September, 2013

Seminars & Webcasts

Specialized Knowledge and Application

• Sep. 11, 2013 New York, NY

In the past year, new expectations have been placed on boards in critical areas of governance, including disclosure, oversight of complex operational issues, and responsiveness to and communication with investors pressing different concerns, such as short-term shareholder value, traditional governance issues and social responsibility. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and other anti-bribery laws have put new requirements ...

• Sep. 12, 2013 New York, NY

• Sep. 12, 2013 Boston, MA
• Sep. 12, 2013 Birmingham, AL
• Sep. 12, 2013 Columbus, OH

In 2012, hedge funds and their managers faced their first year of operations under new regulations enacted under Dodd-Frank. New entrants to the hedge fund industry now had large barriers to entry; existing managers had to deal not only with new regulations but many were also forced to grapple with regulatory investigations and insider trading allegations. At the same time, hedge fund managers had to continue to deal with the day-to-day operational ...

• Sep. 16 - 17, 2013 New York, NY

• Sep. 16 - 17, 2013 New Brunswick, NJ

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “2012 Tax Act”), which was enacted on January 2, 2013, made “permanent” many of the changes of the federal transfer tax system that were part of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 and that were scheduled to expire at the end of 2012. In addition, the 2012 Tax Act made significant federal income tax changes. Further, President Obama’s budget for the government’s ...

• Sep. 17, 2013 São Paulo, BRA

Practising Law Institute, the leading nonprofit continuing legal education provider, has offered seminars in the United States since 1933, primarily in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington, D.C. In 2001, PLI added the Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe, held in London, UK; and just this year we moved into Asia, holding the First Annual Institute on Corporate & Securities Law in Hong Kong.We are pleased to announce our ...

• Sep. 19, 2013 Washington, DC

Events in the past year have again increased the complexities of the Federal government marketplace. Not only do compliance and transparency burdens remain at a high level, budgetary pressures and the sequester have added a further dimension to the issues confronted by both government buyers and contractors. Growing pressures to squeeze more dollars out of the procurement process affect everything from the training given to government personnel, to ...

• Sep. 20, 2013 San Francisco, CA

The role of the law department in managing the IP assets of a company is expanding in new and challenging ways.  Whether driven by shareholder activism or Board of Director or C-suite pressure, companies are increasingly looking for new methods to extract value from their intellectual property portfolio.  Innovative law departments have a rare opportunity to provide corporate leadership by developing revenue-generating patent licensing programs ...

• Sep. 26 - 27, 2013 New York, NY

• Sep. 26 - 27, 2013 New Brunswick, NJ
• Sep. 26 - 27, 2013 Boston, MA
• Sep. 26 - 27, 2013 Cleveland, OH

This popular program will analyze in detail the principal forms used for filings with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”), and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), with particular emphasis on the mechanics of and timing for assembling particular filings. Each segment of the program will incorporate practical drafting and disclosure tips. Ethics credit and recent legislation and SEC rule changes affecting disclosure ...

• Sep. 30. - Oct. 1, 2013 Washington, DC

Lobbying, campaign finance and ethics rules in Washington, and in every state, are changing, and new court cases are affecting lobbyists, corporations, associations, and unions. Compliance with federal, state and local laws is more complex than ever. Congressional ethics rules, the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA), pay-to-play laws, as well as increasing pressure on corporations to disclose to shareholders their contributions and lobby expenditures, ...

• Sep. 30. - Oct. 1, 2013 Chicago, IL

The year 2013 brings new risks and new opportunities for companies sourcing or providing critical services, including information technology, finance and accounting, human resources, facilities management, analytics and other critical non-core functions. There are new technologies, such as Big Data and cloud computing. There are new laws and regulations, and in more and more countries. Also, cloud computing and other innovations have created new issues ...