June, 2012

Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2012

Taken from the Web Program International Employment Law 2012 Recorded June, 2012 in New York International Whistleblowers: Investigating Corruption Across Borders [01:00:51]   Attorney client privilege issues Increased risk of individual criminal liability Multi-jurisdictional Compliance with Dodd Frank, SOX, the FCPA, UK Bribery Act and OECD Guidelines Deferred or non-prosecution agreements under the UK Bribery Act  ...

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Pocket MBA Summer 2012 Recorded June, 2012 in San Francisco Professional Ethics in the Transactional Setting [01:22:09] Analysis of real-world situations that raise complex ethical issues for transactional lawyers Transactional practices that result in ethics violations and malpractice suits Typical Circular 230 disclaimer purposes and effects The overlap of federal tax penalties and professional ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2012

REBECCA WALKER: Excited to see everyone here for day two of the conference. You guys are the diehards. We appreciate you. We actually have a really interesting morning lined up for you. We're going to start by talking about what I think is always one of the most interesting panels of this conference, which is the panel on reporting procedures and investigations. And then we will move on to talking about global compliance issues and third parties. ...

Recorded on: Jun. 8, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Negotiating Real Estate Deals 2012 Recorded June, 2012 in New York Ethical Issues in Real Estate Transactions [01:00:40]   Conflicts of interest Confidentiality Duty to disclose Professionalism The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) from the Course Handbook available online: A Brief Guide to Avoiding Violations of the Rules of Ethics Patricia A. ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2012

PHILIP BERKOWITZ: I'd like to introduce Ed O'Callaghan. He should be up here in a moment. Ed is the moderator of our final panel. And the final panel is on International Whistleblowers, Investigating Corruption Across Borders. Ed is a partner in Clifford Chance's litigation and dispute resolution practice in New York. He has over 15 years of litigation experience in civil and criminal matters. I've known Ed for a number of years now. We practiced ...

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2012

ERIC SLOAN: All right, so our final panel is on professional ethics and transactional setting, and for that we continue to Brad Borden, and joining Brad is Dennis Ventry. Dennis is a professor UC Davis where he teaches tax and legal ethics in corporate practice. This is the ethics credit part of-- BRAD BORDEN: It is going to be interesting anyway. DENNIS VENTRY JR.: Especially combined with tax. So I think the hook on this, and the reason why tax ...

Recorded on: Jun. 8, 2012

SPEAKER 1: Welcome back for the last segment of the program. At the podium is a Pat Wilson. And she'll be speaking on in real estate transactions. Some of those issues have actually been newsworthy recently. Pat is a professor of law at Baylor Law School. And she's been there since 1993. Pat is actually a-- not actually. Pat is a recognized authority on legal ethics and real estate transactions and responsibilities of the various parties on an ethical ...

From the program: Cloud Computing 2012: Cut Through the Fluff & Tackle the Critical Stuff

Recorded on: Jun. 12, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Cloud Computing 2012: Cut Through the Fluff & Tackle the Critical Stuff Recorded June 2012 in San Francisco Lecture Topics Legal Ethics and the Cloud [01:02:25] Duties of client confidentiality and the Cloud Limits on a lawyer's access to data in the Cloud Due diligence and supervision of Cloud providers E-discovery issues in connection with the Cloud The purchase price of this Web Program ...

From the program: Acquiring or Selling the Privately Held Company 2012

Recorded on: Jun. 12, 2012

Taken from he Web Program Acquiring or Selling the Privately Held Company 2012 Recorded June 2012 in New York City Lecture Topics International Aspects; Structuring and Negotiating Earn-Outs; Ethics in Negotiating and Documenting Transactions [01:32:13] International Aspects Special diligence concerns, including FCPA, AML, tax and labor issues Structuring to acquire (and perhaps later sell) a non-U.S. company Common drafting ...

From the program: Internal Investigations 2012: How to Protect Your Clients or Companies in the Global, Post-Dodd Frank World

Recorded on: Jun. 28, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Internal Investigations 2012: How to Protect Your Clients or Companies in the Global, Post-Dodd Frank World recorded June, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:30:44] Conducting the Investigation  [01:30:44] A. Considerations, Processes and Procedures Gathering documents Employee interviews Employee issues and obligations: advice, rights and liability in light of recent cases Former ...

From the program: Delaware Law Developments 2012: What All Business Lawyers Need to Know

Recorded on: Jun. 18, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Delaware Law Developments 2012: What All Business Lawyers Need to Know Recorded June 2012 in New York City Lecture Topics He Did What?! He Said What?! Ethical Issues in Representing Representative Clients [01:00:08] This panel will discuss the challenges counsel face when representing or opposing representative clients - What are the ethical obligations of counsel when they learn facts that may undermine ...

Recorded on: Jun. 12, 2012

DAVID W. POLLAK: 1:45. Hopefully everybody had a nice lunch break. So, continuing-- this morning, there were a couple of instances where questions were raised with respect to fiduciary duties. And lo and behold, our next topic is just that-- fiduciary duties of directors and majority shareholders, which is an important topic not only in the public context, but also in the private context. And here to discuss that with us is Ron Deutsch, who's a counsel ...

Recorded on: Jun. 12, 2012

DAVID W. POLLAK: OK, so let's get started. It's 3:30. We're on to the last segment of the day, but the best. So we're going to start with international aspects of M&A transactions. And Alyssa Grikscheit from the Sidley Austin firm is here to speak with us, Alyssa has a diverse corporate practice that encompasses M&A, among other matters. So Alyssa. ALYSSA A. GRIKSCHEIT: Sure. Well, I like to think that you've heard a lot about M&A and ...

From the program: Adoption Law Institute 2012

Recorded on: Jun. 21, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Adoption Law Institute 2012 recorded June, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:00:32] Ethics and Adoption Practice  [01:00:32] An interactive, audience-participation program using hypothetical fact patterns which raise ethical issues in the legal representation of all parties in adoptions Issues raised will include many of the topics raised earlier in the Institute: adoption by same-sex couples, ...

From the program: Employment Discrimination Law & Litigation 2012

Recorded on: Jun. 25, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Employment Discrimination Law & Litigation 2012 recorded June, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [00:58:25] Ethical and Other Challenges in Harassment Claims: Who Said High Wire Acts Were Only in the Circus?  [00:58:25] The intersection of criminal and civil law in harassment cases High profile harassment/abuse cases and their effects on the workforce Bystander harassment and multiple ...

Recorded on: Jun. 21, 2012

DOUGLAS H. REINIGER: OK. We're down to the wire here. This is a different format. Brendan and Anne are going to structure this time with the four different fact patterns and I particularly bring your attention-- the in-course handbook, starting on page 455, are the fact patterns. And I think it would help you and make it easier if you look at it, in case you get a little confused or whatever happens. It happens with Brendan all the time. I get confused ...

From the program: Audit Committee Workshop 2012

Recorded on: Jun. 26, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Audit Committee Workshop 2012 recorded June, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [00:57:38] Ethics Issues for Audit Committees and Their Advisors  [00:57:38] When does an audit committee need its own lawyer? If the audit committee hires a lawyer, who is the lawyer’s client? When is a second opinion from another audit firm advisable? How much can audit committees rely on reports and ...

Recorded on: Jun. 25, 2012

ANNE VLADECK: As they're getting ready, to my immediate right it Bob Anello, who is a partner at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello, and Bohrer. ROBERT ANELLO: Thanks for getting all the names in. ANNE VLADECK: Well, I had to get to at least the second to last. And Bob has been a litigator, white-collar trial lawyer, for a fair length of time. And he has been named a leading lawyer by Chambers and American Leading Lawyers, and has been recognized ...

Recorded on: Jun. 26, 2012

JOHN OLSON: Well, this is the last panel of the day. This is the ethics panel. For those of you who were here for CLE, this is the medicine that we all have to take each year. So we try to sugarcoat it by setting up an interesting hypothetical. And we've got a terrific panel, yours truly excluded, to help us talk about some ethical issues that arise in a context having to do with whistle blowers and accounting issues and financial controls. So hopefully ...

Course Handbook from the program Ethics in Context: Summer 2012, held June, July and August, 2012.

Recorded on: Jun. 28, 2012

RICHARD J. MORVILLO: This next panel is going to be talking about actually conducting the investigation. It took us a better part of an hour and 45 minutes to talk about all the background. And we are very fortunate to have another esteemed panel of experts in the area. And I'll introduce them. Nancy needs no introduction. To Nancy's right is David Brodsky, who is a partner at Cleary Gottlieb here in New York, who-- and this is going to be a refrain ...