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Recorded on: Dec. 17, 2012

N. ADELE HOGAN: OK, and then we're going to move right in-- Robert Evans from Shearman & Sterling is going to come up, and he's going to talk about disclosure basics. Now, he will go through-- this again applies both to the 33 and the 34 Act. So it's a very helpful background review of this area. And thank you again. That was excellent. Thank you. Great slides. And that Latham chart that is on the Latham website is actually excellent. And basically, ...

Recorded on: Dec. 18, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Understanding the Securities Laws 2012 Recorded December, 2012 in New York Disclosure Basics [01:01:41] The duty to disclose Materiality - Contingent events - SAB 99 Regulation FD and dealing with analysts Stock exchange disclosure requirements Rumors and leaks Loss contingencies Projections/safe harbor for forward-looking statements Disclosure on the Internet/company ...

From the program: Enforcement 2012: Multi-Agency Enforcement Efforts

Released on: May. 30, 2012

DVD's from the program Enforcement 2012: Multi-Agency Enforcement Efforts, held April, 2012.

From the program: Enforcement 2013: Perspectives from Government Agencies

Recorded on: Apr. 29, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Enforcement 2013: Perspectives from Government Agencies recorded April, 2013 in New York.Lecture Topics  [01:46:33]Enforcement Priorities  [01:46:33] Changing priorities with President Obama remaining in DC - what is on the horizon? How are agencies effectively handling limited budgets - has thought been given to dividing up the work more? Coordination - recent examples Impact of JOBS Act and Dodd-Frank ...

Recorded on: Apr. 30, 2013

Taken from the Web Program First Annual Institute on Corporate & Securities Law in Hong Kong 2013 Recorded April, 2013 in Hong KongEnforcement Issues Today [01:03:37] Current U.S. enforcement efforts Current Hong Kong enforcement efforts Current U.K. enforcement efforts and U.K. Bribery Act update FCPA enforcement practices Impact of OFAC on doing business in Asia Insider trading: U.S., U.K. and Hong Kong The purchase price of this ...

Recorded on: Nov. 15, 2012

Taken from the Web Program 44th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation Recorded November, 2012 in New York Enforcement Roundtable [01:33:43] Financial crisis cases - the SEC/DOJ keep charging ahead Hedge funds and private equity - the SEC/DOJ are looking - what are they finding? Insider trading - something old or something new? The crowded enforcement landscape - the SEC/DOJ are joined by international regulators, the courts ...

From the program: Prison Law 2012

Released on: Aug. 17, 2012

Whether representing prisoners while in private practice, public interest practice or as a policy advocate, the issues and the environment in which advocates operate is increasingly challenging and complex.  This year, PLI’s third annual program on Prison Law will address the legal framework for civil litigation filed on behalf of prisoners in federal and state courts, from a national perspective. Lecture Topics  [Total time 06:27:32] Segments ...

Recorded on: Dec. 17, 2012

N. ADELE HOGAN: Hi. It's 11:30, and I want to make sure that we start on time so that we get the full hour of CLE credit. To my right, I have Iris Chiu. She is at Morgan Stanley, particularly focusing on M&A transactions. Obviously, we have two people here that are highly substantive, so although they are kindly going to speak on ethics today, they're going to bring a lot of their business and legal judgments and practical experience here as well. And ...

Recorded on: Nov. 26, 2012

AUSTIN FRAGOMEN: And one of the most important and vexsome areas we're confronted with in the practice of immigration law is legal ethics. And we have an inherent problem because of the dual representation in very difficult circumstances in which to apply dual representation in a really traditional way. At the same time, we have clients who are sometimes known to accuse us of not thinking outside the box, not being innovative enough, or perhaps, how ...

Recorded on: Nov. 26, 2012

CYNTHIA LANGE: I hope you had a good lunch. We're ready to proceed with the afternoon sessions, and we want to talk about evolving trends at FDNS and related government audits. And to do so, we have two illustrious members of the immigration bar, Eileen Scofield and Mary Pivec. Eileen is head of Alston and Bird's immigration practice and focuses on employer compliance issues. And Mary Pivec is a partner at Williams Mullen in DC, and has extensive ...

Recorded on: Jun. 11, 2012

LAURIN BLUMENTHAL KLEIMAN: So we've save the Exchange-Traded Fund panel for last. Although, I know several of you really came here to learn more about alternatives to mutual funds. And we have two panelists here who are very steeped in all kinds of investment company, and other types of Securities Law issues, but particularly focused also on ETFs. To my right is Jim Munsell, he is my partner. We practice together across the street, in the Investment ...

Recorded on: Jun. 11, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Fundamentals of Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds 2012 Recorded June, 2012 in New York Exchange-Traded Funds [01:00:26] Overview of market Different types of exchange-traded products Investment Company Act: Regulatory issues The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) from the Course Handbook available online: Introduction to Exchange-Traded Funds James C. ...

From the program: Whistleblowers and the False Claims Act 2012: What You Need to Know

Released on: Nov. 28, 2012

Companies doing business with all levels of government face increasing exposure under federal and state False Claims Acts (FCAs).  Company whistleblowers are filing record numbers of new FCA cases, and the U.S. Department of Justice and state Attorney Generals are ramping-up fraud investigations and prosecutions nationwide.  Taught by a panel of experienced FCA practitioners including prosecutors, whistleblowers' counsel, defense counsel ...

Recorded on: Nov. 26, 2012

SPEAKER 1: Welcome. We'd like to begin the second day of PLI with a panel on federal court litigation. We're really happy to have Karen Tumlin who is the managing-- one moment for technical difficulties. OK let's go, thank you so much. We're happy to begin the second day of PLI with the federal court litigation panel. We're lucky to have Karen Tumlin, who is the managing attorney of the Los Angeles office of NILC. She focuses on promoting the rights ...

Recorded on: Nov. 26, 2012

AUSTIN T. FRAGOMEN, JR: Good afternoon. Our first topic this afternoon will be filing PERM cases in this economy, which is obviously a challenge. It goes without saying, filing PERM cases even under the best of circumstances is a challenge. But in an economy that's not particularly conducive to successfully going through the recruitment process certainly raises a lot of issues. And I think that it's an issue that we're all confronted with. To present ...

Recorded on: Jul. 3, 2012

LAUREN: --with us. Thank you. CLIFFORD KIRSCH: Thanks Lauren. Thanks everyone for being back with us for this wrap up panel. And what we wanted to do to take us to the end of the program for the next hour and 15 minutes is look at three areas-- financial responsibility, which Allison made a very, very quick reference to this morning about customer protection and net capital knowing that we would speak about later. We save it for this. But it's such ...

From the program: Fundamentals of Broker-Dealer Regulation 2012

Released on: Jul. 9, 2012

Major changes in broker-dealer regulation and the industry have come about as a result of the financial services crisis and the resulting regulatory reform.  At the same time, FINRA continues to overhaul its rulebook as part of its Rulebook Consolidation process.  This program will provide you with a solid foundation in the regulatory regime applying to broker-dealers, including what to expect next regarding broker-dealer regulation.  Learn ...

From the program: Fundamentals of Investment Adviser Regulation 2012

Released on: Aug. 1, 2012

In the aftermath of the financial crisis and the resulting regulatory reform, the SEC has advanced significant rulemaking to impose a greater degree of controls on investment advisers’ operations.  In fact, the SEC has put the regulation of investment advisers under the microscope.  At the same time, Congress is considering financial regulatory reform that could impose a new self-regulatory organization in charge of adviser regulation.  In ...

Recorded on: Apr. 30, 2013

CLIFFORD E. KIRSCH: I'd like to get started again. And in this next panel, we begin taking a dive into the regulation of investment companies, as it exists today and, again, taking a pretty in-depth look into the Investment Company Act. And in this panel, Fund Anatomy, we take an inside look at the mutual fund. And what we're going to look at is the mutual fund regulations, with respect to the board of directors, portfolio management, and also how ...

Recorded on: Apr. 30, 2013

LAURIN BLUMENTHAL KLEIMAN: Welcome back. This next panel is always a real crowd-pleaser. Fund litigation-- we just got finished talking about the regulatory oversight and what the SEC can do to make a fund's life challenging. Now we're going to talk about the adventures that funds have gone through in the courts. My two panelists have been with this program for several years, and it's always really interesting to hear what they have to say. To my ...

Recorded on: Apr. 30, 2013

CLIFFORD E. KIRSCH: Alrighty, welcome back. We're going to start. I know others will be joining us as we begin chatting. And welcome back to the folks on the web as well. Thanks for joining us. On this panel, we're going to go for an hour, looking at how a mutual fund markets itself and sells fund shares. And I'm delighted to be able to welcome two folks who are new to this program but not new at all to investment management regulation. To my far ...

From the program: Global Capital Markets & the U.S. Securities Laws 2012: Raising Capital in an Evolving Regulatory Environment

Released on: May. 23, 2012

Audio CD's from the program Global Capital Markets & the U.S. Securities Laws 2012: Raising Capital in an Evolving Regulatory Environment, held April, 2012.

Recorded on: Feb. 7, 2013

DIANA BILLIK: Good afternoon. Welcome to this session, which is going to deal with OFAC, FCPA, and Bribery Act risks in a context of mergers and acquisitions as well as capital market transactions. My name is Diana Billik. I am a partner with Allen and Overy, resident in their Paris office. And I practice US securities laws. To my right, you have Nilufer Von Bismarck. If you haven't met her already from this morning, Nilufer is a partner with Slaughter ...

From the program: Hedge Funds 2012: Strategies and Structures for an Evolving Marketplace

Recorded on: Sep. 10, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Hedge Funds 2012: Strategies and Structures for an Evolving Marketplace recorded September, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:10:36] The Changing Regulatory Framework for Hedge Funds and Managers  [01:10:36] New SEC registration regime for hedge fund managers Grappling with new reporting requirements Extraterritorial application of registration requirements European hedge fund regulatory ...

Recorded on: Nov. 26, 2012

CYNTHIA J. LANGE: Well, hello. We are here to talk about some of the hot-button adjudication issues at the USCIS Service Centers. My name's Cynthia Lange, and I'm going to introduce the panelists here. Robin Paulino works for Microsoft Corporation. She's Assistant General Counsel for their US Immigration program. In her role, she oversees 18 immigration attorneys providing strategic legal advice to senior leadership, as well as support to foreign ...