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ACC Northeast General Counsel Salon Dinner

Hosted by Mintz

Jun
16
2026

Date: June 16, 2026

Location: Boston, MA

As part of Mintz's sponsorship of the ACC Northeast chapter, John B. Koss, Scott T. Lashway, John F. Quill, and Emma Follansbee lead a discussion about AI impacts on the role of the in-house legal team at the ACC Northeast General Counsel Salon Dinner. 

The conversation focuses on:

  • Data retention policies and costs
  • Approved enterprise tools vs. discouraging use of open personal AI agents
  • Government agencies regulating AI at the state and federal levels
  • In-house leaders' role in protecting company assets
  • AI use policies in employment agreements, use by law firms, and AI and ESG

Speakers

John B. Koss

John B. Koss

Speaker

John B. Koss counsels Mintz clients on e-discovery and large data matters. He handles commercial litigation, investigations, and governmental inquiries, relying on his experience in practice and discovery project management. Previously, John led the Boston office of a major legal services firm.
John F. Quill

John F. Quill

Speaker

John’s practice encompasses all aspects of immigration and nationality law. John draws on over two decades of experience to help companies and their employees obtain nonimmigrant visas, including B, E, H, J, L, O, and TN visas. He also handles applications for PERM labor certification; extraordinary ability, outstanding researcher, and national interest waiver petitions; adjustment of status procedures; consular processing; and naturalization.
Scott T. Lashway is a globally recognized privacy and cybersecurity disputes attorney who servers as Co-chair of Mintz’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. He guides clients through high-stakes incident response and breach investigations, complex and bet-the-company litigation, government investigations, and enforcement actions and provides strategic counsel on privacy, cybersecurity, data governance, and AI issues. Scott primarily represents clients in the health care, financial services, technology, artificial intelligence, and media and adtech sectors.
Emma Follansbee

Emma Follansbee

Speaker

Emma counsels clients on a wide variety of employment issues and litigates employment disputes before state and federal courts and administrative agencies. Her litigation practice includes restrictive covenant agreements; discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation claims; and wage and hour compliance.