2023 TechGC AI Conference

| October.06.2023

The Palace Hotel

Navigating the AI Frontier: Law at the Crossroads of Innovation

With artificial intelligence changing not only the legal landscape, but the global market, Orrick is proud to be sponsoring TechGC's first ever AI Conference. Several Orrick partners are participating in this curated event for general counsels from leading technology companies and investment funds.They wil delve into issues to help companies avoid the pitfalls of AI while maximizing its value.

Annette Hurst will lead "Alleviating AI Adversity: How GCs can Overcome AI Legal Complications", a mainstage panel with the Automattic/Wordpress.com's GC and GitHub's CLO. Laura Lariu will lead "Corporate Governance & AI", a small group discussion with the EVP and GC of Fannie Mae. Shannon Yavorsky will join the Head of Legal at Modern Treasury for another small group discussion, "Drafting Your AI Policy".

Contacts

Annette Hurst Partner, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Copyright & Media

San Francisco

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D:+1 415 773 4585
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Technology & Innovation Sector
Intellectual Property
Trademark, Copyright & Media
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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Annette Hurst Partner

San Francisco

Annette is an experienced trial lawyer who has tried copyright, trade secret, trademark, patent and business tort claims. As a risk analyst and problem solver with deep proficiency in the software industry, Annette is a go-to counselor and speaker regarding the legal issues surrounding access and use of datasets in the development of machine learning algorithms. She was named “Litigator of the Week” by The American Lawyer for her work as co-lead counsel on the Mattel/MGA case. Chambers USA ranks her in Band 1 for Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets, with clients reporting that she is “smart, creative and terrific at oral argument” and “a very well-known authority in copyright law, a great advocate and a great trial lawyer.” Chambers reports: “Clients agree that Annette Hurst is ‘a very powerful and experienced trial lawyer for copyright cases, and a good team leader who is reliable before judges,” and “Peers consider Annette Hurst a ‘remarkably intuitive’ lawyer who ‘brings unique perspectives to soft IP cases.” Since 2018, The Legal 500 has recognized Annette as a “Leading Lawyer” in copyright law, and she was named “Female Litigator of the Year West” by Benchmark Litigation in 2013. Annette has been repeatedly named one of the top 75 IP litigators in California by The Daily Journal.

Annette’s community and professional activities include past service on the Northern District of California Patent Local Rules Committee, President of the Lafayette Elementary School PTA, and past membership on the Board of Directors of the Volunteer Legal Services Program and Board of Directors of the Bar Association of San Francisco for which she was chair of the Finance and Investments Committee. She also is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco and the Board of Governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Northern California Chapter, as well as a past president of the Barristers Club.

Laura Lariu Partner, Technology Companies Group

Santa Monica

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Technology Companies Group

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Laura Lariu Partner

Santa Monica

She is primarily focused on venture capital financings, corporate governance, equity incentive plans, M&A, formations, secondary transactions, listings and outside general counsel guidance.

Laura was a corporate attorney with Gunderson Dettmer in New York. Before joining Orrick, she led companies through transformational growth as general counsel. She was most recently General Counsel of Relativity Space, an orbital launch company that automates rocket manufacturing using 3D printing, robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. At Relativity Space, she helped scale the company from 60 to 1,000+ employees and the legal team from 1 to 11, helped raise $1.3 billion in funding, worked with the operations teams to secure millions of square feet of physical infrastructure (including a former Boeing C-17 factory), negotiated launch contracts with major satellite companies and helped the company prepare for its first launch of its rocket to space. Prior to that, she was a general counsel in the transportation and logistics space.

She is a founding member of TechGC, a community platform for General Counsels of leading venture capital funds and high-growth technology companies and served on its Steering Committee and Executive Board.

Laura speaks five languages and when she isn’t pursuing her passion of advising companies that seek to improve the lives of future generations, she’s spending time outdoors with her husband and kids, painting, having laughs with friends or doing yoga.

Shannon Yavorsky Partner, Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation, Technology Transactions

San Francisco; London

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D:+1 415 773 5731
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Practice:

Technology & Innovation Sector
Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
Technology Transactions
Global Compliance & Regulatory
Government Investigations and Enforcement Actions
Responsible Business
Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)

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Shannon Yavorsky Partner

San Francisco; London

She advises public and private companies across several sectors, including life sciences and health technology, financial services, private equity, insurance, social media and technology on a range of EU and U.S. federal and state privacy laws. Shannon’s strategic counseling advice includes, but is not limited to:

Advertising and payment card processing self-regulatory frameworks
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM)
Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)
EU AI Act
EU e-Privacy Directive (EPD)
EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act (GLBA)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) AI Risk Management Framework (AIRMF)
Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
U.S. state breach notification laws
U.S. state privacy laws in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Virginia and other states

Shannon also helps clients undertake comprehensive privacy, cybersecurity and AI risk assessments, evaluates privacy, security and AI risks in corporate transactions and drafts and negotiates data-related contracts. She advises clients on cross-border data transfers, data breaches and developing global privacy and AI compliance programs.

Related Areas

Artificial Intelligence (AI)