International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced that its 2013 Corporate Counsel Symposium held Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Minneapolis drew a record crowd to hear about the latest developments and hot topics in a wide range of legal areas. Celebrating its 24th year in 2013, Corporate Counsel Symposium is the premier legal industry education showcase in the upper Midwest, annually drawing capacity audiences of 800 or more, including in-house counsel from many of the finest public and private companies in the country, as well as judges, government lawyers and legal academics.

The Symposium combines the knowledge and experience of Dorsey's lawyers with executives and counsel from the Firm's major clients and nationally recognized experts to provide a first-rate continuing legal education and networking event. Attendees choose from a menu of breakout sessions covering a wide range of current legal issues.

This year’s topics and speakers included:

You Be the Judge! Predicting the Verdict in Real-Life Ethical Quandaries
Gretchen Cepek, General Counsel, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America; Sara Gross Methner, General Counsel and Chief Human Resources Officer, University of St. Thomas; Kenneth L. Jorgensen and Heather McCann, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Strategic Growth M&A: Adding Value by Breaking the Mold
Lisa Gray, General Counsel, Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC; Richard J. Mattera, Senior Deputy General Counsel, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated; Keyna P. Skeffington, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Medtronic, Inc.; Matthew J. Knopf and Brian G. Moore, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Once More Into the Breach: Managing Risks When Your Company’s Data Has Been Compromised
Megan J. Hertzler, Director of Information Governance, Xcel Energy Inc.; Brad Bolin, Senior Attorney, eCommerce & Digital, TransUnion; Robert E. Cattanach and Ross C. D’Emanuele, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Litigation Holds, Data Collection and Your Vice President’s Twitter Account: E-Discovery in the Age of Social Media
Lori J. Marco, Vice President, External Affairs and General Counsel, Hormel Foods Corporation; Shari L. J. Aberle, Caroline B. Sweeney and Steven J. Wells, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye: Employment Law Update
Holly S.A. Eng, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Cargill, Incorporated; Karla C. Robertson, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, SUPERVALU Inc.; Jeffrey David Fields, Senior Associate General Counsel, Canon U.S.A., Inc.; Joseph W. Hammell and Ryan E. Mick, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Building Minnesota through PPPs: The New Vikings/Multi-Purpose Stadium and Rochester’s Destination Medical Center Initiative
Jeff Anderson, Director of Corporate Communications, Minnesota Vikings Football, LLC; Lisa M. Clarke, Division Chair, Mayo Clinic Public Affairs, and Administrator for Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency; Michele Kelm-Helgen, Chair, Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority; Tina Flint Smith, Board Chair, Destination Medical Center Corporation, and Chief of Staff to Governor Mark Dayton; Lynnette Slater Crandall and Jay R. Lindgren, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Corporate Governance 2014: Home-Court Advantage, Conflict Minerals, Activist Shareholders and More!
James L. Chosy, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, U.S. Bancorp; Dannette L. Smith, Secretary to the Board and Senior Deputy General Counsel, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated; Shawna Fullerton Anderson, Whitney Holmes and Robert A. Rosenbaum, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Walking the Tightrope Without a Net: Balancing Competing Stakeholders in Internal and External Investigations
Ann M. Anaya, Counsel, 3M Compliance & Business Conduct; Joan D. Humes, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Litigation and Investigations, Medtronic, Inc.; Theresa Bevilacqua, Nicholas Burkill and RJ Zayed, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Worlds Apart: Managing and Partnering with Businesses in China
Jennifer Keeler, Associate General Counsel, Land O’Lakes, Inc.; James R. Lande, Chief Executive Officer, Quadion LLC; C. Christopher Bercaw, Carl Hinze and Catherine X. Pan-Giordano, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

More information on these great programs and the presentation materials for each may be found at http://www.dorsey.com/mp_ccs_2013/