Legal departments will specify practice areas in which they are seeking outside counsel support from the following list:
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Litigation & Counseling
- Intellectual Property Transactions
- Privacy and Data Security
- Corporate Transactions
- Real Estate Litigation
- Real Estate Transactions
- Government Investigations & White Collar Defense
- Finance & Securities
Law firm registrants will specify practice areas in which they have expertise and interest in servicing clients. Legal departments and law firms will be provided lists of participating organizations and opportunity to identify firms or legal departments they do not wish to meet with due to conflict of interest, e.g. opposing parties in litigation. No later than two weeks before Pitch day a schedule of legal department – law firm meetings will be circulated.