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From the program: Advanced Swaps & Other Derivatives 2012

Recorded on: Oct. 22, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Advanced Swaps & Other Derivatives 2012 recorded October, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [00:33:18] Enforcement, Litigation & Insolvency and Resolution Authority: Netting Opinions; Safe Harbors; Orderly Liquidation Part 1  [00:33:18] Review of recent cases of interest to the OTC derivatives market, including flip clauses, multilateral netting, and more Fraud prosecutions (synthetic ...

Recorded on: Apr. 27, 2012

LYLE ROBERTS: Great. If everyone is settled in, or getting settled in, we will launch into our second panel today, which is, OK, we've had the investigation. Or at least we've talked about the issues surrounding investigation, and perhaps a quick, early settlement, if possible, with the SEC. But what about the civil actions? Our fact patterns suggest that we're going to have a lot of civil actions going on, including multiple securities class actions ...

Recorded on: Jun. 28, 2012

STEVEN R. PEIKEN: Thanks, Rich. Sounds like my mom wrote that introduction. We have a great group of panelists, and let me introduce them to you briefly before we jump into this. So seated immediately to my right is David Anders, who's a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where his practice focuses on the representation of Fortune 500 and other companies in white collar criminal and related investigations. Before joining Wachtell, Lipton, ...

Recorded on: Jun. 28, 2012

HELEN: Welcome back everybody. It's my pleasure to introduce the moderator of our next panel, Mei Lin Kwan-Gett. And I'll let her introduce her other panelists. Mei Lin is a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher here in New York and is the co-head of that firms White Collar Criminal Defense Practice Group. Mei Lin specializes in white collar criminal defense, regulatory enforcement matters, internal investigations, and complex commercial litigation. Before ...

Recorded on: Jun. 28, 2012

RICHARD J. MORVILLO: This next panel is going to be talking about actually conducting the investigation. It took us a better part of an hour and 45 minutes to talk about all the background. And we are very fortunate to have another esteemed panel of experts in the area. And I'll introduce them. Nancy needs no introduction. To Nancy's right is David Brodsky, who is a partner at Cleary Gottlieb here in New York, who-- and this is going to be a refrain ...

From the program: Delaware Law Developments 2012: What All Business Lawyers Need to Know

Recorded on: Jun. 18, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Delaware Law Developments 2012: What All Business Lawyers Need to Know Recorded June 2012 in New York City Lecture Topics He Did What?! He Said What?! Ethical Issues in Representing Representative Clients [01:00:08] This panel will discuss the challenges counsel face when representing or opposing representative clients - What are the ethical obligations of counsel when they learn facts that may undermine ...

From the program: Securities Regulation Institute (44th Annual)

Released on: Nov. 21, 2012

PLI's Annual Institute on Securities Regulation has become the most highly anticipated annual review of the current state of securities, financial regulation, and corporate law and practice. As always, we strive to bring you the most up-to-date information in response to the many developments of the past year. We continue to see significant changes in the securities laws field - as a result of the enactment of the JOBS Act, changes to the ...

Recorded on: Apr. 27, 2012

LYLE ROBERTS: Great. So let's get started with our final panel of the day. And really the reason we're all here of course, which is to do some ethics and ethical issues in complex securities litigation. And with me today for the final panel I have Felipe Arroyo, who is with Robbins Umeda. We've got Paul Gluckow at Simpson Thacher. Harold Gordon with Jones Day. And Jim Windels with Davis Polk. All of whom have extensive experience in securities litigation. And ...

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

Recorded on: Jun. 11, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Fundamentals of Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds 2012 recorded June, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:00:11] Litigation Involving Mutual Funds  [01:00:11] Private rights of action under the Investment Company Act Excessive fee cases The mutual fund as plaintiff The purchase price of this segment includes the following article from the Course Handbook available online:  ...

From the program: Handling a Securities Case 2012: From Investigation to Trial and Everything in Between

Released on: Jun. 7, 2012

DVD's from the program Handling a Securities Case 2012: From Investigation to Trial and Everything in Between, held April, 2012.

From the program: Internal Investigations 2012: How to Protect Your Clients or Companies in the Global, Post-Dodd Frank World

Recorded on: Jun. 28, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Internal Investigations 2012: How to Protect Your Clients or Companies in the Global, Post-Dodd Frank World recorded June, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:27:26] Commencing the Investigation: Considerations at the Outset  [01:27:26] How do you deal with allegations by someone who may be a whistleblower? When is an investigation warranted? Who should oversee the investigation? Who ...

Recorded on: Dec. 17, 2012

N. ADELE HOGAN: OK. Hi. Welcome back, everybody, after the break. So now is an important panel because we're going to focus on securities and liability and litigation. And this is the ammunition you need to help your clients get through their problems and also to counsel your clients, particularly on the corporate side, so they don't get into problems or the problems are contained. So I'm really thrilled today to have three prestigious practitioners ...

Recorded on: Dec. 18, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Understanding the Securities Laws 2012 Recorded December, 2012 in New York Liability for Securities Law Violations [01:28:04] Securities Act - Sections 11, 12, 15 and 17 - Effect of the JOBS Act - Indemnification and contribution Exchange Act - Section 10 and Rule 10b-5 - Insider trading and selective disclosure “Controlling person” liability International issues The ...

Recorded on: Feb. 13, 2012

BARRY P. BARBASH: Good morning, all. Thank you for coming up today for day two of the Investment Management institute. Paul and I, every year sit down after a conference, and then a few months after that get together again and think about what we're going to do differently from one year to the next. And coming into this year, I'm not sure either of us-- because we're both generally corporate lawyers-- really wanted to acknowledge it, but ultimately ...

Recorded on: Jun. 11, 2012

LAURIN BLUMENTHAL KLEIMAN: Welcome back, everybody. So now comes the time when we talk about what happens when things allegedly go wrong. We spent most of the first 2/3 of this program talking about the intricacy of the regulatory framework and the principles underlying investment company regulation, and now we have two speakers who are going to talk to you about what happens when mutual funds and other investment companies get involved in litigation. So ...

Recorded on: Nov. 13, 2012

COLLEEN MAHONEY: --next panel is focusing on developments in securities litigation. It is being led by Bruce Angiolillo, a senior partner in the litigation department at Simpson Thatcher, where he heads the securities litigation practice focusing on class actions, derivative actions, and contests for corporate control. Bruce? BRUCE ANGIOLILLO: As I pour my glass of water. COLLEEN MAHONEY: I'm sorry. BRUCE ANGIOLILLO: Thank you, Colleen. It's very ...

Recorded on: Apr. 27, 2012

JONATHAN K. YOUNGWOOD: Panel, yes. So we've talked about the investigation, the government regulatory aspect, which is often how a securities case starts. We've talked about the drafting of the complaint, the filing of the complaint, the likely motion to dismiss the Complaint. And lo and behold, we can all assume that the Medicines R Us case was not thrown out on a motion to dismiss. And so it's going to continue as a civil securities case, likely ...

Recorded on: Jun. 18, 2012

SPEAKER 1: Welcome everyone. And thank you for attending. We have an audience, I hear, that will grow as the morning progresses. But it's one of our largest audiences. And we also have a large following out on the web today. And so we're very pleased to have this great level of participation in this seminar. We've been doing this for a number of years now. Steve and I have been involved in it for, I'd say, seven or eight years maybe. Prior to our ...

Recorded on: Oct. 4, 2012

Taken from the Web Program White Collar Crime 2012: Prosecutors and Regulators Speak Recorded October, 2012 in New York Review of Significant Cases and Recent Developments [01:09:01] What are the important developments over the past year in the area of white collar enforcement? What are the current priorities for prosecutors and regulators? How can defense counsel effectively represent their clients in the current environment? The ...

Recorded on: Feb. 16, 2012

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, Say on Pay Lawsuits, an update under the Dodd-Frank Act. 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 ...

Recorded on: Apr. 27, 2012

LYLE ROBERTS: Great. We are back. And thanks, everybody, for coming back in. And this panel will now be on seeking resolution, strategies in mediation and settlement. And as you know, through the morning, we kind of took you through the case from investigation, to filing of a civil action, to some of the litigating of the civil action. And an important piece, especially in a securities class action, is the potential for settlement. And so this panel ...

Released on: Dec. 3, 2012

Taken from the briefing Special Litigation Committees: Back in Vogue? recorded November, 2012. Between the fallout from the credit crisis and other financial or ethical misdeeds, corporations are seeing an upswing in shareholder derivative demands - the initial step in the legal process by which shareholders bring lawsuits on behalf of corporations against directors and senior executives.  Shareholder derivative suits are unique ...

Recorded on: Apr. 27, 2012

JONATHAN K. YOUNGWOOD: We are now going to formally start our first panel, and let me briefly introduce the panelists who are up here with me now. I will go from my right down the panel, so you're left, or left to right. Adam Hakki, immediately next to me, is a partner at Shearman & Sterling in their litigation group. He has extensive experience representing clients in complex securities actions and shareholder litigation, as well as in civil ...

Recorded on: Apr. 27, 2012

JONATHAN K. YOUNGWOOD: OK, so even as the panelists sit down, I'm going to introduce them. JAMES R. SWANSON: Does that mean you'd like us to sit down? JONATHAN K. YOUNGWOOD: I said even as you sit down. So the mediation failed. No matter what you saw, the mediation was a failure. The summary judgment motion has been lost, and now we're going to talk about trial of the case. Briefly introduce the panelists. Sitting right next to me is Marc De Leeuw. ...