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Recorded on: May. 21, 2012

JORGE A. AMADOR: It's 11:02. We're going to get started with the presentation on the balance sheet. I'd like to introduce-- we have two great speakers for you that will speak to you about the balance sheet. First is Colleen Vallen. She's an expert in the field of forensic and investigative accounting. For the past nine years, Colleen has focused her attention on forensic and fraud investigations and the preparation of financial damage analysis. She ...

From the program: White Collar Crime 2012: Prosecutors & Regulators Speak

Released on: Oct. 16, 2012

For more than a decade, white collar enforcement has been a top priority for the Justice Department, the SEC, and other prosecutors and regulators.  The government has targeted a wide range of business organizations and, in recent years, has focused heavily on prosecutions of individuals.  The focus on individuals has led inexorably to more trials, and the past year has seen some notable successes and failures for the government.  In ...

Recorded on: Sep. 28, 2012

Taken from the briefing A New "Must-Do" for Children's Products Manufacturers and Importers: Developing a CPSC-Compliant Product Testing and Certification Program 2012 recorded September, 2012. Consumers insist that the children’s products that they purchase are safe and comply with all product safety standards. Retailers mandate that their children’s product suppliers certify that all such products are compliant ...

Recorded on: Oct. 12, 2012

AMY TAUB: Greetings, my name is Amy Taub and I am a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, "A New Must-do For Children's Products Manufacturers and Importers-- Developing a CPSC-Compliant Product Testing and Certification Program." Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please ...

Recorded on: Dec. 19, 2011

MARC FOLLADORI: Everyone, let's get started if we can. There are handouts for this next session out on the table. And we're going to be talking about annual reporting practices. Laura Richman on your far left is going to be leading the discussion. Laura is a partner of mine, and is one of the deans of our securities practice. She's a tremendous resource, speaks a lot, writes a lot, and just superb know-how. So Laura will lead us here with this part ...

Recorded on: Dec. 6, 2012

MARY J. MULLANY: OK, we're going to get started again. One thing I wanted to highlight because I thought I saw folks looking for their copy of the slides from compensation advisory partners and the hard copy, which there was a little bit of a miscommunication between our panelists, so it's not in hard copy. PLI says you can download it from your PLI's site once you get back and print it out, so it is available to all attendees. There are instructions ...

Recorded on: Sep. 26, 2012

GARY A. ADLER: OK, if we can return to our seats, we're going to continue now with our Annual Update of In-house Counsel's Guide to E-Discovery-- Everything You Need to Know. Our panelists for this panel are John Rosenthal and Steve Bennett. John is a litigation partner in Winston & Strawn's Washington, DC, office who represents clients across the globe in complex antitrust and litigation matters. John is chair of the firm's e-discovery and information ...

From the program: Electronic Discovery Guidance 2012: What Corporate and Outside Counsel Need to Know

Released on: Oct. 8, 2012

New questions constantly arise about how to effectively and fairly handle the potentially overwhelming demands and costs of e-discovery in litigation. This program will provide an overview of the development of e-discovery law and a look to where that law is heading. An outstanding faculty of experienced lawyers, judges, and e-discovery professionals will provide an inside look at the current state of e-discovery, give tips for avoiding pitfalls litigants ...

Recorded on: Mar. 7, 2012

LAUREN ESPOSITO: Program attorney with the Practicing Law Institute. It's my pleasure to welcome you to how to prepare an initial public offering 2012. A welcome to our webcast attendees as well. Before we begin today's program, I'm excited to announce that PLI has installed iPad tablets at each attendee seat in the conference room. This electronic tablet has been designed to supplement and enhance our programs. You'll be able to access various program ...

Recorded on: Apr. 11, 2013

LAUREN E. NOCHTA: It is now my pleasure to introduce each of the chairs of today's program, Laird Simons and Deanna Kirkpatrick. Laird is a partner at Fenwick and West where he is a member of the securities group. He concentrates his practice in initial public offerings for both domestic and foreign corporations, follow on offerings for already public companies, and ongoing securities advice and counseling for public companies. Deanna is a partner ...

From the program: How to Prepare an Initial Public Offering 2013

Released on: Apr. 24, 2013

Understanding the IPO process is an essential skill for both legal and business advisors.  With the improvement in the markets, IPOs are happening with increasing frequency.  In addition, last April, Congress enacted  IPO “on ramp” provisions in the JOBS Act that made becoming a public company even easier for “emerging growth companies,” which represent almost 90% of the IPO market.  If you have not worked on an IPO recently, now ...

Recorded on: Feb. 8, 2012

AMY TAUB: Thank you. Greetings. My name is Amy Taub, and I am a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, Anti-Corruption Compliance Programs-- Legal Expectations and Good Practices. Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing ...

Recorded on: Apr. 4, 2012

AMY TAUB: Greetings, my name is Amy Taub and I'm a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, Anti-Money Laundering Program, New Challenges for Non-bank Mortgage Lenders and Originators. Before I begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing ...

Recorded on: Feb. 22, 2012

in. AMY TAUB: Greetings. My name is Amy Taub. And I am a Program Attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, "Anti-Money Laundering Rules for Investment Advisers, Be Prepared." Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the course ...

Recorded on: Jun. 13, 2012

Taken from the briefing Antitrust Enforcement in the Health Care Industry: Current FTC and DOJ Activities recorded June 2012. With health care costs seemingly spiraling out of control, federal antitrust regulators have turned a watchful eye to the health care industry.  The FTC and DOJ have made it clear that they will aggressively challenge both new transactions and established practices they believe threaten competition.  ...

Recorded on: May. 8, 2012

HARVEY SAFERSTEIN: This is a new something for us here. This is the first year we've done this portion of the program, which is Sports Law. We figure that sounds pretty exciting. And to be the moderator for that, we have Bob Boland, who's a professor of law at NYU. And he teaches in the area of sports law with my old buddy, Arthur Miller, a sports law program at NYU Law School. With him on the panel or two distinguished practitioners who also do antitrust ...

From the program: Hot Topics in Mergers & Acquisitions 2012

Released on: Sep. 20, 2012

After a rather tepid start to the year, the M&A markets have begun to show signs of renewed life in 2012. The variability in deal activity creates uncertainty and rewards preparedness. Now more than ever, it is critical for dealmakers and their counsel to stay abreast of the latest trends and forecasts. Will the tough markets of the last year give way to greater stability and optimism in the second half of 2012?  How will buyers and sellers ...

Recorded on: Dec. 12, 2012

JOSEPH YANG: Thanks, Bob. Lots of great practical tips about the licensing in Europe. So one of last topics that Bob mentioned was competition law. That's the European term for antitrust law. So that's actually a perfect segue into our next segment. And Jose Esteves, to my right, is going to be speaking to us on antitrust law. Jose is a partner at Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom-- and my old colleague-- in its New York office, where he focuses ...

From the program: Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2012

Released on: Dec. 24, 2012

Licensing offers valuable economic and strategic opportunities. Companies are increasingly turning to licensing to gain access to intellectual property at a lower cost than developing or purchasing intellectual property assets, and as a way of generating new sources of revenue out of existing intellectual property assets. Virtually every business today must confront licensing issues. A solid base of knowledge about licensing of intellectual property ...

From the program: Staying Out of Trouble: What Every Attorney Must Know About Ethics 2012

Released on: Dec. 31, 2012

In this year’s program, our expert faculty will examine unexpected actions against law firms (excluding malpractice actions), and law firm risk management issues. Developments on fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, RICO and aiding and abetting lawsuits against law firms Risk management issues: - Privilege - Fees - Conflicts Lecture Topics  [Total time 03:10:10] Segments with an asterisk ...

Recorded on: Apr. 3, 2013

ROBERT GREENE STERNE: Well, welcome again, and now we're going to be addressing the very important subject of appeals from the Board to the Federal Circuit, something that I think a lot of us are woefully deficient in our appreciation of the task at hand, and we need to get up to speed on this very important piece of the puzzle. So as we start this panel discussion, first of all, let me introduce John Dragseth, who is our other faculty member, in ...

From the program: USPTO Post-Grant Patent Trials 2013

Released on: Apr. 10, 2013

Post-grant patent proceedings were pursued in record number at the USPTO in 2012. The substantial costs and uncertainty of patent litigation require the development of alternative case management strategies, which at least require consideration of challenging patents at the USPTO. To this end, patent reexamination remains a viable alternative to costly litigation or parallel path to enhance litigation positions. Yet due to the public outcry for even ...

From the program: Appellate Advocacy 2013

Released on: Apr. 3, 2013

Appellate Advocacy will give you real-world insight into effective appellate advocacy.  You will learn about all aspects of the appellate process, from things to do (and not to do) in the trial court, to strategies and techniques for persuasive brief writing and oral argument, to the rehearing and certiorari processes.  You will also hear the "View from the Bench" - what judges find persuasive and effective. Lecture Topics  ...

From the program: Project Management for Lawyers 2013

Released on: Feb. 5, 2013

Legal project management is quickly becoming a critical way of doing business in law firms and legal departments. Lawyers are learning to implement project management principles in order to better plan, organize, and supervise projects while enhancing client service and relationships, minimizing risk and enhancing profitability and the management of legal costs. In just a few years, legal organizations have moved from questioning the need for project ...

From the program: Approaching Veterans Issues: A Legal Overview Including an Update of California Penal Code Section 1170.9

Released on: Jun. 7, 2013

Certain laws and courtroom practices have the potential to impact veterans differently than the rest of the population. This three hour overview will provide useful information to attorneys, judicial officers and others who interact with veterans about the implications of certain laws and practices with regards to veterans’ pasts and futures. The program will focus on Penal Code 1170.9, especially with regard to the 2013 enhancements and will address ...