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Recorded on: Jun. 25, 2012

SPEAKER 1: This panel deals with accommodations, both in disabilities but in other contexts as well. And we're delighted to be able to have an in-house counsel on the panel, Mary Schuette, because in-house counsel are the ones who really are on the front lines of dealing with requests for accommodation and the potential problems at arise out of it. Mary Schuette is vice president of legal services, responsible for the labor relations benefits, workers' ...

Recorded on: Feb. 2, 2012

LAURIE GILBERTSON: Good morning. My name is Laurie Gilbertson. I'm a program attorney here with PLI. I'd like to welcome you to Advanced Deposition Techniques 2012. It's my pleasure to introduce to you the co-chairs of today's program, David Balabanian and Kimo Peluso. David is the co-chair of Bingham McCutchen's Financial Institutions Litigation Group. He has taught more than 150 continuing legal education courses. And he's written extensively on ...

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: Mar. 26, 2012

ANNE CALLAGY: So my section is going to be covering what happens at the Appeals Council, what their function is, and sort of what are some strategies for developing appeals in front of them. I just want to point you to sort of the back of your book. At page 119, if you want it, there is a copy of the PowerPoint with note lines if you wanted to take notes along with it. Though I think most of the stuff that I'm saying is actually in the written material ...

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: Oct. 12, 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, "A New Must-do For Children's Products Manufacturers and Importers-- Developing a CPSC-Compliant Product Testing and Certification Program." 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 ...

Recorded on: Sep. 26, 2012

GARY A. ADLER: OK, if we can return to our seats, we're going to continue now with our Annual Update of In-house Counsel's Guide to E-Discovery-- Everything You Need to Know. Our panelists for this panel are John Rosenthal and Steve Bennett. John is a litigation partner in Winston & Strawn's Washington, DC, office who represents clients across the globe in complex antitrust and litigation matters. John is chair of the firm's e-discovery and information ...

Recorded on: May. 17, 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, Beyond Brinker-- Guidance on Meal and Rest Breaks and Employment Class Actions. Before you 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 ...

Recorded on: Feb. 15, 2012

MARC D. YOUNG: Alright. Well, welcome back for the final installment of this morning's program. I'm delighted to introduce Professor Christine Tour-Sarkissian. Professor Tour-Sarkissian is in private practice but also a Adjunct Professor of Law at Golden Gate University Law School, where she has been teaching for the last 16 years. She teaches courses on real estate finance, real estate transactions, and real estate litigation. She has numerous publications ...

From the program: Bridge-the-Gap: Basic Skills for Newly Admitted Illinois Attorneys 2012

Released on: Nov. 29, 2012

Taught by a faculty of expert practitioners from varied practice areas, this program will help you to “bridge the gap” between your law school education and the real world skills and knowledge needed for success in law.  Topics have been selected for their relevance and importance to legal practice, and to enable you to complete first year Minimum Continuing Legal Education Basic Skills requirements for newly admitted attorneys admitted ...

Recorded on: Aug. 13, 2012

ERWIN CHEMERINSKY: In our last hour, we're going to talk about business cases, the supremacy clause, and federalism. Want to focus primarily on four cases here. Leon's going to talk about the Arizona immigration case. Marci's going to talk about the 11th Amendment sovereign immunity case. Mike is going to talk about the equal protection tax case. And Marty is going to talk about the application of Apprendi versus New Jersey to fines against corporations. ...

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: Oct. 15, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Judges' Pet Peeves 2012: Tips from the Bench on Trial Practice Recorded October, 2012 in New York Civility Issues in Litigation [00:23:23] How to be a zealous advocate within the bounds of ethical behavior The difference between slaying the adversary's case and slaying the adversary Is civility an obligation? How should you respond to uncivil conduct by your adversary? The purchase price of this ...

Recorded on: Aug. 13, 2012

ERWIN CHEMERINSKY: Lest anyone say that this program is going to the dogs, that won't happen until next year. Now we turn to the civil rights cases. Marty. MARTIN A. SCHWARTZ: Well, this segment is entitled civil rights litigation and Bivens claims. And I take responsibility for the title, and I also take responsibility for retitling the segment because I think there's a more appropriate and more enticing title, remedies for constitutional violations. ...

Recorded on: Sep. 21, 2012

ROBERT E. BORTON: Thank you, Christina. Bring that little screen up if you can too. KATIE DANIELSON: OK. ROBERT E. BORTON: There it is. I got it. KATIE DANIELSON: [INAUDIBLE] microphone [INAUDIBLE]? ROBERT E. BORTON: Yes. So obviously we want to offer the exhibit in evidence. That's the whole point of going through that litany and struggling our way through it. And then once it's there, publish it, and then use the document with the witness. In ...

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, ...

From the program: Commercial Real Estate Institute 2012 (14th Annual)

Recorded on: Nov. 12, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Commercial Real Estate Institute 2012 (14th Annual) recorded November, 2012 in San Francisco. Lecture Topics  [01:15:00] Real Estate Litigation: A Toolkit for Transactional Lawyers  [01:15:00] Pre-litigation strategy Litigating landlord/tenant, mortgage loan, and other real estate disputes - Finding the right forum; forum selection clauses - Similarities/differences from other litigation; ...

Recorded on: Oct. 22, 2012

MIKE MEYER: So thank you for being here, stay here. I need to bring up our two new panelists. And we're in for a great treat. What are you [INAUDIBLE]? OK. They're on their way up? They're making a grand entrance? It's like, let's make a deal. Come on down, it's 10 o'clock, 10:02, it's coming out of their time. But the two people who are walking in and making this grand entrance, we're really lucky to have. One is Alan Robin who, there's no better ...

Recorded on: Oct. 22, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Negotiating Commercial Leases: How Owners & Corporate Occupants Can Avoid Costly Errors 2012 Recorded October, 2012 in San Francisco Complex Real Estate Issues: Arbitration vs. Litigation [01:30:18] Costs of litigation and discovery as well as absence of cases or judgments Establishing minimum qualifications for arbitrators in arbitration provisions and selection process Hot topics - current increase ...

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 ...

From the program: Trial by Jury 2012

Released on: Dec. 12, 2012

In this unique and popular program, the masters of the bar and the bench come together to give you their valuable insights on jury trials. There is no better way to learn about jury trials than from the attorneys who try the nation’s most important cases and the judges who preside over them. We have assembled the most experienced and respected state and federal judges, as well as many distinguished litigators, to give you their perspectives ...

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 ...

Recorded on: Aug. 13, 2012

ERWIN CHEMERINSKY: This segment of the program is devoted to, undoubtedly, the most high profile case of the term-- cited by the National Federation of Independent Business for Civilis. It involves the constitutionality of the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act. What I'd like to do, again, as best I can, as neutral as I can, is describe what the Supreme Court said and offer some thoughts about what it's likely to mean for you as lawyers for future ...

Recorded on: Aug. 8, 2012

AMY: Now it's my pleasure to turn this briefing over to Jessie Liu. JESSIE LIU: Thank you so much Amy. It is always a pleasure to do a briefing for PLI. And welcome everyone who's on the phone. And Amy said, the title of this briefing is Corporate Crime, Southern Union versus United States, and other key Supreme Court decisions of the 2011 to 2012 term. And I want to just take a little time at the beginning to set the stage for what I'm going to ...