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Recorded on: Feb. 6, 2013

AMY TAUB: Hello. My name is Amy Taub and I'm a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, "Art of the Deal, Web 2.0 Issues in Technology Acquisitions." 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 via the course handbook ...

From the program: First Annual Institute on Corporate & Securities Law in Hong Kong 2013

Released on: May. 2, 2013

PLI has offered the most comprehensive continuing legal education seminars in the United States for more than eighty years, primarily in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington, D.C.  Based on our success in the U.S., PLI expanded to London and have been offering our Institute on Securities Regulation for more than twelve years.  We are excited about our expansion into Asia.Our First Annual Institute on Corporate & Securities ...

From the program: Asset Based Financing 2012

Released on: May. 15, 2012

Audio CD's from the program Asset Based Financing 2012, held April, 2012.

From the program: Asset Based Financing Strategies 2013

Released on: Mar. 25, 2013

Asset-based financing is a key source of credit for small and medium-size companies and for some larger, publicly traded companies as well. In contrast to equity financing where ownership in the company is diluted, asset-based financing allows companies to use their own assets to generate cash flow. In structuring these loans, lenders and their counsel must consider all senior interests in the collateral, as well as the practical difficulties in ...

Recorded on: Apr. 14, 2010

SPEAKER 1: Good morning, everyone. I hope we're all ready for our second day of Asset Based Financing in Today's Economy. Today we're going to be talking about a number of different transactional issues in the morning. And in the early afternoon, we're going to be talking about assignments, participations, guarantees, multi-lender, multi-borrower issues. That's going to be followed by-- Christine is going to lead us through that. And Scott it's going ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2012

REBECCA WALKER: We're nearing the finish line for the day. Last two topics of the day. This one's a really tough one. This is an area where we as ethics and compliance professionals continue to struggle. We've talked about this a little throughout the day to day, and that is how do we measure the effectiveness of what we're doing. How do we test our programs to ensure both that they are running appropriately and that legal violations are not occurring? ...

From the program: Corporate Compliance and Ethics Institute 2012

Released on: Jun. 15, 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. No matter how large or small your company (or client), paying careful attention to corporate compliance and ethics is no longer optional.  ...

Recorded on: Sep. 13, 2012

MICHAEL R. YOUNG: OK, everyone. Can hear me? We're going to get started again. And the good news is that your long wait is over. I know that you have been all sitting here patiently for everyone's favorite panels. And that is the panel on Audit Committees. And then the panels on Enforcement. And your patience is now to be rewarded. We're going to do first the audit committees. And then at four o'clock we're going to do enforcement. And with audit ...

From the program: Directors' Institute on Corporate Governance (Tenth Annual)

Released on: Sep. 26, 2012

In the past year, new expectations were placed on boards in critical areas of governance, including corporate social responsibility, board governance, audit committee oversight of financial reporting and independent auditors, shareholder activism, and executive compensation. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act will continue to put new requirements on companies and boards, and boards need to remain mindful of the implications of said requirements, as well ...

Recorded on: Mar. 1, 2012

ALAN BELLER: We're going to slide very appropriately from Lew Ferguson's speech to audit committees. I'm not sure we planned that, but we're happy we have it. Joining us for this panel, in order from my right, my immediate right, Debra Perry, who had a long career at Moody's, I think culminating as Chief Administrative Officer after several years in various senior positions there. She has more recently been involved on the boards of directors of ...

From the program: Audit Committee Workshop 2012

Released on: Jul. 6, 2012

As we continue to see many new regulations from the SEC, PCAOB, CFTC and financial institution regulators, numerous challenges emerge for the audit committee.  If you are a director or member of an audit committee, or if you advise audit committees, this program will help you understand what is required of the audit committee in this new and rapidly changing environment.  An expert faculty of public company directors who have served on audit ...

Recorded on: Feb. 5, 2010

PANEL INTRODUCER: Ok, folks. We're going to finish up with our ethics panel and I'm delighted to introduce this very distinguished panel that will be giving you their insights. It's a very accomplished group and I think we have a lot to listen and learn about today. Introducing from right to left on the panel. Si Lorne Si is the current Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer of Millenium Management. It's a hedge fund manager with over $11 billion ...

Recorded on: Nov. 4, 2011

SPEAKER 1: Multi-country Sourcing. I turn it over to Mike and Ross. ROSS E. McKEAN: Well, thank you everyone. I'll make a start for this session. And in terms of what we're trying to cover at the part two, we're going to do a deeper dive into what non-US laws that can derail sourcing, process and deadlines. And there are lots of laws that can derail sourcing, process, and deadlines. So I'm going to pick two which tend to be the more problematic, ...

Recorded on: Nov. 4, 2011

JOHN F. DELANEY: OK. Welcome to day two of the PLI Outsourcing Conference. And we're going to kick it off this morning with a presentation on avoiding missteps in multi-country outsourcing. And we're very fortunate to have two of the leading experts in this area to speak to us on this subject. It's going to be a co-presentation. Sitting immediately to Bill's right is Michael Mensik. Michael is one of the co-chairs of this program. He's also a partner ...

Recorded on: Apr. 17, 2012

ANNA PINEDO: Thanks for a wonderful panel. And we're going to move right along and continue into our next session. So we invite our speakers to join us. Our next session covers communications issues arising in connection with private placements and hybrid offerings. And with us this morning we have three panelists. Marty Dunn, and Marty is a partner at O'Melveny's Washington, D.C., office and a member of the corporate finance and capital markets ...

Recorded on: Apr. 17, 2012

ANNA PINEDO: Joining us this morning for our first session, providing an overview of the basic provisions that guide private placements, Section 4(2), Regulation D, and introspective compensatory stock grants, Rule 701, are David Martin and Carol McGee. David Martin is the co-head of the securities practice at Covington & Burling. And he's joined us in the past a number of times. And has done a wonderful job providing a very thorough overview ...

Recorded on: Jun. 22, 2010

LORI: Terrific overview, we obviously have a lot to cover today. And you've now made reference to Mary Joan half a dozen times. So let me introduce Mary Joan Hoene, who is counsel at that Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal and also is a specialist in investment management law and regulation focusing on a wide range of funds and other investment products. Mary Joan's career has spanned both private practice, both at financial institutions and at law ...

Recorded on: Jun. 9, 2011

LAURIN BLUMENTHAL KLEIMAN: That was really a great introduction to a lot of the fundamental principles we're going to be talking about throughout the day. And if you don't appreciate that now, I think as you listen to the speakers talk about some of these issues that Karrie laid out, you will truly appreciate how comprehensive an overview of the principles Karrie outlined. But to truly understand the operation and regulation of investment companies, ...

Recorded on: Jun. 11, 2012

CLIFFORD E. KIRSCH: And we are ready to begin the first panel discussion. And what we plan to do in this next hour is to give you a historical perspective on the mutual fund industry and mutual fund regulation, and really look at how we got to where we are today. And to lead our discussion, I'm very pleased to introduce Mary Joan Hoene and George Martinez. Mary Joan is counsel at Carter, Ledyard, & Milburn in New York. And George is Executive ...

From the program: Fundamentals of Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds 2012

Released on: Jun. 26, 2012

This program is designed to provide attendees with a solid foundation in the legal, regulatory and operational issues affecting the $12 trillion mutual fund industry, including the emerging exchange-traded fund industry.  Learn how Congress, regulators, markets, and the courts have shaped the formation and structure of this industry.  You will also learn about the impact of the financial crisis on the mutual fund and exchange-traded ...

Recorded on: Mar. 28, 2012

CHAD RUCKER: So I'll introduce our other panelists. The first one I'll introduce is Sean Windsor, and let him introduce himself. SEAN WINDSOR: Sure. Thanks, Chad. As Chad said, my name is Sean Windsor. I'm a director at Houlihan Lokey in their transaction advisory services group. For those of you who are not familiar with Houlihan Lokey, we basically have three different segments. The first one is being our investment bank, typical corporate finance, ...

From the program: Banking Law Institute 2012

Recorded on: Dec. 17, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Banking Law Institute 2012 recorded December, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:15:22] Current and Future M&A Activity & Regulatory Challenges for M&A Activity  [01:15:22] Current and Future M&A Activity – The coming consolidation wave? – Key structuring risks/challenges in the new environment – Managing FDIC loss-sharing agreements in M&A transactions  ...

Recorded on: Apr. 27, 2011

EDWIN E. SMITH: OK, we're now going head to bankruptcy, which is the litmus paper test of a secured transaction. This is where a secured party really finds out whether it's done all of the right things for its security interest to work. This particular talk is going to concentrate on a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, and how secured creditors are treated in a Chapter 11. But a lot of the things that we're going to talk about will apply to a Chapter 7 ...

Recorded on: Mar. 18, 2013

EDWIN SMITH: It's very important that you do the evaluations. We look at those every year to try to determine who to keep on the panel and who to throw off. I'd now like to introduce, as my colleague on this session, June Basden, from Carruthers & Roth in Greensboro. JUNE BASDEN: And that's Greensboro, North Carolina. EDWIN SMITH: There we go. Right. And so we're here to talk about bankruptcy related issues for asset-based lenders. We're going ...

Recorded on: Nov. 8, 2010

JOHN DELANEY: We're having a few minor technical difficulties with the PowerPoints, but I'm going to do the introductions. And I think we'll have everything fixed shortly. So the next topic. Welcome back. I hope everyone had a nice lunch session. We're back. We're going to talk about bankruptcy issues in connection with outsourcing. Even if you're not reading the papers, we're in the middle of a huge global recession. And hopefully, we're paying ...