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Recorded on: Mar. 13, 2012

JOHN FELLAS: OK. So we're going to begin our next panel. And that's on advocacy in international arbitration. Now advocacy is at the heart of what we do as dispute resolution lawyers. But what is effective in one context is not necessarily effective in another. What might be persuasive to a US jury may not be so persuasive to a French arbitrator. And what might persuade a French arbitrator may not persuade a Mexican arbitrator. Now our next panel ...

Recorded on: Oct. 4, 2012

Taken from the Web Program White Collar Crime 2012: Prosecutors and Regulators Speak Recorded October, 2012 in New York A New Facet to the Special Relationship: Cooperation in White Collar Investigations Between the U.S. and U.K. [01:00:44] An overview of the authorities in the U.K. charged with enforcing the laws against white collar crime Trends in U.K. enforcement and how it affects U.S. citizens and U.S. counsel How do U.S. ...

Recorded on: Mar. 27, 2012

CYRUS MEHTA: So while the panelists setting up I'm going to introduce the panel to all of you. It's a great panel. All the panels are great but we are really fortunate to have three leading experts. And the previous panel spoke about grounds of inadmissibility and removeability. And this panel will talk about relief when someone's put into removal proceedings. And the first speaker on this panel is Anwen Hughes. She helps overseas human rights first ...

Recorded on: Dec. 5, 2012

Taken from the briefing Basics of Export Controls 2012 recorded December, 2012. U.S. and multinational corporations are increasingly affected by the range of U.S. laws and regulations governing international trade. The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), and the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) each plays an ...

Recorded on: May. 8, 2012

RICHARD GRIME: OK, everybody. We're in the home stretch. And I realize I'm competing with Mexican food, and I'm going to lose. So maybe we'll wait for a few stragglers to come in. This is the benchmarking session. We have about 30 questions that we want to get through. We recognize we're not going to have a dialogue on everything, because we've spent a long time over the last day and a half talking about many of these topics. So there's going to ...

Recorded on: Aug. 3, 2012

AMY TAUB: Greetings. My name is Amy Taub, and I am a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome to today's briefing, Calling All DREAMers. 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 the program window. Our speaker for ...

Recorded on: Nov. 26, 2012

AUSTIN T. FRAGOMEN JR: So our next topic deals with family immigration. And obviously, this is an area we've more than touched on, when it comes to all the different aspects of representing children in every context imaginable, right? So we've already been through children in great detail, but now, we're going to talk about family immigration. And we'll talk about children in the more traditional sense of media relative petitions and things of that ...

From the program: Immigration & Naturalization Institute (45th Annual)

Released on: Dec. 4, 2012

This year’s program will examine key immigration trends and hot topics for 2012.  You will hear from Washington insiders about what is likely to happen with immigration legislation during this election year.  Will anything move on bills eliminating the per-country limit for employment-based cases, or increasing immigration opportunities for high-skilled workers?  Will the Obama Administration’s recent actions on business ...

Recorded on: Nov. 26, 2012

CYNTHIA J. LANGE: Well, welcome back. We'll be rounding off the afternoon here with a couple of excellent panels. Right now, we'll be having Bernie Wolfsdorf and Stephen Yale-Loehr will talk to us about challenges to entrepreneurs coming to the United States. There's so much happening in this area, and we really appreciate the work that they've put into this. Robert Divine had planned on being here, and I think help work on the material but due to ...

From the program: Cloud Computing 2012: Cut Through the Fluff & Tackle the Critical Stuff

Recorded on: Jun. 12, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Cloud Computing 2012: Cut Through the Fluff & Tackle the Critical Stuff Recorded June 2012 in San Francisco Lecture Topics Government Related Issues [01:01:05] Federal procurement Export -Basic overview of U.S. export controls and trade sanctions -Export control and trade sanctions risks and responsibilities of cloud providers -Export control and trade sanctions risks and responsibilities ...

From the program: Corporate Counsel Institute 2012

Released on: Oct. 14, 2012

There’s always something new coming along to keep corporate counsel on their toes, and indeed, even awake at night. The role of the corporate counsel continues to evolve to meet new challenges in relation to an increasingly global economy, recent financial turmoil and continually changing new technologies. It is essential for all corporate counsel to be informed of the latest issues and possess effective, budget-conscious strategies for managing ...

Recorded on: Oct. 16, 2012

BOB: Aren't regulations wonderful? This is our corporate panel, and historically David and I started doing this about seven or eight years ago, and it turned out to be one of the really more popular part of the program each year. We try to bring in corporate speakers who represent something of a smattering of the companies that one finds in Northern California. Which is pretty much a reflection of companies you find all over the country. And talk ...

Recorded on: Oct. 17, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Intellectual Property Law Institute 2012 Recorded October, 2012 in San Francisco Corporate Counsel Panel: International Issues for Corporate IP and Ancillary Counsel Counsel [01:30:56] Developing procurement, defense and enforcement strategies for global commerce Enforcing patents and copyrights in foreign jurisdictions Licensing to and from foreign companies Pharma collaborations with companies ...

Recorded on: May. 8, 2012

RICHARD W. GRIME: Good morning, everybody. Welcome to day two of the PLI's program on FCPA and anti-corruption laws. This morning, I am pleased to be moderating a panel dealing specifically with China. And as you heard yesterday, there are many issues in dealing with that country. And in particular, we want to spend some time today sort of digging a little deeper than we're able to on panels that just deal generally with anti-corruption enforcement. And ...

From the program: Defending Immigration Removal Proceedings 2012

Released on: Aug. 27, 2012

With more than 300,000 deportation and removal cases initiated by U.S. immigration authorities each year, immigrants in the United States are in need of competent and knowledgeable representation in this important area of law. Over half of those facing removal proceedings are unrepresented, and studies have shown that those without legal representation face a significantly higher risk of deportation, regardless of eligibility for relief. In response ...

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: 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. 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: 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. 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 ...

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: 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 ...