June, 2012

International

From the program: International Employment Law 2012

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2012

Taken from the Web Program International Employment Law 2012 recorded June, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [00:57:47] Foreign Companies Doing Business in the U.S.: Special Challenges  [00:57:47] Managing the cultural and legal expectations of multinationals Special defenses and dangers for foreign companies Preparing the foreign executive for litigation Privacy/data protection and US discovery The purchase ...

From the program: Corporate Compliance and Ethics Institute 2012

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2012

Please note that "ethics" in the program title refers to the “Compliance and Ethics Program” used in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations. It does not specifically refer to legal ethics. Please check the credit calculator to the right for credit information for your jurisdiction. Taken from the Web Program Corporate Compliance and Ethics Institute 2012 recorded May, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2012

REBECCA WALKER: And we're going to actually move right into our next panel. So if you all could, Andrea and Odell, could come on up. I apologize for the quick switch that we have to pull on you all. But while we're replacing our panelists we'll do a couple more benchmarking questions. So go to your iPads-- hi, Carol-- and click on polling questions. First question-- this panel, I'll introduce it first-- thanks, guys-- is on another exciting topic, ...

From the program: Privacy and Data Security Law Institute (Thirteenth Annual)

Released on: Jun. 5, 2012

This program focuses on critical issues of information privacy, security and data protection faced by all companies.  The Internet and other evolving information technologies, wired and wireless, have prompted the development of powerful tools for the collection, processing, storage and use of personal information.  These trends create numerous issues regarding limitations on corporate rights to use that information and obligations to protect ...

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. 5, 2012

PHILIP M. BERKOWITZ: I'm just going to quickly tell you who-- well, I guess, Beth Lalik is sitting to my right. Beth is going to chair our first program. Beth is a partner in the Washington office of Littler Mendelson. She's a terrifically experienced and terrific lawyer and a good friend, and I think that she's extraordinarily well qualified to run this program. She's a member of the Hispanic Bar Association. She's been named repeatedly as one of ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2012

PHILIP BERKOWITZ: Our panel is going to be, as I mentioned earlier, on foreign companies doing business in the United States, special challenges facing them. And we do have, I think, a great panel. And to my right, I'm just going to introduce everyone, is a good friend and a terrific lawyer, Wendi Lazar. Wendi is a partner and co-chair of the executives in professional practice group at Outten and Golden. Here in New York, she is very well known ...

From the program: International Litigation 2012

Released on: Jun. 25, 2012

As international business grows and flourishes, more disputes cross national boundaries. Parties involved in international business need to know how to most effectively resolve international disputes, and be aware of the strategic considerations that distinguish international litigation from pure domestic litigation. These considerations include securing the most favorable forum for the suit to be resolved, since more than one forum is likely have ...

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: 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 Government Related Issues [01:01:05] Federal procurement Export -Basic overview of U.S. export controls and trade sanctions -Export control and trade sanctions risks and responsibilities of cloud providers -Export control and trade sanctions risks and responsibilities ...

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 ...

Course Handbook from the program Understanding Trademark Law in the Global Marketplace 2012, held June, 2012.

Recorded on: Jun. 18, 2012

DEREK JT ADLER: Thank you very much, Jeff. As Jeff said, my subject today is Recent Developments in Personal Jurisdiction, which is the question of what-- the law governing when US courts can exercise jurisdiction over foreign parties to adjudicate disputes over foreign parties. And John was drawing a number of contrasts between US litigation and US procedures, and foreign procedures. And this is another one where we take quite a different approach ...

Recorded on: Jun. 18, 2012

JOHN FELLAS: Welcome back. And it gives me great pleasure to introduce our next two panelists. The panel is In-House Counsel's Perspective on Managing Global Litigation, and our panelists are Steve Reynolds. Steve is senior vice president and general counsel of Alcatel-Lucent. And Javier Rubinstein, who is general counsel of PwC And please join me in giving them a warm welcome. [APPLAUSE] JOHN FELLAS: Their full bios are in the course handbook, ...

Recorded on: Jun. 18, 2012

JOHN FELLAS: Now, we turn to a panel that addresses strategy in international litigation. And the fundamental question this panel will address is, when you're faced with a case that involves international elements, be they a foreign client, evidence abroad, assets abroad, how should your strategy differ than if you're dealing with a pure domestic case? And for this panel, we have three distinguished litigators from here in New York. Jack Baughman, ...

Recorded on: Jun. 18, 2012

JOHN FELLAS: OK, welcome back to the final session of the day. And we now address a subject that we have touched on earlier, and that is the practical aspects of obtaining evidence in international litigation. Now, there are two aspects to international discovery. The first situation is where there is a lawsuit in the United States and evidence is located abroad. For example, if you represent a plaintiff in a lawsuit in the United States against ...