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Recorded on: Apr. 17, 2013

JOSE A. ESTEVES: OK. We're going to go ahead and get started with the afternoon portion of the program. [SIDE CONVERSATION] JOSE A. ESTEVES: Yes. [SIDE CONVERSATION] JOSE A. ESTEVES: All right. So we've got the first of three panels of the afternoon program. And in this panel we're going to have presentations exploring new and emerging models related to patent monetization. And we have four speakers lined up for you. Our first is Cheryl Malone. ...

Recorded on: Apr. 16, 2013

AMY TAUB: Thank you. 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 Four, Foreign Banks Issuing Covered Bonds into the US. 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 ...

From the program: California Public Benefits: The Basics for Non-Profit and Pro Bono Advocacy 2013 (Free)

Released on: Apr. 16, 2013

Low-income clients need your help to protect their rights to potentially life-saving benefits.  Many low-income clients have difficulty navigating the confusing and bureaucratic process to establish and maintain eligibility for public benefits.  Without legal assistance and advocacy large numbers of clients go without the benefits to which they are entitled, which can often lead to unnecessary hunger and homelessness.  All attorneys ...

From the program: Pension Plan Investments 2013: Current Perspectives

Released on: Apr. 16, 2013

Experienced practitioners in the area of pension investment law, together with senior representatives of the Department of Labor, will give their perspectives and illuminate issues on current topics and recent developments. Continued statutory, regulatory, and market changes ensure a full agenda of new developments to be debated and analyzed by the panelists. The Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation brought a new regulatory structure for pension ...

Released on: Apr. 16, 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 foreign ...

Recorded on: Apr. 15, 2013

BURTON N. LIPSHIE: OK, end of play time. Back to work. You gotta earn those credits. You can't just sit there and get credits. You gotta earn them. You have to listen to this drivel for another hour and a half. OK, so the statute of limitations for breach of contract is six years, unless you're talking about a sale of goods, in which case it's four years. But other than that, breach of contract is six years. When does it run from? It runs from the ...

Recorded on: Apr. 15, 2013

BURTON N. LIPSHIE: Good afternoon, CPLR fans. Do not, please-- I mean we're here together for four hours. You need to get double-- can you give them double credit for sitting through four hours? No, you can't. But if there are any questions that pop into your head at any point during this thing, don't hesitate to interrupt me. And have for those of you out there in television land, I understand there's a mechanism by which you can email questions ...

From the program: Developments in Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Law 2013

Released on: Apr. 15, 2013

Pharmaceutical and biotech patent law is an important and rapidly changing practice area, and the program is designed to give you the information you need to maintain your practice edge, concentrating on new developments from 2012 and placing them in the context of constantly evolving areas of the law.Technological innovation, Federal Circuit appellate oversight, and Supreme Court decisions continue to drive significant changes in the law. Several ...

Released on: Apr. 11, 2013

Taken from the briefing New OCC Foreclosure Settlements: Moving on From the Independent Foreclosure Review Process recorded March, 2013. Millions of homeowners have lost their homes and been subjected to unlawful conduct by mortgage servicing companies in the context of both judicial and non-judicial foreclosure proceedings around the country. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve recently announced that they reached ...

From the program: The Ethics Game Show: Matrimonial and Family Law Edition 2013

Released on: Apr. 11, 2013

The field of matrimonial law is fraught with ethical pitfalls, and understanding potential dangers is essential to practicing effectively. Matrimonial attorneys must deal with a wide range of highly sensitive and personal matters, and must be particularly mindful of ethical obligations to clients, courts and third parties. This is undoubtedly why matrimonial cases have provided some of the most memorable ethics teaching moments.Match wits with our ...

Recorded on: Apr. 11, 2013

DEANNA L. KIRKPATRICK: Well, I think we'll get started again and try and stay on schedule. So I think in our next segment, Laird is going to talk about comfort letters, which as you heard-- or I'm sorry, financial statement requirements, which we didn't cover in the initial registration process part. LAIRD H. SIMONS III: So for a good probably 45 minutes or so, we're going to delve into the accounting piece of the registration statement. Some years ...

Recorded on: Apr. 11, 2013

JOHN J. CLARKE, JR.: Thanks, Deanna. I'm John Clarke. Jonathan Clark is a much more distinguished former colleague of ours. And I'm going to go quickly through sort of the basics about the potential liabilities that you could face in an IPO because it's nice to have that grounding as you do your work in getting an IPO ready, since, really, the preparation of a registration, statement, and prospectus serves the important function of describing a company. ...

From the program: Nuts & Bolts of State and Local Tax 2013

Released on: Apr. 11, 2013

State and local taxation has become increasingly important. The state and local tax liabilities of many companies exceed their federal tax liabilities.PLI is delighted to present this essential program in which leading state and local tax experts will describe basic principles of state and local taxation and explore cutting-edge issues, developments and trends.Lecture Topics  [Total time 03:39:31] Segments with an asterisk (*) are available ...

Recorded on: Apr. 11, 2013

DEANNA KIRKPATRICK: Welcome back everybody. We're now at our final segment of the day. And I'm happy to have my partner, Maurice Blanco with me. He's a partner in our Latin American group and essentially splits his time between our Brazil office and our New York office. Maurice is going to be talking about special considerations affecting foreign private issuers. MAURICE BLANCO: Thanks Deanna. So as Deanna mentioned, much of what I do on a day-to-day ...

Released on: Apr. 11, 2013

Taken from the briefing New Compensation Committee Independence Standards recorded March, 2013. In January, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved changes to the listing standards of the national securities exchanges to complete the implementation of Section 952 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. As has been widely reported, these revised standards strengthen the independence requirements for members of the ...

Recorded on: Apr. 11, 2013

LAUREN E. NOCHTA: It is now my pleasure to introduce each of the chairs of today's program, Laird Simons and Deanna Kirkpatrick. Laird is a partner at Fenwick and West where he is a member of the securities group. He concentrates his practice in initial public offerings for both domestic and foreign corporations, follow on offerings for already public companies, and ongoing securities advice and counseling for public companies. Deanna is a partner ...

Recorded on: Apr. 11, 2013

DEANNA L. KIRKPATRICK: I guess we'll move on to our next presentation of the day. Unfortunately, Eric Wooley had a conflict, so wasn't able to join us today. But we're lucky enough to have Adam Rosenbluth, his colleague from Citi, join us in his stead. So I'll ask Adam to come up and talk about IPOs from the underwriter's perspective. Thank you so much. Bye, thank you. SPEAKER 1: To present [INAUDIBLE] sitting down, whatever you prefer. You can ...

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2013

ARTHUR H. KOHN: Ok, just, we'll quickly introduce the panelists and then turn the mic over to John to get us going. MARY E. ALCOCK: Is this me? ARTHUR H. KOHN: Yeah. To my immediate right is my colleague Mary Alcock. And John Valentine, formerly from BNY Mellon, currently, John Valentine LLC. He's off on his own, happily. And Suzzanne Yao from Goldman Sachs. John? JOHN W. VALENTINE: Sure. I'm going to be talking about the big picture for a little ...

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2013

SPEAKER: No break. There is no break. At the risk of my getting shot let me, on that note, introduce the panelists who are coming up. So do we have the panelists who are coming out? SPEAKER 2: Uh no. You're right here. You're going to be right here. SPEAKER: Alicia? SPEAKER 2: I will find her. Alicia is She's coming. She's here. SPEAKER: OK. So as I indicated earlier, our next panel is going to discuss in greater depth some of the issues that ...

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2013

HOWARD PIANKO: Our last hour, we're going to go into ethical considerations for ERISA lawyers both outside lawyer and also the kind of questions that come up working in-house. We're really pleased to have Howard Shapiro with us. Howard, from Proskauer, is a litigator who many of us have heard of and worked with. And Liza LeAndre from Colgate-Palmolive is here to talk to us from the in-house perspective. I'll turn it over to-- who's starting? You? ...

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2013

GRACE E. O'HANLON: It's my pleasure to introduce you to the co-chairs of today's program. Arthur Kohn And Howard Pianko. Arthur is a partner in Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen, and Hamilton's New York office. His practice focuses on compensation and benefit matters, including executive compensation, pension compliance, and investment employment law, and related matters. Howard is a partner in Seyfarth Shaw's New York office. He advises plan investors on ...

Released on: Apr. 10, 2013

Taken from the briefing What Tactics are "Fair" When FRAND is in Dispute? FRAND Commitments and the Disabilities They Create recorded March, 2013. The interplay between patents and standards is not exactly new, but the magnitude and intensity of the contest between patent owners and their potential licensees has become highly charged and has made harmonization difficult. This program will explore the origins of the problem and the need for ...

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2013

HOWARD PIANKO: We're going to switch over. There was some allusions, actually direct references to the prior panel to the world of defined contribution plans. And the next panel-- Patricia Kuhn from BlackRock on my right. Then right next to her-- Nick Waddles from Seyfarth. And we're going to switch over to the defined contribution world and look at the developments-- things that we're seeing from the ERISA fiduciary prospective with respect to DC ...

From the program: USPTO Post-Grant Patent Trials 2013

Released on: Apr. 10, 2013

Post-grant patent proceedings were pursued in record number at the USPTO in 2012. The substantial costs and uncertainty of patent litigation require the development of alternative case management strategies, which at least require consideration of challenging patents at the USPTO. To this end, patent reexamination remains a viable alternative to costly litigation or parallel path to enhance litigation positions. Yet due to the public outcry for even ...

Recorded on: Apr. 8, 2013

WILLIS J.GOLDSMITH: So as, I think, Zach and Peter are going to arrange themselves, we're now going to move right to the panel on The Nuts and Bolts of Traditional Labor Law. That is a law under the National Labor Relations Act. Even though union density has decreased, as all the data show, over the last 10 or 12 or 15 years to really the lowest percentage of union represented workers in the private sector probably since the '30s, the importance ...