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Recorded on: May. 8, 2012

MARK F. MENDELSOHN: OK, well, welcome back everybody. Our next panel is addressing difficult and unresolved questions under the FCPA. And we've got another great group of experts here to discuss quite a long list of really interesting issues. I'll start on the opposite end with Tim Dickinson, who is a partner at Paul Hastings. I'm not sure where you say you're a resident these days, but-- TIMOTHY L. DICKINSON: Washington. MARK F. MENDELSOHN: --Resident ...

Recorded on: Feb. 26, 2013

Taken from the briefing Doing Business in Russia recorded February, 2013. As one of the world’s most important and growing economies, Russia continues to be a significant destination for global investment. Russia is a country rich in natural resources that has a highly-skilled and well-educated work force. Over the past decade, the Russian economy has demonstrated growth at rates exceeding most developed countries, doubling disposable ...

Recorded on: Nov. 29, 2012

Taken from the briefing Doing Business in the Middle East 2012 recorded November, 2012. The Middle East has been a cross roads between the East and West for thousands of years. Despite its turbulent politics, it continues to be a place of opportunity, which is predicted to outperform Europe and the US in the near term. This Briefing will provide a general introduction to doing business in the Middle East, review its legal system, ...

Recorded on: Jul. 26, 2011

MAURIZIO LEVI-MINZI: --variety of perspectives. We have a few presentations to start with on various topics. But let me tell you first a bit about our panelists, by way of introduction. So Alyona Kucher is a partner of Debevoise in Moscow. Her area of expertise is corporate law, infrastructure projects, and project financing. With an emphasis on transactions in the oil and gas sector, and construction. Alyona teaches civil law at Moscow University. ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2013

PAULO C. ARAGAO: Good morning. It's a pleasure to be here. And although definitely I'm not the political scientist, let me talk a little bit about what we think is happening in Brazil-- we're not sure, but what we think is happening there. We have a line in our national anthem, written 200 years ago, that talks about a sleeping giant. I think the giant is awakening. We have a country with 200 million inhabitants with now a very powerful middle class, ...

Recorded on: Jul. 26, 2011

MAURIZIO LEVI-MINZI: So our next panel is about due diligence in BRIC countries. We will, in fact, continue to develop many of the same topics that we have already explored a bit during the first panel in many respects. But we want to focus a little bit more perhaps on the practical aspects of assessing the risk of making an investment in a BRIC country. Which is probably of interest to those of you here that are involved in the process of either ...

Recorded on: Jul. 17, 2012

MAURIZIO LEVI-MINZI: To help us sort through these issues, we have three phenomenal petitioners. First of all, Marielle Garrigo. Marielle is a partner at Pellerano & Herrera, a Dominican Republic firm. Marielle focuses primarily on project finance, international direct investments, and M&A. She has significant experience advising foreign investors regarding direct investments in a number of industry in the DR, including, for example, tourism, ...

Recorded on: Jun. 14, 2013

JOHN FELLAS: Well, let me tell you, breaking news, the Supreme Court issued an opinion today in an arbitration case, the Oxford Health Care case, a class arbitration case. It's what's called a clause construction case. This is a case where the arbitrator is empowered or not empowered to construe a clause to determine whether it authorizes class arbitration. In a case a few years back called Stout-Nielsen where the chairman of the tribunal happened ...

Released on: Apr. 30, 2013

Taken from the briefing Drafting New York Choice of Law and Choice of Court Clauses in International Commercial Transactions: An Update After IRB v. Inepar recorded April, 2013.Parties engaged in international business transactions often consider choosing New York law to govern their agreements and New York courts to hear any disputes arising out of the transaction. In its recent decision in IRB v. Inepar, New York’s highest court made it clear that ...

Recorded on: Dec. 13, 2011

AMY TAUB: Greetings. My name is Amy Taub, and I am a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, due diligence challenges in cross border transactions. 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 course handbook tab in ...

Recorded on: May. 8, 2012

IVONNE KING: Good afternoon. I'm Ivonne King. We have no break right now, so we'll go until this panel ends, and then we will have a break. This is a kind of tough time slot, because you've been sitting in the audience for since the morning. And we've been talking to you for a while. And we've had lunch, and we've had no break. So I offered Laura Shields of PLI $50 to load Angry Birds on your iPad, and you'll have it for two minutes. I'm just kidding. ...

Recorded on: May. 8, 2012

IVONNE MENA KING: Good morning. My name is Ivonne King. I am a partner with Foley and Lardner in the Palo Alto, California office. It's my pleasure to be here with you today, and to continue the discussion that we had from yesterday on effective compliance programs. For those of you who were with us yesterday, you'll know, and anyone who's new to us today, we have prepared polling questions for the audience. We will continue with those today. In ...

Recorded on: Jul. 26, 2011

JOHN DU: Thank you for coming back. We're finally down to the last panel, which is, in my view, the most important panel on ethics and anti-bribery legislations. Well, I just want to make this-- can someone turn the screen on please? OK, thank you. I want to engage you a little bit, so this is a question which is not so related to this panel in particular, but of course, it's related to BRIC. So name the world's four largest economies in GDP for ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2013

JOHN DU: So we're moving to the next topic of ethics. This has been a traditional topic for the past, at least seven years for this program. And the predecessor of this program. And very often, it has led to great discussion and a lot of participation from the audience. We hope to repeat our success in the past sessions. And we're still missing one panelist. And he emailed. And he should be here very, I believe, momentarily. But PLI has its rules, ...

Recorded on: Jul. 17, 2012

JOHN DU: Shift focus to the substantive issues of FCPA enforcement. So what is the current FCPA enforcement landscape in the US with respect to the emerging markets? Can we start with Mauro? MAURO WOLFE: Yeah thank you, John. I think one of the more important cases, and this one remains to be seen over the next year or so, is the Morgan Stanley case. For those of you who are not familiar with the case, a senior executive at Morgan Stanley named Garth ...

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 ...

Released on: May. 9, 2013

Taken from the briefing Europe's New Unitary Patent Regime: One Patent, One Court recorded April, 2013.Now that 24 EU member states have signed an international treaty establishing a European unified patent court, Europe’s dream of a unified patent system is moving closer to reality. If enough participating states ratify the agreement, the EU will get a new Unitary Patent right - taking effect via a single application throughout most of the EU - and ...

Released on: Apr. 2, 2013

Taken from the briefing Europe for Sale? European M&A Opportunities and Challenges in 2013 recorded March, 2013. Against a backdrop of economic and political uncertainty, the European capital markets are undoubtedly in turmoil. Valuations of many European companies have slipped and several companies are seeking to divest non-core businesses and operations to improve their balance sheets. In addition, some European companies are nearing the ...

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: May. 2, 2012

SHELDON H. KLEIN: The podium. Although Mike, were you planning to talk from the podium or from your seat? MICHAEL R. GRAY: The podium. SHELDON H. KLEIN: The podium. OK, we're back to the podium. It's my pleasure to introduce Mike Gray. Mike brings 26 years of experience representing companies and individuals in trial, arbitration, and other civil proceedings throughout the United States. He's a partner in Minneapolis office of Gray Plant Mooty. ...

Recorded on: Aug. 2, 2013

Taken from the briefing FCPA Compliance in Latin America recorded August, 2013.It is old news that the U.S. government is aggressively enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.S. law that prohibits bribery of foreign public officials. Particularly over the last decade, the U.S. Justice Department and Securities & Exchange Commission have been hitting wrongdoers with significant monetary penalties and, in the case of individuals, ...

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: 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 ...

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2013

Taken from the briefing Foreign Filing Best Practices: An Update on the Patent Cooperation Treaty recorded April, 2013.With today’s global industries and markets, foreign patent protection is an essential part of IP strategy. Since entering force in 1978, the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) has been a popular route for applicants acquiring patent rights in different countries because of the distinct advantages that the PCT offers versus ...