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Released on: Oct. 17, 2012

Taken from the briefing Akamai-McKesson: The En Banc Federal Circuit Takes on "Divided Infringement" recorded October, 2012. Who can be liable for patent infringement, when only the combined actions of multiple entities (but none of them individually) perform the steps required by the patent? In recent years, such a question of so-called “divided” patent infringement has created complexities for patent owners - most ...

Released on: Aug. 14, 2012

Please note:  CLE Credit is Not Available for this Briefing. Taken from the briefing A Millennial Makeover: How Millennials May Change the Way We Do Business recorded July, 2012. Law firms, like many business services organizations, work under an “apprenticeship” model.  Junior staff spend years learning their craft in the shadows of senior partners.  Historically, this structure has often resulted in a focus ...

Released on: Oct. 12, 2012

Taken from the briefing A New "Must-Do" for Children's Products Manufacturers and Importers: Developing a CPSC-Compliant Product Testing and Certification Program 2012 recorded September, 2012. Consumers insist that the children’s products that they purchase are safe and comply with all product safety standards. Retailers mandate that their children’s product suppliers certify that all such products are compliant with all ...

Released on: Jun. 27, 2012

Taken from the briefing Antitrust Enforcement in the Health Care Industry: Current FTC and DOJ Activities recorded June 2012. With health care costs seemingly spiraling out of control, federal antitrust regulators have turned a watchful eye to the health care industry.  The FTC and DOJ have made it clear that they will aggressively challenge both new transactions and established practices they believe threaten competition.  The last ...

Released on: Aug. 29, 2012

Taken from the briefing Are You Ready to Enter the U.S. Biosimilars Pathway? recorded August, 2012. The U.S. Biosimilars legislation was signed into law in March 2010.  The FDA published draft Guidance documents to implement Biosimilars in the Spring of 2012.  With many biologic drugs poised to come off patent in the next few years, Biotech and Biosimilars companies are preparing to test the U.S. Biosimilars system.  Several ...

Released on: Dec. 18, 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 important ...

Released on: Oct. 18, 2012

Please note: There will be no CLE credit for this briefing. Taken from the briefing Business Development for Aspiring Partners in Today's Legal Economy: Strategies and Techniques 2012 recorded December 2012. In this briefing, our faculty – a mix of partners and associates heavily involved in business development – will share their experience and insights into business development in today's legal market.  They will discuss ...

Released on: Sep. 20, 2012

Please note:  CLE credit is not available for this briefing. Taken from the briefing Business Development Plans for Lawyers: More Important than Ever recorded September, 2012. As competition in the legal market continues to become more fierce, lawyers at all levels need to be focused on business development activities.  An important starting point is a written business development plan.  And that applies not only to lawyers ...

Released on: Sep. 25, 2012

Taken from the briefing Catching Up on Clawbacks recorded September, 2012. Since the introduction of compensation recovery (“clawback”) requirements in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, corporate America has been moving inexorably towards mandatory clawback policies. Not only have institutional investors and their advisors promoted the adoption of these policies, the recent spotlight on managing compensation-related risk has underscored ...

Released on: Jan. 27, 2012

There will be NO CLE available for this FREE briefing. Taken from the briefing Changing Jobs in the New Legal Environment: Tools, Tips and the Inside Scoop for Associates recorded January, 2012. We’ve all read about how the current legal environment has changed, and its impact on young lawyers. Still, there are many good opportunities for talented lawyers in a variety of practice areas and locations. In this Briefing, Executive Search ...

Released on: Apr. 13, 2012

There will be NO CLE available for this Audio-only On-Demand Program. Taken from the briefing Changing Jobs in the New Legal Environment: What Partner Candidates Should Expect recorded March, 2012. The American Lawyer recently reported that after several down years, lateral hiring of partners is back to pre-recession levels. But in many ways, the landscape has changed significantly. In this briefing, Executive Search Consultants Stephen Nelson ...

Released on: Jun. 7, 2012

Taken from the briefing Civil Enforcement Cases: Emerging Trends and Issues in the Wake of the Financial Crisis recorded May 2012. In recent years, many practitioners have anticipated criminal prosecutions related to the Financial Crisis.  Often overlooked, however, are the significant civil enforcement actions that have been brought in this area.   Lecture Topics  [Total Time: 01:06:00] Discovery tools available ...

Released on: Dec. 17, 2012

Please note: There will be no CLE credit for this Audio Only On-Demand Web. Taken from the briefing Courageous Counsel: Conversations with Women General Counsel in the Fortune 500 recorded December, 2012. Despite all of the advances in the number of women graduating from law school over the past three decades, it remains that only roughly 20% of the General Counsel positions in Fortune 500 companies are filled by women.  Listen ...

Released on: Oct. 10, 2012

Taken from the briefing Dodd-Frank Act's Conflict Minerals Provisions: Analysis of Due Diligence and Reporting Requirements recorded September, 2012. Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act established reporting obligations for issuers that manufacture or contract to manufacture products that include conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its neighboring countries.  These provisions ...

Released on: Dec. 12, 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, and discuss ...

Released on: Jun. 28, 2012

Taken from the briefing Energy Deal Making: Current Trends and Tensions recorded June 2012. A high level of oil and gas deal activity continues and reflects the current oversupply of natural gas, a keen continuing interest in oil and natural gas liquids with significant additional drilling potential, and deal risks raised by various regulatory developments.  Deal terms reflect different approaches to address these issues. Lecture ...

Released on: Aug. 1, 2012

Taken from the briefing Engagement Letters: Addressing Conflicts and Other Thorny Issues Before They Arise recorded July, 2012. During difficult economic times, when lawyers and their firms feel a particularly strong urge to develop new business, great care must be taken to identify and manage present and potential future conflicts.  Careful preparation of the opening engagement letter is the first and typically the best way to manage ...

Released on: Dec. 20, 2012

Taken from the briefing Fashion Law - The Global Challenge recorded December, 2012. The fashion and retail industries face significant and distinctive challenges.  These companies operate in a global marketplace characterized by shifting consumer preferences, rapid technological advances and omnichannel purchasing options.  This program will discuss the dominant trends in the fashion and retail industries and how those trends shape ...

Released on: Nov. 1, 2012

Taken from the briefing FATCA: The Deadline Looms... Will You Be Ready? recorded October, 2012. In the wake of the massive criminal tax prosecutions of UBS and other foreign firms by the Department of Justice in the late 2000s, Congress enacted FATCA to combat tax evasion by U.S. persons and to deter the facilitation of tax evasion by foreign financial institutions (“FFIs”).  To achieve these goals, FATCA requires that foreign ...

Released on: Dec. 26, 2012

Taken from the briefing FCPA Due Diligence in Cross-Border Transactions recorded December, 2012. With stricter enforcement of the FCPA and the increase in cross-border acquisitions and multinational strategic alliances, companies are increasingly finding that due diligence takes on a whole new level of importance. Business practices vary from market to market, but acquirors need to be prepared for the challenges that they may face in evaluating ...

Released on: Oct. 26, 2012

Taken from the briefing Financial Reporting, Whistle Blowers and Legal Ethics: A Case Study recorded October, 2012. There have been important, and concerning, recent developments creating challenges and liability risks for both inside and outside counsel who advise on financial reporting issues, particularly where a whistle blower claim is made as to fraudulent reports or failed internal controls.  Every lawyer called upon for advice in these ...

Released on: Aug. 30, 2012

Taken from the briefing Hello World: The CFPB - One Year Later recorded August, 2012. Among the most significant changes wrought by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act was the creation of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to protect consumers and regulate financial products offered by the nation’s financial institutions.  A year has passed since the Bureau opened its doors and much has been accomplished by the agency, with additional ...

Released on: Dec. 3, 2012

Taken from the briefing Hurricane Sandy: Insurance Considerations for Commercial Insurers and Businesses recorded November, 2012. Businesses and their insurers must respond to real property losses from Hurricane Sandy, as well as direct and contingent business interruption losses from facility closures, interruption in supply chains, disruption of transportation systems and other considerations.  These losses present a variety of important ...

Released on: Jul. 3, 2012

Taken from the briefing Hype or Help? How Can Alternative Fee Arrangements Add Demonstrable Value to Your Practice and Your Clients? recorded June 2012. The discussion of AFA's (aka alternative fee arrangements or value-based fees), is no longer a discussion of "alternatives" as much as it is a discussion of "appropriate" fee arrangements: namely, legal pricing and cost models that focus on finding and focusing on the value ...

Released on: Jun. 21, 2012

Please note:  There is no CLE credit for this Audio Only On-Demand Web Program. Taken from the briefing Intelligence Driven Business Development and Strategy recorded June, 2012. Despite record revenues over the last several years, the legal profession finds itself in the midst of it's most complex period in history.  Buyers of legal services are forcing law firms to change their billing model, increase their efficiency, and above ...