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KATTEN HOSTS ‘SAFEGUARDING
VOTING RIGHTS IN 2024’ PROGRAM

On January 31, as a part of the Lowell E. Sachnoff Advocates in co-chair of its NextGen Leadership Council, led a discussion
Action Speaker Series, Financial Markets Litigation and about recent litigation involving the Voting Rights Act and the
Enforcement Associate Mario Robertson hosted an event, current landscape for voting rights in Illinois and other
Safeguarding Voting Rights in 2024, in Katten’s Chicago Midwestern states, as well as the Committee’s current
office. During the program, Ami Gandhi, the Director of initiatives to support voting rights and how attendees
Strategic Initiatives and Midwest Voting Rights can become involved in safeguarding voting rights,
Programs for the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for including volunteering with Election Protection
Civil Rights (Committee), of which Mario serves as during the 2024 elections.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
ATTORNEYS DRAFT PRIVACY
NOTICE FOR AFTER SCHOOL
MATTERS WEBSITE

New York Partner and Co-Privacy Officer Trisha Sircar and
Chicago Intellectual Property Associate Catherine O’Brien
assisted After School Matters, a nonprofit providing programs
in the arts, communications, leadership, sports and STEM for
Chicago high school teens, with creating a comprehensive
privacy notice. Unlike most nonprofit privacy notices, this one
in particular needed to address unique considerations for
working with minors and the categories of personal data pro-
cessed, including social media use. Trisha and Catherine
explained that although nonprofits are often exempt from such
disclosures, the privacy notice was prepared as a “good faith”
measure to enhance data privacy compliance. “They are a
wonderful organization, and we are trying to assist them with
their overall data privacy compliance program,” Trisha said.

CHICAGO ATTORNEY VOLUNTEERS
TO AMEND BYLAWS FOR THE
CHICAGO HEADLINE CLUB FOUNDATION

“ The opportunity to engage with a Chicago Mergers and Acquisitions Associate Alexander Lovrine volunteered to help the
nonprofit, hear their story, and then Chicago Headline Club Foundation (CHCF) amend their bylaws, a project initiated by
be able to use my skills to further their the foundation’s president, a former Katten colleague, which was then passed along to
mission is always worthwhile and Alexander by Janet Goelz Hoffman. Over four months, Alexander navigated multiple
rewarding.” Alexander Lovrine
meetings and revisions, addressing board concerns and overcoming the key challenge of
compromising on language about not engaging in propaganda or influencing legislation.
The amended bylaws, as well as a new policy and procedures document, were approved
by the organization’s Board in September.

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