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From the program: Global Trademark Search and Application Workshop 2013

Released on: May. 29, 2013

A faculty of domestic and international legal experts will provide practical guidance for the trademark search and application process in the U.S. and abroad.  Using real-world examples, this practice-based, hands-on workshop will get you involved and provide takeaway tips that can be put into use in daily practice immediately.  Learn about the differences and similarities of differing search strategies here and abroad using interactive ...

Released on: Jul. 31, 2013

Taken from the briefing Growing Criminal Risks of Intermediaries for Cross-Border Financial Crimes recorded July, 2013.In the last couple of decades the U.S. and the world have experienced growing prosecutions of intermediaries for cross-border financial crimes.   A U.S. bank was convicted by a Spanish court for moving money in the Pinochet criminal investigation instead of freezing it.  The U.S. and State of New York have brought criminal ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2012

PHILIP M. BERKOWITZ: I'm just going to quickly tell you who-- well, I guess, Beth Lalik is sitting to my right. Beth is going to chair our first program. Beth is a partner in the Washington office of Littler Mendelson. She's a terrifically experienced and terrific lawyer and a good friend, and I think that she's extraordinarily well qualified to run this program. She's a member of the Hispanic Bar Association. She's been named repeatedly as one of ...

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 ...

Recorded on: Nov. 26, 2012

CYNTHIA J. LANGE: So we're going to get started with our next panel, which is "Hot Topics on Relief from Removal." We have with us today. Archana Pyati, who joined the Sanctuary for Families as a senior staff attorney in November of 2007. She's been the deputy director of Immigration Intervention Project. And she manages the Sanctuary's Gender-Based Asylum Project. Also with Archana, Mario Russell will be addressing "Hot Topics on Relief ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2013

MAURIZIO LEVI-MINZI: Welcome back for our last panel. You've survived the day. You're almost there. Our last session is one of the most lively usually, because we get to hear from in-house counsel. And usually it turns into a spirited discussion with the outside lawyers, and we all learn a few things from the process. So who do we have here today? We have here with us, Fred Lowenfels. Fred is general counsel and executive vice president and a director ...

Recorded on: Jul. 26, 2011

MAURIZIO LEVI-MINZI: So good news, we are not going to talk about any statutes. The next panel is about how to choose and work with law firms, with local law firms. And to discuss these issues, we are lucky today to have with us a panel that comprises two general counsels and two outside lawyers. So that should make for a lively discussion of how these things are actually happening and what are the considerations that come int to that. Let me tell ...

Recorded on: Jul. 17, 2012

JOHN DU: We'll continue on our next panel. The panel was to be moderated by my co-chair Maurizio, who unfortunately has to leave for a client meeting. He's attending another negotiating session, a live one. So we are fortunate to have his colleague Ezra Borut to cover him. Ezra Borut is deputy chair of Debevoise Plimpton's corporate department and a member of the M&A, finance, energy, and natural resources groups. His practice ranges from multinational ...

From the program: How to Effectively Prosecute AIA Post-Grant Proceedings 2012

Recorded on: Oct. 4, 2012

Taken from the Web Program How to Effectively Prosecute AIA Post-Grant Proceedings 2012 recorded October, 2012 in San Francisco. Lecture Topics  [00:59:40] The New Framework for Resolving Patent Disputes within the PTO, Part Two  [00:59:40] Derivation Proceedings + New Definition of Prior Art under the AIA The New Supplemental Examination/Reexamination and When to Use Example and Discussion of Request for Supplemental ...

Recorded on: Mar. 15, 2013

CYRUS D. MEHTA: All right. Great. So we are now ready to start the next session, the immigrant or permanent visa categories that lead to lawful permanent residency, or the green card. And we again have a very distinguished panel who have been doing it for many years. Deborah Notkin is a partner with the firm of Barst, Mukamal & Kleiner, and maintains a large international and National Immigration practice. She is the past president of the American ...

Recorded on: Mar. 27, 2012

CYRUS D. MEHTA: OK I think it's time that we start our next session. And we have two speakers. But they're not here as yet. But I guess we have to basically get started. Debbie will not be here because she-- unfortunately, she's got a family emergency. And she won't be able to do come today. So I will essentially substitute for Debbie. And Avi is on his way. But I've been instructed to start. So hopefully we will get this thing rolling. The next ...

Recorded on: Jun. 18, 2012

JOHN FELLAS: Welcome back. And it gives me great pleasure to introduce our next two panelists. The panel is In-House Counsel's Perspective on Managing Global Litigation, and our panelists are Steve Reynolds. Steve is senior vice president and general counsel of Alcatel-Lucent. And Javier Rubinstein, who is general counsel of PwC And please join me in giving them a warm welcome. [APPLAUSE] JOHN FELLAS: Their full bios are in the course handbook, ...

Recorded on: Mar. 15, 2013

CYRUS D. MEHTA: Hello, everybody. I'm glad you've come back and we're going to have our next session, post-lunch session. The morning session essentially focused on how to bring people into the United States, either on temporary visas, as well as on immigrant visas, and how they would ultimately get green cards. This session will be the exact opposite. It will focus on how to represent and defend people who are either being removed from the United ...

Recorded on: Mar. 27, 2012

CYRUS D. MEHTA: --session. And what we're going to talk about are inadmissibility and removal grounds and procedures. In the morning, we spoke about how somebody can get a benefit and apply for an immigrant visa. But we also cautioned about the various grounds of inadmissibility that could arise in the process. And that's what we're going to discuss this afternoon. We have a very esteemed panel. And to my near right is Linda Kenepaske who's been ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2013

JOHN DU: All right. Good afternoon. Welcome back to this program, Doing Business in Emerging Markets, the BRICs. And this afternoon we are going to have three panels. We're going to start with inbound investment from emerging markets. Well, we have talked a lot about doing business in the emerging markets, in the BRICs. And this panel, we are going to talk about doing business with emerging markets. As we have increasingly noticed, the geographic ...

Recorded on: Jul. 17, 2012

JOHN DU: Good. Welcome back. We're going to continue this program and there's a slight shift of focus. Now we're going to focus on outbound investment from the emerging markets into the United States. During this panel, we will focus on some, again, common themes and subjects in the process of representing a client from an emerging market in its investment in the US. Given the limited time we have now, we are only going to touch upon the major themes. ...

Recorded on: May. 8, 2012

RICHARD W. GRIME: OK, so we're going to get started on the first panel for this afternoon. And welcome back, everybody. This panel is on financial services and private equity. And what we are going to do this afternoon is to walk through some of the issues of where the FCPA and other anti-corruption laws intersect with the financial services sector, and in particular with private equity. And so on the panel this afternoon I have a number of people ...

Recorded on: Jun. 12, 2012

DAVID W. POLLAK: OK, so let's get started. It's 3:30. We're on to the last segment of the day, but the best. So we're going to start with international aspects of M&A transactions. And Alyssa Grikscheit from the Sidley Austin firm is here to speak with us, Alyssa has a diverse corporate practice that encompasses M&A, among other matters. So Alyssa. ALYSSA A. GRIKSCHEIT: Sure. Well, I like to think that you've heard a lot about M&A and ...

Recorded on: Feb. 8, 2013

Taken from the briefing International Banking, Part I: The Federal Reserve's Proposed Prudential Regulations for Foreign Banks recorded February, 2013. On December 14, 2012, the Federal Reserve proposed significant new regulations affecting the operations of foreign banks in the United States. The proposals are designed to implement the enhanced prudential regulation and early remediation requirements of Dodd-Frank Act sections 165 and ...

Recorded on: Feb. 21, 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, International Banking Part One: The Federal Reserve's Proposed Prudential Regulations for Foreign Banks. 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. And, time permitting, they will be addressed. Please ...

Recorded on: Mar. 8, 2013

Taken from the briefing International Banking, Part II: Foreign Banks Accessing the U.S. Markets recorded March, 2013. Foreign banks are increasingly seeking to diversify their financing opportunities.  With careful planning, banks can access U.S. investors without subjecting themselves to the securities registration requirements applicable to public offerings and to ongoing disclosure and governance requirements applicable to U.S. ...

Recorded on: Mar. 22, 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, International Banking Part Two-- Farm Banks Accessing the US Markets. 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 ...

Recorded on: Apr. 4, 2013

AMY TAUB: Hello, my name is Amy Taub. And I am a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, International Banking, Part Three-- SEC Registration for Foreign Banks. 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 ...

Released on: Apr. 4, 2013

Taken from the briefing International Banking, Part III: SEC Registration for Foreign Banks recorded March, 2013. Foreign banks seeking to diversify their financing opportunities may consider SEC registration. This briefing will focus on the registration process; disclosure considerations for financial institutions; and compliance, governance and ongoing reporting. Lecture Topics  [Total Time: 01:05:06] The registration process and ...

Recorded on: Apr. 2, 2013

Taken from the briefing International Banking, Part IV: Foreign Banks Issuing Covered Bonds into the U.S.recorded March, 2013.Despite the sovereign crisis and heightened volatility, the covered bond market remains very attractive.  Foreign banks continue to access the U.S. markets with covered bond offerings.  We will discuss the market environment, the legal and regulatory considerations, and the process for an exempt offering by a ...