priorities for federal enforcement in the Biden administration—environmental enforcement, ESG-related enforcement, data privacy enforcement, and enforcement against federal contractors with cybersecurity deficiencies—offering attorneys and their corporate clients concrete guidance and clarity on what is animating the relevant enforcement agencies, how to avoid being subject to civil or criminal enforcement actions in these areas, and how to navigate new policies and comply with new disclosure rules. The conference also features keynote addresses from two senior federal officials responsible for pursuing these enforcement priorities: Todd Kim, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, and Gurbir Grewal, Director of Enforcement for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

To access the full agenda for The Next Wave of Corporate Enforcement conference, click here.

Keynote Speakers

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Gurbir Grewal, Director of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Gurbir Grewal is the Director of the Division of Enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Immediately before joining the Commission, Gurbir was the Attorney General for the State of New Jersey. Prior to that, he served as the Bergen County Prosecutor, the chief law enforcement officer for New Jersey’s most populous county. Earlier in his career, Gurbir served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, where he was Chief of the Economic Crimes Unit, and an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, where he was assigned to the Business and Securities Fraud Unit. He was also an attorney in private practice. He holds a J.D. from the College of William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, and a B.S. in Foreign Service from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.

 

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Todd Kim, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Todd Sunhwae Kim is the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.  He began his career in the Division, joining its Appellate Section through the Attorney General’s Honors Program.  As a career public servant for over seven years, he represented the interests of the United States in courts around the country, working on cases involving Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act enforcement, Superfund site cleanup, Native American land rights, the establishment of national monuments, environmental crimes, and more.
 
Kim was then appointed the first Solicitor General for the District of Columbia, a role he held for over eleven years.  As Solicitor General, he was the chief appellate lawyer representing the District and managed a large staff in cases of national and local importance.  After three years as a partner at Reed Smith LLP, he returned to public service upon appointment as the Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, Regulation, and Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Energy.
 
He is a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School, where he was an Executive Editor of the Harvard Law Review.  He clerked for the Honorable Judith Rogers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.  He was born and raised in New Jersey.

For panelist and moderator bios, click here.

 

Sessions include: 

Wednesday, November 3

  • Keynote Speaker: Todd Kim, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice 
  • Panel 1: Increased Prioritization of Environmental Enforcement
  • Panel 2: Where Enforcement Agencies’ ESG Emphasis Is Leading: Disclosure Standards and Thresholds for Enforcement Actions

Friday, November 5

  • Panel 1: DOJ's Enforcement Focus on Cybersecurity Deficiencies of Federal Contractors
  • Panel 2: Data Privacy Enforcement: What Enforcement Priorities Are and Should Be
  • Keynote Speaker: Gurbir Grewal, Director of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission