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Released on: Oct. 3, 2012

Taken from the briefing Mobile Payments Compliance: Unique Disclosure, Advertising, and Money Transmission Issues recorded September, 2012. There has been considerable growth in the mobile payment space over the last year or so.  This One-Hour Briefing panel will examine unique compliance issues for those involved in mobile payments and will explore a number of compliance issues associated with meeting the requirements of various consumer ...

Released on: Mar. 26, 2013

Taken from the briefing Navigating the Requirements for Derivatives Trading: Title VII of Dodd-Frank recorded March, 2013. Now that the rulemaking relating to Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act has been nearly finalized, market participants are preparing themselves to function in a very different derivatives market.  Title VII imposes a comprehensive regulatory framework for derivatives, and requires both end-users and dealers to adopt new compliance ...

Released on: Apr. 11, 2013

Taken from the briefing New Compensation Committee Independence Standards recorded March, 2013. In January, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved changes to the listing standards of the national securities exchanges to complete the implementation of Section 952 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. As has been widely reported, these revised standards strengthen the independence requirements for members of the ...

Released on: Apr. 11, 2013

Taken from the briefing New OCC Foreclosure Settlements: Moving on From the Independent Foreclosure Review Process recorded March, 2013. Millions of homeowners have lost their homes and been subjected to unlawful conduct by mortgage servicing companies in the context of both judicial and non-judicial foreclosure proceedings around the country. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve recently announced that they reached ...

Released on: Jan. 28, 2013

Taken from the briefing On-Line Defamation: The Latest Developments and Trends recorded January, 2013. The explosion of social media and on-line review websites has resulted in a dramatic increase in defamation claims by employees, businesses and consumers. This briefing will focus on the latest legal developments and practical approaches to avoid and defend on-line defamation claims. For this new program we have an experienced faculty ...

Released on: Dec. 4, 2012

Taken from the briefing Pensions and Corporate Finance: How to Avoid Buyer's Remorse 2012 recorded November, 2012. Ever since the PBGC’s 2007 opinion that a private equity fund with a controlling interest can be liable for a portfolio company’s pension problems, there is increased evidence that corporate transactions can go seriously awry if ERISA benefit plans are not properly addressed. Legal issues are not the only risk factor ...

Released on: Jun. 8, 2012

Taken from the briefing Pinterest: Legal Considerations to Using the Internet's Hottest Social Media Platform recorded May 2012. Pinterest is 2012's "most talked-about" social media platform and one of the fastest-growing standalone websites in history.  By tapping into the enthusiasm for gathering and presenting images that have been pulled from across the web, Pinterest has created a powerful content sharing platform - and ...

Released on: Mar. 5, 2013

Taken from the briefing Preparing and Disclosing Financial Projections in Public M&A recorded February, 2013. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP M&A partners Francis J. Aquila and Krishna Veeraraghavan will discuss the basics of preparing and disclosing financial projections in public mergers and acquisitions transactions.   Lecture Topics  [Total Time: 01:02:58] Best practices of a target board in having financial forecasts ...

Released on: Feb. 13, 2013

Taken from the briefing Reading Public Company Financials - What You Need to Know recorded January, 2013. Knowing how to read a public company’s financial statements can help you hear what is sometimes not being said.  This briefing will show you how to read between the numbers to extrapolate relevant information; spot red flags; gauge the financial health of a company; and better communicate with business and financial professionals. Using ...

Released on: Feb. 15, 2013

Taken from the briefing Regulation FD and Social Media in the Wake of the Netflix Investigation: Facebook, Blogging and Beyond recorded February, 2013. The continued surge in the number of people using social media and the many different types of information outlets available for use have put significant pressure on companies' ability to comply with SEC Regulation Fair Disclosure's requirements and restrictions.  Recent news that Netflix, ...

Released on: Nov. 7, 2012

Taken from the briefing Representing Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Proceedings: Learn How to Help recorded October, 2012. The number of unaccompanied children placed in U.S. custody in Fiscal Year 2012 has reached an historic high: over 14,000 children, more than double the number last year.  Many of these children, who range from toddlers to teenagers, are fleeing abuse, abandonment, and persecution in their home countries, or are ...

Released on: Nov. 19, 2012

Taken from the briefing Role of Patents in Business and the Impact of the America Invents Act recorded November, 2012. Changes instituted by the recently enacted America Invents Act will impact all industries. This presentation will summarize the critical role patents are playing in business decisions today. Lecture Topics  [Total Time: 01:04:46] An overview of the value of patents and how they are being leveraged as a business ...

Released on: May. 15, 2013

Taken from the briefing SEC's Extension of Exemptions for Security-Based Swaps 2013 recorded April, 2013.Among its many important changes to the legal landscape, The Dodd-Frank Act defined the term “security” to include security-based swaps. The SEC has taken a deliberative approach in relation to the effects of this change, and recently extended until February, 2014 the expiration date of certain temporary exemptions and interim final rules that ...

Released on: Mar. 28, 2013

Taken from the briefing SEC Focus on Asset Valuation: What Fund Managers Should Know recorded March, 2013. For the past year, top officials of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) have repeatedly identified the valuation of illiquid assets held by registered funds and private equity and hedge funds as one of the regulatory agency’s top five areas of enforcement and examination focus. In a December action, the SEC charged ...

Released on: Jan. 24, 2013

Taken from the briefing Setting Your Compliance Program Agenda for 2013 recorded January, 2013. The FCPA guidance issued last month by the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission indicates an enhanced focus on compliance programs by the federal government in its enforcement efforts.  While good news for the business community, this also means that companies should pay extra attention to setting their own compliance ...

Released on: Jun. 26, 2012

Taken from the briefing Smart Grid Privacy and Data Access - An Overview of Recent Federal, State and Private Sector Initiatives recorded June 2012. The rapidly increasing deployment of smart meters is creating a vibrant market for data analytics.  Currently, there are more than 20 states that have smart meter penetration rates in excess of 50 percent.  By 2016, analysts estimate that the advanced meter infrastructure (AMI) ...

Released on: Oct. 9, 2012

Taken from the briefing Social Networking and the NLRA: The 21st Century Water Cooler recorded September, 2012. Within the past eighteen months, the National Labor Relations Board has received more than 100 charges by employees who claim that they were disciplined or fired because of their work-related online communications, primarily through Facebook or other social networking sites.  These charges have highlighted the sometimes difficult ...

Released on: Dec. 3, 2012

Taken from the briefing Special Litigation Committees: Back in Vogue? recorded November, 2012. Between the fallout from the credit crisis and other financial or ethical misdeeds, corporations are seeing an upswing in shareholder derivative demands - the initial step in the legal process by which shareholders bring lawsuits on behalf of corporations against directors and senior executives.  Shareholder derivative suits are unique ...

Released on: Apr. 23, 2013

Taken from the briefing Special Problems in Representing Foreign Companies in US Criminal Investigations recorded April, 2013.At an accelerating rate, Department of Justice criminal investigations of antitrust, FCPA, money-laundering, financial fraud and other areas focus on foreign companies. A US lawyer representing a foreign company in such an investigation is likely to encounter cultural, institutional and legal disconnects with the US criminal ...

Released on: Oct. 24, 2012

Taken from the briefing Stranger in a Strange Land: CFPB and DOJ Bring Non-Mortgage Products into the Fair and Responsible Lending Fold recorded October, 2012. Regulators have long patrolled residential mortgage lending data for compliance with fair lending laws - principally the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act - and “responsible” banking practices, generally meaning practices that are not unfair, deceptive, or ...

Released on: May. 16, 2013

Taken from the briefing Supreme Court's 2012 Blockbuster Term: Review of Major Cases 2013 May, 2013.This is a blockbuster term in the Supreme Court. There are major cases concerning the Fourth Amendment, about the constitutionality of affirmative action in higher education, the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, the right to marriage equality for gays and lesbians, and the ability to sue corporations under the Alien Tort ...

Released on: Apr. 8, 2013

Taken from the briefing Supreme Court's Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds: Class Certification of Securities Fraud Actions recorded March, 2013. The Supreme Court handed down its decision in Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds, No. 11-1085, on February 27, 2013, and held that plaintiffs asserting claims for violations of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 need not, at the class ...

Released on: Aug. 6, 2012

Taken from the briefing Supreme Court Affordable Care Act Decision 2012: What's Next for Health Care Providers? recorded July, 2012. The U.S. Supreme Court issued its historic decision upholding the individual mandates under the Affordable Care Act ACA), while striking down the Medicaid expansion provisions. Many health care providers braced for the decision, while other forged ahead regardless of the how the Court decided. In this session, ...

Released on: Jul. 26, 2012

Taken from the briefing Supreme Court and the Affordable Care Act: Implications for the Future recorded July, 2012. By all accounts, the Supreme Court’s decision concerning the Affordable Care Act is one of its most important in recent years. Listen to Erwin Chemerinsky, Founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law for this important presentation. Lecture Topics  [Total ...

Released on: Aug. 13, 2012

Taken from the briefing Swaps Regulation: CFTC's Proposed Dodd-Frank Extraterritoriality Guidance and Implementation Schedule recorded July, 2012. On June 29 the CFTC unveiled its proposed position on extraterritorial application of much of its Dodd-Frank regulation of swaps.  The CFTC is taking an aggressive view of the extraterritorial scope of its jurisdiction - a view likely to have an unsettling effect on non-U.S. persons potentially ...