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Recorded on: Mar. 15, 2013

CYRUS D. MEHTA: All right, so in the next one hour, we are going to discuss nonimmigrant visa categories. So remember, I told you that you can either be an immigrant or a nonimmigrant. So let's start with, who are the nonimmigrants, and what visas are applicable to them? And we have an extremely distinguished panel who have been doing it before for years. So they're not only seasoned practitioners, but they're also seasoned presenters at PLI conferences. So ...

Recorded on: Mar. 27, 2012

CYRUS D. MEHTA: Alright. This panel is called Nonimmigrant Temporary Visa Categories, and we are very privileged to have two distinguished panelists. On my extreme right is Marko Maglich, who develops and directs White and Case's corporate U.S. Immigration law practice, which deals in all kinds of complex immigration matters. Marko also coordinates with White and Case's many non-U.S. offices to serve client needs in moving and hiring personnel in ...

Recorded on: Oct. 13, 2011

KAREN J. KIRCHEN: And I think we'll get started with the last panel of the day, which is Operating in Foreign Markets. And I'd like to introduce my co-panelists. Sitting next to me is Gary Collins. Gary is the managing director and chief compliance officer at GE Capital's Energy Financial Services business in Connecticut. He also teaches law at the University of Connecticut School of Law where his topic is government investigations. He's a prolific ...

Recorded on: Mar. 15, 2013

CYRUS D. MEHTA: Hello, everybody. It's always a pleasure to do these PLI programs on basic immigration law. Immigration law is a very complicated area. And to cover the entire breadth of immigration law in one day is quite a challenging task for the faculty. Nevertheless, we will try to provide you with the basic aspects of immigration law. There might be times when it might get more complex. There are times when we try to keep it basic. But we'll ...

Recorded on: Mar. 27, 2012

CYRUS D. MEHTA: Thank you very much. So I see we have this iPad for the first time. And since you don't have your faculty handbooks, you could click on Course Materials if you want to follow the discussion, and then go to PowerPoints. Click on PowerPoints. And the first PowerPoint is under Opening Remarks and Introduction. And that's the PowerPoint I'm going to use, Immigration Basics. It's also going to be on the screen. So if you're not adept with ...

Recorded on: Apr. 13, 2012

JOSE ESTEVES: Do we start? It's 3:59. OK folks, we're going to get started with our last segment of the day. And the focus of this panel is Hot Topics, a closer look at a number of the key IP monetization developments. And we have a great panel lined up for you. First, to my immediate right, is Kimberly Chotkowski. Kimberly is a licensing executive with ATLC, Inc., a firm that specializes in assisting clients in maximizing the financial return on ...

Recorded on: May. 6, 2011

JOSE ESTEVES: First is Jake Handy. Jake is a partner with DLA Piper and concentrates on technology based transactions. Notably, Mr. Handy has helped form Allied Security Trust and in fact, is here speaking on behalf of Linda Beale from Allied Security Trust who could not be here. And he has focused on defensive patent acquisitions and has been outside counsel to AST since its formation. Mr. Handy received a BS in molecular biology and an MS in biology ...

Recorded on: Jun. 14, 2013

JOHN FELLAS: Terrific. Now before I introduce the next panel, I have an invitation for everybody here. And Jerry [? Akson ?] made mention of this. The New York International Arbitration Center, or NYIAC, it is having its inaugural meeting and reception next Monday, June 17 at 6:00 p.m. And you are all invited to attend if you wish to go. However, it's at 150 East 42nd Street on the 17th floor. And if you do wish to go, you need to RSVP by Wednesday ...

Recorded on: Mar. 13, 2012

YASMINE LAHLOU: Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Yasmine Lahlou. I am counsel at the International Arbitration Boutique firm Chaffetz Lindsey, here in Manhattan. I have the pleasure and honor of moderating the last panel of today's impressive program, for us to hear practical tips from leading arbitrators on issues that arise through each key stage of an arbitration. I will briefly introduce the panelists before letting them speak. While we have ...

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. 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: Jul. 11, 2013

Taken from the briefing Remedies for Victims of Human Trafficking recorded July, 2013.The newly reauthorized Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPRA) is the cornerstone of federal anti-trafficking law. This legislation provides a variety of remedies for victims and survivors of human trafficking, including providing immigration status as a form of humanitarian relief.Listen to Ivy O. Suriyopas, Director of the Anti-Trafficking Initiative ...

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 ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2013

JOHN DU: All right, so this panel, we are going to talk about resolving international disputes. Well, no talk on doing business internationally can omit an international dispute discussion. So today we are fortunate to have several distinguished panelists from different jurisdictions to talk about how to resolve international disputes. Dietmar is going to introduce the panel because I'm very bad at pronouncing Latin names. DIETMAR W. PRAGER: Well, ...

Recorded on: Jul. 17, 2012

MAURIZIO LEVI-MINZI: The topic for this panel is international arbitration. And to help us get a sense for what are the themes and the issues in international arbitration these days, we have three leading lawyers in the field. SPEAKER 1: Don't think your mic is working. MAURIZIO LEVI-MINZI: Oh. The mic is not working? SPEAKER 2: Hold on a second, sir. MAURIZIO LEVI-MINZI: I want to start all over again. So I'm going to just repeat myself for a ...

Recorded on: Jun. 12, 2013

REBECCA WALKER: OK, everybody, we're going to get started. The last panel of the day. This one is on social media. It ties in nicely to the whole risk assessment notion, because social media was not a topic that we had on this program seven or eight years ago. But it's certainly become a risk area for a lot of organizations in a lot of different ways, and we're going to look at the topic from really two perspectives. One is the risk perspective-- ...

Recorded on: Apr. 9, 2013

Taken from the briefing Special Problems in Representing Foreign Companies in US Criminal Investigationsrecorded 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 ...

Recorded on: Mar. 5, 2012

SCOTT ALTER: Just going to go right into our next session here, which is the continuing importance of opinions of counsel in light of recent court decisions. And for that, we have Jeff Zachmann to talk to us about that. And he is counsel on IBM's corporate litigation department. He's been with IBM since 1988. Since joining the litigation department in '92, has managed over 100 IP litigations for IBM, the majority being patent cases. So he has a lot ...

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: May. 15, 2012

AMY TAUB: Greetings. My name is Amy Taub, and I'm a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing-- Supreme Court's 2011 Blockbuster Term-- Review of Major Cases. Before we 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 [INAUDIBLE] Handbook ...

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 ...

Recorded on: Mar. 13, 2012

JOHN FELLAS: Thank you and welcome back. We now have a panel on the challenges facing international arbitration. And the idea for this panel came to me while reading an issue of Global Arbitration Review last year. For those of you who don't know, Global Arbitration Review is a journal devoted to international arbitration. And one of its issues last year featured a profile of what it decided were the 45 leading international arbitration practitioners ...

Recorded on: Oct. 18, 2011

DAVID KISTENBROKER: All right. Well, welcome back. We're going to get underway now with the 3 o'clock panel. I have to say that I'm very excited about this. This is the first time that the globalization aspect, if you will, of securities litigation has been included in the PLI Institute that we're here for today, and I'm extremely excited about it. When we went to PLI with it they said, the what? And we had a brief discussion and they said, boy this ...

Recorded on: Nov. 26, 2012

CYNTHIA J. LANGE: Well, why don't we get started? Because of how topical the issue was, we were fortunate to be able to put in a section on the DACA, or the Deferred Action for the DREAMers. We have with us today-- Marielena Hincapie, who's the executive director of NILC, was called away to Washington at the last minute. But we're fortunate to have Kamal Essaheb with us today from NILC. He engages in advocacy and technical assistance relating to ...

Recorded on: Apr. 5, 2013

Taken from the Web Program USPTO Post-Grant Patent Trials 2013 Recorded March, 2013 in New YorkThe U.S. District Court & ITC Judicial Perspectives [01:02:26] Parallel universe for patentability/validity determinations between the USPTO and the district courts and the ITC Different claim construction Different burdens of proof Estoppels Stays Timelines of parallel proceedings The purchase price of this segment includes the following ...