Department of Energy Contractor Attorneys Association Spring Conference

Partner Giovanna Cinelli will speak at the 2024 Department of Energy Contractor Attorneys Association (DOECAA) Spring Conference. The DOECAA provides a valuable, tailored forum within the DOE legal community to identify, examine, and anticipate legal issues unique to DOE contractors that can affect clients and develop a network of lawyers who support the DOE community.

Giovanna will participate in the panel Technology & Research Security alongside Derek Maughan, general counsel of Pacific Northwest Laboratories and Nelson Doug, counsel for Dorsey & Whitney. The panel will take place on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 from 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM PST.

The session will cover the key issues for the national labs, including:

• How national security is defined in this area
• Issues that keep the lab in-house counsel up at night
• How to work effectively with outside counsel before further issues arise
• How intellectual property intersects the requirements of export control
• Managing the differences between fundamental research and export-controlled work