2024 MBA Bank Legal Risk Management Conference

Schedule

The Bank Legal Risk Management Conference begins at 9:40 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, and concludes at 12:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25.

Thursday, Oct. 24

9 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

   
9:40 a.m. 

Introductions & Welcome

Keith Thornburg, General Counsel | Missouri Bankers Association
Moderator & Chair: Scott Smalley, Partner | Stinson LLP
Vice Chair: Sarah Wade, Partner | Thompson Coburn LLP
   
9:50 a.m. 

HR Update: FTC Noncompete, DOL Overtime Rule and Hot Buttons 

Ben Woodard, Partner | Stinson LLP  

   
10:40 a.m. 

Refreshment Break

   
10:50 a.m. 

Fintech and Vendor Risk Management 

Tom Witherspoon, Partner | Stinson LLP
Mark Hargrave, Partner | Stinson LLP
   
11:40 a.m. 

Refreshment Break 

   
11:50 a.m. 

Banking HEMP, CBD and Marijuana Businesses - Update

Paul Cambridge, Partner | Armstrong Teasdale LLP
   
12:30 p.m.

Lunch

   
1:30 p.m. 

State Data Privacy Laws and Biometric Data Regulation 

Billee Elliott McAuliffe, Data Protection Practice Group Leader | Lewis Rice
Melissa G. Powers, Associate | Lewis Rice
   
2:30 p.m. 

Ponzi Schemes and Customer Fraud: What Financial Institutions Must Know to Minimize Exposure to Third Parties

Michael Campbell, Shareholder | Polsinelli
   
3:20 p.m. 

Refreshment Break 

   
3:40 p.m. 

Overview of Selected Recent Cases of Interest to Banks

Tom Witherspoon, Associate | Stinson LLP
Cheryl Kelly, Partner | Thompson Coburn LLP 
   
4:30 p.m. 

Amicus Brief: 8th Circuit Challenge on FDIC Representment Fee “Guidance”
Amicus Brief: 7th Circuit Challenge on SEC Climate Rule
U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: Separation of Powers Reset – Risks, Costs, Benefit or Just Another Way

Jean Paul Bradshaw II, Partner| Lathrop GPM
Bob Wagner, Partner | Thompson Coburn LLP
Keith Thornburg, General Counsel | Missouri Bankers Association
   
 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Networking Reception

(dinner on your own) 
   

Friday, Oct. 25

7 a.m.

Breakfast

   
8:20 a.m. 

Welcome

Keith Thornburg, General Counsel | Missouri Bankers Association
Moderator & Chair: Scott Smalley, Partner | Stinson LLP
Vice Chair: Sarah Wade, Partner | Thompson Coburn LLP 
   
8:30 a.m. 

Resurgence of Anti-trust Scrutiny in Mergers

Arthur A. Coren, Husch Blackwell
   
9:30 a.m. 

Mock Cross-Examination — HR Practices on Trial

Onalee R. Yousey, Associate | Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Brittney J. Herron, Associate | Armstrong Teasdale LLP

   
10:30 a.m. 

Refreshment Break 

   
10:50 a.m. 

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion — Efforts to Prevent Racism in the Courtrooms of America

Douglas S. Laird, General Counsel | Polsinelli PC
   
11:40 a.m. 

Ethics Lawyer Goes Banking

Mark D. Hinderks, Senior Counsel | Stinson LLP 
   
12:30 p.m. 

Adjournment